PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act
USA116th CongressHR-8574| House
| Updated: 10/9/2020
Mikie Sherrill
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (10)
Ways and Means Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Protecting Residents with Oversight, Transparency, and Enforcement for Compassionate Treatment in Long Term Care Facilities Act or the PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act This bill establishes a series of requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities during declared emergencies relating to infectious disease outbreaks, including specific survey and reporting requirements, and provides funds for state survey agencies to conduct related investigations.
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Introduced in House
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.
Health
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency communications systemsEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMedicareNursingState and local government operationsTelephone and wireless communicationWorker safety and health
PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act
USA116th CongressHR-8574| House
| Updated: 10/9/2020
Protecting Residents with Oversight, Transparency, and Enforcement for Compassionate Treatment in Long Term Care Facilities Act or the PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act This bill establishes a series of requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities during declared emergencies relating to infectious disease outbreaks, including specific survey and reporting requirements, and provides funds for state survey agencies to conduct related investigations.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
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.
Mikie Sherrill
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (10)
Ways and Means Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Health
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency communications systemsEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMedicareNursingState and local government operationsTelephone and wireless communicationWorker safety and health