42 USC 1396w-1 - Medicaid Improvement Fund

U.S Code last checked for updates: Dec 12, 2025

§ 1396w–1.

Medicaid Improvement Fund

(a)

Establishment

(b)

Funding

(1)

In general

(2)

Funding limitation

(3)

Additional funding for State activities relating to mechanized claims systems

(A)

In general

(B)

Purposes

The Secretary shall use amounts made available to the Fund under subparagraph (A) to pay to each State which has a plan approved under this subchapter, for each quarter beginning during or after fiscal year 2025 an amount equal to—

(i)

100 percent minus the percent specified in clause (i) of section 1396b(a)(3)(A) of this title of so much of the sums expended by the State during such quarter as are attributable to the activities described in such clause;

(ii)

100 percent minus the Federal medical assistance percentage applied under clause (iii) of such section of so much of the sums expended during such quarter (as found necessary by the Secretary under such clause) by the State as are attributable to the activities described in such clause; and

(iii)

100 percent minus the percent specified in section 1396b(a)(3)(B) of this title of so much of the sums expended by the State during such quarter as are attributable to the activities described in such section.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XIX, § 1941, as added Pub. L. 110–252, title VII, § 7002(b), June 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2395; amended Pub. L. 111–8, div. F, title II, § 226, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 784; Pub. L. 111–127, § 4, Jan. 27, 2010, 124 Stat. 5; Pub. L. 111–148, title II, § 2007(b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 285; Pub. L. 114–198, title VII, § 707, July 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 754; Pub. L. 115–120, div. C, § 3006, Jan. 22, 2018, 132 Stat. 37; Pub. L. 115–123, div. E, title XII, § 53105, Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 302; Pub. L. 115–271, title V, § 5061, Oct. 24, 2018, 132 Stat. 3976; Pub. L. 116–3, § 5, Jan. 24, 2019, 133 Stat. 8; Pub. L. 116–29, § 2, July 5, 2019, 133 Stat. 1031; Pub. L. 116–59, div. B, title VI, § 1604,

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