Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act This bill establishes several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities, including with respect to minimum staffing levels, protections for whistleblowers and residents, and training for nurses. Specifically, the bill establishes minimum nurse-resident ratios for day, evening, and night shifts and prohibits facilities from retaliating against residents or staff who file complaints or cooperate in investigations; violators are subject to civil penalties. Facilities must also train nurses on their emergency procedures and on residents' rights. The bill also requires specific consent procedures in relation to the administration of certain psychotropic drugs and prohibits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in such facilities.
Administrative remediesAdult education and literacyAlternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHome and outpatient careJudicial review and appealsLabor-management relationsLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMedicareNeurological disordersNursingPrescription drugsState and local government operationsWorker safety and health
Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act
USA117th CongressS-315| Senate
| Updated: 2/12/2021
Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act This bill establishes several requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities, including with respect to minimum staffing levels, protections for whistleblowers and residents, and training for nurses. Specifically, the bill establishes minimum nurse-resident ratios for day, evening, and night shifts and prohibits facilities from retaliating against residents or staff who file complaints or cooperate in investigations; violators are subject to civil penalties. Facilities must also train nurses on their emergency procedures and on residents' rights. The bill also requires specific consent procedures in relation to the administration of certain psychotropic drugs and prohibits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements in such facilities.
Administrative remediesAdult education and literacyAlternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureForeign language and bilingual programsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHome and outpatient careJudicial review and appealsLabor-management relationsLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMedicareNeurological disordersNursingPrescription drugsState and local government operationsWorker safety and health