# 119-s-750: Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act

119-s-750, Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-750
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-26
- Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Blocks a federal nursing‑home staffing rule and creates a panel to study rural workforce shortages.** This bill forbids implementing or enforcing the CMS rule that set minimum nurse staffing requirements and reporting mandates, and it establishes a congressionally required advisory panel to study nursing home staffing in rural and underserved areas. - Seniors and families: Stops the specific staffing mandates in the rule, including a requirement for a nurse onsite 24/7 and a minimum of 3.48 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day. This removes that federal staffing floor from long‑term care facilities. - State Medicaid programs and facility staff: Bars the rule's requirement that state Medicaid programs report payments to direct care workers and support staff of nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities. - Rural and underserved communities: Creates a 17‑member Advisory Panel on the Nursing Home Workforce to study shortages and barriers, issue annual reports to Congress, and recommend steps such as reducing regulatory burdens and investing in training.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Advisory panel on rural nursing workforce: benefit, low. This bill would create a 17-member Advisory Panel on the Nursing Home Workforce. If enacted, the Panel would study workforce shortages, especially in rural and underserved areas, and analyze how rules and guidance affect staffing and access under Medicare Part A and Medicaid. The Panel would propos…
- Blocks new nursing home staffing rule: mixed, low. This bill would stop HHS from implementing or enforcing the May 10, 2024 staffing rule titled "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting." If enacted, CMS could not apply that rule to skilled nu…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act
- 119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- 119-s-84: Sarah's Law

## Sources
- [119-s-750 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/750)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1639)
- [119-s-401: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-401)
- [119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4429)
- [119-s-84: Sarah's Law](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-84)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-750 (as of 2025-12-21).