Medicaid Program Improvement Act

10/4/2024, 8:07 PM

Medicaid Program Improvement Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that state Medicaid programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have a process in place to obtain updated addresses for enrollees. It also requires contracted managed care plans to report addresses that have been directly verified by enrollees to states.

Congress
118

Number
HR - 8111

Introduced on
2024-04-23

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

9/18/2024

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
Passed in House
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Medicaid Program Improvement Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that state Medicaid programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have a process in place to obtain updated addresses for enrollees. It also requires contracted managed care plans to report addresses that have been directly verified by enrollees to states.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure the reliability of address information provided under the Medicaid program.

Policy Areas
Health

Potential Impact
Child health
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary9/16/2024

Medicaid Program Improvement Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that state Medicaid programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have a process in place to obtain updated addresses ...


Latest Action9/18/2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.