Nursing Home Staffing Standards
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From The National Consumer Voice: July 2024
Nursing home residents need your help! Any day now, Congress will be considering legislation and a joint resolution that would prevent the implementation of the recently issued minimum staffing standard in nursing homes. This extreme legislation would not only prevent the implementation of this rule, but would permanently bar the federal government from ever issuing a rule requiring safe staffing in nursing homes.
The final rule issued by the Biden Administration is a modest staffing standard, that would affect mostly the worst homes in the United States. The rule is targeted at those homes that provide the least amount of care. Additionally, the rule requires that there be increased transparency in Medicaid spending and that nursing homes use evidence-based, data driven methods to assess the needs of their residents. The extreme legislation in Congress would stop these needed reforms and prevent the federal government from ever issuing a similar rule.
Please stand with nursing home residents and workers. If you have not already, tell your members of Congress to reject these efforts to prevent the implementation of the minimum staffing rule in nursing homes. Click here to take action!