HCBS Access Act (Home and Community-Based Services)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-04-29 — Medicaid Empowerment Act of 2025: cross-connection with medicaid-empowerment-act-2025: Both proposals target Medicaid Section 1915© HCBS waiver administration and access, one via longer renewal cycles and the other via broader access reforms. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-23 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a temporary higher Federal medical assistance percentage for Federal expenditures under the Medicaid program that are associated with the cost of compliance with certain Federal regulations with respect to services furnished in certain intermediate care facilities or home and community-based services furnished to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.: cross-connection with medicaid: HR9940’s temporary FMAP bump for HCBS compliance costs for people with IDD complements HCBS Access Act efforts to expand Medicaid-financed home and community-based services. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-03-12 — Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act: cross-connection with healthcare-workforce: Home care worker wages are a key input cost and access constraint for Medicaid HCBS, tying workforce compensation policy to home- and community-based service capacity. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-04-28 — HCBS Access Act: 2026-04-28 — HCBS Access Act (HR8540, introduced): referred to House Energy and Commerce, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means to address access to home and community-based services; no substantive text summarized yet. (novelty: 2)