HCBS Worker Protection Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Dingell
Introduced
Summary
Removes a statutory payment cap on certain Medicaid home- and community-based services waivers. The bill would amend Title XIX of the Social Security Act by striking subparagraph (C) of section 1915(c)(11) (42 U.S.C. 1396n(c)(11)). Its effect is to eliminate that specified limitation on payments for those HCBS waivers. The text provided does not include the content of the removed subparagraph and does not add any new funding, eligibility, enforcement, or sunset provisions.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Possible higher Medicaid home care pay
If enacted, this would remove a federal cap on what states can pay for Medicaid home and community-based care. States could choose to raise provider rates or increase support for people using these services. It would not change who qualifies. The bill does not state how much more money this could be or a start date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Dingell
MI • D
Cosponsors
Lofgren
CA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Jayapal
WA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Moore (WI)
WI • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Tlaib
MI • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Tokuda
HI • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
McBath
GA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Evans (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
McClellan
VA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Pressley
MA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Scanlon
PA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Omar
MN • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Thanedar
MI • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Brownley
CA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Ansari
AZ • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 9/11/2025
Waters
CA • D
Sponsored 9/11/2025
McClain Delaney
MD • D
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Jackson (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Ross
NC • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Lynch
MA • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Vargas
CA • D
Sponsored 9/23/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Hoyle (OR)
OR • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Salinas
OR • D
Sponsored 9/26/2025
Dexter
OR • D
Sponsored 10/10/2025
Suozzi
NY • D
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 3/3/2026
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