Support efforts to expand access to home- and community-based services for seniors and people with disabilities.

She has championed several efforts to expand access to home- and community-based services to help seniors and individuals living with disabilities access care in the comfort and safety of their own homes.

Commitment to expand home- and community-based care access.

Issues – Debbie Dingell for Congress
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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell introduced the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Access Act and the Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act, two separate pieces of legislation to strengthen home care access and the caregiving workforce.

Dingell introduced legislation to expand home care access and strengthen the caregiving workforce.

Dingell, Colleagues Introduce Bills to Strengthen Home Care Access | Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
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they — along with their families and workers that make care possible — cannot afford cuts, reductions, or frozen funding to these life-saving services

Dingell and colleagues oppose cuts or frozen funding to Medicaid home and community-based services and support preserving access to them.

Dingell, Colleagues Slam Administration for Funding Cuts to Home Care for Seniors | Congresswoman Debbie Dingell
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Section 9817 increased federal Medicaid matching funds by 10 percentage points for state home- and community-based services spending, with states required to enhance, expand, or strengthen HCBS.

The enacted American Rescue Plan included a concrete federal expansion of Medicaid HCBS support, matching the promised policy area.

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Public Law 117-2, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Sec. 9817
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The Clerk records Dingell, Democrat of Michigan, voting Yea on final House concurrence in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1319, which passed.

Dingell voted for the enacted ARPA bill that contained the HCBS funding increase.

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House Roll Call 72, H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan Act
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Congress.gov lists Dingell as sponsor of H.R.4131, introduced June 24, 2021; CRS describes the bill as improving Medicaid HCBS and increasing HCBS federal matching funds.

Dingell introduced a bill directly aimed at improving access to home- and community-based services, though it did not advance beyond committee referral.

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H.R.4131 - Better Care Better Jobs Act, 117th Congress
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Congress.gov lists Dingell as sponsor of H.R.547, introduced January 26, 2023; CRS says it would improve Medicaid HCBS, fund planning grants, and increase HCBS FMAP.

Dingell reintroduced the Better Care Better Jobs Act in the next Congress, continuing concrete legislative support for expanded HCBS access.

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H.R.547 - Better Care Better Jobs Act, 118th Congress
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The Clerk records Dingell voting Yea on H.R.5376, the Build Back Better Act, which passed the House 220-213 before later Senate changes.

This vote shows Dingell supported a House-passed broader social-spending package associated with major HCBS investments, although that HCBS expansion was not enacted in the final law.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House: Roll Call 385, H.R.5376
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