EMPOWER Care Act

United States116th CongressHR-1342House of Representatives
Updated: Feb 26, 2019

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.)

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

S-548: EMPOWER Care Act

Introduced in Senate

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    House of Representatives

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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