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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require criminal background checks on drivers providing Medicaid medical assistance transportation services.

Introduced: February 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Feb 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 6, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 6, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicaid payments to States with approved State Medicaid plans for expenditures for non-emergency medical transportation services where the contractor has failed to assure the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it has satisfactory arrangements to assure that: (1) any driver providing such services has undergone a criminal background check; and (2) any individual convicted of a felony involving violence or the use, distribution, or manufacture of alcohol or drugs is not an eligible service provider.
What's happening now February 14, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 6, 2001
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 6, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 6, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 453: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require criminal background checks on drivers providing Medicaid medical assistance transportation services.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-453/
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"H.R. 453: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require criminal background checks on drivers providing Medicaid medical assistance transportation services.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-453/.
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H.R. 453, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-453/.
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