Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
This bill amends Medicare and Medicaid regulations to clarify the conditions under which skilled nursing facilities lose approval for nurse training programs. It updates the criteria to include facilities assessed with a civil penalty of at least $12,924 for quality-of-care deficiencies or subject to specific corrective remedies. The changes refine the existing penalty thresholds and deficiency types that trigger loss of program approval. This is a technical regulatory adjustment affecting nursing facilities' compliance status under federal healthcare programs, not a new policy or funding measure.
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Introduced Jan 15, 2026
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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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Ron Estes
RRepublican
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Adrian Smith
RRepublican
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Andy Barr
RRepublican
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Cliff Bentz
RRepublican
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James R. Walkinshaw
DDemocratic
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Janelle S. Bynum
DDemocratic
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Josh Harder
DDemocratic
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Michelle Fischbach
RRepublican
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Sharice Davids
DDemocratic
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Tracey Mann
RRepublican
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Val T. Hoyle
DDemocratic
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