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| https://guthrie.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=24&itemid=1793 | Guthrie Medicaid Bill Passes House | 2018-12-11 | 2018 | 2018-12 | Republican | House | KY | Brett Guthrie | G000558 | guthrie.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Brett Guthrie's (KY-02) legislation to help certain Medicaid beneficiaries voluntarily transition to receiving care in their communities or in their own homes rather than at a facility. Guthrie introduced the EMPOWER Care Act earlier this year with Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) to extend the federal Money Follows the Person program, which allows certain Medicaid beneficiaries such as the elderly or individuals with disabilities to transition from a health care facility to receiving care in their own homes. Their bill was included in the broader IMPROVE Act (H.R. 7217), and extends the Money Follows the Person program into next year. The IMPROVE Act passed in the House by a vote of 400 to 11. I was proud to introduce the EMPOWER Care Act to help patients with disabilities and elderly get the care they want to receive in the way they want to receive it,said Guthrie. It does not force patients to leave a facility if they don't want to. My home state of Kentucky is currently working to voluntarily transition 50 individuals from health care facilities back into their own communities, empowering these individuals who have chosen to receive care in the community. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |