Infection Control Training and Support Act of 2020

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7254 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for infection control support to skilled nursing facilities through contracts with quality improvement organizations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 18, 2020 Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. BURGESS, and Mr. UPTON) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 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 XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for infection control support to skilled nursing facilities through contracts with quality improvement organiza- tions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Infection Control 4 Training and Support Act of 2020’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:02 Jul 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7254.IH H7254 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7254 IH SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR INFECTION CONTROL SUPPORT TO 1 SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES THROUGH 2 CONTRACTS WITH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 3 ORGANIZATIONS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1862(g) of the Social Se- 5 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(g)) is amended— 6 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 7 ‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 8 (2) by adding at the end the following new 9 paragraph: 10 ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary shall ensure that at least 1 11 contract with a quality improvement organization de- 12 scribed in paragraph (1) entered into on or after the date 13 of the enactment of this paragraph and before the end 14 of the emergency period described in section 15 1135(g)(1)(B) (or in effect as of such date) includes the 16 requirement that such organization provide to skilled 17 nursing facilities with cases of COVID-19 (or facilities at- 18 tempting to prevent outbreaks of COVID-19) infection 19 control support described in subparagraph (B) during 20 such period. 21 ‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the infection 22 control support described in this subparagraph is, with re- 23 spect to skilled nursing facilities described in such sub- 24 paragraph, the development and dissemination to such fa- 25 cilities of protocols relating to the prevention or mitigation 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:02 Jul 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7254.IH H7254 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7254 IH of COVID-19 at such facilities and the provision of train- 1 ing materials to such facilities relating to such prevention 2 or mitigation.’’. 3 (b) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Health and Human 4 Services shall provide for the transfer from the Federal 5 Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund (as de- 6 scribed in section 1841 of the Social Security Act (42 7 U.S.C. 1395t)) and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 8 Fund (as described in section 1817 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9 1395i)), in such proportions as determined appropriate by 10 the Secretary, to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 11 Services Program Management Account, of $210,000,000, 12 to remain available until expended, for purposes of enter- 13 ing into contracts with quality improvement organizations 14 under part B of title XI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320c 15 et seq.). Of the amount transferred pursuant to the pre- 16 vious sentence, not less that $110,000,000 shall be used 17 for purposes of entering into such a contract that includes 18 the requirement described in section 1862(g)(2)(A) of 19 such Act (as added by subsection (a)). 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:02 Jul 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7254.IH H7254 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS