U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10645: SMART Act
Status: In committee, October 1, 2026
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make uniformly available to States certain standardized data analytic technologies to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicaid.
What the bill says
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make uniformly available to States certain standardized data analytic technologies to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicaid.
From the introduced text, October 1, 2026:
A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make uniformly available to States certain standardized data analytic technologies to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicaid. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Medicaid Analytics to Reduce Theft Act or the SMART Act . SECTION 2. Requiring the availability of certain standardized data analytic technologies under Medicaid Section 1903 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396b ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (cc) Availability of standardized data analytic technologies To identify fraud (1) In general Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall make available to each State standardized data analytic technologies for purposes of identifying and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse under the State plan (or waiver of such plan) of such State under this title. In making such technologies available, the Secretary shall-- (A) ensure that such technologies are interoperable with the mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(i), including Medicaid Management Information Systems and State eligibility and enrollment systems, and any other systems relevant to program integrity under this title, as determined by the Secretary; …
Sponsors
- Troy Balderson (R, HD-012) · primary sponsor
- Gus Bilirakis (R, HD-FL-12)
- Diana Harshbarger (R, HD-001)
- John Joyce (R, HD-013)
- August Pfluger (R, HD-011)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is HB10645?
- HB10645 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): SMART Act.
- What does HB10645 do?
- In its own words: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make uniformly available to States certain standardized data analytic technologies to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse under Medicaid.
- What is the status of HB10645?
- In committee as of October 1, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (October 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10645?
- Troy Balderson (R, HD-012), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10645?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10645
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