HR-6849 : Still Just a Bill


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.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2020-05-13IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2020-05-13IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2020-05-13IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Health
Related 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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