[20220418]IN11297_第IV-E篇寄养和永久付款的临时联邦医疗援助百分比（FMAP）增加.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Temporary Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) Increase for Title IV-E Foster Care and Permanency Payments Updated April 18, 2022 The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127) authorizes increased federal funding to states through a 6.2 percentage point increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP), also known as the Medicaid matching rate. This expanded federal support is available to states that meet specific Medicaid program requirements. It was effective January 1, 2020, the first day of the calendar year quarter in which the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared a COVID-19 public health emergency, and is set to remain in place until the last day of the calendar year quarter in which the public health emergency period ends. (Currently this is September 30, 2022.) The FMAP is used to determine the federal share of costs in Medicaid and other programs, including the Foster Care, Prevention, and Permanency program, authorized in Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (SSA) and commonly called the IV-E program. According to the HHSs Admin