[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1427 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1427

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to facilitate increased 
 coordination and alignment between the public and private sector with 
              respect to quality and efficiency measures.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2015

 Ms. Stabenow introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to facilitate increased 
 coordination and alignment between the public and private sector with 
              respect to quality and efficiency measures.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Quality Measure Alignment Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. FACILITATION OF INCREASED COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT BETWEEN 
              THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR WITH RESPECT TO QUALITY AND 
              EFFICIENCY MEASURES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1890(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395aaa(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Facilitation of increased coordination and alignment 
        between the public and private sector with respect to quality 
        and efficiency measures.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The entity shall facilitate 
                increased coordination and alignment between the public 
                and private sector with respect to quality and 
                efficiency measures.
                    ``(B) Annual reports.--The entity shall prepare and 
                make available to the public annual reports on its 
                findings under this paragraph. Such public availability 
                shall include posting each report on the Internet 
                website of the entity.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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