A bill to reauthorize the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program.

United States115th CongressS-2227Senate
Updated: Dec 13, 2017

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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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

HR-5306: To reauthorize the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program.

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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