3.0.0 317 2023-01-11T13:46:36Z 2023-01-11T13:46:36Z Senate S 2021-02-12 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-12T17:11:43Z Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID–19 and Beyond Act 117 598 HR 2021-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS SOS Act of 2021 117 771 HR 2021-02-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2021-02-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-02-12 True Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment discrimination and employee rights Government information and archives Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Infectious and parasitic diseases Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Nursing State and local government operations Worker safety and health Health 00 2021-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-19T13:23:41Z Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID-19 Act

This bill modifies several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and Medicaid nursing facilities (NFs) during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, SNFs and NFs must comply with specified quality of care, worker safety, and transparency requirements, subject to civil penalties. Requirements include (1) testing residents and employees for COVID-19 weekly or before shifts, respectively, and reporting any lack of available testing kits on a daily basis; (2) providing at least two weeks of paid sick leave to each employee; and (3) reporting the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, including demographic information, on a daily basis.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must also distribute funds to allow states to establish strike teams that may be deployed to SNFs and NFs within 72 hours of three or more COVID-19 diagnoses to help separate those who have been exposed, supervise testing, and ensure enforcement of whistleblower protections, among other needs. Teams must include members of the National Guard, public health officials, medical experts, and representatives of residents and workers.

]]> Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID–19 Act Display Title Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID–19 Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the quality of care for residents of and workers in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID–19 Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s317is/xml/BILLS-117s317is.xml 2021-02-12 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.