US Congress House Bill 4138 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Alters certain requirements relating to inspection and certification of Medicare skilled nursing facilities that are also state veterans homes. Specifically, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to treat state veterans homes that are inspected and determined to meet applicable standards set by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as also meeting applicable standards for skilled nursing facilities under Medicare. The CMS must also use VA inspection reports for such facilities in lieu of state inspection reports for purposes of the Nursing Home Compare website.

State Veterans Home Inspection Simplification Act

Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]
Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Russ Fulcher [R-ID]	Rep. Kelly Armstrong [R-ND]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Ben McAdams [D-UT]	Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Cindy Axne [D-IA]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-07-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-07-30	House	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.
2019-07-30	House	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.
2019-07-30	House	Introduced in House

SB3350 (Same As) 2020-02-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4138/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4138/BILLS-116hr4138ih.pdf