Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/831

 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 805

target amount of Federal medicaid expenditures. Such target amount for a State for fiscal year— "(A) 1982, is equal to 109 percent of the estimate (based upon the last such estimate for such State received by the Secretary before April 1, 1981) of the Federal share of expenditures under this title (other than interest paid under subsection (d)(5), without taking into account reductions in payment under subsection (s) or additional payments under this subsection, and without regard to payments for claims relating to expenditures made prior to October 1, 1980) in fiscal year 1981 for such State; "(B) 1983, is equal to the target amount determined under subparagraph (A) for the State increased or decreased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase or decrease (as the case may be) in the index of the medical care expenditure category of the consumer price index for all urban consumers (published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) between September 1982 and September 1983; and "(C) 1984, is equal to the target amount determined under subparagraph (A) for the State increased or decreased by a percentage equal to the percentage increase or decrease (as the case may be) in the index of the medical care expenditure category of the consumer price index for all urban consumers (published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) between September 1982 and September 1984. "(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section (except as otherwise provided in this subsection), the amount of payments which a State (with a State plan approved under this title) is otherwise entitled to receive for the first quarter of any fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1983 and ending with fiscal year 1985) shall be supplemented by an amount equal to the lesser of— "(A) the amount by which the Secretary determines or estimates (subject to appropriate subsequent adjustments) the Federal share of expenditures under this title (other than interest paid under subsection (d)(5), without taking into account reductions in payment under subsection (s) or payments under this subsection, without regard to payments for claims relating to expenditures made prior to October 1, 1980, and subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection) under the State's plan for the previous fiscal year was less than the target amount of Federal medicaid expenditures for that State for that fiscal year determined under paragraph (1), or "(B) the amount of the reductions imposed with respect to the State under subsection (s) for the quarters in the previous fiscal year. "(3) Only for the purpose of computing under this subsection the Federal share of expenditures for a State for fiscal year 1984 (in the case of the payment which may be made for the first quarter of fiscal year 1985), the Federal medical assistance percentage for fiscal year 1984 shall be the Federal medical assistance percentage for States in effect for fiscal year 1983, disregarding any change in such percentage between fiscal year 1983 and fiscal year 1984.". (c)(1) Effective for calendar quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1984, subsection (s) of section 1902 of the Social Security Act Ante, p. 803. (added by subsection (a) of this section) is repealed. (2) Effective after payments for the first quarter of fiscal year 1985, subsection (t) of section 1902 of the Social Security Act (added by Ante, p. 804. subsection (b) of this section) is repealed.

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