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HR 5216 116th Congress House

Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare progra… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to revise minimum nurse staffing requirements for skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 12, 2020 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Nov 22, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 21, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Nov 21, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 22, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019

This bill establishes several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities with respect to minimum staffing levels, training for nurses, and protections for whistleblowers and residents. The bill also requires specific consent procedures in relation to the administration of certain psychotropic drugs and prohibits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in such facilities.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5326 Related bill Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act
  • S 2943 Related bill Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 31
All 31 Democratic 28
Sires, Albio
· Oct 20, 2020
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 1, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Apr 28, 2020
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Apr 7, 2020
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Mar 16, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 12, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Mar 12, 2020
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jan 7, 2020
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Dec 6, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Nov 26, 2019
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Nov 26, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Nov 22, 2019
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 21, 2019
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Nov 21, 2019
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 21, 2019
Deutch, Theodore
· Nov 21, 2019
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Nov 21, 2019
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Nov 21, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Nov 21, 2019
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Nov 21, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5216: Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5216/
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"H.R. 5216: Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5216/.
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