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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 4, 2019
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.
People & committees
Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] · D–NJ
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
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.
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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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