HR 540 · 106th Congress · Health

Nursing Home Resident Protection Amendments of 1999

Introduced 1999-02-03· Sponsored by Rep. Davis, Jim [D-FL-11]· House

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Latest: Became Public Law No: 106-4.(1999-03-25)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 1999-03-10
Roll #35
Yea 398Nay 12
Democrats
199 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
198 Yea·12 Nay
PassedHouse · 1999-03-10
Roll #35
Yea 398Nay 12
Democrats
199 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
198 Yea·12 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Nursing Home Resident Protection Amendments of 1999 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities because of a facility's voluntary withdrawal from participation in Medicaid as long as such residents resided in the facility before the withdrawal. Requires a withdrawn facility to provide specified notice to new residents who begin residence after the withdrawal that the facility: (1) is not participating in Medicaid with respect to that resident; and (2) may transfer or discharge the resident from the facility when the resident is unable to pay facility charges, even though the resident may have become eligible for Medicaid's nursing facility services.…

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H.R. 540, Nursing Home Resident Protection Amendments of 1999

Mar 5, 1999

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on March 4, 1999

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Cosponsors (20)

12 Democrats8 Republicans