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Title
Compliance with Residents’ Rights Requirement related to Nursing Home Residents’ Right to Vote
Memo #
QSO-24-21-NH
Posting Date
2024-09-26
Fiscal Year
2024
Title
Memorandum Summary
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is affirming the regulatory expectation that ensures nursing home residents have the unimpeded ability to exercise their right to vote as a citizen of the United States.
• Nursing homes must ensure residents are able to exercise their Constitutional right to vote without interference, coercion, discrimination, or reprisal from the facility.
• States, localities, and nursing home owners and administrators should collaborate to support a resident’s right to vote.
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is affirming the regulatory expectation that ensures nursing home residents have the unimpeded ability to exercise their right to vote as a citizen of the United States.
• Nursing homes must ensure residents are able to exercise their Constitutional right to vote without interference, coercion, discrimination, or reprisal from the facility.
• States, localities, and nursing home owners and administrators should collaborate to support a resident’s right to vote.