HR 3355 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2003

Introduced Oct 21, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Henry A. Waxman D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 27, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedOct 21, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2003 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate standards for minimum nurse staffing levels in nursing facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments.

Reinstitutes (Boren amendment) payment methodology, providing for payment of Medicaid services through the use of rates determined pursuant to the criteria under State Medicaid plan requirements as in effect on August 1, 1997. Establishes safe harbor rates.

Provides a permanent 1.50 percent increase of the Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a State beginning with FY 2004.

Authorizes inclusion of: (1) financial accountability requirements in the survey and certification process with respect to facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments; and (2) professionals trained in financial accounting and auditing in the multidisciplinary survey teams of professionals under Medicare and Medicaid.

Cosponsors 69

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 21, 2003 to Sep 8, 2004, with 41 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-MIBart StupakOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalOct 21, 2003
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-OKBrad CarsonOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalOct 21, 2003
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-ILLane EvansOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-CALois CappsOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-NJRush HoltOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-CATom LantosOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-NMTom UdallOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalOct 21, 2003
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOct 28, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOct 28, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Nov 4, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezNov 4, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeNov 10, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoNov 10, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonNov 10, 2003
D-TXNick LampsonNov 10, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroNov 17, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyNov 20, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenNov 20, 2003
D-ILBobby L. RushNov 21, 2003
D-CALinda T. SánchezNov 21, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyNov 21, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieNov 21, 2003
D-MABarney FrankDec 8, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterDec 8, 2003
D-CAMaxine WatersDec 8, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenDec 8, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoJan 27, 2004
D-TNLincoln DavisJan 27, 2004
D-CABob FilnerFeb 10, 2004
D-NYJerrold NadlerFeb 10, 2004
D-NJDonald M. PayneMar 3, 2004
D-FLPeter DeutschApr 22, 2004
D-HIEd CaseMay 17, 2004
D-PATim HoldenJun 21, 2004
D-KYBen ChandlerSep 8, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Oct 21, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Oct 21, 2003Referred 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.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1988Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2003Identical billDec 9, 2003
S 1994Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending ActRelated billDec 9, 2003

Subjects

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