[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2628 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2628

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove a limitation on 
  an individual's eligibility for medical assistance under the State 
Medicaid plan while the individual is in custody pending disposition of 
                                charges.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2019

   Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Durbin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove a limitation on 
  an individual's eligibility for medical assistance under the State 
Medicaid plan while the individual is in custody pending disposition of 
                                charges.

    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 ``Equity in Pretrial Medicaid Coverage 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF INMATE LIMITATION ON BENEFITS UNDER MEDICAID.

    (a) In General.--The subdivision (A) of section 1905(a) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) that follows paragraph (30) is 
amended by inserting ``or while in custody pending disposition of 
charges'' after ``patient in a medical institution''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins 
after 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
apply to items and services furnished for periods beginning on or after 
such date.
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