A bill to amend the Social Security Act to change the calendar quarters during which a State's showing to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare of satisfactory control over the utilization of certain services to aged individuals waives any reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage to such State.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to change from December 31, 1977, to December 31, 1978, the date on which the calendar quarter ends during which a State must show to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare its effective control over the utilization of certain inpatient care received in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility for the calendar quarters ending after January 1, 1977, and before October 1, 1977, in order to prevent a reduction in the Federal medical assistance percentage to the State.…