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EMPOWER Care Act

Introduced: February 25, 2019 See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 25, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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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 25, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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