[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2574 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2574

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the ability 
of Medicare and Medicaid providers to access the National Practitioner 
  Data Bank for the purpose of conducting employee background checks.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2019

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the ability 
of Medicare and Medicaid providers to access the National Practitioner 
  Data Bank for the purpose of conducting employee background checks.

    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 ``Promote Responsible Oversight and 
Targeted Employee background Check Transparency for Seniors Act'' or 
the ``PROTECTS Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMITTING MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROVIDERS TO ACCESS THE 
              NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK TO CONDUCT EMPLOYEE 
              BACKGROUND CHECKS.

    Section 1921(b)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-
2(b)(6)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and other health care entities (as 
        defined in section 431 of the Health Care Quality Improvement 
        Act of 1986)'' and inserting ``, other health care entities (as 
        defined in section 431 of the Health Care Quality Improvement 
        Act of 1986), providers of services (as defined in section 
        1861(u)), suppliers (as defined in section 1861(d)), and 
        providers of items or services under a State plan under this 
        title (or a waiver of such a plan)''; and
            (2) by striking ``such hospitals or other health care 
        entities'' and inserting ``such hospitals, health care 
        entities, providers, or suppliers''.
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