Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) today announced a legislative hearing titled "Legislative Proposals to Increase Medicaid Access and Improve Program Integrity."

“Medicaid is indispensable to millions of Americans, particularly those with disabilities who rely on long-term services and supports. It’s critical that we work to bolster access to those services while also improving the integrity of the program to ensure that states can continue to offer care for years to come,” said Chairs Rodgers and Guthrie. “We thank the Members who have led on these proposals—many of which are bipartisan—and look forward to hearing from Deputy Administrator Tsai on how we can strengthen Medicaid for those it was designed to assist.”

Subcommittee on Health hearing titled "Legislative Proposals to Increase Medicaid Access and Improve Program Integrity.” 

WHAT: A hearing to discuss legislative proposals that will strengthen the Medicaid program for individuals most in need.   

DATE: Tuesday, April 30, 2024     

TIME: 10:00 AM ET 

LOCATION: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building     

WITNESS:  

• Daniel Tsai, Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

• H.R. 124, Byron Nash Renal Medullary Carcinoma Awareness of 2023 (Rep. Green) 
• H.R. 468, Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act (Reps. Guthrie and Dean) 
• H.R. 670, Think Differently Database Act (Reps. Molinaro and Sherrill) 
• H.R. 3227, Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act (Reps. Estes and Connolly) 
• H.R. 7513, Protecting America’s Seniors Access to Care Act (Reps. Fischbach and Pence) 
• H.R. 7573, Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act (Rep. Schakowsky) 
• H.R. 8084, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to verify certain eligibility criteria for individuals enrolled for medical assistance quarterly, and for other purposes (Reps. Bilirakis and Craig) 
• H.R. 8089, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require certain additional provider screening under the Medicaid program (Reps. Garcia and Peters) 
• H.R. 8094, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to modify certain asset recovery rules (Rep. Kean) 
• H.R. 8106, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the requirement that an individual need an institutional level of care in order to qualify for home and community-based services under a Medicaid waiver (Reps. McMorris Rodgers and Pallone) 
• H.R. 8107, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove certain age restrictions on Medicaid eligibility for working adults with disabilities (Reps. Ciscomani and Gluesenkamp Perez) 
• H.R. 8108, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require medical assistance under the Medicaid program for certain home and community-based services for military families (Reps. Kiggans and Kaptur) 
• H.R. 8109, To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to make permanent the Money Follows the Person rebalancing demonstration (Reps. Dingell and Balderson) 
• H.R. 8110, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make permanent the State option to extend protection against spousal impoverishment for recipients of home and community-based services under Medicaid (Reps. Dingell and James)  
• H.R. 8111, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure the reliability of address information provided under the Medicaid program (Reps. Miller-Meeks and Cartwright) 
• H.R. 8112, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require certain additional provider screening under the Medicaid program (Rep. D’Esposito) 
• H.R. 8113, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require reporting on certain directed payments under the Medicaid program (Rep. Griffith)   
• H.R. 8114, To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to place certain limitations on Medicaid payments for home and community-based services (Rep. Cammack) 
• H.R. 8115, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for the deferral or disallowance of portions of payments for certain managed care violations under Medicaid (Rep. Sarbanes) 

This notice is at the direction of the Chair. The hearing will be open to the public and press and will be live streamed online at https://energycommerce.house.gov/. If you have any questions concerning the hearing, please contact Emma Schultheis with the Committee staff at Emma.Schultheis@mail.house.gov. If you have any press-related questions, please contact Christopher Krepich at Christopher.Krepich@mail.house.gov.