3.0.0 2845 2022-02-03T05:18:56Z 2022-02-03T05:18:56Z Senate S S 2008-04-10 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-10T20:43:35Z Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008 110 5757 HR 2008-04-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2008-04-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-04-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL N Health Bank records Collection of accounts Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health care fraud Intergovernmental fiscal relations Medicaid Social Welfare Welfare eligibility Health 00 2008-04-10 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-19T16:44:55Z Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA), for purposes of determining or redetermining an individual's Medicaid eligibility, to direct each state to implement an asset verification program requiring Medicaid applicants or recipients to authorize the state to: (1) obtain records from a financial institution; and (2) use them to verify the individual's financial resources.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide payments to eligible states to establish and carry out practices to reduce fraud under the state Medicaid program.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility of, and potential program savings from, implementing an electronic system for verifying asset transfers, particularly of real property, by Medicaid applicants or recipients. Authorizes the Secretary to require states to implement such a system if feasible and cost-effective.

Requires withholding of federal matching payments to states for: (1) failure to implement an asset verification program; and (2) any expenditures other than for compensation of a state employee or payment to a state entity (for instance, expenditures for consultants).

Requires states to submit to the Secretary state plan amendments for creating Internet-based transparency programs to improve public disclosure of Medicaid payments information.

Amends SSA title XI to permit limitations, restrictions, and suspensions of Medicaid eligibility in cases of Medicaid-related civil or criminal fraud or abuse.

Provides for an extended period of one year to recover Medicaid overpayments resulting from fraud or abuse.

]]> Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008 Display Title Medicaid Fraud Reduction Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require asset verification through access to information held by financial institutions, to reduce fraud and abuse in State Medicaid programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2845is/xml/BILLS-110s2845is.xml 2008-04-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.