3.0.0 2943 2022-10-28T01:46:10Z 2022-10-28T01:46:10Z Senate S 2019-11-21 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-21T19:27:11Z Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019 116 5216 HR 2019-11-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act 116 5326 HR 2019-12-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2019-11-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-11-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-11-21 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-11-21 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-12-19 False Health Administrative remedies Adult education and literacy Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Employee hiring Employment and training programs Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Home and outpatient care Judicial review and appeals Labor-management relations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Neurological disorders Nursing Prescription drugs State and local government operations Worker safety and health Health 00 2019-11-21 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-22T22:05:36Z Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019

This bill establishes several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities with respect to minimum staffing levels, training for nurses, and protections for whistleblowers and residents. The bill also requires specific consent procedures in relation to the administration of certain psychotropic drugs and prohibits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in such facilities.

]]> Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019 Display Title Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2943is/xml/BILLS-116s2943is.xml 2019-11-21 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.