3.0.0 828 2023-03-08T20:12:44Z 2023-03-08T20:12:44Z House HR 2021-02-04 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 21 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PASCRELL:H.R. 828.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the UnitedStates Constitution.[Page H388]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2021-02-05T20:28:12Z Referred to 2021-02-04T15:00:24Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2021-02-04T15:33:32Z hswm01 Social Security Subcommittee Referred to 2021-02-04T15:33:26Z Referred to 2021-02-04T15:00:19Z PREPARE LTC Act 117 230 S 2021-02-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2021-02-05 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2021-02-04 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2021-02-04 hswm01 Social Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Committee 2021-02-04 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 2021-02-04 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 2021-02-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-02-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 N S001207 Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] Mikie Sherrill D NJ 11 2021-02-04 True P000604 Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] Donald Payne D NJ M. 10 2021-02-04 True S001165 Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] Albio Sires D NJ 8 2021-02-04 True C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2021-02-04 True K000380 Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] Daniel Kildee D MI T. 5 2021-02-04 True P000613 Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] Jimmy Panetta D CA 20 2021-02-04 True S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 38 2021-02-04 True Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nursing Health 00 2021-02-04 Introduced in House 2021-07-02T16:50:50Z Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act or the PREPARE LTC Act

This bill provides statutory authority for certain infection control and emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities, and expands certain requirements to apply to other infectious disease outbreaks beyond COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for regulations that require, and set standards for, infection control programs and emergency preparedness programs in such facilities. The bill requires facilities to report information concerning any infectious disease outbreak that results in a state or national emergency in accordance with the standards for COVID-19 reporting. It also prohibits the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from reducing the frequency of compliance surveys or waiving direct care staffing reports during such outbreaks.

Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on deficiencies relating to COVID-19 infection control and direct care staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities.

]]> PREPARE LTC Act Display Title PREPARE LTC Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII and title XIX of the Social Security Act to codify certain infection control and emergency preparedness regulations, to prohibit a reduction in the frequency of surveys of skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, to prohibit the waiver of certain reporting requirements, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced PREPARE LTC Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr828ih/xml/BILLS-117hr828ih.xml 2021-02-05 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.