3.0.0 2574 2022-11-01T13:49:47Z 2022-11-01T14:32:37Z Senate S 2019-09-26 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-09-26T20:07:13Z Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act 116 2993 S 2019-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 2020 116 5897 HR 2020-02-13 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 2020 116 3297 S 2020-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2019-09-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-10-16 False Health Employee performance Health care quality Health personnel Licensing and registrations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nursing Personnel records Health 00 2019-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-07T17:14:46Z Promote Responsible Oversight and Targeted Employee background Check Transparency for Seniors Act or the PROTECTS Act

This bill allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information concerning affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.

]]> PROTECTS Act Display Title PROTECTS Act Short Title(s) as Introduced PROTECTS Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Promote Responsible Oversight and Targeted Employee background Check Transparency for Seniors Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the ability of Medicare and Medicaid providers to access the National Practitioner Data Bank for the purpose of conducting employee background checks. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2574is/xml/BILLS-116s2574is.xml 2019-09-26 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.