Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021 This bill temporarily increases the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) under Medicaid for certain approved home- and community-based services that are provided between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2022. As a condition for receiving the increased rate, a state must agree to undertake activities to improve the delivery of such services during and after the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), such as by providing additional benefits to home health workers and by helping individuals who were relocated to nursing facilities during the emergency move back to their homes.
Allied health servicesCardiovascular and respiratory healthCommunity life and organizationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee hiringEmployee leaveForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment studies and investigationsHealth facilities and institutionsHealth personnelHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesHome and outpatient careInfectious and parasitic diseasesLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMental healthNursingState and local government operationsTransportation costs
COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021
USA117th CongressHR-525| House
| Updated: 2/2/2021
COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021 This bill temporarily increases the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) under Medicaid for certain approved home- and community-based services that are provided between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2022. As a condition for receiving the increased rate, a state must agree to undertake activities to improve the delivery of such services during and after the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), such as by providing additional benefits to home health workers and by helping individuals who were relocated to nursing facilities during the emergency move back to their homes.
Allied health servicesCardiovascular and respiratory healthCommunity life and organizationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployee hiringEmployee leaveForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment studies and investigationsHealth facilities and institutionsHealth personnelHealth promotion and preventive careHealth technology, devices, suppliesHome and outpatient careInfectious and parasitic diseasesLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMental healthNursingState and local government operationsTransportation costs