S 548
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
State and local finance
State and local government operations
EMPOWER Care Act
Introduced: February 25, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 25, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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