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S 1749 118th Congress Senate Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Health and Human Services Employee performance Employment and training programs Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medical education Medicare Nursing Performance measurement Personnel records State and local government operations

Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act

Introduced: May 18, 2023 Introduced by: Warner, Mark R. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 18, 2023
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Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act

This bill repeals certain restrictions under Medicare and Medicaid that prohibit the approval of nurse-aide training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have been subject to specified regulatory actions (e.g., civil penalties) for substandard quality of care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must still disapprove such programs for up to two years; however, the CMS must rescind the disapproval upon completion of corrective action and may require additional oversight of the program for purposes of rescission.

The bill also allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information for affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.

What's happening now May 18, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3227 Identical bill Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
  • S 2429 Related bill PROTECTS Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Sep 16, 2024
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 25, 2023
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Jul 25, 2023
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · May 18, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1749: Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1749/
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"S. 1749: Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1749/.
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S. 1749, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1749/.
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