Long-Term Care Life Safety Act of 2009 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to nursing homes, hospice facilities, assisted living facilities, residential care program facilities, board and care facilities and other appropriate facilities for the purpose of retrofitting such facilities with a professionally installed fire alarm detection system or other fire detection and prevention technology. Requires the Secretary to give priority to applicants that demonstrate a need or hardship. Allows the Secretary to consider such factors as the age and condition of the facilities, the need for facility beds in the community involved, and requirements imposed on the applicant to meet fire safety regulations under Medicare, Medicaid, other federal programs, or state or local licensing or building code standards.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing 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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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