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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8089 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 506
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8089

                          [Report No. 118-608]

   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require certain 
       additional provider screening under the Medicaid program.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2024

 Mr. Mike Garcia of California (for himself and Mr. Peters) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

                             July 23, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               19, 2024]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require certain 
       additional provider screening under the Medicaid program.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare and Medicaid Fraud 
Prevention Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. MEDICAID PROVIDER SCREENING REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 1902(kk)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a(kk)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The State'' and inserting:
                    ``(A) In general.--The State''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Additional provider screening.--Beginning 
                January 1, 2027, as part of the enrollment (or 
                reenrollment or revalidation of enrollment) of a 
                provider or supplier under this title, and not less 
                frequently than quarterly during the period that such 
                provider or supplier is so enrolled, the State conducts 
                a check of the Death Master File (as such term is 
                defined in section 203(d) of the Bipartisan Budget Act 
                of 2013) to determine whether such provider or supplier 
                is deceased.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 506

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 8089

                          [Report No. 118-608]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require certain 
       additional provider screening under the Medicaid program.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 23, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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