Title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care services and home health services furnished without an electronic visit verification system, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This bill delays by one year (to January 1, 2020) the Medicaid federal matching rate reduction that is scheduled to take effect for states that fail to require an electronic visit verification system for personal care services (services that help certain individuals with basic needs of daily life).

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5912 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5912

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in 
   Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care 
services and home health services furnished without an electronic visit 
              verification system, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2018

 Mr. Langevin (for himself, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Young of Alaska, and Mr. 
   Stivers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to delay the reduction in 
   Federal medical assistance percentage for Medicaid personal care 
services and home health services furnished without an electronic visit 
              verification system, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DELAY IN REDUCTION OF FMAP FOR MEDICAID PERSONAL CARE 
              SERVICES AND HOME HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED WITHOUT AN 
              ELECTRONIC VISIT VERIFICATION SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b(l)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``January 1, 2019'' and inserting 
                ``January 1, 2020''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``2019 
                and''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking ``calendar quarters 
        in 2019'' and inserting ``calendar quarters in 2020''.
    (b) Revised Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall issue, using formal rulemaking procedures including notice and an 
opportunity for an agency hearing on the record in accordance with 
section 556 of title 5, United States Code, revised regulations 
relating to the requirement under section 1903(l) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(l)) that States establish electronic 
visit verification systems for personal care services or home health 
services requiring an in-home visit by a provider that are provided 
under a State Medicaid plan.
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