# 119-s-4467: Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act

119-s-4467, Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-06).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4467
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-06

## Summary

**Secretary authority to disapprove nurse aide training programs at troubled nursing facilities**. This bill would give the Health and Human Services Secretary, after consulting states, power to disapprove a nurse aide training or competency evaluation program at a skilled nursing facility for up to two years if the facility was assessed a civil monetary penalty of at least $10,697 for substandard quality of care and failed to correct the deficiencies. It would also expand access to the National Practitioner Data Bank so more Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers can run employee background checks. - Residents and families would get a new federal tool aimed at keeping facilities with serious care problems from training new nurse aides near residents. - Skilled nursing facilities that receive a civil monetary penalty of $10,697 or more and do not fix care deficiencies could lose approval for their nurse aide training programs for up to two years. - Nurse aides and trainees could see local training slots paused or limited while a facility’s program is disapproved, which could tighten hiring pipelines. - Hospitals, providers, suppliers, and entities participating in State Medicaid plans would gain broader access to the National Practitioner Data Bank for background checks, widening employment screening across the care supply chain.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC), 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY), 2026-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New rules for nursing home training: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would give HHS new authority to disapprove a skilled nursing or nursing facility's nurse aide training or competency program for up to 2 years when the facility was fined at least $10,697 for substandard care and has not fixed the problems. HHS would have to lift a disapproval…
- Wider background checks for providers: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would let more types of Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers query the National Practitioner Data Bank for hiring and credentialing. The change would add providers of services, suppliers, and providers who give items or services under a State plan (or a waiver) to the…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1032: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-s-339: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
- 119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.
- 119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.
- 119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former Senator for the State of Michigan.

## Sources
- [119-s-4467 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4467)

## Related
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- [119-s-339: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-339)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
- [119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-897)
- [119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-801)
- [119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-755)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4467 (as of 2026-08-06).