HR1683-119

Introduced

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.

119th Congress Introduced Feb 27, 2025

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Government Operations, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H285ABCE9C79F47E7B079353D819008DC: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act.
  • Section H50E98CD2031E4BFEBC58A4C92CA03461: 2. Prohibition on implementing, enforcing, or otherwise giving effect to the final staffing rule Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary...
  • Section HFCB97D2D05AA4339B9ED030FAC93B2BB: 3. Advisory panel on nursing home workforce Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Key Policy Areas

Healthcare, Government Operations, Finance

Primary Purpose

This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.

Policy Domains

Healthcare Government Operations Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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health care providers and patients: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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federal implementing agencies: ,
health care providers and patients: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 27, 2025

Mrs. Fischbach introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Healthcare Government Operations Finance
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"underserved area" §HFCB97D2D05AA4339B9ED030FAC93B2BB

an area that is— a health professional shortage area, as such term is defined in section 332(a)(1)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a)(1)(A))

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