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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2882 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants 
to promote professional retrofit installation of fire alarm detection sys-
tems and other fire detection and prevention technologies in nursing 
homes, hospice facilities, and other appropriate facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2007 
Mr. ARCURI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to make grants to promote professional retrofit installa-
tion of fire alarm detection systems and other fire detec-
tion and prevention technologies in nursing homes, hos-
pice facilities, and other appropriate facilities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Long-Term Care Life 
Safety Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. RETROFIT ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR FIRE SAFETY 
AND PREVENTION. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall establish a program to award 
grants to nursing homes, hospice facilities, assisted living 
facilities, residential care program facilities, board and 
care facilities (as defined in section 1903(q)(4)(B) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(q)(4)(B)), and any 
other facilities that are licensed or certified by the State 
and are determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for 
a grant under this section, for the purpose of retrofitting 
such homes and facilities with any professionally installed 
fire alarm detection system or other fire detection and pre-
vention technology, as defined in subsection (c)(1). 
(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants that 
demonstrate a need or hardship. In determining hardship, 
the Secretary may take into account factors such as the 
age and condition of the facilities of the applicant, the 
need for facility beds in the community involved, and re-
quirements imposed on the applicant to meet fire safety 
regulations applicable under Medicare, Medicaid, other 
Federal programs, or State or local licensing or building 
code standards. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
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(1) The term ‘‘fire alarm detection system or 
other fire detection and prevention technology’’ 
means a system, a portion of a system, or a com-
bination of systems and components for fire protec-
tion, such as integrated systems of manual devices 
and automatic sensors that, when activated, cause 
the systems to warn building occupants and emer-
gency forces; smoke detectors; automatic fire sprin-
kler systems; specialized suppression systems and 
other active fire protection systems or components 
installed in accordance with codes and standards 
such as those developed by the National Fire Protec-
tion Association in the 2006 Life Safety Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$40,000,000 for each fiscal year 2008 through 2012. 
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