House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
Official title: To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, administering, or enforcing provisions relating to minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and Medicaid institutional payment transparency reporting.
Sponsor: Rep. Michelle Fischbach R-MNWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2025 — 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1303.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FISCHBACH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H711):Art I, Sec 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 12 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1303, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
26 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 26 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Mike Carey (R-OH), Earl Carter (R-GA), Ron Estes (R-KS), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Jared Golden (D-ME), Michael Guest (R-MS), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Erin Houchin (R-IN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Carol Miller (R-WV), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), August Pfluger (R-TX), John Rose (R-TN), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), William Timmons (R-SC), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Rudy Yakym (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michelle Fischbach.
- H.R. 6945 (119th) Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act
- H.Res. 1142 (119th) Providing for disposition of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 7147) making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year…
- H.Res. 122 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration…
- H.Res. 1274 (119th) Providing that section 11 of House Resolution 1224 shall have no force or effect.
- H.Res. 1530 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice…
- H.Res. 211 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 25) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.