A 1986 study organized by the Institute of Medicine found that people in nursing homes were not getting fair or adequate health care or personal treatment.
[1] The Institute of Medicine responded to the study by proposing broad and deep reforms in the regulation of nursing homes.
[1] These reforms were integrated into the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 and passed as part of that law.
[3] In Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski, 599 U.S. 166 (2023), the United States Supreme Court held that the provisions of the Nursing Home Reform Act at issue unambiguously created rights enforceable under Section 1983 of the Ku Klux Klan Act (codified at 42 U.S.C.
The Supreme Court ruled that a plaintiff can file a federal civil rights claim because of violation of the Nursing Home Reform Act.