3.0.0 2562 2023-01-01T23:42:20Z 2023-01-01T23:42:20Z Senate S 2021-07-29 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-29T20:33:06Z Choose Home Care Act of 2021 117 5514 HR 2021-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-07-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2021-07-29 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2021-07-29 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-07-29 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-07-29 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2021-07-29 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-07-29 True L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2021-07-29 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-09-21 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2021-09-21 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2021-10-18 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2021-10-18 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2021-11-18 False C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-11-18 False M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2021-11-30 False B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-11-30 False P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2022-01-18 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-01-18 False Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Health care quality Health technology, devices, supplies Home and outpatient care Medicare Nursing Health 00 2021-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-02T19:41:55Z Choose Home Care Act of 2021

This bill provides for coverage of home-based extended care services under Medicare.

Specifically, the bill provides for coverage of services that are furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in their homes by home health agencies, including nursing care, meals and nutritional support, home medical supplies, nonemergency medical transportation, and care coordination. Coverage includes 30 days of post-hospital care and other periods of extended illness, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Home health agencies that provide such services may receive additional payments in accordance with a specified methodology.

The CMS may make payments for covered services furnished before 2022 during any period in which there is a public health emergency.

]]> Choose Home Care Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve extended care services by providing Medicare beneficiaries with an option for cost effective home-based extended care under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Choose Home Care Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Choose Home Care Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2562is/xml/BILLS-117s2562is.xml 2021-07-29 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.