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Amends section 1905 by inserting a new subsection (kk) (and updating subsection (b) cross‑references) to provide a temporary increase to the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for specified Medicaid-covered services when provided by domestic employees, including rules for determining the applicable percentage-point increase, covered services, a maintenance-of-effort requirement, and exclusion of such increased payments from certain territorial payment caps.
Repeals section 13(b)(21) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(b)(21)).
Repeals section 10 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 210).
Adds a new paragraph (7) to 29 U.S.C. 215(a) making a violation of the newly added section 8 (and regulations or orders issued under that section) a prohibited act under section 15(a).
Amends section 16 to expand recoverable amounts and to make the remedies and liability provisions applicable to violations of the newly added section 8.
Amends section 17 to permit district courts to restrain, in cases of violations of section 15(a)(7), the withholding of severance pay and other damages found due to employees.
Amends section 6 of the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. 255) by inserting additional language in the matter preceding subsection (a) (text of insertion provided in the section but not fully reproduced in the excerpt).
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced December 9, 2025 by Kirsten Gillibrand · Last progress December 9, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate