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S 2255 116th Congress Senate

Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act

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

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

Introduced: July 24, 2019 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Health Correctional facilities and imprisonmentDetention of personsHealth care coverage and accessMedicaid
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action July 24, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act

This bill expands certain requirements relating to the eligibility of inmates of public institutions for Medicaid.

Currently, state Medicaid programs (1) may suspend, but not terminate, a juvenile's Medicaid eligibility while the juvenile is an inmate; and (2) must restore coverage or determine a juvenile's eligibility, as applicable, upon the juvenile's release. The bill extends these provisions to all inmates of public institutions, regardless of age.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3953 Identical bill Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2255: Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2255/
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"S. 2255: Supporting Positive Outcomes After Release Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2255/.
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S. 2255, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2255/.
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