Public Law 116-3 · H.R. 259 · Became law

Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019

Official title: “To extend the Medicaid Money Follows the Person Rebalancing demonstration, to extend protection for Medicaid recipients of home and community-based services against spousal impoverishment, and for other purposes.”

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The Senate passed it by voice vote on January 17, 2019. A voice vote records no individual votes.

It became law on January 24, 2019.

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