Bill > S4381

This bill, the Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act, aims to amend the Social Security Act to address nursing facility requirements. The key provisions include: 1. Allowing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disapprove nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs offered by skilled nursing facilities or nursing facilities that have been assessed a significant civil monetary penalty for providing substandard quality of care and have not corrected the deficiencies. This disapproval can last up to 2 years. 2. Permitting Medicare and Medicaid providers, such as hospitals, health care entities, and suppliers, to access the National Practitioner Data Bank to conduct employee background checks. The bill also provides regulations and details on the applicability of the amendments, including that they will only apply to civil monetary penalties assessed on or after the date of enactment.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4381/all-info