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EMPOWER Care Act

Introduced: March 26, 2019 Introduced by: Dingell, Debbie Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 25, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act or the EMPOWER Care Act

This bill extends funding through FY2023 for the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and otherwise revises the program. (Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist states in increasing the use of home and community care for long-term care and decreasing the use of institutional care.)


What's happening now February 26, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 548 Identical bill EMPOWER Care Act
  • HR 3253 Related bill Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 36
All 36 Democratic 26 Republican 4
D
Harder, Josh
California · Jan 27, 2020
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 5, 2019
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Oct 18, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Oct 11, 2019
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Sep 11, 2019
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Sep 6, 2019
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 27, 2019
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Jun 25, 2019
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jun 13, 2019
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · May 28, 2019
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · May 20, 2019
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · May 14, 2019
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · May 10, 2019
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 7, 2019
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Apr 29, 2019
Lipinski, Daniel
· Apr 18, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · Apr 9, 2019
Gianforte, Greg
· Apr 1, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Mar 26, 2019
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Mar 26, 2019
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 26, 2019
Long, Billy
· Mar 26, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 26, 2019
Tipton, Scott
· Mar 26, 2019
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Mar 18, 2019
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Mar 11, 2019
Heck, Denny
· Mar 11, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 11, 2019
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Mar 11, 2019
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 11, 2019
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 11, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 11, 2019
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Mar 7, 2019
 R
Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Mar 7, 2019
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 7, 2019
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Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · Feb 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1342: EMPOWER Care Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1342/
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"H.R. 1342: EMPOWER Care Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1342/.
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H.R. 1342, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1342/.
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