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HR 4401 115th Congress House Social Welfare Correctional facilities and imprisonment Disability assistance Family relationships Intergovernmental relations Medicaid Poverty and welfare assistance Social security and elderly assistance State and local government operations

Recidivism Reduction Act

Introduced: November 15, 2017 Introduced by: Carson, André Democratic · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 15, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 15, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recidivism Reduction Act

This bill requires the reinstatement of Medicaid benefits and Social Security disability benefits that were suspended due to a beneficiary's incarceration. Specifically, the bill requires:

  • the post-release reinstatement of a beneficiary's Medicaid benefits without a requirement for the beneficiary to reapply;
  • the post-release reinstatement of a beneficiary's Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits without a requirement for the beneficiary to reapply, if the beneficiary received SSI benefits on the basis of blindness or disability; and
  • the establishment of a system for a beneficiary who received Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits on the basis of disability to apply, prior to release, for the resumption of OASDI benefits.
What's happening now November 17, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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