Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3079 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3079

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend renewal periods 
 for certain home and community-based services waivers and State plan 
                 amendments under the Medicaid program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2025

   Mr. Rulli (for himself, Mr. Veasey, and Mr. Carey) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend renewal periods 
 for certain home and community-based services waivers and State plan 
                 amendments under the Medicaid program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING RENEWAL PERIODS FOR CERTAIN HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED 
              SERVICES WAIVERS AND STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS UNDER 
              MEDICAID.

    Section 1915 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ``(or, with respect 
        to extensions of waivers beginning on or after the date of the 
        enactment of the Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025, 10-year 
        periods)'' after ``five-year periods'';
            (2) in subsection (h)(2), by inserting ``(or, with respect 
        to extensions of waivers under subsection (c) beginning on or 
        after the date of the enactment of the Medicaid Empowerment Act 
        of 2025, 10-year periods)'' after ``5-year periods''; and
            (3) in subsection (i)(7)(C), by inserting ``(or, with 
        respect to renewals of elections beginning on or after the date 
        of the enactment of the Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025, 10-
        year terms)'' after ``5-year terms''.
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