Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act

Summary

Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act This bill repeals certain restrictions under Medicare and Medicaid that prohibit the approval of nurse-aide training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have been subject to specified regulatory actions (e.g., civil penalties) for substandard quality of care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must still disapprove such programs for up to two years; however, the CMS must rescind the disapproval upon completion of corrective action and may require additional oversight of the program for purposes of rescission. The bill also allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information for affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.

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Timeline

1. 13 September 2022

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 13 September 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 13 September 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 14 September 2022

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 13 September 2022 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 13 September 2022

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 13 September 2022

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Sponsors

• Gerald Connolly · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] · R · Sponsor
• Liz Cheney · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
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