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Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] · R–IA
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-28 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposal would require states to protect certain people working in Medicaid from employment retaliation for reporting suspected wrongdoing or serious safety risks. It covers state and local government employees, contractors, subcontractors, and agents involved in Medicaid work. Starting January 1, 2028, states would need laws allowing covered people to challenge retaliation through an administrative process and then judicial review, with remedies including reinstatement and twice their lost pay.
(91) provide that, beginning January 1, 2028, the State shall comply with the whistleblower protection requirements under subsection (zz).
(C) Covered individual The term covered individual means an individual who is engaged in the administration, management, oversight, or delivery of items or services under a State plan (or waiver of such plan) and is an employee, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of such State or a political subdivision of such State.
(A) prohibit adverse employment actions that are taken against a covered individual because such individual made a protected disclosure; and (B) establish procedures under which an individual who alleges that such an action was taken against such individual may seek relief, which shall include any applicable remedies described in paragraph (2), through an administrative process and, in the case that such individual disagrees with the outcome of such administrative process, through judicial review.
(A) Reinstatement of employment at the seniority status that the covered individual would have if the adverse employment action described in paragraph (1)(A) that was taken with respect to such individual had not occurred. (B) 2 times back pay, including interest at a rate to be determined by the Secretary.
(D) Protected disclosure The term protected disclosure means a disclosure of information by a covered individual to a covered entity that such individual reasonably believes evidences, with respect to a State Medicaid program— (i) a violation of an applicable law, rule, or regulation; (ii) fraud, waste, or abuse involving Federal or State funds; (iii) gross mismanagement; (iv) an abuse of authority; or (v) a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
Section 1 would name the proposal the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Act.
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Whistleblower Protection Act.
Section 2 would amend the Social Security Act to require state compliance beginning January 1, 2028. States would have to assure the Secretary that they have qualifying protection laws in effect, and those assurances would have to satisfy the Secretary.
Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is amended—
(91) provide that, beginning January 1, 2028, the State shall comply with the whistleblower protection requirements under subsection (zz).
the State shall provide assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that such State has in effect laws that—
Protection would cover people administering, managing, overseeing, or delivering Medicaid items or services under a state plan or a waiver—an authorized variation from that plan. They must also be employees, contractors, subcontractors, or agents of the state or one of its political subdivisions, such as a local government.
(C) Covered individual The term covered individual means an individual who is engaged in the administration, management, oversight, or delivery of items or services under a State plan (or waiver of such plan) and is an employee, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of such State or a political subdivision of such State.
A report would qualify for protection when a covered person reasonably believes it shows a Medicaid-related legal violation; fraud, waste, or abuse involving federal or state funds; gross mismanagement; abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. The report must go to a recipient covered by the proposal.
(D) Protected disclosure The term protected disclosure means a disclosure of information by a covered individual to a covered entity that such individual reasonably believes evidences, with respect to a State Medicaid program— (i) a violation of an applicable law, rule, or regulation; (ii) fraud, waste, or abuse involving Federal or State funds; (iii) gross mismanagement; (iv) an abuse of authority; or (v) a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
Covered report recipients would include a supervisor, a state Medicaid agency, state or federal law enforcement, the Department of Health and Human Services, that department’s Office of the Inspector General, Congress, and any other entity designated by the Secretary.
(B) Covered entity The term covered entity means— (i) a supervisor; (ii) a State Medicaid agency; (iii) a State or Federal law enforcement agency; (iv) the Department of Health and Human Services; (v) the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services; (vi) Congress; or (vii) any other entity designated by the Secretary.
Required state laws would prohibit employment retaliation because of a protected report. Covered actions would include firing, demotion, suspension, threats, harassment, and other discrimination affecting employment terms or conditions.
(A) prohibit adverse employment actions that are taken against a covered individual because such individual made a protected disclosure;
(A) Adverse employment action The term adverse employment action means, with respect to the terms and conditions of employment of an individual, a discharge, demotion, suspension, threat, incidence of harassment, or other act of discrimination directed at such individual.
States would have to establish an administrative process for people alleging prohibited retaliation to seek relief, including applicable listed remedies. A person who disagrees with the administrative outcome could then seek judicial review, meaning review by a court.
(B) establish procedures under which an individual who alleges that such an action was taken against such individual may seek relief, which shall include any applicable remedies described in paragraph (2), through an administrative process and, in the case that such individual disagrees with the outcome of such administrative process, through judicial review.
Employment remedies would include returning the person to work with the seniority they would have had without retaliation, plus twice their back pay—the pay lost because of the action. Interest would be included at a rate set by the Secretary.
(A) Reinstatement of employment at the seniority status that the covered individual would have if the adverse employment action described in paragraph (1)(A) that was taken with respect to such individual had not occurred. (B) 2 times back pay, including interest at a rate to be determined by the Secretary.
Other remedies would include compensation for special damages caused by retaliation, including litigation costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. Punitive damages—damages intended to punish misconduct—would apply when the retaliation involved malice or reckless indifference to the person’s rights under the proposed protections.
(C) Compensation for special damages sustained as a result of such adverse employment action, including litigation costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees. (D) In the case that such adverse employment action was taken with malice or reckless indifference to the rights of such covered individual under this subsection, punitive damages.
The supplied action snapshot, updated October 9, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 28, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-09T17:02:21Z. 2026-09-28: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2026-09-28: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-28. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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