US HB952 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015 Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to coverage of nursing care services in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, respectively, to revise the standards for 24-hour licensed nursing service care which a professional registered nurse is required to provide at least eight consecutive hours a day, seven days a week. Requires such facilities, instead, to use the services of at least one registered professional nurse to provide assessment, surveillance, and direct care to residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Title
Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015
Sponsors
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR] | Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] | Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA] |
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA] | Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ] | Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA] | Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN] |
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL] | Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA] | Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA] | Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN] |
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA] | Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI] | Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-02-27 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2015-02-13 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2015-02-12 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
2015-02-12 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
2015-02-12 | House | 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. |
2015-02-12 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/952/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr952/BILLS-114hr952ih.pdf |