To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any period in which regular visitation is restricted.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6766 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6766 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any period in which regular visitation is restricted. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 16, 2025 Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Mann, Mr. Ciscomani, and Mr. Mills) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any period in which regular visitation is restricted. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Essential Caregivers Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) According to the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1,300,000 individuals resided in nursing homes in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and nearly half of all nursing home residents were living with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's or other related dementi
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