S 1298 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Medicaid Community Based-Attendant Services and Supports Act of 2001

Introduced Aug 1, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Harkin D-IA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 1, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedAug 1, 2001
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports Act of 2001 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to mandate State Medicaid plan coverage of community-based attendant services and supports for described Medicaid-eligible individuals.

Outlines provisions for: (1) an enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage for ongoing activities of early coverage States that enhance and promote the use of community-based attendant services and supports; and (2) increased Federal financial participation for certain expenditures incurred by the State for the provision of community-based attendant services and supports.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) award grants to eligible States which have established a Consumer Task Force to assist the State in its development of real choice systems change initiatives; and (2) conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of evaluating service coordination and cost-sharing approaches with respect to the provision of community-based services and supports to non-elderly dually eligible individuals.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2001 to Sep 18, 2002, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PAArlen SpecterOriginalAug 1, 2001
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalAug 1, 2001
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalAug 1, 2001
D-DEJoseph R. Biden Jr.OriginalAug 1, 2001
D-MIDebbie StabenowSep 10, 2001
R-MSThad CochranSep 10, 2001
D-LAMary L. LandrieuSep 19, 2001
D-NJJon S. CorzineJul 11, 2002
D-MOJean CarnahanJul 31, 2002
D-MNMark DaytonSep 4, 2002
D-MNPaul D. WellstoneSep 4, 2002
D-NYCharles E. SchumerSep 18, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 1, 2001Introduced in Senate
  2. Aug 1, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  3. Aug 1, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8594-8596)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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