To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require home health agencies participating in the Medicare Program to conduct criminal background checks for all applicants for employment as patient care providers.
Last action on Jul 29, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to b...
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Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require home health agencies participating in the Medicare program to conduct criminal background checks through the Attorney General on all applicants for employment as patient care providers.
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