HR 5306
115th Congress
House
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
EMPOWER Care Act
Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 13, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 7, 2018
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Sep 7, 2018
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 15, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 15, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act or the EMPOWER Care Act
This bill amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to extend funding through FY2022 for the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and to otherwise revise the program. (Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist in rebalancing states' long-term care systems.)
What's happening now
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committees of jurisdiction
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