[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1680 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1680

To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants 
 to promote professional retrofit installation of fire alarm detection 
systems and other fire detection and prevention technologies in nursing 
      homes, hospice facilities, and other appropriate facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2009

  Mr. Arcuri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants 
 to promote professional retrofit installation of fire alarm detection 
systems and other fire detection and prevention technologies in nursing 
      homes, hospice facilities, and other appropriate facilities.

    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 ``Long-Term Care Life Safety Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. RETROFIT ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION.

    (a) Authority.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
establish a program to award grants to nursing homes, hospice 
facilities, assisted living facilities, residential care program 
facilities, board and care facilities (as defined in section 
1903(q)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(q)(4)(B))), 
and any other facilities that are licensed or certified by the State 
and are determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for a grant under 
this section, for the purpose of retrofitting such homes and facilities 
with any professionally installed fire alarm detection system or other 
fire detection and prevention technology, as defined in subsection 
(c)(1).
    (b) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall give priority to applicants that demonstrate a need or hardship. 
In determining hardship, the Secretary may take into account factors 
such as the age and condition of the facilities of the applicant, the 
need for facility beds in the community involved, and requirements 
imposed on the applicant to meet fire safety regulations applicable 
under Medicare, Medicaid, other Federal programs, or State or local 
licensing or building code standards.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``fire alarm detection system or other fire 
        detection and prevention technology'' means a system, a portion 
        of a system, or a combination of systems and components for 
        fire protection, such as integrated systems of manual devices 
        and automatic sensors that, when activated, cause the systems 
        to warn building occupants and emergency forces; smoke 
        detectors; automatic fire sprinkler systems; specialized 
        suppression systems and other active fire protection systems or 
        components installed in accordance with codes and standards 
        such as those developed by the National Fire Protection 
        Association in the 2006 Life Safety Code.
            (2) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014.
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