Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 4/2/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-04-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-04-01Referred 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.
- 2021-04-01Referred 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.
- 2021-04-01Introduced in House
- 2021-04-01Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-01 (00)
Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2021
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.
Cosponsors (2)
- SANFORD BISHOP (D-GA)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
Subjects
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government information and archives
- 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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