3.0.0 309 2023-01-11T13:34:49Z 2023-01-11T13:34:49Z Senate S 2017-02-06 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-06T18:28:34Z 2017-02-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-02-06 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 2017-02-06 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2018-02-15 False 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 2017-02-06 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-11T20:18:21Z Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act

This bill establishes a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program, through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall target home- and community-based services to low-income seniors who are unable to perform two or more activities of daily living and are eligible for Medicare Advantage (MA) but not for Medicaid.

An MA plan that is selected to participate in the program must use certain payments from CMS to provide those beneficiaries with services and supports such as homemaker services, home-delivered meals, transportation services, respite care, adult daycare, and certain equipment.

The bill establishes a special election period during which an eligible beneficiary may switch to an MA plan that participates in the program.

]]> 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 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s309is/xml/BILLS-115s309is.xml 2017-02-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.