To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities to improve their preparedness for power outages.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities to improve their preparedness for power outages., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Environment, Transportation.
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 H8ADE56BAE8C34C2FAA74AAC7634AA5A5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Preparedness for Power Outages Act of 2024.
- Section H0CBC7C51A5EC40EDA80401F8D5E93822: 2. Improving the preparedness of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities for power outages The Public Health Service Act...
- Section HEDE207D26BEA4C3D9E85C3B45F4261CC: 319C–4. Improving the preparedness of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities for power outages The Secretary may award...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities to improve their preparedness for power outages., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Environment, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care facilities to improve their preparedness for power outages., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Wilson of Florida introduced the following bill; which was …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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