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      "id": 102474,
      "date": "1999-03-29",
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      "title": "Nursing Home Evictions of Medicaid Patients Following Voluntary Withdrawal From Medicaid Program: Current Issues and Congressional Response",
      "summary": "Nursing facilities that choose to participate in the Medicaid program must comply with specific\nrequirements relating to patients' rights, including transfer and discharge procedures. However, once\na facility has voluntarily withdrawn from the Medicaid program, transfer and discharge protections\nno longer apply to residents in the facility. In 1998, the Vencor Corporation evicted large numbers\nof Medicaid residents from its nursing homes pursuant to its decision to withdraw from the Medicaid\nprogram. Congressional response following the Vencor case included consideration of\n H.R. 540  and  S. 494 , 106th Congress companion bills prohibiting transfers\nor discharges of residents of nursing facilities as a result of a voluntary withdrawal from participation\nin the Medicaid program. The House passed  H.R. 540  on March 10th. On March 15th\nthe Senate voted unanimously to pass  S. 494 . President Clinton signed the measure into\nlaw ( P.L. 106-4 ) on March 25, 1999.",
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