House Bill 260
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Medicaid Provisions and TANF Extenders Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 4, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
260
Congress
116
Policy Area
Health
Health
Primary focus of measure is science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease; health services administration and funding, including such programs as Medicare and Medicaid; health personnel and medical education; drug use and safety; health care coverage and insurance; health facilities. Measures concerning controlled substances and drug trafficking may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Medicaid Provisions and TANF Extenders Act of 2019
This bill reauthorizes and revises several Medicaid programs and funding mechanisms, as well as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
Specifically, the bill
- makes appropriations for FY2019 for, and otherwise revises, the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program;
- temporarily extends the applicability of Medicaid eligibility criteria that protect against spousal impoverishment for recipients of home and community-based services;
- reduces the federal medical assistance percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for states that have not implemented asset-verification programs for determining Medicaid eligibility;
- reduces funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund beginning in FY2021;
- reauthorizes through FY2020 several grant programs under TANF, such as family assistance grants; and
- revises state reporting requirements under TANF to include specified employment data, such as employment outcomes for former TANF recipients.
January 4, 2019
01/31/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
01/25/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
01/04/2019
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
01/04/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:49:26 PM