A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for placing responsibility for medical care provided by skilled nursing facilities under titles XVIII and XIX in a medical director.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend titles 18 and 19 of the Social Security Act to require that only licensed personnel may set up or distribute medications in skilled nursing facilities.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for updating of safety provisions in skilled nursing facilities.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to require physician visits to patients in skilled facilities at least once every 30 days.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to require admissions contracts between nursing homes participating in Federal programs and the patients they serve.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to require the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish a rating system for nursing homes participating in Federal programs as a guide to consumers.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend titles 18 and 19 of the Social Security Act to require minimum ratios for nursing home personnel to patients and for supervisory nurses to total nurses.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to certain nursing home expenses.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to require that State plans under title 19 are ratified by both the State's legislative and executive branch before being presented to the Secretary for his approval; to require that such plans be posted and available to the public; to require the Secretary to annually review a State's compliance with such plan and to publish performance ratings for the States and creating a cause of action allowing title 19 recipients individually or as a class to bring suit against a State for specific performances when a State fails to comply with the provisions of its plan.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend titles 18 and 19 of the Social Security Act to require strict controls for the handling of patients' accounts, personal expense moneys, and valuables.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title 18 and 19 of the Social Security Act to require nursing homes to post their current license, medicare/medicaid certification, a list of owners of the facility, the names of staff, a patient's bill of rights as well as a description of services offered by the facility and the facility's charges therefor.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend titles 18 and 19 of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities to employ at least one registered professional nurse 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend titles XVII and XIX of the Social Security Act making unlawful the offer or receipt of consideration for the referral of patients, clients, or customers.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to continue 100 per centum Federal financing of the State costs in inspecting nursing homes and to assist the States, new enforcement tools such as a citation system and protective custodianship and other alternatives to license revocation.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title 19 of the Social Security Act to require States to establish ombudsman programs to investigate nursing home complaints and represent consumer interests.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title 18 and title 19 of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities to provide medically related social services.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require that payment forms submitted from nursing homes contain warnings with regard to penalties imposed under sections 1877 and 1909.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to authorize the States to incorporate financial incentives for good care within the context of their cost-related reimbursement formulae effective July 1, 1976.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to make unlawful the solicitation or acceptance of any gift, money, or consideration over and above the rates established by the States and to make unlawful the solicitation or acceptance of any gift, money, or donation as a precondition of admitting a patient to a long-term care facility.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to require the immediate reporting of epidemic diseases or accidents in nursing homes participating in Federal programs.
1975-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.