Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act
Sponsored By: Representative Schakowsky
Introduced
Summary
This bill would sharply limit states' power to reclaim Medicaid costs from a beneficiary's property. It would require states to withdraw existing liens within 90 days and prohibit post-enactment adjustments or recoveries.
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- Medicaid beneficiaries and their families would see liens in effect at enactment removed and affected individuals or their legal representatives notified within 90 days.
- Heirs and estates would no longer face new federal adjustments or recovery actions for medical assistance that was correctly paid on or after enactment, removing a common claim source against property.
- State Medicaid programs would lose the ability to initiate, maintain, or collect recoveries for correctly paid benefits and must cancel liens already in effect, narrowing how states recoup costs.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Stops Medicaid recoveries and liens
This bill would bar States from starting, keeping, or collecting any adjustment or recovery of medical assistance that was correctly paid on or after the date of enactment. It would require States to withdraw any lien in effect on the date of enactment within 90 days. States would have to notify each affected individual, the individual's legal representative, or the individual's estate that the lien was withdrawn and that recoveries are prohibited. The rule would apply to liens and recoveries tied to Medicaid payments under section 1917.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Schakowsky
IL • D
Cosponsors
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Castor (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Doggett
TX • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Garcia (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Goldman (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Kelly (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Matsui
CA • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Omar
MN • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Pingree
ME • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Quigley
IL • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Ramirez
IL • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Strickland
WA • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Tonko
NY • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Trahan
MA • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
Sponsored 1/6/2026
Pocan
WI • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 3/16/2026
Roll Call Votes
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