HR10626Referred to Committee

HELP STATES Act

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119th
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2026-09-28
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Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
Republican · NJ · Representative
Votes with party: 94.7% (527 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2026-09-28

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10626 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10626 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the State share of the recovery of certain overpayments under the Medicaid program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2026 Mr. Kean (for himself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Valadao, Mrs. Kim, and Mr. Bresnahan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the State share of the recovery of certain overpayments under the Medicaid program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Helping Encourage Lawful Payments and Strengthen Transparency, Anti-fraud, Tips, and Enforcement Strategies Act'' or the ``HELP STATES Act''. SEC. 2. INCREASING STATE SHARE OF OVERPAYMENT RECOVERY. Section 1903(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(d)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(C)(i) For quarters beginning on or after the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, in the case that a State recovers during such quarter any amounts which represent an overpayment made to a person or other entity due to fraud, the Secretary shall exclude up to 25 percent (as elected by the State) of the pro rata share of such amounts so recovered to which the United States is equitably entitled, as determined for purposes of subparagraph (A), from the amount of overpayment to be adjusted under this subsection. ``(ii) With respect to any amounts so excluded from the amount of overpayment to be adjusted under this subsection pursuant to clause (i), a State-- ``(I) shall use such amounts for activities related to program integrity, which may include audits, investigations, data analysis, investment in information technology systems that improve the detection, prevention, or recovery of improper payments, and other activities associated with the detection of fraud and the recovery of improper payments; and ``(II) not less frequently than annually, shall report to the Secretary (in a form and manner specified by the Secretary) how the State used such amounts.''. <all>
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