[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3796 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3796

   To amend section 232 of the National Housing Act to provide that 
  nursing homes receiving low ratings for purposes of the Medicare or 
  Medicaid programs are ineligible for mortgage insurance under such 
                    section, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2015

  Mr. Walker introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 232 of the National Housing Act to provide that 
  nursing homes receiving low ratings for purposes of the Medicare or 
  Medicaid programs are ineligible for mortgage insurance under such 
                    section, and for other purposes.

    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 Accountability Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY FOR MORTGAGES UNDER SECTION 232 OF NATIONAL 
              HOUSING ACT.

    Section 232 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715w) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Ineligibility Based on 5-Star Rating System Score.--
            ``(1) Ineligibility.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        on and after January 1, 2017, the Secretary may not insure any 
        mortgage under this section for any nursing home that for any 
        period of 30 or more consecutive months beginning after 
        December 31, 2016, has had as an overall quality rating, under 
        the 5-Star Quality Rating System, of 2 or less stars or an 
        equivalent rating under any successor system.
            ``(2) Renewal of eligibility.--A nursing home that is 
        otherwise ineligible for mortgage insurance under this section 
        by reason of paragraph (1) shall be eligible for such insurance 
        if after the conclusion of the most recent period described in 
        subparagraph (A) for such facility, such facility has 
        maintained, for a period of 30 or more consecutive months, an 
        overall quality rating under the 5-Star Quality Rating System 
        of 3 or more stars or an equivalent rating under any successor 
        system.
            ``(3) 5-star quality rating system.--The term `5-Star 
        Quality Rating System' means the rating system established 
        pursuant to sections 1819(i) and 1919(i) of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-3(i), 1396(r)(i)) and in effect on the 
        date of the enactment of this subsection.
            ``(4) Existing mortgages.--This subsection may not be 
        construed to affect any mortgage insured under this section 
        before the date specified in paragraph (1).''.
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