To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to address significant under projection of MA local area growth due to wage index reclassification.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8561.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 90, May 23, 2024, Page H3525):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and nearby inpatient rehabilitation facilities to establish an essential caregivers program during a public health emergency.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8561, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  87dd810fb49724a1126c9fa8593219a8398d26428b9622ca822a2540b633bf69

  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 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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