Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
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Isaiah Baker and Margie Harris-Austin Act This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain home- and community-based services, self-directed personal assistance services, and home- and community-based attendant services that are provided in acute care hospitals. The bill specifies, among other criteria, that such services may not be duplicative of, or serve as a substitute for, necessary or obligatory hospital services.
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Isaiah Baker and Margie Harris-Austin Act
USA116th CongressHR-5443| House
| Updated: 12/17/2019
Isaiah Baker and Margie Harris-Austin Act This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain home- and community-based services, self-directed personal assistance services, and home- and community-based attendant services that are provided in acute care hospitals. The bill specifies, among other criteria, that such services may not be duplicative of, or serve as a substitute for, necessary or obligatory hospital services.