S 512
111th Congress
Senate
Law
Aging
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Contracts and agency
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act
Introduced: March 3, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 3, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 3, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act - Provides that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement between a long-term care facility and a resident (or anyone acting on the resident's behalf) shall not be valid or specifically enforceable.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1