Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 27, 2015 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.
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2015 to Apr 21, 2016, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Feb 12, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Feb 12, 2015 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 12, 2015 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Feb 12, 2015 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Feb 12, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Apr 30, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 23, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Apr 21, 2016 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 13, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 12, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 12, 2015Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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- Feb 12, 2015Introduced in House
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