S. 752 — Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act

This section establishes a streamlined enrollment process under Medicaid and CHIP state plans (or waivers) for eligible out-of-state providers to furnish items and services to, or order, prescribe, refer, or certify eligibility for such items and services for, qualifying individuals (i.e., enrolled individuals under 21 years of age). Eligible out-of-state providers (i.e., those located in another state that are screened as low-risk of fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare or the other state's Medicaid/CHIP program, and not excluded or terminated from federal health care programs or state plans) face only minimum screening requirements necessary for payment (e.g., name and National Provider Identifier), with enrollment lasting 5 years unless terminated or excluded; the requirement takes effect 3 years after enactment. (Conforming amendments extend the enrollment process to CHIP and update related Medicaid statutory references and headings.)