HR8503-118

Introduced

To provide States with support to establish integrated care programs for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced May 22, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide States with support to establish integrated care programs for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H6A1814D54BF94609B262167BC2B40379: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Delivering Unified Access to Lifesaving Services Act of 2024 or the DUALS Act of 2024. The table...
  • Section HD3788D039EF5449B85AD2C89C16EB169: 101. State implementation The Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end the following new title: XXIIState Integrated Care Programs for Dual Eligible...
  • Section HE1E722A143184B28BC301D1A1F5D3CF0: 2201. Definitions In this title: The term Director means the Director of the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
  • Section HDE53F6EBAD954EBE81E51A54139CD051: 2202. State selection of program models, development, and implementation Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Director first publishes the range...
  • Section H99C2E83D2AA54BFE99E291FB7474EAC5: 2203. Enrollment in integrated care plans A State shall automatically enroll a dual eligible individual with an integrated care plan under a contract with the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide States with support to establish integrated care programs for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Government Operations, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide States with support to establish integrated care programs for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Government Operations Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
May 22, 2024

Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Bera) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Government Operations Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"applicable PACE program enrollee" §H566DAEF99E9442038FDA08C88A727E5F

a part D eligible individual who— is not entitled to medical assistance under title XIX

"partial benefit dual eligible individual" §HC1C28077C8C543B1ADBFFA08263B4081

an individual who— is eligible for the low-income subsidy program under section 1860D–14, the Medicare Savings Program (as defined in section 1144(c)(7)), or both

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