3.0.0 683 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z Senate S S 2009-03-24 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-24T21:19:15Z Community Choice Act of 2009 111 1670 HR 2009-03-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2009-03-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3676-3680) IntroReferral 2009-03-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3675-3676) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-24 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 2009-03-24 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2009-03-24 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-03-24 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2009-03-24 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-03-24 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-03-24 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-03-24 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-03-24 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-03-24 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-03-24 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2009-03-24 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-03-24 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2009-03-24 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-03-31 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2009-03-31 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2009-04-01 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2009-04-23 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2009-04-23 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-04-23 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-04-23 False U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2009-05-07 False K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2009-05-07 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-06-08 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-06-18 False B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2009-08-06 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2009-08-06 False Health Allied health services Disability and paralysis Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health programs administration and funding Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Health 00 2009-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-27T19:46:03Z Community Choice Act of 2009 - 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.

]]> Community Choice Act of 2009 Display Title Community Choice Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community Choice Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s683is/xml/BILLS-111s683is.xml 2009-03-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3676-3680) 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.