[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2303 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2303

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require as a condition 
 of receiving payments under such title for the costs of administering 
   its medicaid plan that each State include on the enrollment card 
     provided to beneficiaries under the plan a photograph of the 
                  beneficiary, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 1995

  Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require as a condition 
 of receiving payments under such title for the costs of administering 
   its medicaid plan that each State include on the enrollment card 
     provided to beneficiaries under the plan a photograph of the 
                  beneficiary, 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 ``Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION ON MEDICAID ENROLLMENT 
              CARDS AS CONDITION OF RECEIPT OF PAYMENTS FOR PLAN 
              ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1903(i) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b(i)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (14), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (15), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(16) with respect to any amount expended during a quarter 
        for the administration of the State plan, unless in the 
        administration of the plan the State includes on the enrollment 
        card provided to each enrolled individual a photograph of the 
        individual and information on the individual's gender, height, 
        and eye color, except to the extent that the State demonstrates 
        that the inclusion of a photograph or such information on a 
        card is not cost-effective with respect to a class of 
        individuals enrolled in the State plan because minimal fraud 
        exists in connection with the State plan which results from the 
        incorrect identification of such individuals.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to quarters beginning on or after the expiration of the 2-year 
period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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