HCBS Access Act

H.R. 8540 · 119th Congress · Apr 28, 2026 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of, and expand access to, home and community-based services under the Medicaid program; to award grants for the creation, recruitment, training and education, retention, and advancement of the direct care workforce and to award grants to support family caregivers; and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “HCBS Access Act”.

(b)

Table of contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definitions

In this Act:

(1)

Demographics— The term demographics means information relating to the races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, geographic locations, incomes, primary languages, types of service setting, and disability types represented within a particular group of individuals.

(2)

Private duty nursing— The term private duty nursing means nursing services that are sufficient to meet the needs of an individual who requires more individualized and continuous care than is available from a visiting nurse or routinely provided by the nursing staff of a hospital or skilled nursing facility, and includes services provided to an individual in the individual’s own home by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse under the direction of a physician.

(3)

Secretary— Except as otherwise provided, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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Apr 28, 2026viewing Introduced in House Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

HCBS Access Act

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2 Definitions

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