119-s2279

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2279 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2279

 To repeal the changes to Medicaid State provider tax authority and 
 State directed payments made by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and 
 provide increased funding for the rural health transformation program.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 15, 2025

 Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

 To repeal the changes to Medicaid State provider tax authority and 
 State directed payments made by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and 
 provide increased funding for the rural health transformation program.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Medicaid and Rural Hospitals 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CHANGES TO MEDICAID STATE PROVIDER TAX AUTHORITY.

 

Section 71115 of the Act titled ``An Act to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14'' (Public Law 
119-21) is repealed and title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396 et seq.) shall be applied as if such section and the amendments 
made by such section had not been enacted.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF CHANGES TO MEDICAID STATE DIRECTED PAYMENTS.

    (a) Repeal.--

Section 71116 of the Act titled ``An Act to provide 
for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14'' (Public 
Law 119-21) is repealed and the provisions of such section shall have 
no force and effect.

    (b) Rescission.--The amounts appropriated under 

section 71116

    (e) of 
the Act titled ``An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 
II of H. Con. Res. 14'' (Public Law 119-21) are hereby rescinded.

SEC. 4. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM.

 

Section 2105

    (h)

    (1)
        (A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397ee

    (h)

    (1)
        (A) ), as added by 

section 71401 of the Act titled ``An Act 
to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14'' 
(Public Law 119-21), is amended--

    (1) in clause
            (iv) , by striking ``and'' after the 
 semicolon;

    (2) in clause
            (v) , by striking the period and inserting a 
 semicolon; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
 ``
            (vi) $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
 2031.
 ``
            (vii) $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
 2032.
 ``
            (viii) $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
 2033.
 ``
            (ix) $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
 2034.
 ``
            (x) $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
 2035.''.
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