Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
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- Sponsor
- Mark Warner
- Policy area
- Health
- Introduced
- 2026-04-30
- Chamber
- Senate
Latest CRS summary — Introduced in Senate · 2026-04-30
Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act This bill repeals certain restrictions under Medicare and Medicaid that prohibit the approval of nurse-aide training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have been subject to specified regulatory actions (e.g., civil penalties) for substandard quality of care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must still disapprove such programs for up to two years; however, the CMS must rescind the disapproval upon completion of corrective action and may require additional oversight of the program for purposes of rescission. The bill also allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information for affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.
Latest action
2026-04-30 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Summaries
Introduced in Senate · 2026-04-30
Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act
This bill repeals certain restrictions under Medicare and Medicaid that prohibit the approval of nurse-aide training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have been subject to specified regulatory actions (e.g., civil penalties) for substandard quality of care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must still disapprove such programs for up to two years; however, the CMS must rescind the disapproval upon completion of corrective action and may require additional oversight of the program for purposes of rescission.
The bill also allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information for affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.
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Sponsor
Mark WarnerCosponsors
- John Barrasso · original
- Mark Kelly · original
- Tim Scott · original
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Action history
- 2026-04-30 Introduced in Senate · Library of Congress
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Titles
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Display TitleEnsuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
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Short Title(s) as IntroducedEnsuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
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Official Title as IntroducedA bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to nursing facility requirements, and for other purposes.
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