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Union Calendar No. 507 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8084 

[Report No. 118–609] 

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to verify 

certain eligibility criteria for individuals enrolled for medical assistance 

quarterly, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 19, 2024 

Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Ms. CRAIG) 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] 


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A BILL 

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 

States to verify certain eligibility criteria for individuals 

enrolled for medical assistance quarterly, and for other 

purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Leveraging Integrity 

5 and Verification of Eligibility for Beneficiaries Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘LIVE Beneficiaries Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. VERIFICATION OF CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

8 FOR INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED FOR MEDICAL 

9 ASSISTANCE. 

10 Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 1396a) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (86), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

14 and inserting a semicolon; 

15 (B) in paragraph (87)(D), by striking the 

16 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (C) by inserting after paragraph (87)(D) 

18 the following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(88) provide that the State shall comply with 

20 the eligibility verification requirements under sub21 section (uu), except that this paragraph shall apply 

22 only in the case of the 50 States and the District of 

23 Columbia.’’; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub25 section: 


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1 ‘‘(uu) VERIFICATION OF CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY CRI2 TERIA.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 

4 (a)(88), the eligibility verification requirements, be5 ginning January 1, 2026, are as follows: 

6 ‘‘(A) QUARTERLY SCREENING TO VERIFY

7 ENROLLEE STATUS.—The State shall, not less 

8 frequently than quarterly, review the Death Mas9 ter File (as such term is defined in section 

10 203(d) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013) to 

11 determine whether any individuals enrolled for 

12 medical assistance under the State plan (or 

13 waiver of such plan) are deceased. 

14 ‘‘(B) DISENROLLMENT UNDER STATE

15 PLAN.—If the State determines, based on infor16 mation obtained from the Death Master File, 

17 that an individual enrolled for medical assist18 ance under the State plan (or waiver of such 

19 plan) is deceased, the State shall— 

20 ‘‘(i) treat such information as factual 

21 information confirming the death of a bene22 ficiary for purposes of section 431.213(a) of 

23 title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

24 any successor regulation); 


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1 ‘‘(ii) disenroll such individual from the 

2 State plan (or waiver of such plan); and 

3 ‘‘(iii) discontinue any payments for 

4 medical assistance under this title made on 

5 behalf of such individual (other than pay6 ments for any items or services furnished to 

7 such individual prior to the death of such 

8 individual). 

9 ‘‘(C) REINSTATEMENT OF COVERAGE IN THE

10 EVENT OF ERROR.—If a State determines that 

11 an individual was misidentified as deceased 

12 based on information obtained from the Death 

13 Master File, and was erroneously disenrolled 

14 from medical assistance under the State plan (or 

15 waiver of such plan) based on such 

16 misidentification, the State shall immediately re17 enroll such individual under the State plan (or 

18 waiver of such plan), retroactive to the date of 

19 such disenrollment. 

20 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing under 

21 this subsection shall be construed to preclude the abil22 ity of a State to use other electronic data sources to 

23 timely identify potentially deceased beneficiaries, so 

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1 ments under this title relating to Medicaid eligibility 

2 determination and redetermination).’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 507 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8084 

[Report No. 118–609] 

A BILL 

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to 

quarterly, and for other purposes. for individuals enrolled for medical assistance require States to verify certain eligibility criteria 

JULY 23, 2024 

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


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