S.Amdt. 3937

SA 3937. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division B, insert
the following:

SEC. __. HHS STUDY AND REPORT ON REDUCING IMPROPER MEDICAID
PAYMENTS.

(a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall conduct a study on ways to improve the data sharing
between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the
Social Security Administration in order to reduce improper
payments under the Medicaid program.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall submit to Congress a report on the study
conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations
for such legislation and administrative action as the
Secretary determines appropriate.
(c) Withhold of Funds Until Study Initiated.--None of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services under this division
may be obligated or expended until the Secretary initiates
the study under subsection (a).
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