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Randy Susen Visitation Rights Act of 2025
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require a skilled nursing facility to permit without restriction visitation by an individual designated by a resident of such facility under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Summary
This bill amends Medicare and Medicaid requirements for skilled nursing facilities to require them to permit immediate access by at least one individual designated by the resident. The designated individual can have access without any restrictions or limitations, though the resident retains the right to deny or withdraw consent for the designated visitor at any time. The bill applies to skilled nursing facilities participating in both Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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- Sep 11, 2025 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. · house
- Sep 11, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 11, 2025
Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Self, and Mrs. Bice) introduced the following bill; which was 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
A BILL
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require a skilled nursing facility to permit without restriction visitation by an individual designated by a resident of such facility under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Randy Susen Visitation Rights Act of 2025”.
SEC. 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
(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.”. <all>
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