Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2025 Referred 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.
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 13, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
This bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of the rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting, which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 10, 2024.
Specifically, the bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of provisions that, among other changes, (1) establish minimum staffing standards for nurses in Medicare and Medicaid long-term care facilities, including requiring a nurse to be onsite 24/7 and requiring a minimum of 3.48 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day; and (2) require state Medicaid programs to report on payments to direct care workers and support staff of nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2025 to Apr 16, 2026; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-TX | Nathaniel Moran | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Feb 13, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2025 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2025Referred 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.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 30, February 13, 2025, page H711.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, administering, or enforcing provisions relating to minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and Medicaid institutional payment transparency reporting.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
