Texas Challenges Biden’s Minimum Staffing Mandate In Court
PEGGY KOZAL & KATHLEEN CAMPBELL WALKER
Dickinson Wright
The State of Texas filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on August 16, 2024, seeking to vacate a rule requiring nursing homes that receive federal funding through Medicare and Medicaid to meet certain minimum staffing requirements. The lawsuit alleges that because 97% of all nursing homes participate in these programs, the Final Rule will impact nearly every U.S. nursing home. Texas is considered among those hardest hit by the Final Rule, with CMS estimating the state will have to hire more additional registered nurses (RNs) than any other state and spend half a billion dollars per year to comply with the [Read More]