The House FY21 Appropriations Bill, introduced July 15, includes a limitation that would prevent CMS from issuing a planned rule to limit Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT). The accompanying Committee Report also contains language reiterating a section included in the enacted FY20 LHHS bill that directed CMS to delay any rule making on NEMT pending the completion of a MACPAC study of the benefit.
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