Sec. 102. Funding for State strike teams for resident and employee safety in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities
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Of the amounts made available under subsection (c), the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall allocate such amounts among the States, in a manner that takes into account the percentage of skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities in each State that have residents or employees who have been diagnosed with COVID–19, for purposes of establishing and implementing strike teams in accordance with subsection (b). A State that receives funds under this section shall use such funds to establish and implement a strike team that will be deployed to a skilled nursing facility or nursing facility in the State, not later than 72 hours after three or more residents or employees of the facility are diagnosed with or suspected of having COVID–19, to assist the facility in separating residents and employees who have been exposed to COVID–19 from those residents and employees who have not been so exposed, supervising testing for COVID–19, ensuring any applicable whistleblower protections are being enforced, and such other needs as determined necessary by the strike team.
Such strike team shall include members of the National Guard, public health officials from State and local health departments, experts in geriatrics and long-term care medicine, representatives of residents or consumers, and representatives of workers. For purposes of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000. In this section: The term nursing facility means a nursing facility under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).
The term skilled nursing facility means a skilled nursing facility under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.).
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Funding for State strike teams for resident and employee safety in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities
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