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LAST ACTION SEP 30, 2026  UPDATED OCT 1
S. 5609SENATE BILL · 119TH CONGRESS119TH

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to report on anti-fraud measures relating to home and community-based services furnished under the Medicaid program.

Requires states to report on anti-fraud measures for Medicaid home- and community-based services.

WHERE IT STANDS

In the Senate Finance Committee since Sept. 30, 2026, 5 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.

  1. INTRODUCEDINTROSEP 30, 2026
  2. COMMITTEECOMM.IN COMMITTEE
  3. SENATESENATE—
  4. HOUSEHOUSE—
  5. LAWLAW—
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WHAT IT DOES

What the bill would do, and why it matters

tl;drWRITTEN OCT 4 FROM THE RECORD

Home- and community-based services are part of Medicaid. The bill would require states to report on anti-fraud measures related to those services.

  • INTRODUCED ONLY This bill has been introduced and possibly referred to a committee, but it has not passed any vote. Most introduced bills never become law — they die in committee without a hearing.
  • FULL TEXT UNAVAILABLE Congress.gov has not posted the full bill text yet. The analysis is based on the title and metadata only and may miss substantive provisions.
  • DATA NOTE No Congressional Research Service summary was available.
WHAT IT WOULD DO · 1 PROVISION
  1. Require states to report anti-fraud measures

    The bill would require states to report on anti-fraud measures related to home- and community-based services furnished under Medicaid.

THE CONTEXT

Reporting would make state anti-fraud efforts for these Medicaid services a subject of required reporting. The title does not say what the reports would cover or how they would be used.

Written from the official record.

THE JOURNEY

The path it took, step by step

FROM THE OFFICIAL ACTIONS ON CONGRESS.GOV
  1. IntroducedSEP 30, 2026
    SENATE
    SEP 30, 2026
    By Sen. Moody
    Referred to Finance
  2. SAME DAYNOW
    Senate committeeSEP 30, 2026
    FINANCE NOW
    SEP 30, 2026
    In committee for 5 days
    No hearing yet
  3. 5 DAYS SO FAR
    Passed the Senate—
    SENATE FLOOR
    —
    Not scheduled
  4. House committee—
    HOUSE
    —
  5. Passed the House—
    HOUSE FLOOR
    —
    Not scheduled
  6. Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDED
    BOTH CHAMBERS
    ONLY IF NEEDED
    Skipped if the other chamber passes the same text
  7. Signed into law—
    PRESIDENT
    —
    10 days to sign or veto
KEY ACTIONS2 OF 2 · PROCEDURAL STEPS FOLDED
  1. SEP 302026SEP 30, 2026REFERREDRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  2. SEP 302026SEP 30, 2026INTRODUCEDSENATEIntroduced in Senate
HOW LONG LAWS TAKE118 LAWS THIS CONGRESS

At day 5, this bill is already older than 3% of the laws passed this Congress were when they were signed.

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