H.R. 6849 · 116th Congress
Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2020
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Steven Horsford
- Introduced
- 2020-05-13
- Latest action
- 2020-05-13 · Introduced in House
Summary
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.