To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on authorities available to States under the State Medicaid programs under title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend waivers granted during the COVID-19 emergency period beyond such period.

Bill: 117-hr-5998
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2021-11-17
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medicaid

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to issue guidance on whether and how state Medicaid programs may extend certain flexibilities after the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5998 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2021 Mr. Griffith (for himself, Ms. DeGette , and Mr. Guthrie ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on authorities available to States under the State Medicaid programs under title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend waivers granted during the COVID–19 emergency period beyond such period.

1. HHS guidance to States on authorities to extend Medicaid COVID–19 emergency waivers beyond the COVID–19 emergency period Not later than March 31, 2022, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue guidance to the States that— (1) describes emergency waiver authorities pursuant to section 1135 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5 ), or any other emergency waiver or flexibility, used by States under the State Medicaid programs under title XIX of such Act during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of such Act; and (2) describes the extent to which and how such authorities and flexibilities may be extended or otherwise adopted at the option of a State after such emergency period through a State plan amendment, or other waiver authority, under title XIX of the Social Security Act.