119-hr2309

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2309 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2309

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require certain 
 additional provider screening under the Medicaid program.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 24, 2025

 Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. 
 Malliotakis, and Mr. Kennedy of Utah) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 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''.

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 
 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.''.
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