Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act

Summary

The Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act amends Medicare and Medicaid rules so the Secretary of Health and Human Services can disapprove nurse‑aide training programs at a skilled nursing or nursing facility that has received a civil monetary penalty of $10,697 or more for poor quality care and has not fixed the problems. The disapproval can last up to two years, but can be lifted if the facility remedies the deficiencies and shows no recent patient‑harm findings. The bill also requires new regulations and permits providers to use the National Practitioner Data Bank for employee background checks.

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