This bill makes permanent the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program. Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist states in increasing the use of home and community care for long-term care and decreasing the use of institutional care.

To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to make permanent the Money 
             Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON REBALANCING 
              DEMONSTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 6071(h) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (I), by inserting ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) by amending subparagraph (J) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(G) $450,000,000 for each fiscal year after 
                fiscal year 2021.''; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (K); and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``September 30, 2023'' 
        and inserting ``September 30 of such fiscal year''.
    (b) Redistribution of Unexpended Grant Awards.--Section 6701(e)(2) 
of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Any portion of a 
State grant award for a fiscal year under this section that is 
unexpended by the State at the end of the fourth succeeding fiscal year 
shall be rescinded by the Secretary and added to the appropriation for 
the fifth succeeding fiscal year.''.
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To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to make permanent the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration.
To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to make permanent the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to make permanent the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration.
Rep. Dingell, Debbie