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COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021

Introduced: January 28, 2021 Introduced by: Dingell, Debbie Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Feb 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 28, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced in House
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COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021

This bill temporarily increases the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) under Medicaid for certain approved home- and community-based services that are provided between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2022.

As a condition for receiving the increased rate, a state must agree to undertake activities to improve the delivery of such services during and after the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), such as by providing additional benefits to home health workers and by helping individuals who were relocated to nursing facilities during the emergency move back to their homes.

What's happening now February 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 151 Identical bill COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 15
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Apr 1, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Mar 9, 2021
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Mar 9, 2021
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Mar 3, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 18, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 8, 2021
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jan 28, 2021
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 28, 2021
Deutch, Theodore
· Jan 28, 2021
DOYLE, MIKE
· Jan 28, 2021
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Jan 28, 2021
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Jan 28, 2021
Rice, Kathleen
· Jan 28, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 28, 2021
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jan 28, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 525: COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-525/
MLA
"H.R. 525: COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-525/.
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H.R. 525, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-525/.
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