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Removes a phrase that let States end Medicaid coverage solely because a person is an inmate and allows States only to suspend coverage during incarceration. It also funds a $50 million State planning-grant program to help States prepare to provide Medicaid-covered medical and behavioral health care to people made newly eligible under the change, with application requirements, planning activities, stakeholder consultation, and a requirement that awards be geographically diverse. A conforming change to prevent termination of eligibility takes effect January 2, 2026.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced May 12, 2025 by Bill Cassidy · Last progress May 12, 2025