Requires nursing homes and other long-term care facilities that participate in Medicare or Medicaid to let each resident name two essential caregivers for in-person visits even when regular visiting is suspended.

• Lets each resident elect two essential caregivers for in-person access and change that election at any time.
• During a suspension of regular visits, facilities may deny in-person access for the first 7 days if they provide audio-visual access instead, and may limit caregivers who show symptoms of a serious infectious disease or who break safety protocols, allowing only one caregiver at a time.
• Bars facilities from denying or shortening in-person access for residents who have elected hospice end-of-life care.
• Requires state survey agencies to prioritize related complaints and notify complainants of the outcome within 3 days; HHS issues implementing regulations within 18 months, and the requirements apply 1 year after enactment.

• Ways and Means Committee (House)
• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)

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