What Does Federal FMAP Funding Mean for Pennsylvanians?

State Budget and Tax Policy

July 8, 2010

The 2010-11 state budget relies on $850 million in enhanced federal FMAP funding for public health and human services that is in jeopardy.

FMAP refers to the federal percentage of matching funds for state Medicaid expenditures. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 enhanced the FMAP contribution for states through December 2010. Legislation now before Congress would extend the enhanced FMAP funding to states through June 2011, but the bill has stalled in the U.S. Senate. On June 30, the Senate failed, for the fourth time, to pass a jobs bill that includes the FMAP funding.

If Congress fails to approve the FMAP funding, Governor Rendell and legislative leaders will have to find another way to balance the budget, which will likely require cuts in funding for critical human services such as Medical Assistance, child protective services, mental health/mental retardation services, and domestic violence counseling.

Below are Congressional district fact sheets detailing the number of Pennsylvanians receiving Medical Assistance and other critical human services and the economic impact in the health care sector created by funding those services.

1st Congressional District: Representative Robert Brady

2nd Congressional District: Representative Chaka Fattah

3rd Congressional District: Representative Kathy Dahlkemper

4th Congressional District: Representative Jason Altmire

5th Congressional District: Representative Glenn Thompson

6th Congressional District: Representative Jim Gerlach

7th Congressional District: Representative Joe Sestak

8th Congressional District: Representative Patrick Murphy

9th Congressional District: Representative William Shuster

10th Congressional District: Representative Christopher Carney

11th Congressional District: Representative Paul Kanjorski

12th Congressional District: Representative Mark Critz