EMPOWER Care Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2019 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.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act or the EMPOWER Care Act
This bill extends funding through FY2023 for the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and otherwise revises the program. (Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist states in increasing the use of home and community care for long-term care and decreasing the use of institutional care.)
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2019 to Mar 14, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Feb 25, 2019 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Mar 14, 2019 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Mar 14, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 25, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 133 | Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 | Related bill | Dec 27, 2020 |
| HR 1342 | EMPOWER Care Act | Identical bill | Feb 26, 2019 |
| HR 3253 | Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid Act of 2019 | Related bill | Aug 6, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Health
- Health care quality
- Health programs administration and funding
- Home and outpatient care
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2019Introduced in Senate
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