HCBS Access Act

S. 5321 · 119th Congress · Aug 6, 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)

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

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Aug 6, 2026viewing Introduced in Senate Mr. Luján (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Warren, Mr. Reed, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Kim, and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

HCBS Access Act

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2 Definitions

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