H.R.2938: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from treating any Medicaid-related funds recovered as part of State litigation from one or more tobacco companies as an overpayment under the Medicaid Program.

About This Bill

Bill Summary

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to declare that any Medicaid-related funds recovered or paid to a State as part of a settlement or judgment reached in litigation the State initiated or pursued against one or more tobacco companies shall not be treated as an overpayment.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Nov. 8, 1997

Introduced in the House by Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla.)

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