S3410-118

Introduced

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a proposed rule regarding minimum staffing for nursing facilities, and to establish an advisory panel on the nursing home workforce.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 5, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a proposed 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, Labor.

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 HE79D339485064A0FBFBD1FF553AC2E20: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act.
  • Section HD8B7F54DE94A4F019B8D2B211C4D3742: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between February 2020 and August 2023, nursing homes in the...
  • Section HC27EBC7A59DB41208F880B80188D0AEC: 3. Prohibition on finalizing proposed staffing rule The Secretary of Health and Human Services may not implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the...
  • Section HFC81CDD677A24F27B285B4F353A87863: 4. 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:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a proposed 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, Labor

Primary Purpose

This bill, To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finalizing a proposed 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 Labor

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • health care providers and patients
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • health care providers and patients
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Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 5, 2023

Mrs. Fischer (for herself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Lankford, …

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 Labor
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" §HFC81CDD677A24F27B285B4F353A87863

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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