[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1000 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1000

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for 
    infection control support to skilled nursing facilities through 
           contracts with quality improvement organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2021

 Mr. Kind (for himself and Mr. Kildee) 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for 
    infection control support to skilled nursing facilities through 
           contracts with quality improvement organizations.

    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 ``Infection Control Training and 
Support Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR INFECTION CONTROL SUPPORT TO SKILLED NURSING 
              FACILITIES THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    Section 1862(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(g)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(1) The 
        Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) In addition to any amounts otherwise available, there are 
appropriated to the Secretary, out of any monies in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for purposes of carrying out infection control support (as 
determined appropriate by the Secretary) through the development and 
dissemination of protocols relating to the prevention or mitigation of 
COVID-19 in skilled nursing facilities (as defined in section 
1819(a)).''.
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