Congress 115 - HR 4704 - Nursing Home CARE Act

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Civil actions and liability Emergency planning and evacuation Government lending and loan guarantees Health Health facilities and institutions Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medicare Nursing

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Nursing Home Comfortable Air Ready for Emergencies Act or the Nursing Home CARE Act

This bill (1) provides statutory authority for certain emergency-preparedness requirements applicable to skilled-nursing facilities and nursing-facility providers and suppliers under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, (2) establishes a loan program to assist such facilities in complying with the requirements, and (3) otherwise revises provisions regarding the emergency preparedness of such facilities.

Actions

Jan 3, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 22, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 20, 2017

Referred 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.
Dec 20, 2017

Introduced in House

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