To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to impose an individual responsibility requirement for nondisabled, nonelderly, nonpregnant individuals made eligible for medical assistance.
Requiring Individual Responsibility in Medicaid Act of 2017
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program to impose a work requirement as a condition of eligibility.
A program may not apply such a requirement to: (1) a pregnant woman, (2) the sole parent or caretaker of either a child younger than age 6 or a child with disabilities, or (3) an individual younger than age 20 who is married or head of a household and either attends secondary school or participates in employment-related education.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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