Congressional Commitment to Long-Term Care Concurrent Resolution

Congressional Commitment to Long-Term Care Concurrent Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that payments to long-term care providers under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act be sufficient to maintain the highest quality of patient care in nursing homes.

 
HCON 246 SC
101st CONGRESS
2d Session
H. CON. RES. 246
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding adequate funding for long-term
health care services provided through the medicare and medicaid programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 24, 1990
Mr. ROWLAND of Georgia submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce
July 13, 1990
Additional sponsors: Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. KLECZKA,
Mr. LAGOMARSINO, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. KOSTMAYER,
Mr. WISE, Mr. HUBBARD, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mrs. PATTERSON,
Mr. WHEAT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MCMILLEN of Maryland, Mr. JAMES,
Mr. DARDEN, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. HATCHER, Mrs. SAIKI, Mr. DERRICK, Mr. DWYER of
New Jersey, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. NAGLE, Mr. TALLON, Mr. SMITH of
New Jersey, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. THOMAS of Georgia, Mr. ANTHONY, Mr. KILDEE,
Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. ANNUNZIO, Mr. RINALDO,
Mr. JENKINS, Mr. BATES, Mr. DAVIS, Mr. PICKETT, Mr. SMITH of Vermont,
Mr. GRANT, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. ESPY, Mrs. UNSOELD, Mr. HUGHES, Mr. WHITTAKER,
Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. CARPER, Mr. SIKORSKI, Mr. PALLONE,
Mr. MACHTLEY, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr. BOUCHER, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. NEAL
of North Carolina, Mr. SOLARZ, Mr. KASTENMEIER, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. OWENS of New
York, Mr. HORTON, Mr. JONES of Georgia, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. BAKER, Mr. PASHAYAN,
Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. GLICKMAN, Mr. JONTZ, Mr. HALL of Texas,
Mr. POSHARD, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PARKER, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. TORRICELLI,
Mr. DORGAN of North Dakota, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. EVANS, Mr. PENNY, Mr. JOHNSTON of
Florida, Mr. GRANDY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. FAZIO, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. BONIOR,
Mr. MAVROULES, Mr. BOSCO, Mr. HOAGLAND, Mr. GOSS, Mr. MINETA, Mr. WALSH,
Mr. TAUKE, Mr. CROCKETT, Mr. PEASE, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. BARNARD,
Mr. MCGRATH, Mr. DICKINSON, Mr. LENT, Mr. FISH, and Mr. DEWINE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding adequate funding for long-term
health care services provided through the medicare and medicaid programs.
Whereas 1,500,000 Americans currently receive long-term health care services
in the Nation's 19,100 nursing homes;
Whereas the medicare program pays 5 percent of these nursing home costs and
the medicaid program pays 40 percent;
Whereas the national expenditure for nursing home care in 1987 was
$40,600,000,000 or 9 percent of the total personal health care expenditure
of $447,000,000,000;
Whereas the portion of the United States population that is over age 65 will
double in the next 50 years, and the portion over age 85 will quadruple;
Whereas the current nursing personnel shortage is expected to intensify for
the foreseeable future and the demand for long-term care nursing personnel
by nursing homes is expected to increase by more than 130 percent by the
year 2000;
Whereas the acuity level of nursing home residents has risen steadily since
the introduction of the Medicare Prospective Payment System, thereby increasing
the demands for both resources and personnel provided by nursing homes;
Whereas the Congress has significantly increased the facility standards of
long-term care providers through both the medicare and medicaid programs; and
Whereas long-term care providers must receive the resources necessary to
provide for these increased services in order that the ability of the nursing
home profession to ensure a high level of quality care is not jeopardized:
Now, therefore, be it
  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That
  this concurrent resolution may be cited as the `Congressional Commitment
  to Long-Term Care Concurrent Resolution'.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR LONG-TERM CARE
SERVICES.
  It is the sense of the Congress that payments to long-term care providers
  made through the medicare and medicaid programs be adequate and sufficient
  so as to assure the providers' ability to maintain the highest quality of
  patient care in nursing homes.