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.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 29 July 2021

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 29 July 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 29 July 2021 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 July 2021

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 July 2021

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 29 July 2021

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Todd Young · R · Sponsor
• Maggie Hassan · D · Sponsor
• Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
• James Lankford · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] · D · Sponsor
• Cynthia Lummis · R · Sponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · D · Cosponsor
• Tim Scott · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Lisa Murkowski · R · Cosponsor
• Angus King · I · Cosponsor
• Kevin Cramer · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [I-WV] · D · Cosponsor
• Marsha Blackburn · R · Cosponsor
• Rand Paul · R · Cosponsor
• Tina Smith · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Choose Home Care Act of 2021