PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act
Latest action · Feb 5, 2021 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 4, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Residents with Oversight, Transparency, and Enforcement for Compassionate Treatment in Long Term Care Facilities Act or the PROTECT Long Term Care Facilities Act
This bill establishes a series of requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities during declared emergencies relating to infectious disease outbreaks.
Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for certain COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) reporting requirements and requires facilities to report similar information with respect to any infectious disease outbreak that results in a state or national emergency. The bill requires compliance surveys to be conducted in accordance with a specified schedule during such outbreaks and subjects facilities to civil penalties for outbreak-specific violations, as determined under criteria from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The bill also provides funds for state survey agencies to conduct related investigations.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 4, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Feb 4, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 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.
- Feb 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Nursing
- State and local government operations
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House
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