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H.R. 3733: Essential Caregivers Act of 2021

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H.R. 3733: Essential Caregivers Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-04 · Health · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3301-3304)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3301-3304) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Essential Caregivers Act of 2021

Plain summary

Essential Caregivers Act of 2021 This bill requires skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and nearby inpatient rehabilitation facilities to establish an essential caregivers program during a public health emergency. Under the program, facilities must allow each resident to select up to two essential caregivers to provide daily living assistance, emotional support, or companionship during the emergency. Facilities must afford such caregivers 12 hours of access to residents each day (or unlimited access for end-of-life care), and caregivers must agree to follow facility protocols for staff safety. Facilities may deny access to caregivers who violate protocols, subject to certain notification requirements; the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish an appeals process relating to such decisions and may take specified enforcement actions against facilities that violate the bill's requirements.

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Official text

Essential Caregivers Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22] · 81 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John B. Larson (D-CT), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), James A. Himes (D-CT), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE), J. French Hill (R-AR), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Mike Carey (R-OH), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Mike Thompson (D-CA) and 21 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22] reported raising $3.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3733 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117