U.S. Supreme Court Denies Nursing Home’s Request for Review of Case Involving FNHRA

The U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 22 declined to review a ruling that the Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments (FNHRA) created private rights enforceable under 42 U.S.C. §1983, a decision that could have wide-ranging implications for nursing homes (John J. Kane Regional Centers-Glen Hazel v. Grammer).

In December 2009, petitioner John J. Kane Regional Centers-Glen Hazel (JKRC), a residential skilled nursing care and rehabilitation center operated by Allegheny County, Pa., filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court (18 HLR 1633, 12/17/09).

It asked the high court to review the U.S. ...