[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8089 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8089


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2024

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 AN ACT


 
   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 of 2024''.

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 
                reenrollment 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.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 2024.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.