A bill to require criminal and abusive work history background checks for nurse and home health aides in nursing facilities, home health agencies, and hospice programs under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes
Contributors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher: [United States Government Printing Office]
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Nursing home patients; Abuse of; Prevention; Law and legislation; Home care services; Patients; Hospices (Terminal care); Employee screening; Criminal records; Nursing; Home health aides; Legal status, laws; Employees; Nursing homes; Medicare beneficiaries; Medicaid beneficiaries; Medicare; Medicaid
Other titles: Elder Care Safety Act of 1997.; 105th Congress, 1st Session, H.R. 2953 in the House of Representatives.; To require criminal and abusive work history background checks for nurse and home health aides in nursing facilities, home health agencies, and hospice programs under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.
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Introduced November 8, 1997; referred to the Committee on Commerce and Committee on Ways and Means.