On January 26, Senator Casey (D-PA) re-introduced the Better Care Better Jobs Act (S. 100) in the new Congress. The bill, strongly supported by the Autism Society, is cosponsored by Senators Wyden (D-OR), Duckworth (D-IL), Hassan (D-NH), and Brown (D-OH). 

The bill increases the Medicaid matching rate by 10 percent for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), provides more benefits for direct care workers, and makes the Money Follows the Person program permanent. Read more on what the bill will do below.