S.1577 - Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007

A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, including national criminal history background checks, of direct patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require screening, including national criminal history background checks, of direct patient access employees of skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and other long-term care facilities and providers, and to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers. as introduced.
  • Short: Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act as reported to senate.

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News Coverage

09/10/08
Bill to Keep Workers with Crimina...

It is vital that S.1577 receive a full Senate vote before we adjourn again.” “This bill is an important step in providing the safegua...

Source: SeniorJournal.com, TX

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12/05/08
Freies Europa Free Europe: Wer ist...

Quartal 1996, S. 1554-1556 und S. 1577-158011.) Bökmann, Johannes (Msgr), Aktivitäten der Pro Familia in Deutschland, in: Theologisches...

12/02/08
econ gruppe: Verzinsliche Darlehen...

... weil nach dem Gesellschaftsvertrag auf dem Darlehenskonto auch Verluste der Gesellschaft verbucht werden durften. [1] BFH, Urt. v. 15...

12/02/08
econ gruppe: Verzinsliche Darlehen...

... weil nach dem Gesellschaftsvertrag auf dem Darlehenskonto auch Verluste der Gesellschaft verbucht werden durften. [1] BFH, Urt. v. 15...

11/27/08
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht

Juni 2005 - 2 BvR 1664/04 - ; WM 2005, S. 1577 ; 2. Kammer des Ersten Senats, Beschluss vom 29. Mai 2007 - 1 BvR 624/03 - , NJW 2007, S. ...

11/24/08
Life Care Planning: 10 Elder-Frien...

Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 (S.1577). Introduced: June 7, 2007. Sponsor: Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-WI). Summary: A bill to...

11/18/08
National Efforts to Combat Crimes ...

In June 2007, U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), introdu...

11/18/08
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht

Juni 2005 - 2 BvR 1664/04 - ; WM 2005, S. 1577 ; 2. Kammer des Ersten Senats, Beschluss vom 29. Mai 2007 - 1 BvR 624/03 - , NJW 2007, S. ...

10/22/08
Senate committee gives OK to backg...

Receiving a unanimous voice vote, the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act. (S. 1577) would create a comprehensive nationwide system o...

10/20/08
Senate advances two bills of impor...

1070 and the Patient Safety and Abuse Act, S. 1577, passed the Senate committee charged with passing on the bills to the full Senate. The...

10/15/08
The Patient Safety and Abuse Preve...

The Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act (S. 1577), passed by a unanimous senate vote last month, creates a comprehensive, nationwide ...

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