Equity in Pretrial Medicaid Coverage Act

Summary

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Equity in Pretrial Medicaid Coverage Act This bill allows an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending disposition of charges (i.e., pretrial detainees) to receive Medicaid benefits.

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Bill Progress

Bill has been introduced and assigned a number

Introduced(10/17/19)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. Markey

Senate (D) Massachusetts

Cosponsors (5)

Brown

(D) OH

Merkley

Senate (D) Oregon

Cortez Masto

Senate (D) Nevada

Durbin

Senate (D) Illinois

Smith

Senate (D) Minnesota

Topics

Health

Government Spending & Operations

Human & Civil Rights

Law & The Judicial System

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Oct 17, 2019

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