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HR 7493 116th Congress House

Granny Pods Study Act of 2020

Official title: To require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study on temporary family health care structures.

Introduced: July 6, 2020 Introduced by: Griffith, H. Morgan Republican · Virginia See on congress.gov
Health Congressional oversightDisability and paralysisFamily relationshipsGovernment studies and investigations
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jul 6, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 6, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 6, 2020
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 Latest action July 6, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Granny Pods Study Act of 2020

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to study the provision of certain long-term care services for physically or mentally impaired individuals through temporary family health care structures (also known as granny pods).

Specifically, the CMS must (1) identify services that are already covered by Medicare or Medicaid that could be provided in temporary family health care structures by caregivers, (2) determine reasonable reimbursement rates for such services, and (3) provide the cost differential between such rates and the rates for services provided in nursing facilities.

The bill defines temporary family health care structure as a transportable residential structure that helps a caregiver (i.e., adult relative) of an individual who is mentally or physically impaired to care for the individual. The structure must have been primarily assembled at a different location from where it is installed, may be no larger than 300 gross square feet, and must be limited to only one occupant (the individual in need of care).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7493: Granny Pods Study Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7493/
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