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Read. Follow. Verify.The Safeguarding Medicaid Act (S. 1082)
Record date · March 14, 2025
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What This Bill Does
This bill proposes expanding asset verification requirements for all Medicaid applicants and recipients across all states and territories. It mandates that states check an individual's financial resources against specific limits to determine eligibility, while requiring the federal government to track resulting program savings and state compliance.
If passed, this bill would require all Medicaid applicants and current recipients to undergo a financial resource test, potentially changing eligibility criteria for millions of Americans and requiring states to implement new electronic asset-tracking systems.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Medicaid applicants and recipients
Individuals will be subject to new resource eligibility tests and asset verification checks to qualify for or maintain medical assistance.
State governments
States must implement electronic asset verification systems, submit new reports to the federal government, and potentially follow corrective action plans.
Department of Health and Human Services
The agency is tasked with promulgating rules, creating a federal savings tracking system, and enforcing state compliance.
Key Facts
- The bill mandates an asset verification program for all Medicaid applicants and recipients in all states and territories.
- States must implement an electronic integrated asset verification program within one year of enactment.
- A resources eligibility test will be applied to all individuals seeking medical assistance, with limits tied to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) standards.
- The bill explicitly excludes pregnant women, postpartum women, and children under 19 from these new resource test requirements.
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- The Secretary of Health and Human Services may grant a one-year delay to states demonstrating economic hardship.
- The federal government must create a tracking system to measure Medicaid savings resulting from these asset checks within two years.
- States are required to submit triennial reports on eligibility determinations, renewals, and asset check outcomes.
- The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to mandate corrective action plans for states found to be out of compliance with federal eligibility requirements.
- The asset verification requirements take effect one year after enactment; the resource eligibility test requirements take effect two years after enactment.
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Expansion of Asset Testing
The bill moves to remove existing exemptions for certain Medicaid categories, effectively standardizing asset testing across all Medicaid populations except for specific protected groups.
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