HCBS Relief Act of 2023
Latest action · Oct 24, 2023 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.
- IntroducedOct 24, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
HCBS Relief Act of 2023
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 during FY2024-FY2025.
As a condition for receiving the increased rate, a state must agree to undertake activities to improve the delivery of such services, such as by providing additional benefits to home health workers and by helping individuals who were relocated to nursing facilities move back to their homes.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 24, 2023 to Jan 18, 2024; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Oct 24, 2023 |
| D-CA | Laphonza R. Butler | Jan 18, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Oct 24, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Oct 24, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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. 118-391 | ALL MEANS ALL: EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO THRIVE IN CAREERS AND THE WORKPLACE88 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | Feb 29, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6296 | HCBS Relief Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Nov 10, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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
- HCBS Relief Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Allied health services
- Community life and organization
- 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
- 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.
- Oct 24, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
