Medicaid Fraud Fighting and Taxpayer Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10621 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10621

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the State 
  share of recovery under laws relating to false or fraudulent claims 
                      under the Medicaid program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2026

  Mr. Griffith (for himself, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Bentz, and Mr. Bilirakis) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the State 
  share of recovery under laws relating to false or fraudulent claims 
                      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 ``Medicaid Fraud Fighting and Taxpayer 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING STATE SHARE OF RECOVERY UNDER LAW RELATING TO FALSE 
              OR FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1909(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396h(a)) is amended by striking ``10 percentage points'' and 
inserting ``25 percentage points''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to amounts recovered under a State action brought on or 
after the date of the enactment of this section.
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