3.0.0 548 2022-11-29T21:45:24Z 2022-11-29T21:45:24Z Senate S 2019-02-25 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-25T22:27:22Z Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid Act of 2019 116 3253 HR 2019-08-06 Became Public Law No: 116-39. Related bill CRS EMPOWER Care Act 116 1342 HR 2019-02-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 116 133 HR 2020-12-27 Became Public Law No: 116-260. Related bill CRS 2019-02-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2019-02-25 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-03-14 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2019-03-14 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Health care quality Health programs administration and funding Home and outpatient care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid State and local finance State and local government operations Health 00 2019-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-14T19:24:47Z Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act or the EMPOWER Care Act

This bill extends funding through FY2023 for the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and otherwise revises the program. (Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist states in increasing the use of home and community care for long-term care and decreasing the use of institutional care.)


]]> EMPOWER Care Act Display Title EMPOWER Care Act Short Title(s) as Introduced EMPOWER Care Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s548is/xml/BILLS-116s548is.xml 2019-02-25 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.