HR 5166
106th Congress
House
Health
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Health services administration
Long-term care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nurses
Nursing homes
Paramedical personnel
Prospective payment systems (Medical care)
Social Welfare
Standards
Quality Care for Nursing Home Patients Act of 2000
Introduced: September 13, 2000
Introduced by:
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 13, 2000
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.
Sep 13, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Quality Care for Nursing Home Patients Act of 2000 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) impose minimum direct care staffing requirements on nursing and skilled nursing facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding; (2) provide for disclosure of staffing levels at such facilities; and (3) provide for administrative staffing requirements for such facilities.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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