Sec. 104. Guidance for certain residential care facilities during COVID–19 emergency period
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Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall issue guidance for long-term health care facilities, including assisted living facilities, other residential care facilities, and such facilities that are temporary during the emergency period defined in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B) ), that are not subject to oversight by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on providing access to virtual visitation during any portion of such emergency period in which in-person visitation is restricted and ensuring appropriate infection control and prevention and employee safety during such emergency period.
Such guidance shall include— steps that health care facilities described in this subsection should take to provide residents with access to virtual visitation, including through the purchase or installation of devices purchased for the use or benefit of individual or multiple residents, that allows residents to communicate with their families during such emergency period; options for such facilities in notifying residents and resident representatives of such access to virtual visitation and how the facility is addressing any operational issues related to such access to virtual visitation; and steps that health care facilities described in this subsection should take to provide residents and employees with appropriate infection control and prevention, based on requirements for skilled nursing facilities under subsection
(k)of section 1819 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395i–3 ), as added by section 2(a), and requirements for nursing facilities under subsection
(k)of section 1919 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r ), as added by section 2(b).
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- 42 USC 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)
- 42 USC 1395i–3
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Sec. 104
Guidance for certain residential care facilities during COVID–19 emergency period
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