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H.R. 5216 (116th)

Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019

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Introduced

21 November 2019

Last action

22 November 2019 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5], Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8], Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12], Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24], Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3], Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14], Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

10 January 2026

Healthcare

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Summary

Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019 This bill establishes several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities with respect to minimum staffing levels, training for nurses, and protections for whistleblowers and residents. The bill also requires specific consent procedures in relation to the administration of certain psychotropic drugs and prohibits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in such facilities.

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Timeline

  1. 21 November 2019

    Introduced

    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.

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  2. 21 November 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 21 November 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 22 November 2019

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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