Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the . Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2015 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Medicaid Sec. 101. Elimination of general Medicaid funding limitations ( cap ) for territories. Sec. 102. Elimination of specific Federal medical assistance percentage
(FMAP)limitation for territories. Sec. 103. Application of Medicaid waiver authority to all of the territories. Sec. 104. Application of 100 percent Federal poverty line
(FPL)limitation to territories. Sec. 105. Permitting Medicaid DSH allotments for territories. Title II—Medicare Subtitle A—Part A Sec. 201. Modification of Medicare inpatient hospital payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals. Sec. 202. Application of Medicare HITECH payments to hospitals in Puerto Rico. Sec. 203. Calculation of Medicare DSH payments for IPPS hospitals in Puerto Rico. Subtitle B—Part B Sec. 211. Application of part B deemed enrollment process to residents of Puerto Rico; special enrollment period and limit on late enrollment penalties. Sec. 212. Puerto Rico practice expense GPCI improvement. Subtitle C—Medicare Advantage (Part C) Sec. 221. Adjustment in benchmark for low base payment counties in Puerto Rico. Subtitle D—Part D Sec. 231. Improved use of allocated prescription drug funds by territories. Sec. 232. Report on treatment of territories under Medicare part D. Title III—Miscellaneous Sec. 301. Report on exclusion of territories from Exchanges.