,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ccej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,crapo 7for himself and ,mr4  
,tester7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to deem certain ,state   
,veterans homes meeting certain health  
and safety standards as meeting         
conditions and requirements for skilled 
nursing facilities under the ,medicare  
and ,medicaid programs4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,state ,veterans ,home ,inspection      
,simplification ,act4  #b4 ,deeming     
certain ,state ,veterans homes as       
meeting ,medicare skilled nursing       
facilities conditions and requirements  
,section #ahfe7;a7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acie;bb7a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in       
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting 1 subject  
to paragraph 7#e71 after ,if the        

,secretary2 and  7#b7 by adding at the  
end the following new subsection3  7#e7 
,in the case of a provider entity       
described in paragraph 7#c77;,b7 that   
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs    
inspects as a ,state home under section 
#agdb of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code1 and determines meets such        
standards as the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs shall prescribe pursuant to   
such section1 the ,secretary of ,health 
and ,human ,services shall-- 7,a7 treat 
such provider entity as meeting all     
conditions and requirements under       
sections #ahai and #ahfa7;j7 for the    
period for which such determination is  
in effect2 and  7,b7 for purposes of    
subsection 7g77#e77;,e7 of section #ahai
 and other related purposes for posting 
information on the ,nursing ,home       
,compare website under subsection 7i7 of
 such section1 in lieu of the           
information described in the first      
sentence of such subsection             
7g77#e77;,e71 use the information       

described in the inspections of the     
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs        
conducted under such section #agdb with 
respect to such provider entity for such
 period4  4