	Introduction

This report briefly summarizes the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services (ACCESS) Act, enacted February 9, 2018, as Division E of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA 2018; P.L. 115-123 ). 1892 , enacted as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( P.L. The topics specifically addressed in this report include the following:
Medicare ( Table 2 , Table 3 , Table 4 , Table 10 , Table 11 , and Table 12 ) State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (in Table 1 ) Public Health Extenders (in Table 5 and Table 9 ) Children and Family Services (in Table 6 ) Foster Care (in Table 7 ) Social Impact Partnerships Program (in Table 8 ) Medicaid and Offsets (in Table 12 )
Along with the brief description of each provision in Division E, this report provides the contact information for the CRS analysts who can answer further questions. CRS is preparing additional reports analyzing subsets of these provisions by topic or program in greater detail. Those reports will be linked to this report as they become available. Division E is divided into twelve titles.
On February 9, 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA 2018; P.L. 115-123). Division E of that law is titled the Advancing Chronic Care, Extenders, and Social Services (ACCESS) Act. This report provides a brief summary of each of the provisions included in the ACCESS Act, along with the contact information for the CRS expert who can answer questions about each provision. Division E consists of 12 titles. Each title is addressed in a separate table, and the provisions are discussed in the order they appear in the law. Topics discussed in this report include Medicare, Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), public health, child and family services, foster care, social impact partnerships, child support enforcement, and prison data reporting.
Subsequent CRS reports examining selected subsets of these provisions will be linked to this report as they become available, such as CRS Report R45136, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123): CHIP, Public Health, Home Visiting, and Medicaid Provisions in Division E.