Safeguarding Medicaid Act
Official title: A bill to apply the Medicaid asset verification program to all applicants for, and recipients of, medical assistance in all States and territories, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1778-1779)
Safeguarding Medicaid Act
This bill requires states and territories to implement asset verification programs to determine an individual's Medicaid eligibility.
Currently, states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are required to have asset verification programs to determine an individual's eligibility for Medicaid if the individual is age 65 or older, blind, or disabled. The bill applies this requirement to all states and territories and to all individuals seeking Medicaid eligibility.
The bill also requires state Medicaid programs to implement resource tests to determine an individual's Medicaid eligibility (currently, such tests are prohibited except for those age 65 or older or who are blind or disabled). The resource test must conform with the resource test for determining an individual's eligibility for Supplemental Security Income, unless the state specifies a different threshold.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must create a system to track any federal savings due to implementation of the required asset verification programs.
States that do not comply with federal requirements regarding Medicaid eligibility determinations must submit corrective action plans to the CMS.
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- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- White House Office
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1082: Safeguarding Medicaid Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1082/
"S. 1082: Safeguarding Medicaid Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1082/.
S. 1082, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1082/.
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