HR2309Referred to Committee

Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act

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Introduced
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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2025-03-24
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Scott H. Peters
Scott H. Peters
Democrat · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 95.8% (598 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2025-03-24

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Plain-English Summary

Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that state Medicaid programs check, as part of the provider enrollment and reenrollment process, whether providers are deceased through the Social Security Administration's Death Master File. The bill requires states to continue to check this database on at least a quarterly basis after providers are enrolled.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2309 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2309 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require certain additional provider screening under the Medicaid program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2025 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Malliotakis, and Mr. Kennedy of Utah) 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 require certain additional provider screening 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 ``Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act''. SEC. 2. MEDICAID PROVIDER SCREENING REQUIREMENTS. Section 1902(kk)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(kk)(1)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``The State'' and inserting: ``(A) In general.--The State''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(B) Additional provider screening.--Beginning January 1, 2027, as part of the enrollment (or revalidation of enrollment) of a provider or supplier under this title, and not less frequently than quarterly during the period that such provider or supplier is so enrolled, the State conducts a check of the Death Master File (as such term is defined in section 203(d) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013) to determine whether such provider or supplier is deceased.''. <all>
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