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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2586
5	5	To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to make
6	6	medical assistance available to inmates during the 30-day period pre-
7	7	ceding their release.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	APRIL1, 2025
10	10	Mr. T
11	11	ONKO(for himself, Mr. TURNERof Ohio, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. RUTH-
12	12	ERFORD, Mr. AMO, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. BACON, Ms. BALINT, Ms.
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14	14	ARRAGA´N, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CAREY, Mr. CISCOMANI,
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16	16	LARKEof New York, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. CRAIG, Ms.
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18	18	ROCKETT, Ms. DAVIDSof Kansas, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania, Ms.
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20	20	ELBENE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr.
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22	22	OLDMANof New York, Mr. HARDERof California, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms.
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24	24	AYAPAL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LALOTA, Mr.
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26	26	ANDSMAN, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MAGAZINER, Ms. MCCLEL-
27	27	LAN, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms.
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29	29	ORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMI-
30	30	REZ, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. SCHNEIDER,
31	31	Ms. S
32	32	CHRIER, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. THOMP-
33	33	SONof Pennsylvania, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. VANDREW,
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35	35	ASSERMANSCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Ms.
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37	37	ILLIAMSof Georgia, Mr. YAKYM, and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the fol-
38	38	lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
39	39	merce
40	40	A BILL
41	41	To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow
42	42	States to make medical assistance available to inmates
43	43	during the 30-day period preceding their release.
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47	47	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
48	48	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
49	49	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
50	50	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reentry Act of 2025’’. 4
51	51	SEC. 2. ALLOWING FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER MED-5
52	52	ICAID FOR INMATES DURING 30-DAY PERIOD 6
53	53	PRECEDING RELEASE. 7
54	54	(a) I
55	55	NGENERAL.—The subdivision (A) following the 8
56	56	last numbered paragraph of section 1905(a) of the Social 9
57	57	Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended by insert-10
58	58	ing ‘‘or in the case of any individual during the 30-day 11
59	59	period preceding the date of release of such individual 12
60	60	from such public institution’’ before ‘‘);’’. 13
61	61	(b) R
62	62	EPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 14
63	63	date of enactment of this Act, the Medicaid and CHIP 15
64	64	Payment and Access Commission shall submit a report to 16
65	65	Congress on the Medicaid inmate exclusion under the sub-17
66	66	division (A) following the last numbered paragraph of sec-18
67	67	tion 1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 19
68	68	1396d(a)). Such report shall, to the extent practicable, in-20
69	69	clude the following information: 21
70	70	(1) P
71	71	ROVISION OF CARE IN CORRECTIONAL 22
72	72	SETTINGS.—An analysis and description of stand-23
73	73	ards for health and safety for individuals who are in-24
74	74	mates of correctional facilities, the health care pro-25
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78	78	vided to such individuals, and the physical environ-1
79	79	ment in which health care is provided to such indi-2
80	80	viduals, which may include the following: 3
81	81	(A) An assessment of access to health care 4
82	82	for incarcerated individuals, including a descrip-5
83	83	tion of medical and behavioral health services 6
84	84	generally available to incarcerated individuals. 7
85	85	(B) An assessment of Medicare and Med-8
86	86	icaid conditions of participation for hospitals, 9
87	87	psychiatric facilities, psychiatric residential 10
88	88	treatment facilities, nursing facilities, and other 11
89	89	relevant provider types, if any, and their poten-12
90	90	tial application to health care services furnished 13
91	91	to individuals who are inmates of correctional 14
92	92	facilities. 15
93	93	(C) An assessment of State licensing and 16
94	94	certification standards, processes, and enforce-17
95	95	ment mechanisms for correctional facilities, and 18
96	96	the potential application of such standards, 19
97	97	processes, and enforcement mechanisms to the 20
98	98	provision of health care to individuals who are 21
99	99	inmates of correctional facilities. 22
100	100	(D) An assessment of accrediting bodies 23
101	101	for correctional facilities, the respective accred-24
102	102	iting standards of such bodies, and the accred-25
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106	106	iting practices relevant to health care services 1
107	107	provided by correctional facilities to individuals 2
108	108	who are inmates of such facilities, in compari-3
109	109	son to major community health care facility ac-4
110	110	crediting bodies. 5
111	111	(2) I
112	112	MPACT OF THE REENTRY ACT ; REC-6
113	113	OMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL ACTION .— 7
114	114	(A) The number of incarcerated individuals 8
115	115	who would otherwise be eligible to enroll for 9
116	116	medical assistance under a State plan approved 10
117	117	under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 11
118	118	U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of such a 12
119	119	plan). 13
120	120	(B) An analysis of the preliminary impact 14
121	121	of the amendment made by subsection (a) on 15
122	122	health care coverage and the transition back 16
123	123	into the community for individuals who are 17
124	124	newly released from correctional facilities. 18
125	125	(C) A description of current practices re-19
126	126	lated to the discharge of incarcerated individ-20
127	127	uals, including how correctional facilities inter-21
128	128	act with State Medicaid agencies to ensure that 22
129	129	such individuals who are eligible to enroll for 23
130	130	medical assistance under a State plan or waiver 24
131	131	described in subparagraph (A) are so enrolled. 25
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135	135	(D) If determined appropriate by the Com-1
136	136	mission, recommendations for Congress, the 2
137	137	Department of Health and Human Services, or 3
138	138	States on further legislative or administrative 4
139	139	actions to— 5
140	140	(i) ensure access to comprehensive 6
141	141	health coverage for incarcerated and newly 7
142	142	released individuals, including an assess-8
143	143	ment of the impact of the Medicaid inmate 9
144	144	exclusion; and 10
145	145	(ii) better facilitate an effective transi-11
146	146	tion to community services and addiction 12
147	147	treatment for newly released individuals. 13
148	148	(E) Any other information that the Com-14
149	149	mission determines would be useful to Con-15
150	150	gress. 16
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