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HR 8244 118th Congress House

Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act ensure appropriate approval for certain skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aide tra… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act ensure appropriate approval for certain skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aide training and competency evaluation programs under the Medicare and Medicaid program.

Introduced: May 8, 2024 Introduced by: Estes, Ron Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
Health Civil actions and liabilityHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 27, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805.
Dec 27, 2024
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Dec 27, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-956, Part I.
May 10, 2024
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 8, 2024
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.
May 8, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
May 6, 2024
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.
May 6, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 27, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 805.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 4
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Van Orden, Derrick
Wisconsin · Sep 18, 2024
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Davis, Donald G.
North Carolina · May 8, 2024
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Feenstra, Randy
Iowa · May 8, 2024
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Fischbach, Michelle
Minnesota · May 8, 2024
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · May 8, 2024
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Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · May 6, 2024
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8244: Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8244/
MLA
"H.R. 8244: Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8244/.
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H.R. 8244, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-8244/.
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