A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to cover certain individuals requiring extensive home care under a home-or-community-based waiver, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

26 June 1985

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Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Summary

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit a State, under a home-or-community-based waiver, to provide home-based services to an individual for whom it is medically feasible to provide home-based services, but the costs for such services: (1) would exceed the costs for appropriate skilled nursing or intermediate care services; and (2) are less than the costs for appropriate inpatient hospital services. Provides for a study and report to the Congress from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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summary · EN · 26 June 1985
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/2875
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