3.0.0 2522 2023-01-11T13:22:46Z 2023-01-11T13:22:46Z House H HR 2011-07-13 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD:H.R. 2522.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of theUnited States of America.[Page H5019]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-07-20T17:09:54Z Referred to 2011-07-13T14:02:40Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-07-15T20:03:22Z Referred to 2011-07-13T14:02:45Z 2011-07-20 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2011-07-15 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2011-07-13 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 2011-07-13 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 2011-07-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 34 N Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Department of Health and Human Services Employment discrimination and employee rights Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medical ethics Medicare State and local government operations Health 00 2011-07-13 Introduced in House 2011-09-27T19:15:47Z Nursing Home Patient Protection and Standards Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require testing programs in skilled nursing facility (SNF) survey and certification techniques to be sufficiently rigorous to ensure that surveyors are adequately prepared to survey and certify SNFs in a consistent and accurate manner.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish requirements: (1) for the qualification and compensation of members of a survey team, and (2) that a state employs an adequate number of individuals as members of survey teams to ensure adequate oversight of SNFs. Requires the Secretary, in addition to the training and testing program, to require that state and federal surveyors regularly complete an adequate number of continuing education courses meeting certain requirements for content and rigor of material.

Requires covered individuals to report to the Secretary instances where surveys fail to report or under report an issue in a facility that could impact the safety or quality of care of its residents. Adds whistleblower protections for such individuals.

Adds penalties for inappropriately influencing a surveyor.

Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee on surveys.

Requires survey team supervisors to review each conducted survey to ensure that any identified issues affecting quality of care are consistently and appropriately described and rated.

]]> Nursing Home Patient Protection and Standards Act of 2011 Display Title Nursing Home Patient Protection and Standards Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve oversight of nursing facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs by preventing inappropriate influence over surveyors, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Nursing Home Patient Protection and Standards Act of 2011 Introduced in House 2011-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2522ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2522ih.xml 2011-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.