Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2020

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HR 6849

Introduced

May 13, 2020

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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be ...

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Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Government information and archives Health Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Nursing Worker safety and health

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Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2020

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities report data regarding COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) preparedness, testing, infections, and deaths. Additionally, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must publish on the Nursing Home Compare website certain demographic information, aggregated by state, with respect to COVID-19 infections and deaths in such facilities.

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May 13, 2020

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.
May 13, 2020

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