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HR 4168 113th Congress House

Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2014

Official title: To provide payment for patient navigator services under title XIX of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 6, 2014 See on congress.gov
Health Advisory bodiesAllied health servicesHealth care coverage and accessMedicaid
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Mar 7, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 6, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 6, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 7, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state Medicaid plan to provide for state reimbursement of an eligible entity for any patient navigator service provided to a Medicaid-eligible individual.

Includes within the definition of "medical assistance" certain patient navigator services defined under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) as assisting in specified ways individuals who are at risk for or who have cancer or other chronic diseases.

Treats as eligible entities those identified under PHSA as public or nonprofit private health centers (including federally qualified health centers), health facilities operated by or pursuant to a contract with the Indian Health Service, hospitals, cancer centers, rural health clinics, academic health centers, or nonprofit entities that enter into a partnership or coordinate referrals with such a center, clinic, facility, or hospital to provide patient navigator services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4168: Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4168/
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"H.R. 4168: Patient Navigation Assistance Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4168/.
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H.R. 4168, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4168/.
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