To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to place certain limitations on Medicaid payments for home or community-based services.
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Latest Action · April 23, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
This bill would prevent the federal government from enforcing a proposed rule that would require states to spend at least 80 percent of Medicaid payments for home and community-based services on direct worker compensation. The rule, proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in May 2023, was designed to ensure that the majority of Medicaid funding for services like home health aides and personal care workers actually goes to paying those workers rather than administrative costs. The bill affects states that provide Medicaid-funded home and community-based services, as well as the low-wage workers who provide this care. If passed, the legislation would block not only the specific proposed rule but also any similar future requirements that set minimum spending percentages for direct worker compensation. There is no specific funding or timeline mentioned in the bill.
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