Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Oct 10, 1998)
Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities from using on a full-time or other paid basis as a feeding and hydration assistant any individual who has not completed a related, State-approved training and competency evaluation and is not competent to provide such services. Requires States to specify, and provide for review and reapproval of, approved programs meeting Federal requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish such requirements, as well as requirements respecting the minimum frequency and methodology a State shall use in reviewing compliance with them.
What just happenedOct 20, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseOct 10, 1998
- Oct 20, 1998CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Oct 11, 1998IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2066-2067)
- Oct 10, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Oct 10, 1998IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on 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.
- Oct 10, 1998IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Oct 10, 1998IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Oct 10, 1998IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House