Protect Medicaid Act

# Protect Medicaid Act Summary **What the bill would do:** The Protect Medicaid Act would prevent the federal government from paying states for administrative costs (such as processing and management expenses) related to providing Medicaid health benefits to immigrants who are ineligible for Medicaid due to their immigration status. The bill would also require the Department of Health and Human Services to report information about states that use their own funds to provide health benefits to these ineligible immigrants. **Who it affects:** This bill primarily affects states that currently spend their own money to cover healthcare for immigrants ineligible for Medicaid, and the immigrant populations in those states who receive such benefits.

It would also impact state budgets and federal-state Medicaid relationships. **Current status:** The bill is currently in committee and has not been voted on or passed. As a proposed bill in the 119th Congress, it remains in the early legislative stage.