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Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Passage of legislation regarding the addition of children and adolescents to a current Medicaid waiver, the 1915c home and community-based services waiver. Legislative language created and sent to CBO but no official bill number given in either the Senate or the House.

Contacted: SENATE; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Inclusion of budget language that would have identified that the usage of certain child welfare funding streams should be utilized for evidence-driven services, providers with models and accreditation, etc.

Contacted: SENATE; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Welfare WEL

Worked on passage of legislation passed in the House, H.R. 6156, for passage in the Senate. This legislation would have provided the Administration for Children and Families with the ability to grant more Title IVE waivers to states.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Congressional Budget Office (CBO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 6156 (111th)