Choose Home Care Act of 2021
Summary
Choose Home Care Act of 2021 This bill provides for coverage of home-based extended care services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill provides for coverage of services that are furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in their homes by home health agencies, including nursing care, meals and nutritional support, home medical supplies, nonemergency medical transportation, and care coordination. Coverage includes 30 days of post-hospital care and other periods of extended illness, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Home health agencies that provide such services may receive additional payments in accordance with a specified methodology. The CMS may make payments for covered services furnished before 2022 during any period in which there is a public health emergency.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 29, 2021
Last action Jul 29, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
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Committee
1
Jul 29, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Debbie Stabenow
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
Co
Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
Joe Manchin, III
IIndependent
Co
Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
Co
Lisa Murkowski
RRepublican
Co
Margaret Wood Hassan
DDemocratic
Co
Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
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