S. 3768: Nursing Home COVID–19 Protection and Prevention Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-19 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Nursing Home COVID–19 Protection and Prevention Act of 2020

Plain summary

Nursing Home COVID-19 Protection and Prevention Act of 2020 This bill establishes several programs and requirements to address the outbreak of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) in skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and psychiatric hospitals. Specifically, the bill provides specified funds for states to support cohorting (i.e., separating and grouping) individuals in such facilities based on COVID-19 status. States may use funds for specified items and activities, including testing kits, staffing, and facility development. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must issue related guidance that includes, among other things, which facilities are permitted to cohort individuals and strategies for effective implementation; such guidance must account for certain factors, including a facility's compliance with Medicare and Medicaid requirements regarding infection control and emergency preparedness. The CMS must also (1) publish and update daily, on its website and on the Nursing Home Compare website, specified information relating to COVID-19 cases and deaths in these facilities; (2) ensure these facilities provide timely notice of new cases or symptoms to residents, families, and specified government agencies; and (3) provide monthly congressional briefings on the outbreak in these facilities and related agency actions.

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Official text

Nursing Home COVID–19 Protection and Prevention Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · 24 cosponsors

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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3768.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s3768 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116