H.R. 3325: ACE Kids Act
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H.R. 3325: ACE Kids Act
115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-20 · Health · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-20 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
ACE Kids Act
Plain summary
Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act or the ACE Kids Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a state Medicaid option to provide for medical assistance with respect to coordinated care provided through a health home (i.e., a designated provider or team of health-care professionals) for children with medically complex conditions. A state shall make payments for such health-home services regardless of whether they are provided through a fee-for-service or managed-care system. For an initial period of eight fiscal-year quarters, the federal matching rate applicable to such payments shall be increased by 20 percentage points, not to exceed 90%. A state that exercises this option shall specify its methodology for determining payment and evaluating quality of care, in accordance with requirements established by the bill. In addition, the state must meet specified requirements regarding hospital referrals, out-of-state providers, education and outreach, data collection, and reporting. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue guidance on best practices for using out-of-state providers to provide care to children with medically complex conditions. The Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission must report to Congress and to the Department of Health and Human Services on specified matters related to children with medically complex conditions.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] · 134 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3325, Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act (2018-10-22)
Cosponsors on this site
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Jason Smith (R-MO), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), John Garamendi (D-CA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Darren Soto (D-FL) and 74 more.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3325.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr3325 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115