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. 5 December 2019

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 5 December 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 5 December 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 December 2019

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 December 2019

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 5 December 2019

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Sponsors

• Mark Warner · D · Sponsor
• Tim Scott · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• John Barrasso · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Nursing Home Workforce Quality Act
• related to → PROTECTS Act