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LIVE Beneficiaries Act

USA119th CongressS-678| Senate 
| Updated: 2/20/2025
Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Republican Senator

Florida

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill amends the Social Security Act to establish new eligibility verification requirements for state Medicaid programs, effective January 1, 2027. It mandates that the 50 States and the District of Columbia quarterly review the Death Master File to identify individuals enrolled for medical assistance who are deceased. The primary purpose is to enhance program integrity by ensuring that Medicaid benefits are not provided to deceased beneficiaries. Upon confirming an individual's death through the Death Master File, states are required to disenroll them from Medicaid and discontinue all associated medical assistance payments, except for services rendered prior to death. The bill also includes a crucial safeguard, stipulating that if an individual is erroneously disenrolled due to misidentification as deceased, the state must immediately reenroll them, with coverage retroactive to the date of incorrect disenrollment. States retain the flexibility to utilize additional electronic data sources for identifying potentially deceased beneficiaries, provided they also adhere to these new quarterly verification mandates.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-5547
LIVE Beneficiaries Act
Feb 18, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1403
Introduced in House
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 20, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-5547
    LIVE Beneficiaries Act


  • February 18, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1403
    Introduced in House


  • February 20, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 20, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Related Bills

  • S 119-891: Bipartisan Health Care Act
  • HR 119-1403: LIVE Beneficiaries Act
  • HR 119-1: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
  • HR 119-1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act
Health care coverage and accessMedicaidState and local government operations

LIVE Beneficiaries Act

USA119th CongressS-678| Senate 
| Updated: 2/20/2025
This bill amends the Social Security Act to establish new eligibility verification requirements for state Medicaid programs, effective January 1, 2027. It mandates that the 50 States and the District of Columbia quarterly review the Death Master File to identify individuals enrolled for medical assistance who are deceased. The primary purpose is to enhance program integrity by ensuring that Medicaid benefits are not provided to deceased beneficiaries. Upon confirming an individual's death through the Death Master File, states are required to disenroll them from Medicaid and discontinue all associated medical assistance payments, except for services rendered prior to death. The bill also includes a crucial safeguard, stipulating that if an individual is erroneously disenrolled due to misidentification as deceased, the state must immediately reenroll them, with coverage retroactive to the date of incorrect disenrollment. States retain the flexibility to utilize additional electronic data sources for identifying potentially deceased beneficiaries, provided they also adhere to these new quarterly verification mandates.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-5547
LIVE Beneficiaries Act
Feb 18, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-1403
Introduced in House
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Feb 20, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-5547
    LIVE Beneficiaries Act


  • February 18, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-1403
    Introduced in House


  • February 20, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 20, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Rick Scott

Rick Scott

Republican Senator

Florida

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 119-891: Bipartisan Health Care Act
  • HR 119-1403: LIVE Beneficiaries Act
  • HR 119-1: An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
  • HR 119-1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Health care coverage and accessMedicaidState and local government operations