# 119-s-5326: Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act

119-s-5326, Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-26).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5326
- Congress: 119
- Title: Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-08-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-26

## Summary

**Boosts funding and tools to fight health care fraud.** The bill creates new, targeted appropriations for HHS, DOJ, the HHS Office of Inspector General, the FBI, and Medicare integrity programs for 2027–2029 and then ties future increases to inflation, while expanding data matching and investigative authority to cover the Children’s Health Insurance Program and ACA-related programs.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID), 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher funding for fraud enforcement: benefit, high. This bill would raise yearly funding for federal health‑care fraud work. The FBI would get $230 million in FY2027, $250 million in FY2028, and $270 million in FY2029. HHS and the Justice Department would have program limits of $490 million (FY2027), $520 million (FY2028), and $570 million (FY2029).…
- More oversight of fraud program: benefit, medium. This bill would require the Government Accountability Office to study the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control program and report to Congress within 16 months. The GAO must review use of appropriations, performance measures, obligations and outputs, and whether the program reduced fraud. The bill wo…
- Broader HHS fraud oversight authority: benefit, medium. This bill would let the HHS Inspector General investigate programs established under the Affordable Care Act (title I) as well as Medicaid (title XIX). It would make clear that specified rules apply to both public and private delivery systems and to public or private plans. It would say that nothin…
- CHIP added to data matching: mixed, low. This bill would allow State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) records to be matched with Medicare and Medicaid data beginning in 2027. If enacted, CHIP enrollment would be checked against other program records to verify eligibility and detect improper payments. The bill also updates cross‑…

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- 119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.
- 119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former Senator for the State of Michigan.

## Sources
- [119-s-5326 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5326)

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- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
- [119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-897)
- [119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-801)
- [119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-755)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5326 (as of 2026-09-26).