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H.R. 1303: Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-13 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

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Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act

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Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act This bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of the rule titled Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting , which was issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 10, 2024. Specifically, the bill prohibits administration, implementation, or enforcement of provisions that, among other changes, (1) establish minimum staffing standards for nurses in Medicare and Medicaid long-term care facilities, including requiring a nurse to be onsite 24/7 and requiring a minimum of 3.48 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day; and (2) require state Medicaid programs to report on payments to direct care workers and support staff of nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Sponsor: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] · 26 cosponsors

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Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Ron Estes (R-KS), Mike Carey (R-OH), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI), Mike Kelly (R-PA), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), August Pfluger (R-TX), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), John W. Rose (R-TN), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Rudy Yakym III (R-IN), Michael Guest (R-MS), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Jared F. Golden (D-ME), Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr1303.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr1303 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills