A bill to reauthorize the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program.
USA115th CongressS-2227| Senate
| Updated: 12/13/2017
Rob Portman
Republican Senator
Ohio
Cosponsors (26)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Bill Nelson (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)
Finance Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Health
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth care qualityHealth programs administration and fundingHome and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidState and local financeState and local government operations
A bill to reauthorize the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program.
USA115th CongressS-2227| Senate
| Updated: 12/13/2017
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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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Rob Portman
Republican Senator
Ohio
Cosponsors (26)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Bill Nelson (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Maria Cantwell (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)Susan M. Collins (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)
Finance Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth care qualityHealth programs administration and fundingHome and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidState and local financeState and local government operations