Better Care Better Jobs Act
- Last Action
- 6/24/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2021-06-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-24 (00)
Better Care Better Jobs Act
This bill establishes programs and provides funds for state Medicaid programs to improve home- and community-based services (HCBS), such as home health care, personal care, case management, and rehabilitative services.
Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award planning grants, develop quality measures, and provide technical assistance to states regarding specified HCBS improvements, particularly with respect to access, utilization, and the associated workforce. The bill also increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for HCBS in states that develop plans and meet specified benchmarks for improvements.
The bill also makes permanent (1) the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program (a grant program to help states increase the use of HCBS for long-term care and decrease the use of institutional care), and (2) certain provisions regarding Medicaid eligibility that protect against spousal impoverishment for recipients of HCBS.
Cosponsors (20)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Charles Schumer (D-NY)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Home and outpatient care
- Intergovernmental relations
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Marriage and family status
- Medicaid
- Performance measurement
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
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