US Congress Senate Bill 4182 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on July 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes a series of requirements relating to the quality of care provided in nursing and long-term care facilities, specifically with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and elder abuse, and also modifies and extends several elder justice programs and initiatives. Among other things, the bill (1) requires a portion of any funds received through COVID-19 appropriations to be used for personal protective equipment and testing in Medicare skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), Medicaid nursing facilities (NFs), and long-term care facilities, including assisted living facilities, and for specialized strike teams to address outbreaks in SNFs and NFs; (2) requires SNFs, NFs, and long-term care facilities to report COVID-19 cases and deaths, as well as unrelated deaths, from January 1, 2020, onwards and on a continual daily basis; and (3) requires a specified portion of COVID-19 appropriations to be directed to state and tribal agencies responsible for adult protective services. Additionally, the bill reauthorizes through FY2023 (1) grants to support state long-term care ombudsman programs, (2) elder abuse forensic centers, and (3) grants to support state adult protective services.

Emergency Support for Nursing Homes and Elder Justice Reform Act of 2020

Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]

Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]

Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]

Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

HB6813 (Related) 2020-10-19 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571.
SB3703 (Related) 2020-12-22 - Became Public Law No: 116-252. (TXT | PDF)
HB8114 (Same As) 2020-08-25 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4182/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4182/BILLS-116s4182is.pdf