legislation: 105-hr-4804

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105-hr-4804 105 hr 4804 Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 Health 1998-10-10 1998-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] NY D T000326 1 Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities from using on a full-time or other paid basis as a feeding and hydration assistant any individual who has not completed a related, State-approved training and competency evaluation and is not competent to provide such services. Requires States to specify, and provide for review and reapproval of, approved programs meeting Federal requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish such requirements, as well as requirements respecting the minimum frequency and methodology a State shall use in reviewing compliance with them. 2025-08-21T16:15:01Z  

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