[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2112 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2112

To make the Care Compare internet website and its data more accessible 
                  by individuals using search engines.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

Mr. Braun (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Lankford, and Mrs. Blackburn) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To make the Care Compare internet website and its data more accessible 
                  by individuals using search engines.

    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 ``Search Engines Examine Care Compare 
Act'' or the ``SEE Care Compare Act''.

SEC. 2. MAKING THE CARE COMPARE INTERNET WEBSITE AND ITS DATA MORE 
              ACCESSIBLE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act (and not less often than quarterly thereafter), 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to 
as the ``Secretary'') shall make the Care Compare internet website, 
known as www.medicare.gov/care-compare, or a successor website, and its 
data more findable online by, not less often than quarterly, reviewing 
search engine optimization practices and updating such practices to 
include--
            (1) using best practices in indexing and searching;
            (2) accounting for guidelines, recommendations, and other 
        suggestions from search engines to improve findability and 
        website ranking; and
            (3) accounting for user research that may inform website 
        design, structure, and content.
    (b) Reports to Congress.--
            (1) Initial report.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
        Congress a report detailing the following analytics on the Care 
        Compare internet website for the preceding 30 days:
                    (A) The number of page views.
                    (B) Traffic sources.
                    (C) New versus returning visitors.
                    (D) Keyword ranking.
                    (E) Targeted advertising user demographics.
                    (F) Other metrics, as determined by the Secretary.
            (2) Year-end report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
        Congress a report detailing the analytics described in 
        subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1) on the Care 
        Compare internet website for the preceding 30 days, including a 
        comparison of such analytics to the analytics reported on the 
        Care Compare internet website in the initial report under 
        paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such 
        legislation and administrative action as the Secretary 
        determines appropriate.
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