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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