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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…

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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 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now July 20, 1990

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Aug 3, 1989
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jun 14, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1649: 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.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1649/
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"H.R. 1649: 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.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1649/.
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H.R. 1649, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1649/.
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[H.R. 1649: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-1649/)
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