United States · Bill · S
S. 548 (116th)
EMPOWER Care Act
Introduced
25 February 2019
Last action
25 February 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care Act or the EMPOWER Care Act This bill extends funding through FY2023 for the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and otherwise revises the program. (Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist states in increasing the use of home and community care for long-term care and decreasing the use of institutional care.)
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Timeline
25 February 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
25 February 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 25 February 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
- related to ← EMPOWER Care Act
- related to ← Sustaining Excellence in Medicaid Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/548
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/548
- us · 116-s-548 · source updated 5 December 2025