Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7096 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7096 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure appropriate approval for certain skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aide training and competency evaluation programs under the Medicare and Medicaid program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2026 Mr. Estes (for himself and Mr. Harder of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 ensure appropriate approval for certain skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aide training and competency evaluation programs under the Medicare and Medicaid program. 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 ``Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act''. SEC. 2. ENSURING APPROPRIATE APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN SKILLED NURSING FACILITY AND NURSING FACILITY NURSING AIDE TRAINING AND COMPETENCY EVALUATION PROGRAMS UNDER THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAM. (a) Medicare.--Section 1819(f)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-3(f)(2)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (B)(iii)-- (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking ``subparagraphs (C) and (D)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (C)''; and (B) in subclause (I)-- (i) in item (b), by striking ``or'' at the end; (ii) by amending item (c) to read as follows: ``(c