Medicaid Provisions and TANF Extenders Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 31, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 4, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Original | Jan 4, 2019 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Jan 4, 2019 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
- Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 4, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2019Referred 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.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 21 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 | Related bill | Jan 8, 2019 |
| HR 259 | Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 24, 2019 |
| HR 648 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 | Related bill | Jan 28, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative remedies
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Marriage and family status
- Medicaid
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Social security and elderly assistance
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2019Introduced in House
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