Medicaid Accountability Act
Latest action · Jul 31, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJul 31, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Medicaid Accountability Act
This bill establishes and expands certain requirements relating to Medicaid asset verification programs and other eligibility determinations.
Specifically, the bill requires state Medicaid programs to verify the assets of all Medicaid applicants and recipients for purposes of determining Medicaid eligibility, rather than only of applicants or recipients who are aged, blind, or disabled. The bill also requires U.S. territories to implement asset verification programs. Such requirements must be fully implemented by FY2024.
The bill also requires state Medicaid programs to apply a resource eligibility test whenever an income eligibility determination is required, based on resource limitations under the Supplemental Security Income program (currently, states are prohibited from using resource tests).
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 30, 2019 to Nov 20, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Rand Paul | Oct 30, 2019 | |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Nov 6, 2019 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Nov 6, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Nov 6, 2019 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Nov 20, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jul 31, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2019Introduced in Senate
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