Patient Navigation Assistance Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9446 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9446 To provide payment for patient navigator services under title XIX of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 3, 2024 Mr. DeSaulnier introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide payment for patient navigator services under title XIX of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Patient Navigation Assistance Act''. SEC. 2. MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR PATIENT NAVIGATOR SERVICES. (a) In General.--Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (86), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in paragraph (87), by striking at the end the period and inserting ``; and'…