HCBS Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1493.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 45, March 9, 2023, Page H1250):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To expand access to HCBS coverage under Medicaid.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2023 ↗

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  230 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1493, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1493

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f4588400ce124f058f3cd0a082a249aa2c8e441739284d73582c105dd2c3382

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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