[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6849 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2020

 Mr. Horsford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.

    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 ``Nursing Facility Quality Reporting 
Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES TO REPORT CERTAIN 
              INFORMATION RELATING TO COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in 
this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall, as soon as 
practicable, require that the information described in paragraph (1) of 
section 483.80(g) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, or a 
successor regulation, be reported by a facility (as defined for 
purposes of such section).
    (b) Demographic Information.--The Secretary shall post the 
following information with respect to skilled nursing facilities (as 
defined in section 1819(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-
3(a))) and nursing facilities (as defined in section 1919(a) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r(a))) on the Nursing Home Compare website (as 
described in section 1819(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i-3(i))), or a successor website, aggregated by State:
            (1) The age, race/ethnicity, and preferred language of the 
        residents of such skilled nursing facilities and nursing 
        facilities with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infections, 
        including residents previously treated for COVID-19.
            (2) The age, race/ethnicity, and preferred language 
        relating to total deaths and COVID-19 deaths among residents of 
        such skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities.
    (c) Confidentiality.--Any information reported under this section 
that is made available to the public shall be made so available in a 
manner that protects the identity of residents of skilled nursing 
facilities and nursing facilities.
    (d) Implementation.--The Secretary may implement the provisions of 
this section be program instruction or otherwise.
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