HR 3733 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Essential Caregivers Act of 2021

Introduced Jun 4, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Claudia Tenney R-NY

Latest action · Jun 29, 2021 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3301-3304)

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.

IntroducedJun 4, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Essential Caregivers Act of 2021

This bill requires skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and nearby inpatient rehabilitation facilities to establish an essential caregivers program during a public health emergency.

Under the program, facilities must allow each resident to select up to two essential caregivers to provide daily living assistance, emotional support, or companionship during the emergency. Facilities must afford such caregivers 12 hours of access to residents each day (or unlimited access for end-of-life care), and caregivers must agree to follow facility protocols for staff safety. Facilities may deny access to caregivers who violate protocols, subject to certain notification requirements; the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish an appeals process relating to such decisions and may take specified enforcement actions against facilities that violate the bill's requirements.

Cosponsors 81

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 4, 2021 to Dec 2, 2022; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger	Original	Jun 4, 2021
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Jun 4, 2021
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew	Original	Jun 4, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Jun 4, 2021
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Jun 4, 2021
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn	Original	Jun 4, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jun 4, 2021
R-NC	Ted Budd	Original	Jun 4, 2021
R-NM	Yvette Herrell	Original	Jun 4, 2021
R-NY	Chris Jacobs		Jul 19, 2021
R-NY	John Katko		Jul 19, 2021
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Jul 19, 2021
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Jul 21, 2021
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Jul 27, 2021
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Aug 13, 2021
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Aug 27, 2021
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Aug 31, 2021
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Aug 31, 2021
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		Oct 15, 2021
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Oct 15, 2021
R-UT	Burgess Owens		Nov 3, 2021
R-FL	Carlos A. Gimenez		Dec 1, 2021
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Dec 1, 2021
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Dec 1, 2021
R-FL	Scott Franklin		Dec 1, 2021
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Jan 6, 2022
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis		Jan 6, 2022
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jan 10, 2022
D-CT	James A. Himes		Feb 18, 2022
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Mar 3, 2022
R-MO	Billy Long		Mar 28, 2022
R-SD	Dusty Johnson		Mar 28, 2022
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar		May 17, 2022
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Jun 8, 2022
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross		Jun 8, 2022
R-CA	Jay Obernolte		Jun 8, 2022
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Jun 8, 2022
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Jul 1, 2022
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jul 1, 2022
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jul 1, 2022
R-OH	Mike Carey		Jul 1, 2022
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Jul 1, 2022
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Jul 1, 2022
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Jul 1, 2022
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Jul 13, 2022
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Jul 20, 2022
R-TN	Diana Harshbarger		Jul 26, 2022
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Jul 26, 2022
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Jul 26, 2022
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Jul 27, 2022
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jul 27, 2022
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Jul 29, 2022
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Aug 2, 2022
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Aug 5, 2022
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Aug 19, 2022
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Aug 19, 2022
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Aug 19, 2022
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Aug 19, 2022
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Aug 19, 2022
D-PA	Susan Wild		Aug 19, 2022
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Aug 30, 2022
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Aug 30, 2022
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Aug 30, 2022
R-PA	John Joyce		Aug 30, 2022
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Aug 30, 2022
R-CA	Young Kim		Aug 30, 2022
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Sep 14, 2022
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Sep 14, 2022
D-CO	Jason Crow		Sep 14, 2022
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Sep 14, 2022
D-NV	Susie Lee		Sep 14, 2022
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Sep 19, 2022
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Sep 19, 2022
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Sep 19, 2022
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Sep 21, 2022
R-GA	Andrew S. Clyde		Oct 14, 2022
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Oct 14, 2022
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Nov 17, 2022
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Dec 1, 2022
D-FL	Darren Soto		Dec 2, 2022
D-CA	Judy Chu		Dec 2, 2022

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jun 4, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 7, 2021
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jun 4, 2021
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 4, 2021

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 29, 2021Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3301-3304)
Jun 7, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 4, 2021Introduced in House
Jun 4, 2021Referred 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.
Jun 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H6917	Claudia Tenney R-NY	Dec 7, 2021
House	Debate and remarks H6720	Claudia Tenney R-NY	Dec 1, 2021
House	Debate and remarks H3301–H3304	Claudia Tenney R-NY	Jun 29, 2021

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, providing--``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 97, June 4, 2021, page H2693.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any public health emergency under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Essential Caregivers Act of 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 4, 2021Introduced in House

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