,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #geac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #a1 #bjbd,mrs4
 ,fischbach 7for herself and ,mr4       
,pence7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1   
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the ,secretary of ,health and  
,human ,services from finalizing a      
proposed rule regarding minimum staffing
 for nursing facilities1 and to         
establish an advisory panel on the      
skilled nursing facility workforce4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,protecting ,america's ,seniors'   
,access to ,care ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition
 on finalizing proposed staffing rule   
,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human   
,services may not implement1 enforce1 or

 otherwise give effect to the proposed  
rule entitled ,medicare and ,medicaid   
,programs2 ,minimum ,staffing ,standards
 for ,long-,term ,care ,facilities and  
,medicaid ,institutional ,payment       
,transparency ,reporting published by   
the ,department of ,health and ,human   
,services on ,september #f1 #bjbc 7#hh  
,fed4 ,reg4 #faceb-fadbi71 and may not  
promulgate any substantially similar    
rule4