Health and Human Services determines requires State 
legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in 
order for the plan to meet the additional requirement im-
posed by this section, the State plan shall not be regarded 
as failing to comply with the requirements of such title 
solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such 
additional requirement before the 1st day of the 1st cal-
endar quarter beginning after the close of the 1st regular 
session of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year 
period beginning with the date of the enactment of this 
section. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the 
case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each 
year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular ses-
sion of the State legislature. 
SEC. 8. IMPACT EVALUATION AND REPORTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall enter into a 5 year agreement 
through a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with 
an independent nonprofit entity experienced in conducting 
evaluations of program and systems change efforts to— 
(1) conduct a multi-year evaluation on the im-
pact of this Act, with respect to relief-eligible sur-
vivors (including people with disabilities and preg-
nant individuals); and 
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(2) prepare the reports described in subsection 
(c). 
(b) EVALUATION.—In carrying out subsection (a)(1), 
the entity awarded a contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment under this section shall evaluate at a minimum— 
(1) the availability of and access to Medicaid 
services for relief-eligible survivors under the Med-
icaid program nationally and in each State, territory 
and tribal organization, including scope and cov-
erage of services, provision of home and community- 
based services and extended mental health and care 
coordination services; and provider capacity; 
(2) the demographics of individuals receiving 
these benefits, including individuals with disabilities 
and pregnant individuals; and 
(3) actions taken by States to comply with this 
Act, including coordination of efforts between states, 
coordination between state agencies and qualified 
providers, and activities of HCBS emergency re-
sponse corps (as described in section 3(c)). 
(c) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate, the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Ways and 
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Means of the House of Representatives the following re-
ports on the evaluation conducted under subsection (a)(1): 
(1) An interim report on the evaluation, to be 
submitted not later than 3 years after the evaluation 
commences. 
(2) A follow-up report on such evaluation, to be 
submitted not later than 24 months after the date 
on which the interim report is issued. 
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