#aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #hjhi  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend title  
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act to  
require certain additional provider     
screening under the ,medicaid program4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,medicare and ,medicaid ,fraud  
,prevention ,act of #bjbd4  #b4         
,medicaid provider screening            
requirements ,section #aijb7kk77#a7 of  
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7kk77#a77 is amended-- 
7#a7 by striking ,the ,state and        
inserting3  7,a7 ,in general ,the ,state
  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the  
following new subparagraph3  7,b7       
,additional provider screening          
,beginning ,january #a1 #bjbg1 as part  
of the enrollment 7or reenrollment or   
revalidation of enrollment7 of a        
provider or supplier under this title1  
and not less frequently than quarterly  
during the period that such provider or 
supplier is so enrolled1 the ,state     
conducts a check of the ,death ,master  

,file 7as such term is defined in       
section #bjc7;d7 of the ,bipartisan     
,budget ,act of #bjac7 to determine     
whether such provider or supplier is    
deceased4  4  ,passed the ,house of     
,representatives ,september #ag1        
#bjbd4;,clerk4