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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3841 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3841

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report on the 
   impact of a proposed rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & 
 Medicaid Services on access of veterans to long-term care facilities.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 29, 2024

 Mr. King (for himself and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report on the 
   impact of a proposed rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & 
 Medicaid Services on access of veterans to long-term care facilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``VA Report on Proposed CMS Staffing 
Ratios Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON IMPACT OF PROPOSED RULE ON ACCESS OF VETERANS TO 
              LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the 
impact of the proposed rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services relating to ``Medicare and Medicaid programs; minimum 
staffing standards for long-term care facilities and Medicaid 
institutional payment transparency reporting'' (88 Fed. Reg. 61352; 
published September 6, 2023) on the access of veterans to long-term 
care facilities under the laws administered by the Secretary, which 
shall include the following:
            (1) The number of State homes at which current staffing 
        would not meet the threshold for minimum staffing outlined in 
        such proposed rule.
            (2) The number of veterans who reside in a State home 
        described in paragraph (1).
            (3) The number of community nursing homes currently 
        contracted with the Department of Veterans Affairs that would 
        not meet the threshold for minimum staffing outlined in such 
        proposed rule.
            (4) The number of veterans who reside in a community 
        nursing home described in paragraph (3).
            (5) An assessment of whether or not such proposed rule 
        would have any impact on community living centers of the 
        Department.
            (6) An analysis of whether the Department will be able to 
        adequately meet the long-term care needs of veterans after the 
        full implementation of such proposed rule, including veterans 
        in--
                    (A) rural and highly rural areas;
                    (B) medically underserved areas;
                    (C) territories of the United States; or
                    (D) Tribal areas.
            (7) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
    (b) State Home Defined.--In this section, the term ``State home'' 
has the meaning given that term in section 101(19) of title 38, United 
States Code.
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