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| https://kelly.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-kelly-backs-republican-led-push-biden-administration-withdraw-unworkable | Rep. Kelly backs Republican-led push for Biden administration to withdraw unworkable, unrealistic federal nurse staffing mandate | 2023-10-31 | 2023 | 2023-10 | Republican | House | PA | Mike Kelly | K000376 | kelly.house.gov | kelly | https://kelly.house.gov/media/press-releases | scraper | WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) applauded a letter led by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-ID) which calls on the Biden administration to immediately withdraw the proposed rule and provide justification for its $40.6 billion unfunded mandate that could force many nursing homes to close, threatening resident access to direct care services. The letter, which was sent to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, follows the Biden administration's recently proposed one-size-fits-all federal nurse staffing mandate, despite overwhelming evidence that such a policy would be virtually impossible for the nation’s nursing homes to meet. Earlier this month, Rep. Kelly joined a similar letter to Secretary Becerra calling on HHS to reconsider their proposed federal staffing requirements on nursing home facilities. "I want to thank Chairman Smith, Chair McMorris Rodgers, and Ranking Member Crapo for further calling on the Biden administration to reconsider this harmful mandate," Rep. Kelly said. "I have serious concerns that this rule would result in limited access to care for seniors, force mandatory increases in state Medicaid budgets, and most consequentially lead to widespread nursing home closures. I urge the administration to reverse this rule at once." This week, Rep. Kelly signed onto H.R. 5796, Protecting Rural Seniors’ Access to Care Act, which provides patients with timely, high-quality care delivered close to home. BACKGROUND | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-08T00:49:26Z |