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HR 1381 115th Congress House

Requiring Individual Responsibility in Medicaid Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to impose an individual responsibility requirement for nondisabled, nonelderly, nonpregnant indi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to impose an individual responsibility requirement for nondisabled, nonelderly, nonpregnant individuals made eligible for medical assistance.

Introduced: March 27, 2017 Introduced by: Griffith, H. Morgan Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
Health Employment and training programsMedicaidState and local government operations
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Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 7, 2017
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 Latest action March 17, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requiring Individual Responsibility in Medicaid Act of 2017

This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program to impose a work requirement as a condition of eligibility.

A program may not apply such a requirement to: (1) a pregnant woman, (2) the sole parent or caretaker of either a child younger than age 6 or a child with disabilities, or (3) an individual younger than age 20 who is married or head of a household and either attends secondary school or participates in employment-related education.

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Arrington, Jodey C.
Texas · Mar 27, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1381: Requiring Individual Responsibility in Medicaid Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1381/
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"H.R. 1381: Requiring Individual Responsibility in Medicaid Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1381/.
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H.R. 1381, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1381/.
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