A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for placing responsibility for medical care provided by skilled nursing facilities under titles XVIII and XIX in a medical director.

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Introduced

4 January 1977

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Status

Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Summary

Amends Titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to place responsibility for medical care provided by skilled nursing facilities in a medical director who is a physician on call in emergencies and who either (1) spends ten hours a week in each facility for which he is responsible, or (2) spends two hours per week in such facility and is assisted by a nurse practitioner (whose functions are defined in the Act) who spends at least 20 hours per week at the facility.

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summary · EN · 4 January 1977
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/537
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