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HR 180 115th Congress House Health Health care coverage and access Medicaid

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

Introduced: January 3, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Jan 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in House
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 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.

What's happening now January 25, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1628 Related bill American Health Care Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Jan 3, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 180: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement for 3 months of retroactive coverage under the Medicaid program.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-180/
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"H.R. 180: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement for 3 months of retroactive coverage under the Medicaid program.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-180/.
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H.R. 180, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-180/.
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[H.R. 180: 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/115-HR-180/)
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