Requiring Individual Responsibility in Medicaid Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1381
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2017-03-07
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employment and training programs

Medicaid

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Requiring Individual Responsibility in Medicaid Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program to impose a work requirement&nbsp;as a condition of eligibility.</p> <p>A&nbsp;program may not apply such a requirement to: (1) a pregnant woman, (2) the sole parent or caretaker of either a child younger than age&nbsp;6 or a child with disabilities, or (3) an individual younger than age 20 who is married or head of a household and either attends secondary school or participates in employment-related education.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1381 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2017 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to impose an individual responsibility requirement for nondisabled, nonelderly, nonpregnant individuals made eligible for medical assistance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Requiring Individual Responsibility in Medicaid Act of 2017 . 2. Permitting States to apply an individual responsibility requirement for nondisabled, nonelderly, nonpregnant adults under Medicaid. Section 1902 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (nn) Individual responsibility requirement option for nondisabled, nonelderly, nonpregnant adults (1) In general Beginning October 1, 2017, subject to paragraph (3), a State may elect through a State plan amendment (or waiver of such plan) to condition medical assistance to a nondisabled, nonelderly, nonpregnant individual under this title upon such an individual’s satisfaction of an individual responsibility requirement (as defined in paragraph (2)). (2) Individual responsibility requirement defined In this section, the term individual responsibility requirement means, with respect to an individual, the individual’s participation in work activities (as defined in section 407(d)) for such period of time as determined by the State, and as directed and administered by the State. (3) Required exceptions States administering an individual responsibility requirement under this subsection may not apply such requirement to— (A) a woman to whom subsection (e)(5) applies (relating to eligibility of pregnant women through the end of the month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the last day of her pregnancy) ends); (B) an individual who is the only parent or caretaker relative in the family of a child who has not attained 6 years of age or who is the only parent or caretaker of a child with disabilities; or (C) an individual who is married or a head of household and has not attained 20 years of age and who— (i) maintains satisfactory attendance at secondary school or the equivalent; or (ii) participates in education directly related to employment. .