Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
- Last Action
- 2/13/2025
Actions
- 2025-02-13Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- 2025-02-13Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
- 2025-02-13Introduced in House
- 2025-02-13Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-02-13 (00)
Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
This bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of the rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting, which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 10, 2024.
Specifically, the bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of provisions that, among other changes, (1) establish minimum staffing standards for nurses in Medicare and Medicaid long-term care facilities, including requiring a nurse to be onsite 24/7 and requiring a minimum of 3.48 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day; and (2) require state Medicaid programs to report on payments to direct care workers and support staff of nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Cosponsors (20)
- Earl Carter (R-GA)
- Erin Houchin (R-IN)
- Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
- Ron Estes (R-KS)
- Mike Carey (R-OH)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- William Timmons (R-SC)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN)
- Thomas Tiffany (R-WI)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- John Moolenaar (R-MI)
- August Pfluger (R-TX)
- Gregory Murphy (R-NC)
- Carol Miller (R-WV)
- John Rose (R-TN)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC)
- Rudy Yakym (R-IN)
- Michael Guest (R-MS)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Employee hiring
- Health care costs and insurance
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
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