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HR 4704 115th Congress House Health Civil actions and liability Emergency planning and evacuation Government lending and loan guarantees Health facilities and institutions Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nursing

Nursing Home CARE Act

Introduced: December 20, 2017 Introduced by: Wasserman Schultz, Debbie Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Jan 3, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 22, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 20, 2017
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.
Dec 20, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nursing Home Comfortable Air Ready for Emergencies Act or the Nursing Home CARE Act

This bill (1) provides statutory authority for certain emergency-preparedness requirements applicable to skilled-nursing facilities and nursing-facility providers and suppliers under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, (2) establishes a loan program to assist such facilities in complying with the requirements, and (3) otherwise revises provisions regarding the emergency preparedness of such facilities.

What's happening now January 3, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 17 Republican 2
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 12, 2018
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 10, 2018
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jun 27, 2018
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 19, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jun 19, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 19, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jun 6, 2018
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Jun 5, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 13, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 7, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 5, 2018
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jan 29, 2018
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jan 29, 2018
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jan 29, 2018
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jan 18, 2018
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 16, 2018
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Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jan 10, 2018
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Green, Al
Texas · Jan 10, 2018
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Dec 20, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4704: Nursing Home CARE Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4704/
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"H.R. 4704: Nursing Home CARE Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4704/.
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H.R. 4704, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4704/.
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