3.0.0 799 2023-01-11T19:46:32Z 2023-01-11T19:46:32Z Senate S S 2007-03-07 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2007-07-10T22:00:12Z ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-07T21:37:37Z Community Choice Act of 2007 110 1621 HR 2007-03-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2007-07-10 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Committee 2007-03-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2807-2811) IntroReferral 2007-03-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2807) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-03-07 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-03-07 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2007-03-07 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-03-07 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-03-07 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-03-07 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-03-07 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-03-07 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-03-07 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-04-12 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-04-12 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-05-17 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-05-17 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-06-13 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-07-23 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-30 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-09-20 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2007-10-02 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-10-02 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2008-02-28 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2008-05-13 False Health Access to health care Administrative remedies Commerce Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer protection Disabled Economics and Public Finance Families Family services Federal aid to health facilities Geriatrics Government Operations and Politics Health education Health services administration Home care services Intergovernmental fiscal relations Law Long-term care Medicaid Medicare Mental care facilities Nursing Nursing homes Paramedical personnel Patient satisfaction Patients' rights Preventive medicine Quality of care Small business Social Welfare Health 00 2007-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-21T15:18:28Z Community Choice Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require state Medicaid plan coverage of community-based attendant services and supports for certain Medicaid-eligible individuals.

Outlines requirements for: (1) an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for ongoing activities of early coverage states that enhance and promote the use of community-based attendant services and supports; and (2) increased federal financial participation for certain expenditures incurred by the state for the provision of such services and supports.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) award grants to eligible states which have established a Consumer Task Force to assist the state in its development of real choice systems change initiatives; and (2) conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of evaluating service coordination and cost-sharing approaches with respect to the provision of community-based services and supports to dually eligible individuals.

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