Sec. 4. Promoting transparency about COVID–19-related cases and fatalities and staffing levels in long-term care facilities

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The Secretary shall develop a plan for ensuring that participating providers shall resume compliance with the requirement, under section 1128I(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7j(g)), to electronically submit direct care staffing information based on payroll and other auditable data (including measures to ensure that the submitted data includes direct care staffing information for the entire duration of the emergency period). The Secretary shall ensure that participating providers and long-term care facilities report all suspected and confirmed cases of COVID–19 among personnel and residents of the provider or facility, all COVID–19-related fatalities among personnel and residents of the provider or facility, and all fatalities among personnel and residents of the provider or facility, whether related to COVID–19 or unrelated to COVID–19, for the period beginning on January 1, 2020, to the Secretary.

Such data shall be reported to the Secretary by participating providers and long-term care facilities in a format and manner that is consistent with any data that the Secretary has directed participating providers to furnish to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on or after May 8, 2020, and, beginning on the date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, shall be collected and reported to the Secretary by participating providers and long-term care facilities on a daily basis.

Not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make the data collected under this paragraph publicly available and shall update such data on a daily basis. The Secretary shall post the following information with respect to participating providers and long-term care facilities on the official internet website of the Federal Government for Medicare beneficiaries (commonly referred to as the Nursing Home Compare Medicare website) (or a successor website) aggregated by State:

The age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, and preferred language of the residents of participating providers with suspected or confirmed COVID–19 infections. With respect to residents of participating providers and long-term care facilities who died on or after January 1, 2020, the age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, and preferred language of— all of such residents; and all of such residents whose deaths are related to COVID–19. Any information reported under this subsection that is made available to the public shall be made so available in a manner that protects the identity of residents of participating providers and long-term care facilities.

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42 USC 1320a–7j(g)

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Sec. 4

Promoting transparency about COVID–19-related cases and fatalities and staffing levels in long-term care facilities

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