HR 1303
Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
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Bill overview
This bill aims to prevent the implementation of a new rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding staffing standards and payment transparency in long-term care facilities. The rule, issued in May 2024, proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing facilities and mandated reporting on payments to direct care workers. This legislation seeks to block these changes, preserving the current approach to staffing and payment practices within these facilities.
Key provisions
- Prohibits the implementation of the May 10, 2024, CMS rule on minimum staffing standards.
- Prevents enforcement of requirements for 24/7 nursing staff presence.
- Blocks the mandated reporting of Medicaid payments to direct care workers.
Who is affected
- Medicare beneficiaries
- Medicaid beneficiaries
- Long-term care facilities
- Nursing facilities
- Direct care workers
Notable changes
- Reverses proposed minimum staffing requirements for nursing facilities.
- Prevents the mandated reporting of Medicaid payments to direct care workers.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 1303
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, administering, or enforcing provisions relating to minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and Medicaid institutional payment transparency reporting.
This Act may be cited as the Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
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Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not implement, administer, or enforce the provisions of the final rule published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Federal Register on May 10, 2024, and titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting
(89 Fed. Reg. 40876) or any substantially similar regulation.