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H.R. 1303

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 1303, the Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 13, 2025 by Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R) with 26 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Feb 13, 2025: 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.

Record

Text

H.R. 1303 has 26 co-sponsors.

hb1303/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 1303 IH: Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-13
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1303  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 13, 2025   Mrs. Fischbach  (for herself,  Mr. Carter of Georgia ,  Mrs. Houchin ,  Mr. Moran ,  Mr. Estes ,  Mr. Carey ,  Ms. Van Duyne ,  Mr. Johnson of South Dakota ,  Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania ,  Mr. Timmons ,  Mr. Finstad ,  Mr. Tiffany ,  Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania ,  Mr. Moolenaar ,  Mr. Pfluger ,  Mr. Murphy ,  Mrs. Miller of West Virginia ,  Mr. Rose , and  Mr. Norman ) introduced the following bill; which was 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   A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, administering, or enforcing provisions relating to minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and Medicaid institutional payment transparency reporting.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act  .
2.
Prohibition
Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not implement, administer, or enforce the provisions of the final rule published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Federal Register on May 10, 2024, and titled  Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting  (89 Fed. Reg. 40876) or any substantially similar regulation.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-13
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 13, 2025

hb1303/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (02/13/2025)

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R) sponsors H.R. 1303, and 26 members have co-sponsored it, 18 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1303 went before 2 committees: Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Feb 13, 2025 · 1,636 Bills
Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Referred To · Feb 13, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1303 has taken 2 actions since Feb 13, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 13, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2025
House
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.Ways and Means Committee

Votes

H.R. 1303 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1303 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act — Display Title
  • Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, administering, or enforcing provisions relating to minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and Medicaid institutional payment transparency reporting. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 4 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1303 in 5 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Government Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Retirement.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE—District of Columbia15—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE15—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ANNE MONTGOMERY115
DAN ADCOCK115
LUCAS WARREN115
MAX RICHTMAN115

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE2026 second_quarter$210K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE2025 third_quarter$210K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE2025 second_quarter$200K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE2026 first_quarter$190K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARENATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE2025 fourth_quarter$190K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1303 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 7 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1303’s is Health.

hr1303/policy-areas.txt
HealthAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1303 carries 7 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Administrative law and regulatory procedures to Medicare.

hr1303/subjects.txt
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmployee hiringHealth care costs and insuranceLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careMedicaidMedicare

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1303, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. FISCHBACH:H.R. 1303.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Art I, Sec 8[Page H711]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com