Current status is Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5314

1. Short title
2. Requiring skilled nursing facilities to permit without restriction visitation by certain individuals

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Randy Susen Visitation Rights Act of 2025".

2. Requiring skilled nursing facilities to permit without restriction visitation by certain individuals

(a) Medicare - Section 1819(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–3(c)(3)) is amended—

(1) - in subparagraph (D), by striking "and" at the end;

(2) - in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and

(3) - by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

(F) - permit immediate access to a resident by not less than 1 individual that such resident designates, subject to the right of such resident to deny or withdraw consent or such designation at any time, but not subject to any other restriction or limitation on such access.

(b) Medicaid - Section 1919(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396l(c)(3)) is amended—

(1) - in subsection (D), by striking "and" at the end;

(2) - in subsection (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and