Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act
- Last Action
- 2/12/2021
Actions
- 2021-02-12Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2021-02-12Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-12 (00)
Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act
This bill establishes several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities, including with respect to minimum staffing levels, protections for whistleblowers and residents, and training for nurses.
Specifically, the bill establishes minimum nurse-resident ratios for day, evening, and night shifts and prohibits facilities from retaliating against residents or staff who file complaints or cooperate in investigations; violators are subject to civil penalties. Facilities must also train nurses on their emergency procedures and on residents' rights.
The bill also requires specific consent procedures in relation to the administration of certain psychotropic drugs and prohibits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in such facilities.
Cosponsors (1)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Subjects
- Administrative remedies
- Adult education and literacy
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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