To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to make permanent the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration.

Bill: 117-hr-1880
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-12
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations

Health programs administration and funding

Home and outpatient care

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicaid
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill makes permanent&nbsp;the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program. Under this program, the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services may award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist states in increasing the use of home and community care for long-term care and decreasing the use of institutional care.</p> <p><br /></p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1880 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2021 Mrs. Dingell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to make permanent the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration.

1. Permanent extension of Money Follows the Person Rebalancing demonstration (a) In general Section 6071(h) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (I), by inserting and after the semicolon; (B) by amending subparagraph (J) to read as follows: (G) $450,000,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2021. ; and (C) by striking subparagraph (K); and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting September 30 of such fiscal year . (b) Redistribution of unexpended grant awards Section 6701(e)(2) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: Any portion of a State grant award for a fiscal year under this section that is unexpended by the State at the end of the fourth succeeding fiscal year shall be rescinded by the Secretary and added to the appropriation for the fifth succeeding fiscal year. .