Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2005

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D WaxmanSponsor

59 cosponsors · 58 D, 1 I

D McNulty MMD Meehan DM

D Moore EN

D Norton MOD Owens FP

41 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2005 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate standards for minimum nurse staffing levels in nursing facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 10, 2005

Reinstitutes (Boren amendment) payment methodology, providing for payment of Medicaid services through the use of rates determined pursuant to the criteria under state Medicaid plan requirements as in effect on August 1, 1997. Establishes safe harbor rates.

Provides a permanent 1.5% increase of the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a state beginning with FY 2006.

Authorizes inclusion of: (1) financial accountability requirements in the survey and certification process with respect to facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments; and (2) professionals trained in financial accounting and auditing in the multidisciplinary survey teams of professionals under Medicare and Medicaid.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2005

Latest action (Nov 22, 2005): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 10, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.