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S 1409 114th Congress Senate

Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to suspend, rather than terminate, an individual's eligibility for medical assistance un… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to suspend, rather than terminate, an individual's eligibility for medical assistance under the State Medicaid plan while such individual is an inmate of a public institution.

Introduced: May 21, 2015 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Health Correctional facilities and imprisonmentMedicaid
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 21, 2015
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 Latest action May 21, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state plan for medical assistance to prohibit the state from terminating (but allowing it to suspend) enrollment under a state plan for an individual who is eligible because an inmate of a public institution.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jul 14, 2015
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 21, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1409: Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1409/
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"S. 1409: Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1409/.
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S. 1409, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1409/.
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