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HR 5626 114th Congress House

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement for 3 months of retroactive coverage under the Medicaid program.

Introduced: July 5, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action July 5, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement for up to three months of retroactive coverage under Medicaid.

Under current law, a state Medicaid program must provide coverage for up to three months prior to an individual's application for benefits if the individual would have been eligible for benefits during that period. The bill eliminates this requirement and instead specifies that coverage begins in the month during which the individual applies for benefits.

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Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Jul 5, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5626: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement for 3 months of retroactive coverage under the Medicaid program.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5626/
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"H.R. 5626: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement for 3 months of retroactive coverage under the Medicaid program.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5626/.
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H.R. 5626, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5626/.
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[H.R. 5626: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement for 3 months of retroactive coverage under the Medicaid program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5626/)
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