HCBS Anti-Fraud Reporting Act of 2026
Requires states to report each year on detected waste, fraud, or abuse in Medicaid home- and community-based services and efforts to prevent it.
In the Senate Finance Committee since Sept. 30, 2026, 8 days after it was introduced. Most bills never leave committee.
- INTRODUCEDINTROSEP 30, 2026
- COMMITTEECOMM.IN COMMITTEE
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What the bill would do, and why it matters
Medicaid can cover home- and community-based services through state waivers. The bill would require states to report each year on waste, fraud, or abuse they detect in those services and what they do to prevent it.
- 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.
- DATA NOTE No Congressional Research Service summary was available.
- Require annual state fraud reports
For 2026 and each subsequent year, each State would report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services any waste, fraud, or abuse it detected involving services under a Medicaid home- and community-based services waiver, and the efforts it took to prevent it.
The bill focuses on giving the federal government information about suspected waste, fraud, or abuse in Medicaid home- and community-based services and what states are doing to prevent it. That information could help make state oversight efforts more visible.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedSEP 30, 2026SENATESEP 30, 2026By Sen. MoodyReferred to Finance
- SAME DAYNOWSenate committeeSEP 30, 2026FINANCE NOWSEP 30, 2026In committee for 8 daysNo hearing yet
- 8 DAYS SO FARPassed the Senate—SENATE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- House committee—HOUSE—
- Passed the House—HOUSE FLOOR—Not scheduled
- Resolve differencesONLY IF NEEDEDBOTH CHAMBERSONLY IF NEEDEDSkipped if the other chamber passes the same text
- Signed into law—PRESIDENT—10 days to sign or veto
- SEP 302026SEP 30, 2026REFERREDRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- SEP 302026SEP 30, 2026INTRODUCEDSENATEIntroduced in Senate
At day 8, this bill is already older than 3% of the laws passed this Congress were when they were signed.
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