U.S. Congressman Darren Soto introduced bipartisan legislation to provide equal access to federal resources for Medicaid to American citizens living in U.S. territories, the lawmaker’s office announced. H.R. 3631, known as the Territories Health Care Improvement Act, increases the limit on Medicaid payments and the federal medical assistance percentage for the five U.S. territories: Puerto […]
The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 2157, known as the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, that includes an additional $600 million for Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program, known as PAN for its initials in Spanish. The bill also includes $5 million to study impact on the use of PAN funds in Puerto Rico […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded about $21 million in additional funds to Puerto Rico to cover costs related to Hurricane María, the agency announced. These awards bring the amount of funds obligated under FEMA’s Public Assistance program to $5.7 billion, it added. The latest grants approved are as follows: Nearly $17.8 million to […]