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Patient Abuse Prevention Act

Introduced: March 12, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Mar 26, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 12, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 12, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Patient Abuse Prevention Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish programs to prevent abuse of recipients of home health or of long-term care services in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) or other long-term care facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, including background checks on workers and a hiring ban on abusive workers. Prescribes criminal and civil penalties for violation of this Act. Requires State Medicare and Medicaid registries to collect information about nursing facility employees other than nurse aides.

Amends SSA title XI to include abusive long-term care facility employees in the national health care fraud and abuse data collection program database. Includes SNFs, certain other nursing facilities, home health agencies, hospices, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded, and providers of home health or long-term care services as long-term care facilities.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program to provide grants to develop information on best practices in patient abuse prevention training for managers and staff of hospital and health care facilities.

What's happening now March 26, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 11, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3933: Patient Abuse Prevention Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3933/
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"H.R. 3933: Patient Abuse Prevention Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3933/.
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H.R. 3933, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3933/.
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