H.R. 10645 – SMART Act

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The SMART Act would amend the Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act to require the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary to provide every state with standardized data‑analytics tools that help detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid. The tools must work with existing Medicaid claim‑processing and eligibility systems, and states would receive training and annual reports on their use.

Key Provisions

Within 180 days of enactment, HHS must make standardized analytics technologies available to each state for Medicaid program‑integrity purposes.
The technologies must be interoperable with Medicaid Management Information Systems, state eligibility/enrollment systems, and other relevant integrity systems.
States must be able to receive risk alerts, access data sets, use dashboards, generate state‑level reports, and integrate analytic outputs into their existing fraud‑prevention activities.
HHS must provide technical assistance and training to help states use the new tools effectively.
HHS must report to Congress annually on state access, utilization rates, barriers, and the amount of fraud, waste, or abuse identified and recovered through the technologies.

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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October 1, 2026

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Introduced in House

October 1, 2026

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce Committee

October 1, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued October 1, 2026

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119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10645

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 1, 2026

Mr. Balderson (for himself, Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Pfluger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make uniformly available to States certain standardized data analytic technologies to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicaid.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Medicaid Analytics to Reduce Theft Act or the SMART Act.

2.

Requiring the availability of certain standardized data analytic technologies under Medicaid

Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(cc)

Availability of standardized data analytic technologies To identify fraud

(1)

In general

Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall make available to each State standardized data analytic technologies for purposes of identifying and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse under the State plan (or waiver of such plan) of such State under this title. In making such technologies available, the Secretary shall—

(A)

ensure that such technologies are interoperable with the mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), including Medicaid Management Information Systems and State eligibility and enrollment systems, and any other systems relevant to program integrity under this title, as determined by the Secretary;

(B)

ensure that each State has the ability, through the use of such technologies, to—

(i)

review the risk indicators described in subparagraph (C)(i) and receive alerts regarding fraud, waste, and abuse vulnerabilities;

(ii)

access datasets and analytic outputs for purposes of identifying potentially improper billing, utilization, or enrollment patterns;

(iii)

use any dashboard or other investigative tools made available by the Secretary for the purposes of program integrity under this title;

(iv)

receive any program integrity alerts that apply across more than 1 State or program;

(v)

conduct State-specific analyses and generate State-level reports; and

(vi)

integrate analytic outputs from such technologies into existing State program integrity activities; and

(C)

use such technologies to—

(i)

establish risk indicators that reflect the extent to which providers, suppliers, and other entities participating in more than 1 State plan under this title (or waiver of such plan), or participating in multiple Federal health care programs, may present a risk for fraud, waste, or abuse, based on—

(I)

billing data;

(II)

utilization data;

(III)

enrollment data; and

(IV)

any other relevant data related to a Federal health care program (as determined by the Secretary); and

(ii)

provide States with actionable alerts based on such risk indicators.

(2)

Technical assistance

The Secretary shall provide technical assistance and training to States on how to use the technologies made available under paragraph (1).

(3)

Report

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the technologies described in paragraph (1). Each such report shall include the following information:

(A)

The number of States with access to the technologies made available under paragraph (1), and a description of any barriers to such access.

(B)

The rate of utilization of such technologies by each State, and a description of any barriers to such utilization.

(C)

The number of instances of possible fraud, waste, and abuse identified through the use of such technologies, and an estimate of the amount of overpayments identified and collected in connection with such instances.

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