# 119-hr-1303: Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act

119-hr-1303, Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1303
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN)
- Cosponsors: 26
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Blocks CMS from enforcing minimum staffing rules and Medicaid institutional payment transparency.** This bill would prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing, administering, or enforcing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' May 10, 2024 final rule on minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and Medicaid institutional payment transparency reporting, or any substantially similar regulation, preventing those federal requirements from taking effect without creating new programs or changing other authorities.

## Cosponsors (26)

- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] (R-IN), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] (R-KS), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] (R-SD), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Timmons, William R. [R-SC-4] (R-SC), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6] (R-TN), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2025-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2] (R-IN), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] (R-MS), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] (R-IA), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stop CMS nursing home staffing and reporting rule: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would bar HHS from enforcing a CMS rule issued May 10, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 40876). That rule sets minimum staffing in nursing homes and adds Medicaid payment transparency reporting. The ban would also block any substantially similar rule, starting on the date of enactment. Nurs…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1303 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1303)

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- [119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-703)
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
- [119-hr-38: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-38)
- [119-hr-1773: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1773)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1303 (as of 2026-09-21).