S.2838 - Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act

A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration. as introduced.
  • Short: Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act as reported to senate.

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12/31/08
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12/18/08
Star-Rating System Helps Consumers Choose Nursing Home

The NCCNHR also supports the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (S. 2838 and H.R. 6126), that invalidates mandatory arbitration clauses in nursing home and long-term care facility contracts. Under the bill, residents would no ...

12/10/08
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12/06/08
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12/05/08
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11/26/08
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H.R. 6126/S. 2838 (Nursing Home Arbitration Act); relating to the use of arbitration agreements to resolve disputes involving nursing home care and nursing home contracts. • S. 742/H.R. 3285 (Ban Asbestos in America Act); ...

11/25/08
10 Elder-Friendly Bills That May Be Enacted In The New Congress

Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (S. 2838). Introduced: April 9, 2008. Sponsor: Sens. Herb Kohl (D-WI), Mel Martinez (D-FL). Description: Provides that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement between a long-term care facility and a ...

11/24/08
Life Care Planning: 10 Elder-Friendly Bills in Congress That May ...

Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (S. 2838). Introduced: April 9, 2008. Sponsor: Sens. Herb Kohl (D-WI), Mel Martinez (D-FL). Description: Provides that a pre-dispute arbitration agreement between a long-term care facility and a ...

11/20/08
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11/17/08
Preventing Forced Mandatory Arbitration

S. 2838, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008, is aimed at preventing nursing homes from forcing new patients to sign contracts agreeing to mandatory arbitration in the event of any disputes. ...

11/16/08
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11/03/08
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10/13/08
Proposed Pennsylvania Nursing Legislation Pending Act 58

living facilities, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, S. 2838. ... Pending bills – including the Prescription Drug User Fee Act – contain some ... Nursing Homes | ElderWeb ... law, including the federal Older Americans Act ...

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10/13/08
Nursing home industry launches campaign of deception

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to mark up S. 2838, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, sponsored by Sens. Mel Martinez (R-FL) and Herbert Kohl (D-WI). If passed, the bill would make pre-dispute binding mandatory ...

10/01/08
Nursing Home Tansparency and Quality of Care Improvement ACT

It also lends support to passage of the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, S. 2838 and HR 6126, which would invalidate providers’ efforts to force residents and their families into arbitration when a resident was neglected or ...

10/01/08
Jere Beasley Report - The consumer scorecard for the recent ...

The first two bills are the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (H.R. 6126, S. 2838) and the Automobile Arbitration Fairness Act (H.R. 5312). The strategy behind introducing these two bills is to chink away at binding mandatory ...

10/01/08
DOJ Disgraces Itself in Support of Nursing Homes

On July 30, 2008, Keith Nelson, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States, wrote a letter to the US Senate Judiciary Committee in which he attacked S. 2838, a bill that would ban the use of pre-dispute mandatory ...

09/24/08
S. 2838

S. 2838. Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act. As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 11, 2008. S. 2838 would make certain pre-dispute arbitration agreements between the operators of ...

09/24/08
S. 2838, Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 11, 2008.

09/17/08
Illinois Deserves the Truth: It’s not all Doom and Gloom in Washington

The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (S.2838), which we’ve written about before, would end the unfair, mandatory binding arbitration agreements that many nursing home corporations use to escape accountability for negligent care. ...

09/17/08
DOJ Disgraces Itself in Support of Nursing Homes

On July 30, 2008, Keith Nelson, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States, wrote a letter to the US Senate Judiciary Committee in which he attacked S. 2838, a bill that would ban the use of pre-dispute mandatory ...

09/13/08
Protect the elderly from forced arbitration

... Senate Judiciary Committee followed its counterpart in the House and approved an important arbitration bill to protect residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, S. 2838. ...

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09/12/08
Protect the Elderly from Forced Arbitration

... Senate Judiciary Committee followed its counterpart in the House and approved an important arbitration bill to protect residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act, S. 2838. ...

09/12/08
Nursing Homes and EULAs

One that had nothing to do with copyright, but still caught my attention, was S. 2838, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act. This bill apparently invalidates pre-dispute arbitration agreements between nursing homes and their ...

09/12/08
Nursing Homes and EULAs | Public Knowledge

One that had nothing to do with copyright, but still caught my attention, was S. 2838, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act. This bill apparently invalidates pre-dispute arbitration agreements between nursing homes and their ...

09/12/08
Senate Judiciary Approves Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act ...

The legislation (S. 2838) would bar the use of mandatory binding arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts. It was approved by voice vote, though not before Republicans expressed concern about the potential cost of the bill and its ...

09/12/08
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH - OUR ONLY HOPE

"Washington, DC— Today, the Senate Judiciary passed the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (S.2838), moving Wisconsin resident David Kurth and his family one step closer to getting justice. David Kurth testified before the Senate ...

09/12/08
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH - OUR ONLY HOPE

Legislation Eliminates Mandatory Binding Arbitration as a Shield for Negligent Nursing Home Corporations "Washington, DC- Today, the Senate Judiciary passed the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act (S.2838), moving ... to take ...

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