legislation: 115-hr-4401

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115-hr-4401 115 hr 4401 Recidivism Reduction Act Social Welfare 2017-11-15 2017-11-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] IN D C001072 0 Recidivism Reduction Act This bill requires the reinstatement of Medicaid benefits and Social Security disability benefits that were suspended due to a beneficiary's incarceration. Specifically, the bill requires: the post-release reinstatement of a beneficiary's Medicaid benefits without a requirement for the beneficiary to reapply; the post-release reinstatement of a beneficiary's Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits without a requirement for the beneficiary to reapply, if the beneficiary received SSI benefits on the basis of blindness or disability; and the establishment of a system for a beneficiary who received Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits on the basis of disability to apply, prior to release, for the resumption of OASDI benefits. 2023-01-11T13:38:00Z  

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