3.0.0 2641 2019-11-15T21:57:50Z 2019-11-15T21:57:50Z Senate S S 2008-02-14 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-02-14T19:12:15Z Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 110 5799 HR 2008-04-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2008-02-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-02-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1058-1059) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2008-02-14 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-05-07 False B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2008-05-07 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2008-05-07 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-07-31 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2008-07-31 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-09-10 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-09-10 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2008-09-17 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2008-09-24 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-09-25 False Health Accreditation (Medical care) Brain diseases Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Elder abuse Employee training Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health care industry Health surveys Internet Labor and Employment Law Long-term care Medicaid Medicare Nurses Nursing Nursing homes Ombudsman Paramedical personnel Patients' rights Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Supervisors Wages Web sites Health 00 2008-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-08T21:05:47Z Nursing Home Transparency and 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 affiliated 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 different levels of nursing 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 to report staffing information based on payroll data.

Increases certain civil monetary penalties for SNF violations.

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on: (1) the financial status, resident care, and performance of SNFs and nursing facilities in the Special Focus Facility (or a successor) program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relative to a comparable sample of facilities outside such program; and (2) best practices for, and barriers to, the appointment of temporary management for SNFs with a record of poor care.

Directs the Secretary to provide for an national independent monitoring program to oversee interstate and large intrastate chains of SNFs.

Requires a SNF administrator 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.

Provides 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 Improvement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 Display Title Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 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 Senate 2008-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2641is/xml/BILLS-110s2641is.xml 2008-02-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.