January 21, 2018 – The US Senate and House of Representatives have voted to support a short-term appropriations bill which could fund federal spending through February 8th, unless another is enacted to address the appropriations authority. The measure will now be sent to President Trump for signature, he has indicated his support for the stop-gap measure.
Prior efforts to continue federal funding were held up by demands from some democrats in Congress that leadership take up both comprehensive immigration and DACA for a vote as a condition of their support. The settlement reached will not contain a comprehensive immigration vote, but will entertain a vote on the DACA issue – a disappointment for immigration and DACA supporters.
The bill, HR 195, prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing Continuing Resolution expires.
The Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to suspend specified health-related taxes and fees.
Further, it amends the Children’s Health insurance Program (CHIP), among other healthcare programs, to extend funding through FY2023.
Currently states with an enhanced Federal Matching Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for child-health assistance through FY2019. The bill maintains the enhanced FMAP in FY2020, but halves the percentage-point increase.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall make additional funding available to states for specified activities related to mechanized claims systems.
Specified budgetary effects of bill shall be exempt from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines.
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