# 114-hr-3716: Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act

114-hr-3716, Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] (R-IN); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-3716
- Congress: 114
- Title: Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced: 2015-10-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Ensuring Terminated Providers are Removed from Medicaid and CHIP Act This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to prohibit federal payment under Medicaid for nonemergency services furnished by providers whose participation in Medicaid, Medicare, or CHIP has been terminated. Under current law, a state must exclude from Medicaid participation any provider that has been terminated under any state's Medicaid program or under Medicare. The bill maintains those requirements and further requires a state to exclude from Medicaid participation any provider that has been terminated under CHIP. Furthermore, a state must exclude from CHIP participation any provider that has been terminated under Medicaid or Medicare. The bill also revises a state's reporting requirements with respect to terminating a provider under a state plan. A state shall require each Medicaid or CHIP provider, whether the provider participates on a fee-for-service basis or within the network of a managed care organization (MCO), to enroll with the state by providing specified identifying information. When notifying the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that a provider has been terminated under a state plan, the state must submit this information as well as information regarding the termination date and reason. HHS shall include such termination notifications in a database or similar system, as specified by the bill. A state must have a system for notifying MCOs when a provider is terminated under Medicaid, Medicare, or CHIP. A contract between the state plan and an MCO must provide that such providers be excluded from participation in the MCO provider network.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2015-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2015-10-08T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-3716 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3716)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3716 (as of 2025-11-18).