Streamlining enrollment processes for eligible out-of-State Medicaid and CHIP providers, through the Accelerating Kids Access to Care Act;
Support streamlined enrollment for eligible out-of-state Medicaid and CHIP providers.
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Evidence
Latest Action: 04/18/2019 Became Public Law No: 116-16. House passage was by voice vote on 03/25/2019; Senate passage was by voice vote on 04/02/2019.
The law directs HHS guidance on processes for screening and enrolling out-of-State providers, including efforts to streamline those processes or reduce provider burden.
Current U.S. Code requires guidance on screening and enrolling out-of-State providers, including efforts to streamline those processes or reduce burden.
Representative Harold Rogers is listed as Republican, House Kentucky District 5, 97th-119th Congresses, 1981-Present.
Assessments
The promised policy outcome was enacted in Public Law 116-16 in 2019 and remains codified in federal Medicaid law, directing HHS guidance on streamlining screening and enrollment for eligible out-of-state Medicaid providers. Rogers was serving as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 5th District during the 116th Congress when the bill passed the House by voice vote and became law, so the federal-office timing and candidate-credit context support full delivery even without an individual recorded vote.