S 4717
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Medicare
State and local government operations
Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 24, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act
This bill establishes certain administrative requirements with respect to the Medicaid provider enrollment process. Specifically, the bill requires (1) state Medicaid programs to adopt a streamlined screening and enrollment process for eligible out-of-state pediatric providers, and (2) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a process for providers to enroll simultaneously in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1