HR 3355 108th Congress House

Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2003

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to establish minimum requirements for nurse staffing in nursing facilities receiving payments under the Medicare or Medicaid Program.

Introduced: October 21, 2003 See on congress.gov

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CommerceConsumer educationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsHospital ratesIntergovernmental fiscal relationsLawMedicaidMedicareNursesNursing homesSocial WelfareSurveys

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Oct 27, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Oct 21, 2003

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.

Oct 21, 2003

Introduced in House

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Latest action October 27, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2003 - 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 requirements 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 (FMAP) for a State beginning with FY 2004.

Authorizes inclusion of: (1) financial accountability requirements in the survey and certification process with respect to facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments; and (2) professionals trained in financial accounting and auditing in the multidisciplinary survey teams of professionals under Medicare and Medicaid.

Related & companion bills 2

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 23

Case, Ed

Hawaii · May 17, 2004

DEUTSCH, PETER

· Apr 22, 2004

Nadler, Jerrold

New York · Feb 10, 2004

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Dec 8, 2003

Waters, Maxine

California · Dec 8, 2003

Sánchez, Linda T.

California · Nov 21, 2003

Van Hollen, Chris

Maryland · Nov 20, 2003

DeLauro, Rosa L.

Connecticut · Nov 17, 2003

LAMPSON, NICK

· Nov 10, 2003

Baldwin, Tammy

Wisconsin · Oct 21, 2003

Massachusetts · Oct 21, 2003

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · Oct 21, 2003

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Oct 21, 2003

Pallone, Frank

New Jersey · Oct 21, 2003

RODRIGUEZ, CIRO

· Oct 21, 2003

Sanders, Bernard

Vermont · Oct 21, 2003

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Oct 21, 2003

Thompson, Bennie G.

Mississippi · Oct 21, 2003

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