HR 5796 United States House · 118th Congress

Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act

This bill, HR 5796, prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from implementing a proposed rule requiring minimum staffing levels in nursing homes. It creates an advisory panel of 15 members - including rural nursing home staff and experts - to study workforce shortages and report on access barriers for seniors, especially in rural areas. The panel must submit an initial report within 60 days, analyzing staffing challenges and recommending solutions to strengthen the nursing home workforce. These provisions directly aim to prevent nursing home closures (like the 129 that occurred in 2022) that threaten rural seniors’ access to care.

Issues: ✗ Healthcare

Sub-Topics: Long-Term Care Healthcare Workforce Hospitals Tags: Seniors

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Sep 2023

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Introduced Sep 28, 2023 Last action Dec 17, 2024

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Dec 17, 2024

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Sep 29, 2023

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Sep 28, 2023

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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

lower

Sep 28, 2023

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1 primary · 36 co-sponsors