# 119-hr-6516: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to identify individuals dually enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP and an Exchange.

119-hr-6516, To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to identify individuals dually enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP and an Exchange., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6516
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to identify individuals dually enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP and an Exchange.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Prevents duplicate federal subsidies for people enrolled in both Medicaid or CHIP and Marketplace qualified health plans.** It would require the Department of Health and Human Services to set up recurring data matches to find people enrolled in both programs and stop Marketplace subsidies for those individuals. - People and families enrolled in both a Marketplace qualified health plan and a State Medicaid or CHIP plan, including waivers, would be identified and would not receive premium tax credits or cost-sharing reductions. - The Department of Health and Human Services would compare enrollments using the Public Assistance Reporting Information System or a successor at least quarterly and could notify Exchanges and the Secretary of the Treasury to stop subsidies for identified individuals. - The match covers title XIX Medicaid and title XXI CHIP enrollments and their waivers, so dual enrollments across Exchanges and those State programs are included.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stops marketplace subsidies for Medicaid or CHIP: cost, high. If enacted, HHS would set up a program within 60 days to find people signed up for both a marketplace plan and Medicaid or CHIP. The program would use PARIS (or a successor) to compare Exchange qualified health plan records with State Medicaid and CHIP records at least every three months. If someon…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- 119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-7452: Air Quality Act
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6516 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6516)

## Related
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
- [119-hr-687: MERIT Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-687)
- [119-hr-4706: Protecting Our Farms and Homes from China Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4706)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-7452: Air Quality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7452)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6516 (as of 2026-04-21).