United States HR 6849: Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2020

Bill Text

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116THCONGRESS 
2
DSESSION 
H. R. 6849 
To   direct   the   Secretary   of   Health   and   Human   Services   to   require   long   
term  care  facilities  to  report  certain  information  relating  to  COVID-  
19 cases and deaths. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
MAY13, 2020 
Mr.  H
ORSFORDintroduced  the  following  bill;  which  was  referred  to  the  Com-
mittee  on  Ways  and  Means,  and  in  addition  to  the  Committee  on  Energy  
and  Commerce,  for  a  period  to  be  subsequently  determined  by  the  Speak-
er,  in  each  case  for  consideration  of  such  provisions  as  fall  within  the  ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A  BILL  
To  direct  the  Secretary  of  Health  and  Human  Services  to  
require  long  term  care  facilities  to  report  certain  infor-
mation relating to COVID-19 cases and deaths. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nursing Facility Qual-4
ity Reporting Act of 2020’’. 5
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SEC.  2.  REQUIRING  LONG  TERM  CARE  FACILITIES  TO  RE-1
PORT  CERTAIN  INFORMATION  RELATING  TO  2
COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS. 3
(a)   I
NGENERAL.—The   Secretary   of   Health   and   4
Human  Services  (in  this  section  referred  to  as  the  ‘‘Sec-5
retary’’)  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable,  require  that  the  in-6
formation described in paragraph (1) of section 483.80(g) 7
of  title  42,  Code  of  Federal  Regulations,  or  a  successor  8
regulation,  be  reported  by  a  facility  (as  defined  for  pur-9
poses of such section). 10
(b)   D
EMOGRAPHICINFORMATION.—The   Secretary   11
shall post the following information with respect to skilled 12
nursing facilities (as defined in section 1819(a) of the So-13
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–3(a))) and nursing fa-14
cilities  (as  defined  in  section  1919(a)  of  such  Act  (42  15
U.S.C. 1396r(a))) on the Nursing Home Compare website 16
(as described in section 1819(i) of the Social Security Act 17
(42  U.S.C.  1395i–3(i))),  or  a  successor  website,  aggre-18
gated by State: 19
(1)  The  age,  race/ethnicity,  and  preferred  lan-20
guage  of  the  residents  of  such  skilled  nursing  facili-21
ties  and  nursing  facilities  with  suspected  or  con-22
firmed   COVID-19   infections,   including   residents   23
previously treated for COVID-19. 24
(2)  The  age,  race/ethnicity,  and  preferred  lan-25
guage  relating  to  total  deaths  and  COVID-19  deaths  26
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among residents of such skilled nursing facilities and 1
nursing facilities. 2
(c)   C
ONFIDENTIALITY.—Any   information   reported   3
under this section that is made available to the public shall 4
be made so available in a manner that protects the identity 5
of  residents  of  skilled  nursing  facilities  and  nursing  facili-6
ties. 7
(d)  I
MPLEMENTATION.—The  Secretary  may  imple-8
ment the provisions of this section be program instruction 9
or otherwise. 10
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