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Nursing Home Staffing Improvement Act of 2002

Introduced: May 14, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Jun 3, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 14, 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.
May 14, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E799)
May 14, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Nursing Home Staffing Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate standards for minimum nurse staffing levels in nursing facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments.

Reinstitutes (Boren amendment) payment methodology, providing for payment of Medicaid services through the use of rates determined pursuant to the criteria under State Medicaid plan provisions as in effect on August 1, 1997. Establishes safe harbor rates.

Provides a permanent 1.50 percent increase of the Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage for a State beginning with FY 2003.

Authorizes inclusion of financial accountability requirements in the survey and certification process with respect to facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments.

What's happening now June 3, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 4, 2002
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 15, 2002
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 14, 2002
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 14, 2002
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 14, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4715: Nursing Home Staffing Improvement Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4715/
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"H.R. 4715: Nursing Home Staffing Improvement Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4715/.
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