Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act
Latest action · Feb 26, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1399-1400)
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 26, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Rural 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.
Also, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an Advisory Panel on the Nursing Home Workforce. The panel must report annually to Congress, including on workforce shortages and barriers to accessing nursing homes in rural and underserved areas.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 26, 2025 to Mar 10, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Feb 26, 2025 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Mar 10, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 26, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Feb 26, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1399-1400)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1399 | Deb Fischer R-NE | Feb 26, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1683 | Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act | Identical bill | Feb 27, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, enforcing, or otherwise giving effect to a final rule regarding minimum staffing for nursing facilities, and to establish an advisory panel on the nursing home workforce.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Employee hiring
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health personnel
- Intergovernmental relations
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Nursing
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2025Introduced in Senate
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