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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5998" measure-id="id117hr5998" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-11-17" update-date="2022-04-15">
        <title>To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on authorities available to States under the State Medicaid programs under title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend waivers granted during the COVID-19 emergency period beyond such period.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr5998v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-04-15">
            <action-date>2021-11-17</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to issue guidance on whether and how state Medicaid programs may extend certain flexibilities after the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19.</p>]]></summary-text>
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