[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3597 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3597

   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to 
  determine if providers are qualified under Medicaid State plans to 
                           perform services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2015

 Mr. Aderholt (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Fortenberry, 
Mr. Harris, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Rogers 
 of Alabama, Mrs. Roby, and Mr. Byrne) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to 
  determine if providers are qualified under Medicaid State plans to 
                           perform services.

    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 Qualified Providers 
Clarification Act''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING STATES TO DETERMINE IF PROVIDERS ARE QUALIFIED UNDER 
              MEDICAID STATE PLANS TO PERFORM SERVICES.

    Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of paragraph 
(23), a State may determine whether or not a provider or group of 
providers is qualified to perform services, as described in paragraph 
(23), including by establishing qualification criteria, which may 
include--
            ``(1) criteria designed to evaluate the ability of the 
        provider or group to perform the needed medical services in a 
        professionally competent, safe, and legal manner; and
            ``(2) criteria designed to evaluate any other qualification 
        deemed necessary by the State.''.
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