To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require nursing facilities participating in the medicaid program to pay, on a phased-in basis, nursing personnel at a rate at least equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed outside nursing facilities.

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Introduced

23 March 1989

Last action

20 July 1990 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18], Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2], Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Rep. Chapman, Jim [D-TX-1], Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1], Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Bruce, Terry L. [D-IL-19], Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20], Rep. Rowland, John G. [R-CT-5], Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6], Rep. Mrazek, Robert J. [D-NY-3], Rep. Kolter, Joseph P. [D-PA-4], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3], Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5], Rep. Anthony, Beryl, Jr. [D-AR-4], Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44], Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22], Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6], Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4], Rep. Hamilton, Lee H. [D-IN-9], Rep. Unsoeld, Jolene [D-WA-3], Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Saiki, Patricia [R-HI-1], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Watkins, Wes [R-OK-3], Rep. Combest, Larry [R-TX-19], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Wilson, Charles [D-TX-2], Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3], Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-At Large], Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5], Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9], Rep. Hayes, James A. [D-LA-7], Rep. Grant, Bill [R-FL-2], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]

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Healthcare

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Summary

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to phase-in, over four years, the requirement that nursing facilities pay nursing personnel at a rate at least equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed outside such facilities.

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Timeline

23 March 1989
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 1989
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
17 April 1989
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Source: Committee
20 July 1990
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee

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