S. 1257: Project 2020: Building on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services Act of 2009
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S. 1257: Project 2020: Building on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-06-11 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6564-6568)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-06-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6564-6568) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Project 2020: Building on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services Act of 2009
Plain summary
Project 2020: Building on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services Act of 2009 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a single-entry point system of grants to states for their own single-entry point systems providing information and counseling about public and private long-term services and supports. Directs the Secretary to establish a healthy living program, with grants to state agencies for the federal share of the cost of carrying out evidence-based disease prevention and health promotion programs. Directs the Secretary to establish a diversion program of grants to states for the federal share of the cost of carrying out enhanced nursing home diversion programs enabling individuals ineligible for medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to avoid admission into nursing homes by helping them to obtain alternative home and community-based long-term services and supports.
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Project 2020: Building on the Promise of Home and Community-Based Services Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · 5 cosponsors
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Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] reported raising $985,139 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s1257.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s1257 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111