3.0.0 7128 2022-02-03T05:14:17Z 2022-02-03T05:14:17Z House H HR 2008-09-26 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-09-26T18:58:13Z Referred to 2008-09-26T13:05:50Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-26T13:05:45Z 2008-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2100-2101) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-09-26 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2008-09-26 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-09-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 N S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2008-09-26 True Health Administrative remedies Allied health services Business records Civil actions and liability Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Employee benefits and pensions Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medical education Medicare Neurological disorders State and local government operations Wages and earnings Health 00 2008-09-26 Introduced in House 2009-01-13T20:11:31Z Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities to make available, upon request, ownership and additional disclosable parties information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other responsible parties.

Outlines accountability requirements for such institutions.

Requires specified additional information to appear on the Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Compare Website.

Requires SNFs to separately report expenditures for wages and benefits for direct care staff.

Directs the Secretary to develop a standardized form for use by a resident (or a person acting on the resident's behalf) in filing a complaint about a SNF with a state survey and certification agency or long-term care ombudsman program. Requires a state to establish a complaint resolution process.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program for SNFs and nursing facilities to report direct care staffing information based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.

Increases certain civil monetary penalties for SNF and nursing facility violations.

Directs the Secretary to evaluate the potential benefit and feasibility of applying independent monitoring requirements to interstate and large intrastate chains of SNFs and nursing facilities.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on best practices for, and barriers to, the appointment of temporary management for SNFs with a record of poor care.

Requires a an individual SNF license holder to notify the Secretary and other responsible parties of an impending closure of the facility.

Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects on culture change and use of information technology in SNFs and nursing facilities.

Directs the Secretary, among requirements for the approval of nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs, to include requirements for dementia management training and patient abuse prevention training.

Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on training for certified nurse aides and supervisory staff of SNFs and nursing facilities.

]]> Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Nursing Home Transparency and Quality of Care Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. Introduced in House 2008-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr7128ih/xml/BILLS-110hr7128ih.xml 2008-09-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2100-2101) 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.