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Restoring Essential Healthcare Act
To amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments under the Medicaid program to certain entities.
Summary
This bill repeals Section 71113 of Public Law 119-21, which prohibited Medicaid payments to certain entities. The bill also retroactively restores Medicaid payment eligibility for medical services and items that were provided by these prohibited entities between the date Public Law 119-21 was enacted and the date this bill is enacted, allowing payment to be made as if the prohibition had never been enacted.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
30 cosponsors
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO)
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Jul 29, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Jul 29, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 29, 2025
Ms. Smith (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Coons, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Merkley, Mr. King, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend Public Law 119-21 to repeal the prohibition on making payments under the Medicaid program to certain entities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Restoring Essential Healthcare Act”.
SEC. 2. REPEALING PROHIBITION ON MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN ENTITIES.
Section 71113 of Public Law 119-21 is repealed, and, in the case of any items or services furnished as medical assistance under a State plan (or a waiver of such plan) under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) by a prohibited entity (as defined in subsection (b)(1) of such section 71113) during the period beginning on the date of enactment of Public Law 119-21 and ending on the date of enactment of this section, payment for such items and services shall be made as if such section 71113 had not been enacted into law. <all>
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