Yesterday (December 11, 2018), the House passed H.R. 7217, the Improving Medicaid Programs and Opportunities for Eligible Beneficiaries (IMPROVE) Act. The Senate is expected to vote on the IMPROVE Act sometime next week. A Congressional Budget Office estimate of the costs and savings of each provision in the bill...
The following outlines the major provisions of the IMPROVE Act.
Money Follows the Person Extension -
The IMPROVE Act renews the Money Follows the Person (MFP) program for three months. The MFP program transitions individuals from nursing home and institutional settings back into the community. The MFP program expired in 2016 and states will run out of remaining grant money by the end of 2018.
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