Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 14, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA), for purposes of determining or redetermining an individual's Medicaid eligibility, to direct each state to implement an asset verification program requiring Medicaid applicants or recipients to authorize the state to: (1) obtain records from a financial institution; and (2) use them to verify the individual's financial resources.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide payments to eligible states to establish and carry out practices to reduce fraud under the state Medicaid program.
Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility of, and potential program savings from, implementing an electronic system for verifying asset transfers, particularly of real property, by Medicaid applicants or recipients. Authorizes the Secretary to require states to implement such a system if feasible and cost-effective.
Requires withholding of federal matching payments to states for: (1) failure to implement an asset verification program; and (2) any expenditures other than for compensation of a state employee or payment to a state entity (for instance, expenditures for consultants).
Requires states to submit to the Secretary state plan amendments for creating Internet-based transparency programs to improve public disclosure of Medicaid payments information.
Amends SSA title XI to permit limitations, restrictions, and suspensions of Medicaid eligibility in cases of Medicaid-related civil or criminal fraud or abuse.
Provides for an extended period of one year to recover Medicaid overpayments resulting from fraud or abuse.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2008 to Apr 16, 2008, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| D-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Original | Apr 10, 2008 |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Apr 16, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 10, 2008Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2845 | Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008 | Identical bill | Apr 10, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Bank records
- Collection of accounts
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Health care fraud
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Medicaid
- Social Welfare
- Welfare eligibility
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2008Introduced in House
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