Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Nursing Home Staffing Mandate

A federal judge in Texas on Monday vacated a Biden administration rule that would have required about 75% of US nursing homes to add direct-care workers or face administrative penalties and fines.

In his order granting a motion for summary judgment for the plaintiffs, the American Health Care Association, Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, said the nation’s nursing homes suffer from “failures,” including “inadequate staffing levels, poor infection control, failures in oversight and regulation, and deficiencies that result in actual patient harm.” All of which “deserve an effectual response,” he wrote. ...