3.0.0 704 2023-01-11T13:27:53Z 2023-01-11T13:27:53Z Senate S 2015-03-11 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2015-07-30T22:20:59Z Markup by 2015-06-24T15:38:20Z Referred to 2015-03-11T14:28:06Z S. Rept. 114-103 Community Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2015 114 2704 HR 2015-06-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2015-07-30 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182. Calendars 2015-07-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-103. Committee 2015-07-30 Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-103. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfi00 Finance Committee 2015-06-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2015-03-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-03-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2015-03-11 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-05-13 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-06-23 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2015-06-23 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-07-14 False 2015-07-13T18:25:00Z S. 704, Community Based Independence for Seniors Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50374 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on June 24, 2015 Health Adult day care Aging Health care costs and insurance Home and outpatient care Hospital care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nursing Health 00 2015-03-11 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-28T20:46:14Z Community Based Independence for Seniors Act

This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older.

]]> 01 2015-07-30 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2015-09-28T21:04:35Z Community Based Independence for Seniors Act

(Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a five-year Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to prevent and delay institutionalization under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) among eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older.

HHS shall enter into agreements with up to five eligible Medicare Advantage (MA) plans under part C (Medicare+Choice) of SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) to conduct the demonstration program. Each eligible MA plan may enroll up to 1,000 eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries in such program.

A participating MA plan shall use the rebate the plan must provide to eligible low-income Medicare enrollees to furnish certain benefits, including homemaker services, home delivered meals, transportation services, respite care, adult day care services, and non-Medicare-covered safety and other equipment.

HHS shall help to educate eligible Medicare beneficiaries about the availability of the demonstration program through State Health Insurance Assistance Programs and other organizations dedicated to assisting seniors with Medicare benefits and enrollment.

The demonstration program shall be implemented by January 1, 2018.

HHS shall arrange for an independent third party evaluation of the demonstration program, on the basis of which its duration and scope may be expanded.

Funding for the demonstration program shall come out of the Medicare trust funds.

]]> Community Based Independence for Seniors Act Display Title Community Based Independence for Seniors Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community Based Independence for Seniors Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Community Based Independence for Seniors Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s704rs/xml/BILLS-114s704rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s704is/xml/BILLS-114s704is.xml 2015-07-30 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182. 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.