EMPOWER Care Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R PortmanSponsor

26 cosponsors · 22 D, 2 R, 2 I

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act or the EMPOWER Care Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 13, 2017

Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act or the EMPOWER Care Act

This bill amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to extend funding through FY2022 for the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and to otherwise revise the program. (Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist in rebalancing states' long-term care systems.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: EMPOWER Care Act

Also known as: Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act

Latest action (Dec 13, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 13, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.