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Ensuring Access to Direct Support Professionals Act

USA116th CongressS-3220| Senate 
| Updated: 1/21/2020
Rob Portman

Rob Portman

Republican Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (4)
Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Pat Roberts (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Ensuring Access to Direct Support Professionals Act This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain home- and community-based services, self-directed personal assistance services, and home- and community-based attendant services that are provided in acute care hospitals. The bill specifies, among other criteria, that such services may not be duplicative of, or serve as a substitute for, necessary or obligatory hospital services.
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Timeline
Jan 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jan 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • January 21, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 21, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-5443: Isaiah Baker and Margie Harris-Austin Act
  • S 116-3548: CARES Act
AgingDisability and paralysisHealth care costs and insuranceHealth personnelHome and outpatient careHospital careState and local finance

Ensuring Access to Direct Support Professionals Act

USA116th CongressS-3220| Senate 
| Updated: 1/21/2020
Ensuring Access to Direct Support Professionals Act This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain home- and community-based services, self-directed personal assistance services, and home- and community-based attendant services that are provided in acute care hospitals. The bill specifies, among other criteria, that such services may not be duplicative of, or serve as a substitute for, necessary or obligatory hospital services.
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Timeline
Jan 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Jan 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • January 21, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • January 21, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Rob Portman

Rob Portman

Republican Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (4)
Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Pat Roberts (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-5443: Isaiah Baker and Margie Harris-Austin Act
  • S 116-3548: CARES Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AgingDisability and paralysisHealth care costs and insuranceHealth personnelHome and outpatient careHospital careState and local finance