House File 507 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the posting of certain Medicare rating
  2    information by nursing facilities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1653YH 83
  5 pf/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135C.20C  MEDICARE FIVE=STAR
  1  2 QUALITY RATINGS == REQUIRED POSTING.
  1  3    A nursing facility shall post the most recent five=star
  1  4 quality rating information available under the nursing home
  1  5 compare program of the centers for Medicare and Medicaid
  1  6 services of the United States department of health and human
  1  7 services.  The five=star rating information shall be
  1  8 prominently posted as prescribed by rule in a place in plain
  1  9 view of the residents of the facility, persons visiting the
  1 10 residents, and persons inquiring about placement in the
  1 11 facility.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill requires nursing facilities to post the most
  1 14 recent five=star quality rating information available under
  1 15 the nursing home compare program of the centers for Medicare
  1 16 and Medicaid services of the United States department of
  1 17 health and human services.  The information must be
  1 18 prominently posted as prescribed by rule in a place in plain
  1 19 view of the residents of the facility, persons visiting the
  1 20 residents, and persons inquiring about placement in the
  1 21 facility.
  1 22 LSB 1653YH 83
  1 23 pf/nh/8