US Congress House Bill 2829 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22)
Status: Introduced on June 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-06-12 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6622)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Recidivism Reduction Act - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the reinstatement upon release of an otherwise eligible disabled inmate for SSI benefits which were terminated owing to the inmate's incarceration in a jail, prison, penal institution, or correctional facility for a period of 12 or more consecutive months. Requires the inmate to apply for reinstatement and resumption of such benefits within 36 months after release. Allows application for reinstatement even before release. Permits provisional benefits to such an individual until the application is acted upon. Requires the reinstatement of SSI benefit eligibility for such an individual's spouse if the spouse was previously an SSI-eligible spouse. Amends SSA title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) (OASDI) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to develop a system for prerelease application for resumption of suspended OASDI disability insurance benefits, or other benefits based on disability. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to require state Medicaid plans to provide that in the case of any individual enrolled for medical assistance immediately before becoming an inmate of a public institution: (1) the enrollment shall be reinstated upon the individual's release from such institution unless and until there is a determination that the individual is no longer eligible to be so enrolled; and (2) any period of continuous eligibility in effect on the date the individual became such an inmate shall be reinstated as of the release date and the duration of such period shall be determined without regard to the period in which the individual was such an inmate. Increases from 90% to 95% the federal matching rate for any state implementing a Medicaid reinstatement system. Authorizes case management services in order to engage in planning for services following an individual's release from a public institution.

Recidivism Reduction Act

Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-12		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6622)
2009-06-12		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-06-11		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-06-11		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-06-11		Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2829/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2829/BILLS-111hr2829ih.pdf