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Arbitration agreements would be prohibited as condition of admission under proposed federal law
McKnight’s Senior Living April 11, 2024
Nursing homes would be prohibited from requiring or soliciting residents to sign pre-dispute, mandatory, binding arbitration agreements as a condition of admission under a bill introduced Tuesday by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI).
The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act introduced in the Senate is a companion to legislation with the same name reintroduced in the House of Representatives earlier this year. That effort was led by Reps. Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and was co-sponsored by Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Judy Chu (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ) and Paul Tonko (D-NY).
“Forced arbitration is an unfair and...
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