# 119-hr-2309: Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act

119-hr-2309, Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2309
- Congress: 119
- Title: Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-13

## Summary

**Requires states to check the federal Death Master File to verify whether Medicaid providers and suppliers are deceased.** The bill would add this check to enrollment and revalidation and require at least quarterly checks while a provider remains enrolled, beginning January 1, 2027. - Providers and suppliers would be checked for death status as part of initial enrollment, revalidation, and at least quarterly during their enrollment. These checks would use the Death Master File as the authoritative data source. - State Medicaid agencies would be required to run these Death Master File checks during enrollment and revalidation and not less frequently than quarterly for all enrolled providers and suppliers. - The enrollment and ongoing verification process would be formalized with a specified schedule and the Death Master File defined by federal statute as the source for death-status checks.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT), 2025-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2026-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Quarterly death checks for Medicaid providers: benefit, medium. Starting January 1, 2027, States would have to check the federal Death Master File when they enroll or revalidate any Medicaid provider or supplier. They would also need to run this check at least every three months while the provider stays enrolled. This could help stop payments tied to deceased p…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2309 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2309)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-9250: Great American Outdoors Act 250](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9250)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1329)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2309 (as of 2026-06-13).