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
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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