3.0.0 3445 2023-01-11T13:41:21Z 2023-01-11T13:41:21Z Senate S 2018-09-17 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-09-17T20:06:10Z Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act 115 6823 HR 2018-09-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2018-09-17 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2018-09-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N Health Correctional facilities and imprisonment Health care coverage and access Medicaid State and local government operations Health 00 2018-09-17 Introduced in Senate 2018-10-22T18:03:20Z Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act

This bill prohibits a state Medicaid program from terminating an individual's medical assistance enrollment because the individual is incarcerated, if the individual was enrolled in medical assistance immediately before becoming an inmate or becomes eligible to enroll while an inmate. However, a state may still suspend an inmate's enrollment.

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Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act Display Title Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to suspend, rather than terminate, an individual's eligibility for medical assistance under the State Medicaid plan while such individual is an inmate of a public institution. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act Introduced in Senate 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3445is/xml/BILLS-115s3445is.xml 2018-09-17 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.