To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a standardized procedure for all States to submit weekly reports on hospital policies and metrics related to the response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 8938 2023-01-11T13:44:00Z 2023-01-11T13:44:00Z House HR 2020-12-10 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. GABBARD:H.R. 8938.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S Constitution including Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1(General Welfare Clause) and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18(Necessary and Proper Clause), Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2(Property)[Page H7148]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-12-10T14:03:05Z 2020-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2020-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-12-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000571 Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] Tulsi Gabbard D HI 2 N Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health technology, devices, supplies Hospital care Infectious and parasitic diseases Medical tests and diagnostic methods State and local government operations Worker safety and health Health

00 2020-12-10 Introduced in House 2021-08-31T16:46:46Z This bill requires state, territorial, and tribal health departments to report weekly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the surge capacity and availability of personal protective equipment for hospitals in their jurisdictions to respond to increased COVID-19 cases. It also requires hospitals, as a condition of receiving COVID-19 funding, to provide specified data to their respective health departments every two weeks and post online their COVID-19 testing, infection control, and related policies.

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To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a standardized procedure for all States to submit weekly reports on hospital policies and metrics related to the response to COVID-19, and for other purposes. Display Title To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a standardized procedure for all States to submit weekly reports on hospital policies and metrics related to the response to COVID-19, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a standardized procedure for all States to submit weekly reports on hospital policies and metrics related to the response to COVID-19, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8938ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8938ih.xml 2020-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.