US Congress House Bill 5547 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on September 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Community Integration Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid plans to give an individual with disabilities needing the level of care provided in an institutional setting the choice and opportunity to receive such care in a home and community-based setting, including rehabilitative services, assistance and support in accomplishing activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and health-related tasks, and assistance in acquiring, maintaining, or enhancing skills necessary to accomplish such activities, tasks, or services. Prescribes requirements for providing in home and community-based settings those services such an individual would otherwise receive in an institutional setting, such as a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, institution for mental disease, or other similarly restrictive or institutional setting.

Community Integration Act of 2014

Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]

Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]

Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2014-09-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB2515 (Same As) 2014-06-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3940-3941)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5547/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5547/BILLS-113hr5547ih.pdf