3.0.0 3078 2023-01-11T21:19:06Z 2023-01-11T21:19:06Z House H HR 2007-07-18 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2007-08-10T13:19:36Z Referred to 2007-07-18T14:00:40Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-24T19:48:47Z Referred to 2007-07-18T14:00:35Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-18T21:20:32Z Referred to 2007-07-18T14:00:30Z Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act 110 1577 S 2008-09-22 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1035. Identical bill CRS 2007-08-10 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2007-07-24 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-07-18 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-07-18 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-07-18 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-07-18 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-18 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-07-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001164 Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16] Tim Mahoney D FL 16 N E000287 Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5] Rahm Emanuel D IL 5 2007-07-18 True B001258 Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] Nancy Boyda D KS E. 2 2007-07-18 True K000366 Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] Ron Klein D FL 22 2007-07-18 True L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2007-12-19 False G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2007-12-19 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2008-04-29 False Health Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Data banks Elder abuse Employee selection Federal-state relations Fingerprints Government Operations and Politics Identification of criminals Labor and Employment Long-term care Medicaid Medical personnel Medicare Nursing homes Personnel records Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Health 00 2007-07-18 Introduced in House 2007-07-27T20:47:47Z Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and state background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers.

Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require screening, including national criminal history background checks, of direct patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers; and (2) prohibit hiring of abusive workers.

Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to ensure that the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the FBI has the capacity to store and retrieve fingerprints from its database.

Provides that, in the case where a direct patient access employee is convicted of a crime following the initial national criminal history background check, and the employee's fingerprint matches the prints on file with the FBI, the FBI shall inform the state law enforcement department in order for the state to inform the skilled nursing facility, nursing facility, or long-term care facility or provider of such conviction.

]]> Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, including national criminal history background checks, of direct patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers. Introduced in House IH Display Title Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-07-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3078ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3078ih.xml 2007-08-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.