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S 3445 115th 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: September 17, 2018 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Health Correctional facilities and imprisonmentHealth care coverage and accessMedicaidState and local government operations
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 17, 2018
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 Latest action September 17, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act

This bill prohibits a state Medicaid program from terminating an individual's medical assistance enrollment because the individual is incarcerated, if the individual was enrolled in medical assistance immediately before becoming an inmate or becomes eligible to enroll while an inmate. However, a state may still suspend an inmate's enrollment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6823 Identical bill Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3445: Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3445/
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"S. 3445: Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3445/.
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S. 3445, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3445/.
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[S. 3445: Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3445/)
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