HR 3331
107th Congress
House
Health
Commerce
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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 2001
Introduced: November 16, 2001
Introduced by:
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 10, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Nov 16, 2001
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.
Nov 16, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Quality Care for Nursing Home Patients Act of 2001 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) impose minimum direct care staffing requirements on nursing facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid funding; (2) revise the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 with respect to disclosure of staffing levels at such facilities, adding notice requirements; (3) prescribe administrative staffing requirements for such facilities; and (4) apply quality of care requirements to all residents of skilled nursing facilities, without regard to whether the resident is entitled to have payment made for nursing facilities under Medicare or Medicaid.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Committees of jurisdiction
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