[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7513 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7513

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing 
a proposed rule regarding minimum staffing for nursing facilities, and 
    to establish an advisory panel on the skilled nursing facility 
                               workforce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2024

  Mrs. Fischbach (for herself and Mr. Pence) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing 
a proposed rule regarding minimum staffing for nursing facilities, and 
    to establish an advisory panel on the skilled nursing facility 
                               workforce.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting America's Seniors' Access 
to Care Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FINALIZING PROPOSED STAFFING RULE.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not implement, 
enforce, or otherwise give effect to the proposed rule entitled 
``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-
Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency 
Reporting'' published by the Department of Health and Human Services on 
September 6, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 61352-61429), and may not promulgate 
any substantially similar rule.
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