,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fgh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bj1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,florida introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title    
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act to  
require ,states to verify certain       
eligibility criteria for individuals    
enrolled for medical assistance         
quarterly1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,leveraging ,integrity and          
,verification of ,eligibility for       
,beneficiaries ,act or the ,,live       
,beneficiaries ,act4  #b4 ,verification 
of certain eligibility criteria for     
individuals enrolled for medical        
assistance ,section #aijb of the ,social
 ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7 
is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7--   
7,a7 in paragraph 7#hf71 by striking 2  
and and inserting a semicolon2  7,b7 in 
paragraph 7#hg77;,d71 by striking the   

period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7,c7 by inserting after paragraph  
7#hg77;,d7 the following new paragraph3 
7#hh7 provide that the ,state shall     
comply with the eligibility verification
 requirements under subsection 7uu71    
except that this paragraph shall apply  
only in the case of the #ej ,states and 
the ,district of ,columbia4  2 and  7#b7
 by adding at the end the following new 
subsection3  7uu7 ,verification of      
certain eligibility criteria  7#a7 ,in  
general ,for purposes of subsection     
7a77#hh71 the eligibility verification  
requirements1 beginning ,january #a1    
#bjbg1 are as follows3 7,a7 ,quarterly  
screening to verify enrollee status ,the
 ,state shall1 not less frequently than 
quarterly1 review the ,death ,master    
,file 7as such term is defined in       
section #bjc7;d7 of the ,bipartisan     
,budget ,act of #bjac7 to determine     
whether any individuals enrolled for    
medical assistance under the ,state plan
 7or waiver of such plan7 are deceased4 

7,b7 ,disenrollment under ,state plan   
,if the ,state determines1 based on     
information obtained from the ,death    
,master ,file1 that an individual       
enrolled for medical assistance under   
the ,state plan 7or waiver of such plan7
 is deceased1 the ,state shall-- 7i7    
treat such information as factual       
information confirming the death of a   
beneficiary for purposes of section     
#dca4bac7;a7 of title #db1 ,code of     
,federal ,regulations 7or any successor 
regulation72  7ii7 disenroll such       
individual from the ,state plan 7or     
waiver of such plan72 and  7iii7        
discontinue any payments for medical    
assistance under this title made on     
behalf of such individual 7other than   
payments for any items or services      
furnished to such individual prior to   
the death of such individual74  7,c7    
,reinstatement of coverage in the event 
of error ,if a ,state determines that an
 individual was misidentified as        
deceased based on information obtained  

from the ,death ,master ,file1 and was  
erroneously disenrolled from medical    
assistance under the ,state plan 7or    
waiver of such plan7 based on such      
misidentification1 the ,state shall     
immediately reenroll such individual    
under the ,state plan 7or waiver of such
 plan71 retroactive to the date of such 
disenrollment4  7#b7 ,rule of           
construction ,nothing under this        
subsection shall be construed to        
preclude the ability of a ,state to use 
other electronic data sources to timely 
identify potentially deceased           
beneficiaries1 so long as the ,state is 
also in compliance with the requirements
 of this subsection 7and all other      
requirements under this title relating  
to ,medicaid eligibility determination  
and redetermination74  4