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.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 6/7/2007--Introduced.
Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and state background checks on direct patient access employees... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced | ![]() | Voted on by Senate | ![]() | Voted on by House | ![]() | Considered By President | ![]() | Bill Becomes Law |
| June 07, 2007 |
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Blog Coverage
March 18, 2008 Senate Budget to Include $160 Million for Elder Abuse Prevention (USA)
The Senate approved an amendment for the funding last week, but the money, which would total $160 million, will only be available upon the Senate's passage of the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 (S. 1577). ...
Source: Spotlight on Elder Abuse
January 02, 2008 Supreme Court Update MetLife v. Glenn, No. 06-923, 461 F.3d 660 ...
Senator Kohl (D - WI) has introduced last year S.1577, the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act. The legislation would require long-term care facilities and providers to conduct criminal history background checks before hiring a ...
December 12, 2007 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, ...
Source: LTC Reform








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