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Protecting American Seniors’ Access to Care Act

H.R. 7513 · 118th Congress · Mar 1, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a proposed rule regarding minimum staffing for nursing facilities, and to establish an advisory panel on the skilled nursing facility workforce.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting American Seniors’ Access to Care Act”.

Sec. 2 Prohibition on finalizing proposed staffing rule

The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not finalize, implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the proposed rule entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting” published by the Department of Health and Human Services on September 6, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 61352–61429) and may not promulgate any substantially similar rule.