South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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S. 744

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Senators Kuhn, McConnell, Malloy, Ryberg, Land, Fair, Peeler, Mescher, Branton, Drummond, Hayes, Grooms, Alexander, Knotts, Hawkins, J. Verne Smith, Waldrep, Leatherman, Cromer, O'Dell, Courson, Setzler, Moore, Matthews, Hutto, Martin, Ravenel and Ritchie
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Introduced in the Senate on June 3, 2003
Introduced in the House on June 4, 2003
Adopted by the General Assembly on January 15, 2004

Summary: Medicaid, Congress requested to fund; certain matching funds provisions eliminated

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    6/3/2003  Senate  Introduced, adopted, sent to House SJ-36
    6/4/2003  House   Introduced HJ-7
    6/4/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial 
                        Resolutions HJ-8
    6/4/2003  House   Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial 
                        Resolutions HJ-38
    6/5/2003  House   Debate adjourned until Tuesday, January 13, 2004 HJ-16
    6/5/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   1/13/2004  House   Recommitted to Committee on Invitations and Memorial 
                        Resolutions HJ-116
   1/14/2004  House   Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial 
                        Resolutions HJ-78
   1/15/2004  House   Adopted, returned to Senate with concurrence HJ-295

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

6/3/2003
6/4/2003
6/5/2003
1/14/2004

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COMMITTEE REPORT

January 14, 2004

S. 744

Introduced by Senators Kuhn, McConnell, Malloy, Ryberg, Land, Fair, Peeler, Mescher, Branton, Drummond, Hayes, Grooms, Alexander, Knotts, Hawkins, J. Verne Smith, Waldrep, Leatherman, Cromer, O'Dell, Courson, Setzler, Moore, Matthews, Hutto, Martin, Ravenel and Ritchie

S. Printed 1/14/04--H.

Read the first time June 4, 2003.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON

INVITATIONS AND MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 744) to memorialize the Congress of the United States to provide that all funding of the Medicaid program shall be provided by the federal government, and to eliminate the requirement that the states, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

ROBERT W. LEACH, SR. for Committee.

            

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO MEMORIALIZE THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO PROVIDE THAT ALL FUNDING OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATES PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CERTAIN TYPES OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE USED FOR MEDICAID PURPOSES.

Whereas, under present federal law and guidelines, states are required to provide matching funds in order to receive certain types of federal funds to be used for the federal Medicaid program; and

Whereas, this requirement for matching funds in this time of severe fiscal austerity places an undue burden on the states; and

Whereas, the Medicaid program is a federal program which is in great need of more funding and institutional reform; and

Whereas, the Congress recognized this recently through enactment of a federal tax reduction bill where unrestricted federal funds were made available to the states to deal with federal programs in distress like Medicaid which the states presently are partially responsible for funding; and

Whereas, the federal government is requiring our state's hospitals to take all people and children who come into the hospitals. This is a federal government mandate to medical facilities, and the federal government is the entity that needs to fully fund its mandate. The states cannot afford this financial burden; and

Whereas, for these reasons in addition to reforming Medicaid's eligibility requirements, the federal government should now fully fund its health care mandate; and

Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, hereby express their belief that the federal government should fully take over the responsibility for funding the Medicaid program and until such time as this is accomplished, the Congress should enact and the President should sign legislation which would eliminate the requirement that a state provide matching funds in order to be eligible to receive certain types of federal funds to be used for the federal Medicaid program. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly memorialize the Congress of the United States to provide that all funding of the Medicaid program shall be provided by the federal government, and to eliminate the requirement that the states provide matching funds in order to receive certain types of federal funds to be used for Medicaid purposes.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the President of the United States, the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation.

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