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Nursing Home Conditions in Texas: Many Homes Fail to Meet Federal Standards for Adequate Care (part one)
House Committee on Government Reform Special Investigations Division
House Committee on Government Reform
Special Investigations Division
Abstract
The Special Investigations Division of the House Committee on Government Reform investigated the conditions of nursing homes in the state of Texas to determine if they complyied with federal law. They found that over 80% of Texas nursing homes violated federal health and safety standards and more than 50% had violations that caused actual harm to residents or placed them at risk of death or serious injury. These deficiencies may have been caused by the low rate of state Medicaid reimbursements in Texas and the low level of staffing in nursing homes. Furthermore, they found that over 90% of nursing homes in Texas did not meet minimum staffing levels identified by the US Department of Health and Human Services. This is part one of a two part investigation.
Date
2000-10-31
Document Type
House Minority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
26 pages
Congress
106
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
3: Health
PAP Minor Code
334: Long-term Care, Home Health, Hospice, and Rehabilitation Services
Related Hearings
Press Releases and Contextual Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20051024193845/http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=589&Issue=Nursing+Homes