Hill April 22, 2024
Nursing homes will be required to have minimum levels of front-line caregivers for the first time under a new requirement the Biden administration announced Monday.
The final policy, unveiled by Vice President Harris, comes despite intense lobbying from the nursing home industry and opposition from bipartisan lawmakers, who argue a federal standard is unfeasible because of a nationwide staffing shortage made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In his 2022 State of the Union address, President Biden announced a slate of nursing home reforms and vowed staffing minimums would be among them. Advocates have been calling for such a requirement for more than two decades, arguing that residents are safer and have better care with more staff.
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