119th Congress Health
H.R. 1303: Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
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Summary
This bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of the rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting, which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 10, 2024.
Specifically, the bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of provisions that, among other changes, (1) establish minimum staffing standards for nurses in Medicare and Medicaid long-term care facilities, including requiring a nurse to be onsite 24/7 and requiring a minimum of 3.48 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day; and (2) require state Medicaid programs to report on payments to direct care workers and support staff of nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Earl Carter R-GAOriginal
- Mike Carey R-OHOriginal
- Ron Estes R-KSOriginal
- Brad Finstad R-MNOriginal
- Erin Houchin R-INOriginal
- Dusty Johnson R-SDOriginal
- Mike Kelly R-PAOriginal
- John Moolenaar R-MIOriginal
- Carol Miller R-WVOriginal
- Gregory Murphy R-NCOriginal
- Nathaniel Moran R-TXOriginal
- Ralph Norman R-SCOriginal
- August Pfluger R-TXOriginal
- John Rose R-TNOriginal
- Thomas Tiffany R-WIOriginal
- Glenn Thompson R-PAOriginal
- William Timmons R-SCOriginal
- Beth Van Duyne R-TXOriginal
- Michael Guest R-MS
- Rudy Yakym R-IN
- Ashley Hinson R-IA
- Tracey Mann R-KS
- Pete Sessions R-TX
- Adrian Smith R-NE
- Jared Golden D-ME
- Thomas Kean R-NJ
Who scored on this bill
- 1Michelle Fischbach SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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- H.R. 7513: Protecting American Seniors’ Access to Care Act
- H.R. 7983: Stop Executive Overreach on Trade Agreements
- H.J.Res. 139: Disapproval of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting
History
- Introduced in the House by Michelle Fischbach.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.