S 2943 116th Congress Senate

Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019

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

Official title: A bill 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: November 21, 2019 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Nov 21, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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.

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Finance Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 3

Murphy, Christopher

Connecticut · Dec 19, 2019

Booker, Cory A.

New Jersey · Nov 21, 2019

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Nov 21, 2019

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