; (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking 2019 and inserting the sixth consecutive 12-month period in which the State provides medical assistance to newly eligible individuals ; and (5) in subparagraph (E), by striking 2020 and each year thereafter and inserting the seventh consecutive 12-month period in which the State provides medical assistance to newly eligible individuals and each such period thereafter . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. M Medicaid Expansion Parity 21401. Short title This subtitle may be cited as the Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of 2020 . 21402. Parity in the timing of the application of higher Medicaid Federal matching rates for ACA newly eligible individuals (a) In general Section 1905(y)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396d(y)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking for calendar quarters in 2014, 2015, and 2016 and inserting for calendar quarters in the 12-calendar-quarter period beginning with the first calendar quarter in which the State provides medical assistance to newly eligible individuals ; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking for calendar quarters in 2017 and inserting for the next 4 calendar quarters for such State ; (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking for calendar quarters in 2018 and inserting for the next 4 calendar quarters for such State ; (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking for calendar quarters in 2019 and inserting for the next 4 calendar quarters for such State