NURSING HOMES

Bills and resolutions

Aged: protection (see H.R. 5067)

Medicaid: bed requirement for skilled nursing homes and intermediate care facilities (see H.R. 5344)

———change requirements based on recommendations of Institute of Medicine (see H.R. 5450)

———standards for participating nursing homes (see S. 2604)

———standards for participation (see H.R. 4485)

Medicare: adult day care (see H.R. 4739)

———change requirements for skilled nursing facilities based on recommendations of Institute of Medicine (see H.R. 5712)

———standards for participating nursing homes (see S. 2604)

———standards for participation (see H.R. 4485)

———waiver of liability presumption for home health agencies and nursing homes (see H.R. 4065)

———waiver of liability presumption for home health agencies and skilled nursing homes (see S. 2122)

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 375; H.J. Res. 617)

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 264; H.J. Res. 533)

Residents: protection of basic rights (see S. 2119; H.R. 4279)

Senior Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 281)

Letters

Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act: Representatives Stark and Roybal, 1314 [30JA]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration corporate average fuel economy standards: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 32672 [16OC]

Memorials of legislature

Maryland, 13526 [12JN], 13834 [16JN]

Remarks in House

Federal Employees Long-Term Care Act: enact, 33599 [17OC]

Medicaid: nursing facility quality care (H.R. 5450), 22232 [15AU]

Medicaid Community Spouse Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4901), 11994 [22MY]

———enact (H.R. 4902), 11994 [22MY]

———enact (H.R. 4903), 11994 [22MY]

———enact (H.R. 4904), 11994 [22MY]

Medicare: require private to equal average availability of State percentages in order to receive benefits (H.R. 5344), 19622 [6AU]

Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4065), 999 [29JA], 1314 [30JA]

Medicare Community Nursing and Ambulatory Care Act: enact (H.R. 5457), 22219 [15AU]

Medicare Skilled Nursing Home Quality Care amendments: enact (H.R. 5450), 32671 [16OC]

Mortgage insurance programs: participation eligibility, 12331 [4JN]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (H.J. Res. 533), 2637 [24FE]

National Nursing Homes Week: observance, 11122 [15MY]

Nursing Home Resident Protection Act: enact (H.R. 4485), 5977 [21MR]

Residents: ensure protection of rights (H.R. 4279), 3274 [27FE]

Task Force on Elder Abuse Act: enact (H.R. 4494), 6157 [25MR]

Remarks in Senate

Health: patients' rights in long-term facilities (S. 2119), 3180 [27FE]

Medicaid: standards for participating nursing homes (S. 2604), 15961-15965 [26JN]

Medicare: certification and recertification of the need for certain services and coverage of these services (S. 2920), 30267 [10OC]

———coverage, 710 [29JA]

———standards for participating nursing homes (S. 2604), 15961-15965 [26JN]

Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act: enact (S. 2122), 3185 [27FE]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (S.J. Res. 375), 16857 [17JY]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (S.J. Res. 264), 1916 [6FE]

Sheffer, Walter: tribute, 10369 [13MY]

State long-term care ombudsman programs: improve (S. 2912), 29165, 29168 [7OC]

Reports

Government Regulation of Nursing Homes: Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science (excerpt), 8742 [28AP]

Medicare Skilled Nursing Home Quality Care Amendments (excerpt), 32671 [16OC]

Reports filed

Designate National Nursing Home Residents Day: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 264), 5664 [20MR]

Statements

Medicaid Nursing Facility Quality Care Amendment: National Academy of Sciences (excerpt), 22232 [15AU]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: Ethel Gross, 1916 [6FE]

Summaries

Medicaid Nursing Facility Quality Care Amendment (H.R. 5450), 22232 [15AU]

Nursing Home Resident Protection Act (H.R. 4485), 5978 [21MR]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 533, National Nursing Home Residents Day, 2637 [24FE]

H.R. 4065, Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act, 1314 [30JA]

H.R. 4494, Task Force on Elder Abuse Act, 6157 [25MR]

S. 2604, Nursing Home Quality Reform Act, 15962-15965 [26JN]

S. 2912, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act, 29166-29168 [7OC]

S. 2920, medicare certification and recertification of the need for certain services and coverage of these services, 30268 [10OC]

S.J. Res. 264, National Nursing Home Residents Day, 1917 [6FE], 5969 [21MR], 8742 [28AP]