HCBS Relief Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Jun 12, 2025, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedJun 12, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 80 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Finance Committee
- Policy area
- Health: 122 of 9,357 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 328 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 1,778 words
- Latest action
- Jun 12, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th H.R. 4029 To provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services. D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]