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S. 2210: Better Care Better Jobs Act

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S. 2210: Better Care Better Jobs Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-24 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Better Care Better Jobs Act

Plain summary

Better Care Better Jobs Act This bill establishes programs and provides funds for state Medicaid programs to improve home- and community-based services (HCBS), such as home health care, personal care, case management, and rehabilitative services. Specifically, the bill provides funds for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award planning grants, develop quality measures, and provide technical assistance to states regarding specified HCBS improvements, particularly with respect to access, utilization, and the associated workforce. The bill also increases the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for HCBS in states that develop plans and meet specified benchmarks for improvements. The bill also makes permanent (1) the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program (a grant program to help states increase the use of HCBS for long-term care and decrease the use of institutional care), and (2) certain provisions regarding Medicaid eligibility that protect against spousal impoverishment for recipients of HCBS.

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Official text

Better Care Better Jobs Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ron Wyden (D-OR), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tina Smith (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-s2210 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117