[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 6042 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6042

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in 
    Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care 
services furnished without an electronic visit verification system, and 
                           for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DELAY IN REDUCTION OF FMAP FOR MEDICAID PERSONAL CARE 
SERVICES FURNISHED WITHOUT AN ELECTRONIC VISIT VERIFICATION SYSTEM.
    (a) In General.--Section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b(l)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by striking ``January 1, 2019'' and inserting ``January 
        1, 2020''; and
            (B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``2019 and''; and
        (2) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking ``calendar quarters in 
    2019'' and inserting ``calendar quarters in 2020''.
    (b) Sense of Congress on Stakeholder Input Regarding Electronic 
Visit Verification Systems.--It is the sense of Congress that--
        (1) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should--
            (A) convene at least one public meeting in 2018 for the 
        purpose of soliciting ongoing feedback from Medicaid 
        stakeholders on guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare & 
        Medicaid Services on May 16, 2018, regarding electronic visit 
        verification; and
            (B) communicate with such stakeholders regularly and 
        throughout the implementation process in a clear and 
        transparent manner to monitor beneficiary protections;
        (2) such stakeholders should include State Medicaid directors, 
    beneficiaries, family caregivers, individuals and entities who 
    provide personal care services or home health care services, 
    Medicaid managed care organizations, electronic visit verification 
    vendors, and other stakeholders, as determined by the Centers for 
    Medicare & Medicaid Services; and
        (3) taking into account stakeholder input on the implementation 
    of the electronic visit verification requirement under the Medicaid 
    program is vital in order to ensure that the Centers for Medicare & 
    Medicaid Services is aware and able to mitigate any adverse 
    outcomes with the implementation of this policy.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.