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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4318 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide assistance to American workers, families, and employers during the COVID–19 pandemic. · Sec. 313

Sec. 313. Promoting COVID–19 testing and infection control in nursing facilities

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The Secretary, in consultation with the Elder Justice Coordinating Council, is authorized during the COVID–19 public health emergency period to enhance efforts by participating providers to respond to COVID–19, including through— development of online training courses for personnel of participating providers, survey agencies, the long-term care ombudsman of each State, and other individuals to facilitate the implementation of subsection (b); enhanced diagnostic testing of visitors to, personnel of, and residents of, participating providers in which measures of COVID–19 in the community support more frequent testing for COVID–19; development of training materials for personnel of participating providers, the long-term care ombudsman of each State, and other individuals to facilitate the implementation of subsection (c); and providing support to participating providers in areas deemed by the Secretary to require additional assistance due to the presence COVID–19 infections.
The Secretary shall develop training courses on infection control and prevention, including cohorting, strategies and use of telehealth to mitigate the transmission of COVID–19 in participating providers during the COVID–19 public health emergency period. To the extent practicable, the training programs developed by the Secretary under this subsection shall use best practices in infection control and prevention. The Secretary shall seek input as appropriate on the training courses developed under this subsection from the Elder Justice Coordinating Council and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Secretary is authorized to create an interactive website to disseminate training materials and related information in the areas of infection control and prevention, for purposes of carrying out this subsection during the COVID–19 public health emergency period.
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