Medicaid Patient Abuse Prevention Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2379 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of State Medicaid fraud and abuse control units to investigate and prosecute cases of Medicaid patient abuse and neglect in any setting, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 31, 2019 Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. HASSAN, and Mr. ROBERTS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re- ferred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of State Medicaid fraud and abuse control units to investigate and prosecute cases of Medicaid pa- tient abuse and neglect in any setting, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicaid Patient 4 Abuse Prevention Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Aug 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2379.IS S2379 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2379 IS SEC. 2. CLARIFYING AUTHORITY OF STATE MEDICAID 1 FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL UNITS TO IN- 2 VESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE CASES OF MED- 3 ICAID PATIENT ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN ANY 4 SETTING. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1903(q)(4)(A)(ii) of the 6 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(q)(4)(A)(ii)) is 7 amended by inserting after ‘‘patients residing in board 8 and care facilities’’ the following: ‘‘and of patients (who 9 are receiving medical assistance under the State plan 10 under this title) in a noninstitutional or other setting’’. 11 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING.—Section 1903(a)(6) 12 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(6)) is 13 amended, in the matter following subparagraph (B), by 14 striking ‘‘(as found necessary by the Secretary for the 15 elimination of fraud in the provision and administration 16 of medical assistance provided under the State plan)’’. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Aug 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2379.IS S2379 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS