Granny Pods Study Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-7493
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2020-07-06
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Disability and paralysis

Family relationships

Government studies and investigations

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health facilities and institutions

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicaid

Medicare

Nursing
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Granny Pods Study Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) to study the provision of certain long-term care services for physically or mentally impaired individuals through temporary family health care structures (also known as <i>granny pods</i>). </p> <p>Specifically, the CMS must (1) identify services that are already covered by Medicare or Medicaid that could be provided in temporary family health care structures by caregivers, (2) determine reasonable reimbursement rates for such services, and (3) provide the cost differential between such rates and the rates for services provided in nursing facilities.</p> <p>The bill defines <i>temporary family health care structure</i> as a transportable residential structure that helps a caregiver (i.e., adult relative) of an individual who is mentally or physically impaired to care for the individual. The structure must have been primarily assembled at a different location from&nbsp;where it is installed, may be no larger than 300 gross square feet, and must be limited to only one occupant (the individual in need of care).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7493 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 6, 2020 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct a study on temporary family health care structures.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Granny Pods Study Act of 2020 . 2. Study on temporary family health care structures (a) Study The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid shall conduct a study on provision of long term care to mentally or physically impaired individuals using temporary family health care structures. The study shall include: (1) An identification of the services currently covered by Medicare program or the Medicaid program that could reasonably be provided in a temporary family health care structure by a caregiver or a home health provider. (2) A determination of reasonable reimbursement rates for those services identified under paragraph (1) provided in a temporary family health care structure setting. (3) The cost differential between such rates and the rates for such services furnished in a nursing facility. (b) Report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with other Federal agencies, if appropriate, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the activities undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) and the results of the study conducted under such subsection. 3. Definitions For purposes of this Act: (1) Temporary family health care structure The term temporary family health care structure means a transportable residential structure, providing an environment facilitating a caregiver’s provision of care for a mentally or physically impaired individual, that— (A) is primarily assembled at a location other than its site of installation; (B) is limited to one occupant who shall be the mentally or physically impaired person; and (C) has no more than 300 gross square feet. (2) Long term care The term long term care means care equivalent to that which would be covered by the Medicare or Medicaid program in a residential nursing facility if furnished to a beneficiary under such program. (3) Caregiver The term caregiver means an adult who provides care for a mentally or physically impaired person. A caregiver shall be either related by blood, marriage, or adoption to, or the legally appointed guardian of, the mentally or physically impaired person for whom the caregiver is caring. (4) Mentally or physically impaired individual The term mentally or physically impaired individual means an individual who qualifies for benefits under the Medicare or Medicaid program and requires assistance with two or more activities of daily living, as certified in writing provided by a physician licensed by the State in which the individual resides.