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US Congress HR5877

A bill to amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to broaden the coverage of home health services under the supplementary medical insurance program and remove the 100-visit limitation presently applicable thereto, and to eliminate the requirement that an individual need skilled nursing care in order to qualify for such services, to amend part A of such title to liberalize the coverage of post-hospital home health services thereunder, to amend title XIX of such act to require the inclusion of home health services in a State's medicaid program and to permit payments of housing costs under such a program for elderly persons who would otherwise require nursing home care, to provide expanded Federal funding for congregate housing for the displaced and the elderly.