To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of State Medicaid fraud and abuse control units to investigate and prosecute cases of Medicaid patient abuse and neglect in any setting, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 13, 2018 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
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.
- IntroducedSep 28, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill allows state Medicaid fraud control units to investigate complaints of patient abuse or neglect in additional settings. Specifically, the bill allows a unit to review complaints regarding Medicaid patients who are in noninstitutional or other settings. Currently, such units may review complaints regarding patients who are in Medicaid-funded health care facilities or certain board-and-care facilities.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 28, 2017 to Sep 13, 2018, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Sep 28, 2017 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 8, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jun 8, 2018 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Jun 25, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Jun 25, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jun 25, 2018 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Sep 13, 2018 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 13, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 13, 2018Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Sep 7, 2018Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Sep 7, 2018Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 29, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 28, 2017Introduced in House
- Sep 28, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 28, 2017Introduced in House
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