Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
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Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
This bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of the rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting, which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 10, 2024.
Specifically, the bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of provisions that, among other changes, (1) establish minimum staffing standards for nurses in Medicare and Medicaid long-term care facilities, including requiring a nurse to be onsite 24/7 and requiring a minimum of 3.48 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day; and (2) require state Medicaid programs to report on payments to direct care workers and support staff of nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1303: Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1303/
"H.R. 1303: Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1303/.
H.R. 1303, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1303/.
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