HR 1649
101th Congress
House
Health
Medicaid
Nurses
Nursing homes
Public assistance programs
Salaries
Social Welfare
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require nursing facilities participating in the medicaid program to pay, on a phased-in basis, nursing personnel at a rate at least equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed outside nursing facilities.
Introduced: March 23, 1989
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 20, 1990
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 17, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 23, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 23, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to phase-in, over four years, the requirement that nursing facilities pay nursing personnel at a rate at least equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed outside such facilities.
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