To provide assisted living assistance through Medicaid and low-income housing tax credit.

This bill would add services provided in an assisted living residence to the list of benefits that state Medicaid programs must cover. Coverage would apply to people who would otherwise need hospital or nursing facility care and who meet the state's income and resource rules, as long as the average Medicaid cost per person in assisted living is no greater than it would have been in a hospital or nursing facility. The Medicaid change would take effect January 1, 2027, with a delay allowed for states that need to pass their own laws first. The bill would also add a new selection criterion for the low-income housing tax credit: projects that lower Medicaid costs for elderly long-term care by providing that care outside of institutions. This tax credit change would apply to allocations made after January 1, 2027.

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Sponsors

• Max L. Miller Republican sponsor
• 4 cosponsors