COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 4, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedDec 4, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020
This bill temporarily increases the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) under Medicaid for certain approved home- and community-based services that are provided between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2022. As a condition for receiving the increased rate, a state must agree to undertake activities to improve the delivery of such services.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 4, 2020 to Dec 9, 2020; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Dec 9, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 4, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2020Introduced in House
- Dec 4, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 205, December 4, 2020, page H6858.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 525 | COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 2, 2021 |
| HR 925 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Oct 1, 2020 |
| S 4800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Nov 9, 2020 |
| S 4957 | COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020 | Identical bill | Dec 3, 2020 |
| HR 6800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Allied health services
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Community life and organization
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee hiring
- Employee leave
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Home and outpatient care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- Mental health
- Nursing
- State and local government operations
- Transportation costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
