Community Choice Act of 2007
Latest action · Jul 10, 2007 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-144.
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.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Original | Mar 7, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Apr 12, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Apr 12, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | May 17, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | May 17, 2007 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Jul 23, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Jul 30, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Sep 20, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Oct 2, 2007 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Oct 2, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Feb 28, 2008 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | May 13, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2007 |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Hearings Jul 10, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-144.
- Mar 7, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 7, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2807)
- Mar 7, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2807-2811)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2807Text printed S2807–S2811 | Tom Harkin D-IA (text) | Mar 7, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-144 | COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS: PLANNING ACROSS THE GENERATIONS62 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jul 10, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1621 | Community Choice Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Mar 22, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Community Choice Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Administrative remedies
- Commerce
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer protection
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Family services
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Geriatrics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health education
- Health services administration
- Home care services
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Law
- Long-term care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Mental care facilities
- Nursing
- Nursing homes
- Paramedical personnel
- Patient satisfaction
- Patients' rights
- Preventive medicine
- Quality of care
- Small business
- Social Welfare
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2007Introduced in Senate
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