LIVE Beneficiaries Act
Latest action · Sep 18, 2024 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedApr 19, 2024
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for Beneficiaries Act or the LIVE Beneficiaries Act
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to check the Social Security Administration's Death Master File on at least a quarterly basis to determine whether Medicaid enrollees are deceased.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 19, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Apr 19, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 19, 2024Markup Jun 12, 2024Reported Jul 23, 2024 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 26, 2024Markup May 16, 2024Reported May 16, 2024 | |
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Sep 18, 2024 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Sep 17, 2024Mrs. Rodgers (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 17, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5301-5302)
- Sep 17, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 8084.
- Sep 17, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5301-5302)
- Sep 17, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 23, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-609.
- Jul 23, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 507.
- Jun 12, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 12, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0.
- May 16, 2024Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 16, 2024Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 0.
- Apr 26, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 19, 2024Introduced in House
- Apr 19, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5462 | Angie Craig D-MN | Sep 19, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5301, H5302Text printed H5301 | Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL | Sep 17, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 69, April 19, 2024, pages H2559, H2558.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 5547 | LIVE Beneficiaries Act | Identical bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to verify certain eligibility criteria for individuals enrolled for medical assistance quarterly, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- LIVE Beneficiaries Act
- Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for Beneficiaries Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- LIVE Beneficiaries Act
- Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for Beneficiaries Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for Beneficiaries Act
- LIVE Beneficiaries Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for Beneficiaries Act
- LIVE Beneficiaries Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2024Referred in Senate
- Sep 17, 2024Engrossed in House
- Jul 23, 2024Reported in House
- Apr 19, 2024Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
