[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4872 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4872

  To amend section 124(a) of the Department of Justice Appropriations 
Act, 1999 to permit criminal background checks for nursing facility and 
    home health agency personnel involved in indirect patient care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2002

 Mr. Jones of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
    the Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 124(a) of the Department of Justice Appropriations 
Act, 1999 to permit criminal background checks for nursing facility and 
    home health agency personnel involved in indirect patient care.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nursing Home Resident Safety 
Assurance Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR NURSING FACILITY AND HOME HEALTH 
              CARE AGENCY PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN INDIRECT PATIENT CARE.

    (a) In General.--Section 124(a)(1) of the Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 1999, as enacted as part of Public Law 105-277 (112 
Stat. 2681-73), is amended by striking ``direct patient care'' and 
inserting ``direct or indirect patient care''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to requests made on or after the date that is 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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