text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Reform and Personal 
  Responsibility Act of 2017''.
  
  SEC. 2. REQUIRING STATES TO APPLY A WORK REQUIREMENT FOR ABLE-BODIED 
                ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS UNDER MEDICAID.
  
      Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is 
  amended--
              (1) in subsection (a)--
                      (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                  (82);
                      (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                  (83)(B)(ii) and inserting ``; and''; and
                      (C) by inserting after paragraph (83)(B)(ii) the 
                  following new paragraph:
              ``(84) comply with the requirements of subsection (nn) 
          (relating to a work requirement for able-bodied adults without 
          dependents).''; and
              (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
      ``(nn) Work Requirement for Able-Bodied Adults Without 
  Dependents.--
              ``(1) In general.--Beginning October 1, 2017, a State shall 
          elect through a State plan amendment (or waiver of such plan) 
          to condition medical assistance under this title to an 
          individual who is an able-bodied adult without dependents (as 
          defined in paragraph (2)(A)) upon such an individual's 
          satisfaction of a work requirement (as defined in paragraph 
          (2)(B)) and the requirements of paragraph (3).
              ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                      ``(A) Able-bodied adult without dependents.--The 
                  term `able-bodied adult without dependents' means an 
                  individual who is not--
                              ``(i) under 18 or over 55 years of age;
                              ``(ii) medically certified as physically or 
                          mentally unfit for employment;
                              ``(iii) a parent or other member of a 
                          household with responsibility for a dependent 
                          child;
                              ``(iv) a pregnant woman;
                              ``(v) a bona fide student enrolled at least 
                          half time in any recognized school, training 
                          program, or institution of higher education; or
                              ``(vi) a regular participant in a drug 
                          addiction or alcoholic treatment and 
                          rehabilitation program.
                      ``(B) Work requirement.--
                              ``(i) In general.--The term `work 
                          requirement' means participation in activity 
                          specified by the State as work for purposes of 
                          this subsection for 20 hours or more per week, 
                          averaged monthly.
                              ``(ii) Job training and community 
                          service.--Such term includes--
                                      ``(I) on-the-job training;
                                      ``(II) job skills training directly 
                                  related to employment; and
                                      ``(III) community service programs.
              ``(3) Additional requirements.--An able-bodied adult 
          without dependents shall not receive medical assistance under 
          this title if the able-bodied adult without dependents--
                      ``(A) refuses, at the time of application and every 
                  12 months thereafter, to register as employed or as 
                  unemployed and actively looking for employment for less 
                  than 12 consecutive months, in a manner prescribed by 
                  the State;
                      ``(B) refuses without good cause to satisfy an 
                  applicable work requirement;
                      ``(C) refuses without good cause to accept an offer 
                  of employment, at a site or plant not subject to a 
                  strike or lockout at the time of the refusal, at a wage 
                  not less than the higher of--
                              ``(i) the applicable Federal or State 
                          minimum wage; or
                              ``(ii) 80 percent of the wage that would 
                          have governed had the minimum hourly rate under 
                          section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
                          of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) been applicable 
                          to the offer of employment;
                      ``(D) refuses without good cause to provide the 
                  State with sufficient information to allow the State to 
                  determine the employment status or the job availability 
                  of the able-bodied adult without dependents; or
                      ``(E) voluntarily and without good cause--
                              ``(i) quits a job; or
                              ``(ii) reduces work effort and, after the 
                          reduction, the able-bodied adult without 
                          dependents is working less than 20 hours per 
                          week.''.
target: Medicaid Reform and Personal Responsibility Act of 2017 This bill requires state Medicaid programs to&nbsp;impose a work requirement&nbsp;upon enrollees who are&nbsp;able-bodied adults without dependents. Specifically, such enrollees must&nbsp;spend at least 20 hours per week working in a job, receiving on-the-job training, obtaining job skills, or doing community service. Such enrollees must also annually register with the&nbsp;state as employed or as unemployed and actively looking for employment. 
feat_title: Medicaid Reform and Personal Responsibility Act of 2017