A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to terminate eligibility for medicaid medical assistance for up to one year for individuals determined to have abused the Medicaid program.

Summary

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State to terminate an individual's benefits for up to one year after notice and opportunity for hearing, if it is determined, by a preponderance of the evidence, that such individual has committed specified Medicaid abuses.

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Timeline

1. 29 January 1981

   Introduced

   Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 29 January 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 29 January 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] · D · Sponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

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