S. 548

Referred to Committee

EMPOWER Care Act

Introduced 2/25/2019•116th Congress•Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

2/25/2019 • Senate

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.)

Introduced in Senate • 2/25/2019

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Health

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth care qualityHealth programs administration and fundingHome and outpatient careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidState and local financeState and local government operations