SF0106HS001

This amendment makes technical corrections and substantive changes to hospital reporting requirements, citizenship verification timelines, and presumptive eligibility provisions in the Welfare Fraud Prevention Act.

• Changes the term from 'paragraphs' to 'subsections' in the section on certification periods. (Page 2, line 22)
• Corrects subsection reference from '(g)' to '(f)' in the eligibility redetermination section. (Page 5, line 17)
• Adds an exception for family caregivers as defined in the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage Family Caregivers Act of 2017 to the prohibition on waiving work requirements. (Page 8, line 9)
• Establishes implementation deadline of not later than April 1, 2027 for hospital citizenship data collection requirements. (Page 14, line 19)
• Establishes implementation deadline of not later than April 1, 2027 for hospital reporting requirements regarding citizenship information. (Page 15, line 4)
• Changes hospital reporting from quarterly to annual beginning with calendar year ending December 31, 2027 and each year thereafter. (Page 15, lines 10-23)
• Modifies reporting content to require total deidentified hospital admissions and emergency department visits disaggregated by whether patients were or were not lawfully present, and removes the 'quarter which were' language. (Page 15, lines 13-17)
• Changes the annual report deadline from 'By April 1 of each year' to 'Beginning on April 1, 2028 and each April 1 thereafter'. (Page 15, lines 21-22)
• Requires reports to include total deidentified hospital admissions and emergency department visits disaggregated by lawful presence status. (Page 16, lines 1-3)
• Adds 'or lawfully present in the United States' to clarify the citizenship status categories required to be reported. (Page 16, line 4-10)
• Expands hospital reporting to include information on presumptive eligibility applications, including numbers determined presumptively eligible, verified as eligible, and determined ineligible for medicaid. (Page 16, line 10 through Page 2, line 24)

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