US Congress House Bill 952 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015 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 day, seven days a week. 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.

Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-12	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-02-12	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-02-12	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.
2015-02-12	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/952/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr952/BILLS-114hr952ih.pdf