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HCBS Relief Act of 2025
A bill to provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
HCBS Relief Act of 2025
This bill temporarily increases the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) under Medicaid for certain approved home- and community-based services that are provided during FY2026-FY2027.
As a condition for receiving the increased rate, a state must agree to undertake activities to improve the delivery of such services, such as by providing additional benefits to home health workers and by helping individuals who were relocated to nursing facilities move back to their homes.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jun 12, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Jun 12, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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