Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require nursing facilities to ensure that the health care of each resident is…
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States the option of providing for supervision of the health care of residents of nursing facilities by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists acting in collaboration with physicians.
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Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require nursing facilities to ensure that the health care of each resident is provided under the supervision of a physician or under the supervision of a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist who is not a facility employee but who is working in collaboration with a physician.
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Ron Wyden
DemocratU.S. Representative · OR-3
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