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H.R. 260

Referred to Committee

Medicaid Provisions and TANF Extenders Act of 2019

Introduced 1/4/2019•116th Congress•House

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

1/31/2019 • House

Summary

Medicaid Provisions and TANF Extenders Act of 2019

This bill reauthorizes and revises several Medicaid programs and funding mechanisms, as well as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Specifically, the bill

  • makes appropriations for FY2019 for, and otherwise revises, the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program;
  • temporarily extends the applicability of Medicaid eligibility criteria that protect against spousal impoverishment for recipients of home and community-based services;
  • reduces the federal medical assistance percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for states that have not implemented asset-verification programs for determining Medicaid eligibility;
  • reduces funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund beginning in FY2021;
  • reauthorizes through FY2020 several grant programs under TANF, such as family assistance grants; and
  • revises state reporting requirements under TANF to include specified employment data, such as employment outcomes for former TANF recipients.

Introduced in House • 1/4/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Health
Administrative remediesComputers and information technologyDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingMarriage and family statusMedicaidPoverty and welfare assistanceSocial security and elderly assistanceState and local financeState and local government operations

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Sponsor & Cosponsors (3)

Party Breakdown

2
Democrats
1
Republicans
0
Independents

Sponsor

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Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]

Democrat • NJ-6

Sponsored 1/4/2019

Cosponsors (2)

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Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]

R-OR-2

Joined 1/4/2019

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Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]

D-MA-1

Joined 1/4/2019

Bill Journey

Originated in the House

Introduced

January 4, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Introduced in House1/4/2019

Details

Bill TypeHR
Current StatusReferred to Committee
Cosponsors2