HR 453 · 107th Congress · Health
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require criminal background checks on drivers providing Medicaid medical assistance transportation services.
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.(2001-02-14)
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Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicaid payments to States with approved State Medicaid plans for expenditures for non-emergency medical transportation services where the contractor has failed to assure the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it has satisfactory arrangements to assure that: (1) any driver providing such services has undergone a criminal background check; and (2) any individual convicted of a felony involving violence or the use, distribution, or manufacture of alcohol or drugs is not an eligible service provider.…
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Cosponsors (15)
15 Democrats