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S. 750 119th Congress Senate

Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, enforcing, or otherwise giving effect to a final rule regarding minimum staffi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, enforcing, or otherwise giving effect to a final rule regarding minimum staffing for nursing facilities, and to establish an advisory panel on the nursing home workforce.

Introduced: February 26, 2025 Introduced by: Deb Fischer Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1399-1400)
Feb 26, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1399-1400)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Rural 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.

Also, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an Advisory Panel on the Nursing Home Workforce. The panel must report annually to Congress, including on workforce shortages and barriers to accessing nursing homes in rural and underserved areas.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1683 Identical bill Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Mar 10, 2025
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Feb 26, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 750: Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-750/
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"S. 750: Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-750/.
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S. 750, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-750/.
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