3.0.0 3327 2019-11-15T21:57:53Z 2019-11-15T21:57:53Z Senate S S 2008-07-24 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-24T20:20:08Z Empowered at Home Act of 2008 110 7212 HR 2008-09-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Related bill CRS 2008-07-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7292-7298) IntroReferral 2008-07-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7291-7292) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2008-07-24 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2008-09-10 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-09-10 False Health Caregivers Commerce Community health services Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer protection Excise tax Families Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health education Health information systems Home care services Income tax Insurance premiums Long-term care Long-term care insurance Medicaid Nursing homes Preventive medicine Social Welfare Tax credits Tax deductions Tax penalties Taxation Welfare eligibility Health 00 2008-07-24 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-11T16:13:55Z Empowered at Home Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the income eligibility level for home and community-based (HCBS) services for elderly and disabled individuals.

Gives states the option to provide HCBS services under a waiver to eligible individuals whose income does not exceed 300% of the supplemental security income (SSI) benefit rate.

Gives states the option to provide HCBS waiver services to individuals for whom such services are likely to prevent, delay, or decrease the likelihood of an individual's need for institutionalized care.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award assistance grants to states electing to provide HCBS waiver services under Medicaid through the state plan amendment option.

Reauthorizes Medicaid transformation grants at increased funding and specifies additional permissible uses to facilitate the provision of HCBS and other long-term care (LTC) services.

Directs the Secretary to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible states to conduct an evidence- and community-based health promotion program.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a tax deduction for premiums on qualified LTC insurance contracts; and (2) a tax credit for certain caregivers taking care of individuals with LTC needs.

Revises requirements for the model regulation and model Act concerning LTC insurance consumer protections and the excise tax for failing to meet requirements for such protections.

Amends SSA title XIX, with respect to treatment of the income and resources of HCBS waiver services recipients who would otherwise be institutionalized, to repeal the state option for (thus requiring) application to such individuals of spousal impoverishment protection requirements.

Allows states to elect to exclude up to six months of the average cost of nursing facility services from an individual's assets or resources for purposes of eligibility for HCBS waiver services.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to revise certain data reporting forms and systems to ensure uniform and consistent state reporting under this Act.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) the provision of home health services under different state Medicaid plans; and (2) the extent to which states offer consumer self-direction of such services, or allow for other consumer-oriented policies with respect to them.

]]> Empowered at Home Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Empowered at Home Act of 2008 Display Title Empowered at Home Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3327is/xml/BILLS-110s3327is.xml 2008-07-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7292-7298) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.