HR 525 United States House · 117th Congress

COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021

Summary

COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021 This bill temporarily increases the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) under Medicaid for certain approved home- and community-based services that are provided between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2022. As a condition for receiving the increased rate, a state must agree to undertake activities to improve the delivery of such services during and after the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), such as by providing additional benefits to home health workers and by helping individuals who were relocated to nursing facilities during the emergency move back to their homes.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Jan 28, 2021 Last action Feb 2, 2021

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Committee

Feb 2, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Jan 28, 2021

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

lower

Jan 28, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 21 co-sponsors