HR 8568
116th Congress
House
Health
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing
PREPARE LTC Act
Introduced: October 9, 2020
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Oct 9, 2020
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.
Oct 9, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Promoting Restoration of Emergency Preparedness and Advancing Response to Epidemics in Long-Term Care Act or the PREPARE LTC Act
This bill provides statutory authority for certain infection control and emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities, and expands certain requirements to apply to other infectious disease outbreaks beyond COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
What's happening now
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.
Committees of jurisdiction
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