HR 5443
116th Congress
House
Health
Aging
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
State and local finance
Isaiah Baker and Margie Harris-Austin Act
Introduced: December 16, 2019
Introduced by:
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Democratic
· Pennsylvania
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 16, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 16, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Isaiah Baker and Margie Harris-Austin Act
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain home- and community-based services, self-directed personal assistance services, and home- and community-based attendant services that are provided in acute care hospitals. The bill specifies, among other criteria, that such services may not be duplicative of, or serve as a substitute for, necessary or obligatory hospital services.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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