[Congressional Bills 109th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5023 Introduced in House (IH)] 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5023 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the amendments made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requiring documentation evidencing citizenship or nationality as a condition for receipt of medical assistance under the Medicaid Program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 28, 2006 Mrs. Christensen (for herself, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Norton, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Owens, Ms. Lee, Ms. Solis, Mr. Honda, Mr. Meeks of New York, and Mr. Lewis of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the amendments made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 requiring documentation evidencing citizenship or nationality as a condition for receipt of medical assistance under the Medicaid Program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR DOCUMENTATION EVIDENCING CITIZENSHIP OR NATIONALITY AS A CONDITION FOR RECEIPT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. (a) Repeal.--Subsections (i)(22) and (x) of section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b), as added by section 6036 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, are each repealed. (b) Conforming Amendments.-- (1) Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended-- (A) in subsection (i)-- (i) in paragraph (20), by adding ``or'' after the semicolon at the end; and (ii) in paragraph (21), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a period; (B) by redesignating subsection (y), as added by section 6043(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, as subsection (x); and (C) by redesignating subsection (z), as added by section 6081(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, as subsection (y). (2) Subsection (c) of section 6036 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 is repealed. (c) Effective Date.--The repeals and amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. <all>