Nursing Home Accountability Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3796
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6]
Introduced: 2015-10-21
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees

Health care quality

Health facilities and institutions

Health programs administration and funding

Housing and community development funding

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Medicaid

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-10-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Nursing Home Accountability Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill amends the National Housing Act to condition a nursing home's eligibility for a Section 232 loan upon its quality rating. (A Section 232 loan is insured by the Federal Housing Administration and may be used to finance or refinance the purchase, construction, or renovation of a nursing home or assisted living facility.)</p> <p>A nursing home becomes ineligible for a Section 232 loan if, for any period of 30 or more consecutive months, the home achieves two or fewer stars under the five-star quality rating system established pursuant to the Social Security Act for purposes of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. However, a nursing home's eligibility shall be renewed if the home subsequently maintains a rating of three or more stars for a period of at least 30 consecutive months.</p> <p>The bill does not affect existing mortgages.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3796 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 21, 2015 Mr. Walker introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend section 232 of the National Housing Act to provide that nursing homes receiving low ratings for purposes of the Medicare or Medicaid programs are ineligible for mortgage insurance under such section, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nursing Home Accountability Act of 2015 . 2. Ineligibility for mortgages under section 232 of National Housing Act Section 232 of the National Housing Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1715w ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (k) Ineligibility based on 5-Star Rating System score (1) Ineligibility Except as provided in paragraph (2), on and after January 1, 2017, the Secretary may not insure any mortgage under this section for any nursing home that for any period of 30 or more consecutive months beginning after December 31, 2016, has had as an overall quality rating, under the 5-Star Quality Rating System, of 2 or less stars or an equivalent rating under any successor system. (2) Renewal of eligibility A nursing home that is otherwise ineligible for mortgage insurance under this section by reason of paragraph (1) shall be eligible for such insurance if after the conclusion of the most recent period described in subparagraph (A) for such facility, such facility has maintained, for a period of 30 or more consecutive months, an overall quality rating under the 5-Star Quality Rating System of 3 or more stars or an equivalent rating under any successor system. (3) 5-Star Quality Rating System The term 5-Star Quality Rating System means the rating system established pursuant to sections 1819(i) and 1919(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395i–3(i) , 1396(r)(i)) and in effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection. (4) Existing mortgages This subsection may not be construed to affect any mortgage insured under this section before the date specified in paragraph (1). .