US Congress House Bill 2715 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Introduced on May 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes states to approve their own experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under Medicaid if the project provides certain benefits involving electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards. (Currently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approves Medicaid demonstration projects; such projects are also known as Section 1115 Demonstrations.) Specifically, the project must provide enrollees who elect to participate with an EBT card to purchase primary care services; enrollees must receive any remaining balance at the end of the year in the form of a cash payment and must also obtain catastrophic health insurance.

Medicaid Improvement and State Flexibility Act of 2019

Rep. Mark Green [R-TN]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]	Rep. Kelly Armstrong [R-ND]	Rep. Ralph Norman [R-SC]
Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. Kevin Hern [R-OK]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-05-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-05-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2715/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2715/BILLS-116hr2715ih.pdf