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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1509 
To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to streamline 
the enrollment process for eligible out-of-state providers under Medicaid 
and CHIP. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 21, 2025 
Mrs. TRAHAN (for herself and Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act 
to streamline the enrollment process for eligible out- 
of-state providers under Medicaid and CHIP. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerating Kids’ Ac-
cess to Care Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. STREAMLINED ENROLLMENT PROCESS FOR ELIGI-
BLE OUT-OF-STATE PROVIDERS UNDER MED-
ICAID AND CHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(kk) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(kk)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) STREAMLINED
ENROLLMENT
PROCESS 
FOR ELIGIBLE OUT-OF-STATE PROVIDERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State— 
‘‘(i) adopts and implements a process 
to allow an eligible out-of-State provider to 
enroll under the State plan (or a waiver of 
such plan) to furnish items and services to, 
or order, prescribe, refer, or certify eligi-
bility for items and services for, qualifying 
individuals without the imposition of 
screening or enrollment requirements by 
such State that exceed the minimum nec-
essary for such State to provide payment 
to an eligible out-of-State provider under 
such State plan (or a waiver of such plan), 
such as the provider’s name and National 
Provider Identifier (and such other infor-
mation specified by the Secretary); and 
‘‘(ii) provides that an eligible out-of- 
State provider that enrolls as a partici-
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pating provider in the State plan (or a 
waiver of such plan) through such process 
shall be so enrolled for a 5-year period, un-
less the provider is terminated or excluded 
from participation during such period. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE
OUT-OF-STATE
PRO-
VIDER.—The term ‘eligible out-of-State 
provider’ means, with respect to a State, a 
provider— 
‘‘(I) that is located in any other 
State; 
‘‘(II) that— 
‘‘(aa) was determined by the 
Secretary to have a limited risk 
of fraud, waste, and abuse for 
purposes of determining the level 
of screening to be conducted 
under section 1866(j)(2), has 
been so screened under such sec-
tion 1866(j)(2), and is enrolled in 
the Medicare program under title 
XVIII; or 
‘‘(bb) was determined by the 
State agency administering or su-
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pervising the administration of 
the State plan (or a waiver of 
such plan) of such other State to 
have a limited risk of fraud, 
waste, and abuse for purposes of 
determining the level of screening 
to be conducted under paragraph 
(1) of this subsection, has been 
so screened under such para-
graph (1), and is enrolled under 
such State plan (or a waiver of 
such plan); and 
‘‘(III) that has not been— 
‘‘(aa) excluded from partici-
pation in any Federal health care 
program 
pursuant 
to 
section 
1128 or 1128A; 
‘‘(bb) excluded from partici-
pation in the State plan (or a 
waiver of such plan) pursuant to 
part 1002 of title 42, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor regulation), or State law; 
or 
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‘‘(cc) terminated from par-
ticipating in a Federal health 
care program or the State plan 
(or a waiver of such plan) for a 
reason described in paragraph 
(8)(A). 
‘‘(ii) QUALIFYING
INDIVIDUAL.—The 
term ‘qualifying individual’ means an indi-
vidual under 21 years of age who is en-
rolled under the State plan (or waiver of 
such plan). 
‘‘(iii) 
STATE.—The 
term 
‘State’ 
means 1 of the 50 States or the District 
of Columbia.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1902(a)(77) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(77)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘enrollment,’’ after ‘‘screening,’’. 
(2) 
The 
subsection 
heading 
for 
section 
1902(kk) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(kk)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘enrollment,’’ after ‘‘screen-
ing,’’. 
(3) Section 2107(e)(1)(G) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)(G)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘enrollment,’’ after ‘‘screening,’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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