Strengthening & Investing In Home & Community Based Services For Medicaid Beneficiaries: American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021 Section 9817 Spending Plans & Narratives
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) (Pub. L. 117-2). Section 9817 of the ARP provides qualifying states with a temporary 10 percentage point increase to the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for certain Medicaid expenditures for HCBS beginning April 1, 2021, and ending March 31, 2022. States have until March 31, 2024 to spend the additional funding they draw down . . .

