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S. 1559 (94th)
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.
Introduced
29 April 1975
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Status
Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
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Summary
Provides for placing responsibility for medical care provided by skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs of the Social Security Act in a medical director who is to be a physician on call in emergencies and who either (1) spends 10 hours a week in each facility for which he is responsible or (2) spends 2 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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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 29 April 1975
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-bill/1559
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/94/s/1559