S 799 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Community Choice Act of 2007

Introduced Mar 7, 2007 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Harkin D-IA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 10, 2007 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

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. IntroducedMar 7, 2007
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Community Choice Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require state Medicaid plan coverage of community-based attendant services and supports for certain Medicaid-eligible individuals.

Outlines requirements for: (1) an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) 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 such 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 dually eligible individuals.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2007 to May 13, 2008, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PAArlen SpecterOriginalMar 7, 2007
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMar 7, 2007
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalMar 7, 2007
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalMar 7, 2007
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalMar 7, 2007
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalMar 7, 2007
D-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalMar 7, 2007
D-DEJoseph R. Biden Jr.OriginalMar 7, 2007
D-COKen SalazarOriginalMar 7, 2007
D-ILRichard J. DurbinApr 12, 2007
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.Apr 12, 2007
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergMay 17, 2007
D-OHSherrod BrownMay 17, 2007
I-VTBernard SandersJun 13, 2007
D-ILBarack ObamaJul 23, 2007
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 10, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
  2. Mar 7, 2007Introduced in Senate
  3. Mar 7, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2807-2811)
  4. Mar 7, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2807)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1621Community Choice Act of 2007Identical billMar 22, 2007

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Mar 7, 2007Introduced in Senate

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