States keep part of Medicaid fraud money for their own anti-fraud work.
H.R. 10626 — HELP STATES Act · Filed by Thomas Kean (R-NJ) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 28, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill lets states keep up to 25% of fraud money they find. States must use this money for audits, investigations, and computer systems. States must tell the federal government each year how they spent it.
Who it affects
State Medicaid offices get to keep some fraud money. They would normally send all of it to the federal government. People on Medicaid may gain from stronger fraud work in their states.
One thing to notice
States can choose whether to use this tool. States with better fraud systems now may find and keep more money.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 5 Republicans.
- Sep 28, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 28, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Medicaid — A federal and state health insurance program for people with low income.
- fraud — When someone cheats the system to get money they should not get.
- audits — A careful check of records to find mistakes or cheating.
- investigations — A careful look into whether someone broke the rules.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,543 characters) on Oct 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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