S. 4345

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4345 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4345

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect data 
and report to Congress on the cost to the Medicaid program from 
hospital and emergency room visits related to marijuana use.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 20, 2026

Mr. Budd (for himself and Mr. Ricketts) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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A BILL

To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect data 
and report to Congress on the cost to the Medicaid program from 
hospital and emergency room visits related to marijuana use.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Marijuana Impact on Medicaid Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON COST TO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM FROM HOSPITAL AND 
EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS RELATED TO MARIJUANA USE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in 
this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall collect data 
relating to the amount of Federal and State expenditures under the 
Medicaid program established under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) that are attributable to costs incurred for 
providing medical assistance for inpatient hospital services, 
outpatient hospital services, and for services received at a hospital 
emergency room (without regard to whether such services are emergency 
services (as defined by the Secretary)) related to marijuana use (as 
defined by the Secretary).
(b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress and 
make publicly available a report describing the findings from the data 
collection pursuant to subsection (a), together with any 
recommendations for legislation or administrative action as the 
Secretary determines appropriate.
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