To reauthorize the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program.

United States115th CongressHR-5306House of Representatives
Updated: Sep 13, 2018

Summary

Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act or the EMPOWER Care Act This bill amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to extend funding through FY2022 for the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and to otherwise revise the program. (Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist in rebalancing states' long-term care systems.)

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S-2227: A bill to reauthorize the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  1. Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  2. Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .

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  3. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  4. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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