HR 4843
105th Congress
House
Health
Bankruptcy
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Law
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing homes
Social Welfare
Trusts and trustees
Nursing Home Residents Protection Act of 1998
Introduced: October 15, 1998
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Became law
Oct 20, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Oct 15, 1998
Referred to House Commerce
Oct 15, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Oct 15, 1998
Referred to House Ways and Means
Oct 15, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Nursing Home Residents Protection Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a person or entity having a controlling interest in a skilled nursing facility or a nursing facility that files for relief from debts under the bankruptcy code to provide written notice of such filing to the State agency responsible for licensing the facility. Requires similar written notification to the State agency of appointment of a bankruptcy trustee.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Committees of jurisdiction
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