Putting an N to Learing about Fraud Act

This bill would require states using federal child care block grant funds to pay child care providers based on recorded attendance rather than enrollment alone, and to pay providers as reimbursement after care is provided. Child care providers receiving these funds would have to keep attendance and service records for 7 years and make them available for federal audits. The Department of Health and Human Services and state Medicaid and CHIP agencies would have to notify the HHS Inspector General within 60 days when payments or the number of paid providers in a zip code and county more than double in a single year in Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, or Affordable Care Act marketplace plans. The Inspector General would audit programs where these amounts rose by at least 400 percent over five years. The Office of Management and Budget would issue guidance to agencies on recovering improper payments, and inspector general reports would include the amount recovered each year.

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Sponsors

• Joni Ernst Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors