Medicaid Outreach and Assistance for Communities Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Medicaid Outreach and Assistance for Communities Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HB18D7DB27F984FD980B692324C14442E: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Outreach and Assistance for Communities Act of 2026.
- Section H793D1E2D10584175BC3DDD9851961962: 2. Findings The Congress finds that— Research has shown that access to health insurance coverage reduces financial hardship, increases utilization of...
- Section HD29F4A2C5B09417EBF7F725DE623EBC4: 3. Increasing payments to States for Medicaid outreach and enrollment Section 1903(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)) is amended— by...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Medicaid Outreach and Assistance for Communities Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, Medicaid Outreach and Assistance for Communities Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself and Ms. McClellan) introduced …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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