S 4944
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health
Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act of 2020
Introduced: December 2, 2020
Introduced by:
Booker, Cory A.
Democratic
· New Jersey
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 2, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 2, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act of 2020
This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a payment model that addresses social determinants of health and health disparities, particularly with respect to minorities, underserved areas, and high-risk individuals. The bill also generally incorporates consideration of such factors into the selection, implementation, and evaluation of other models, including the decision as to whether to expand a model's duration and scope.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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