119-hr2445

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2445 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2445

 To prohibit implementation of the rule entitled ``Medicaid Program; 
 Streamlining the Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, and 
 Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, 
 Enrollment, and Renewal Processes'', and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 27, 2025

 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 prohibit implementation of the rule entitled ``Medicaid Program; 
 Streamlining the Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, and 
 Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, 
 Enrollment, and Renewal Processes'', and for other purposes.

 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 ``Ensuring Medicaid Eligibility Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICAID STREAMLINING RULE.

 The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not implement, 
enforce, or otherwise give effect to the rule entitled ``Medicaid 
Program; Streamlining the Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance 
Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility 
Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes'' (89 Fed. Reg. 22780) 
published on April 2, 2024.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITING ENROLLMENT IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM PRIOR TO 
 VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP OR SATISFACTORY IMMIGRATION 
 STATUS; ENSURING ELIGIBILITY.

 

Section 1902

    (a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a

    (a) ) is 
amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (86) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) in paragraph

    (87) , by striking the period and inserting 
 a semicolon; and

    (3) by inserting after paragraph

    (87) the following new 
 paragraphs:
 ``

    (88) provide that no individual is enrolled under such 
 plan (or under a waiver of such plan) prior to the date that 
 such State verifies that such individual is a citizen or 
 national of the United States or an individual in satisfactory 
 immigration status (as defined in 

section 1137
            (d) (1) ); and
 ``

    (89) provide that, in the case of an individual enrolled 
 under such plan (or under a waiver of such plan) whose 
 eligibility is based in part by reference to the income of such 
 individual (as determined under subsection

    (e)

    (14) ), the 
 eligibility of such individual is verified not less frequently 
 than quarterly.''.

SEC. 4. LIMITING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF PAROLEES AND TPS AND DACA 
 RECIPIENTS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 1903
            (v) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b
            (v) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2) , in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by inserting ``or

    (5) '' after ``paragraph

    (1) ''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (5) Notwithstanding sections 401

    (a) , 402

    (b) , and 403 of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
and any other provision of this title, subject to paragraphs

    (2) and

    (4) , no payment may be made to a State under this section for medical 
assistance furnished to an alien who is--
 ``
        (A) granted parole under 

section 212
            (d) (5) or 
 236

    (a)

    (2)
        (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
 ``
        (B) granted deferred action or deferred enforced 
 departure, including pursuant to the memorandum of the 
 Department of Homeland Security entitled `Exercising 
 Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came 
 to the United States as Children' issued on June 15, 2012;
 ``
            (C) granted asylum under 

section 208 of such Act;
 ``
            (D) granted temporary protected status under 

section 244 
 of such Act; or
 ``
        (E) granted withholding of removal under 

section 241

    (b)

    (3) of such Act.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendment.--

Section 1902

    (a) is amended, in matter at 
the end, in the last sentence, by inserting ``or an alien described in 

section 1903
            (v) (5) '' after ``color of law''.
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