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To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to ensure nursing facilities report information on medical directors of such facilities.

Source: Congress.gov · 412 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill requires nursing facilities to report information about their medical directors. The Secretary of Health and Human Services must update regulations within 2 years to require nursing facilities to include medical director information in their reports.

Who It Affects

Nursing facilities and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Key Provisions

• The Secretary must revise regulations within 2 years to require nursing facilities to report information about managing employees who serve as medical directors (Sec. 1(C)). • Facilities must include this medical director information in reports required under the law, with the updated regulations taking effect 90 days after they are published in the Federal Register (Sec. 1(C)). • Beginning 6 months after the revised regulations are published, the Secretary must make the medical director information publicly available on the Nursing Home Compare website or a successor website (Sec. 1(C)). • Medical directors of facilities must be included in the scope of reporting requirements (Sec. 1(2)).

What Changes

Nursing facilities will be required to report details about their medical directors to the government. The public will be able to see this medical director information on the Nursing Home Compare website.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 177 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to ensure nursing facilities report information on medical directors of such facilities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 9, 2023 Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to ensure nursing facilities report information on medical directors of such facilities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. ENSURING NURSING FACILITIES REPORT IN- 3 FORMATION ON MEDICAL DIRECTORS OF 4 SUCH FACILITIES. 5 Section 1124(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 6 1320a–3(c)) is amended— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Jan 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H177.IH H177 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 177 IH (1) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 1 following new subparagraph: 2 ‘‘(C) UPDATED REGULATIONS.—Not later 3 than 2 years after the date of the enactment of 4 this subparagraph, the Secretary shall revise 5 the regulations promulgated pursuant to sub- 6 paragraph (A) to require, effective on the date 7 that is 90 days after the date on which such re- 8 vised regulations are published in the Federal 9 Register, a facility to include in reports re- 10 quired under this section the information de- 11 scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(II) with respect 12 to managing employees who are medical direc- 13 tors of such facility. Beginning 6 months after 14 such revised regulations are so published, the 15 Secretary shall make such information so re- 16 ported with respect to medical directors of a fa- 17 cility publicly available on the Nursing Home 18 Compare website under section 1819(i) (or a 19 successor website).’’; and 20 (2) in paragraph (5)(C), by inserting ‘‘and shall 21 include a medical director of such facility’’ before 22 the period at the end. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Jan 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H177.IH H177 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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