Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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14 cosponsors · 14 D

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

Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to coverage of nursing care services in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, respectively, to revise the standards for 24-hour licensed nursing service care which a professional registered nurse is required to provide at least eight consecutive hours a…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 12, 2015

Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015

Requires such facilities, instead, to use the services of at least one registered professional nurse to provide assessment, surveillance, and direct care to residents 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015

Latest action (Feb 27, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 12, 2015

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

No recorded floor vote found.