[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 194 (Wednesday, November 29, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1604. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2018; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. APPLICATION OF MEDICAID ASSET VERIFICATION PROGRAM 
                   TO ALL CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS FOR MEDICAL 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--Section 1940(b)(1)(A) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w(b)(1)(A)) is amended by 
     striking ``on the basis of being aged, blind, or disabled''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
       (c) Phase-in Implementation.--
       (1) In general.--During the 180 day period that begins on 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services shall require States to submit and 
     implement an asset verification program under section 1940 of 
     the Social Security Act (as amended by subsection (a)) in 
     such manner as is designed to result in the application of 
     such programs, in the aggregate for all such States, to 
     enrollment of approximately, but not less than, the following 
     percentage of enrollees, in the aggregate for all such 
     States, by the end of the fiscal year involved:
       (A) 12.5 percent by the end of fiscal year 2018.
       (B) 25 percent by the end of fiscal year 2019.
       (C) 50 percent by the end of fiscal year 2020.
       (D) 75 percent by the end of fiscal year 2021.
       (E) 100 percent by the end of fiscal year 2022.
       (2) Consideration.--In selecting States under paragraph 
     (1), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult 
     with the States involved and take into account the 
     feasibility of implementing asset verification programs in 
     each such State.
       (3) Construction.--Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be 
     construed as preventing a State from requesting, and the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services from approving, the 
     implementation of an asset verification program in advance of 
     the deadline otherwise established under such paragraph.
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