WV representative helps “unveil” long term care legislation

West Virginia’s Second District Congresswoman says now is the time toaddress the needs of nursing homes in this state and across the country.  Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito says that’s why she is backing theLong-Term Care Quality and Modernization Act, which she helped unveilon Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon.  “We have an aging population. We need to make sure that the staff istrained. We need to make sure that the medicine is delivered in thehighest quality, and we need to make sure that the facilities aremodernized for what I think is going to be the big challenge of ouraging population,” she said in an interview with MetroNews.  The proposed legislation, which has bipartisan support, calls for thecreation of a Long-Term Care Quality Advisory Commission that wouldcome up with a national plan for insuring quality service at nursinghomes.  The proposal would modernize billing rules to insure they’re reflectingchanges in technology, ensure access to proper diabetes management innursing homes and offer incentives to nurses who work in thoselong-term care homes.

Source:  http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=21904

Ed:  the bill was actually introduced more than three months ago.  Search Thomas using “S.1980” for text of bill.  Or read text at GPO.