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HR 844 117th Congress House

PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to increase enforcement under Medicare and Medicaid for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilit… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to increase enforcement under Medicare and Medicaid for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities during the COVID-19 emergency period and other infectious disease outbreak periods, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 4, 2021 See on congress.gov
Health AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency communications systems
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Feb 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 4, 2021
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.
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 5, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Residents with Oversight, Transparency, and Enforcement for Compassionate Treatment in Long Term Care Facilities Act or the PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act

This bill establishes a series of requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities during declared emergencies relating to infectious disease outbreaks.

Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for certain COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) reporting requirements and requires facilities to report similar information with respect to any infectious disease outbreak that results in a state or national emergency. The bill requires compliance surveys to be conducted in accordance with a specified schedule during such outbreaks and subjects facilities to civil penalties for outbreak-specific violations, as determined under criteria from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The bill also provides funds for state survey agencies to conduct related investigations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2
D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 4, 2021
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Feb 4, 2021
Pascrell, Bill
· Feb 4, 2021
Sires, Albio
· Feb 4, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 844: PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-844/
MLA
"H.R. 844: PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-844/.
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H.R. 844, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-844/.
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[H.R. 844: PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-844/)
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