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.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1303 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1303
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from
implementing, administering, or enforcing provisions relating to
minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and Medicaid
institutional payment transparency reporting.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2025
Mrs. Fischbach (for herself, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mrs. Houchin, Mr.
Moran, Mr. Estes, Mr. Carey, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Johnson of South
Dakota, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Finstad, Mr.
Tiffany, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Pfluger, Mr.
Murphy, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Norman)
introduced the following bill; which was referred 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
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A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from
implementing, administering, or enforcing provisions relating to
minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and Medicaid
institutional payment transparency reporting.
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 ``Protecting America's Seniors' Access
to Care Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.
Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall not implement, administer, or enforce
the provisions of the final rule published by the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services in the Federal Register on May 10, 2024, and titled
``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-
Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency
Reporting'' (89 Fed. Reg. 40876) or any substantially similar
regulation.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred 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.
Referred 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.
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