Recognizing the importance of protecting continuous Medicaid coverage for individuals undergoing active cancer treatment.

This House resolution recognizes the critical need for continuous Medicaid coverage for individuals undergoing active cancer treatment and encourages states to simplify the process for maintaining eligibility. It urges state Medicaid programs to use existing claims and health data to automatically identify patients with cancer, thereby exempting them from community engagement requirements without requiring additional paperwork or repeated proof of their condition. The resolution also calls on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide technical assistance to states to implement these streamlined procedures and extend similar protections to other chronic illnesses.