118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8084 

AN ACT 

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. 

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

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

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

4 ‘‘LIVE Beneficiaries Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. VERIFICATION OF CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 

6 FOR INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED FOR MEDICAL 

7 ASSISTANCE. 

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

9 1396a) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

12 and inserting a semicolon; 

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

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

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

16 the following new paragraph: 

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

18 the eligibility verification requirements under sub19 section (uu), except that this paragraph shall apply 

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

21 of Columbia.’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub23 section: 

24 ‘‘(uu) VERIFICATION OF CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY CRI25 TERIA.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 

2 (a)(88), the eligibility verification requirements, be3 ginning January 1, 2026, are as follows: 

4 ‘‘(A) QUARTERLY SCREENING TO VERIFY

5 ENROLLEE STATUS.—The State shall, not less 

6 frequently than quarterly, review the Death 

7 Master File (as such term is defined in section 

8 203(d) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013) 

9 to determine whether any individuals enrolled 

10 for medical assistance under the State plan (or 

11 waiver of such plan) are deceased. 

12 ‘‘(B) DISENROLLMENT UNDER STATE

13 PLAN.—If the State determines, based on infor14 mation obtained from the Death Master File, 

15 that an individual enrolled for medical assist16 ance under the State plan (or waiver of such 

17 plan) is deceased, the State shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) treat such information as factual 

19 information confirming the death of a ben20 eficiary for purposes of section 431.213(a) 

21 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

22 any successor regulation); 

23 ‘‘(ii) disenroll such individual from the 

24 State plan (or waiver of such plan); and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) discontinue any payments for 

2 medical assistance under this title made on 

3 behalf of such individual (other than pay4 ments for any items or services furnished 

5 to such individual prior to the death of 

6 such individual). 

7 ‘‘(C) REINSTATEMENT OF COVERAGE IN

8 THE EVENT OF ERROR.—If a State determines 

9 that an individual was misidentified as deceased 

10 based on information obtained from the Death 

11 Master File, and was erroneously disenrolled 

12 from medical assistance under the State plan 

13 (or waiver of such plan) based on such 

14 misidentification, the State shall immediately 

15 reenroll such individual under the State plan 

16 (or waiver of such plan), retroactive to the date 

17 of such disenrollment. 

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

19 this subsection shall be construed to preclude the 

20 ability of a State to use other electronic data sources 

21 to timely identify potentially deceased beneficiaries, 

22 so long as the State is also in compliance with the 

23 requirements of this subsection (and all other re-
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1 quirements under this title relating to Medicaid eli2 gibility determination and redetermination).’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8084 

AN ACT 

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