; and (ii) ending on the earlier of— (I) the first day of the first fiscal quarter for which the State is an HCBS program improvement State; and (II) the date that is 3 years after the date on which the State is awarded such a grant. (C) Nonapplication of territorial funding caps Any payment made to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa for expenditures on medical assistance that are subject to the Federal medical assistance percentage increase specified under subparagraph (A) shall not be taken into account for purposes of applying payment limits under subsections (f) and (g) of section 1108 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1308 ). (2) Maintenance of effort requirements For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the requirements of this paragraph are, with respect to the period for which a State is awarded a planning grant under this section, the State shall not— (A) lower the amount, duration, or scope of home and community-based services available under the State Medicaid program (relative to the services available under the program as of the date on which the State was awarded such grant)