TRUST CDC Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4351 To require States and hospitals to report COVID–19 health data directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 29, 2020 Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. REED) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To require States and hospitals to report COVID–19 health data directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 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 ‘‘Transparent Reporting 4 and Use of Statistics in the Transmission of Coronavirus 5 Data Collection’’ or the ‘‘TRUST CDC Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. SHARING OF COVID–19 HEALTH DATA. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the updates to 8 the guidance of the White House Coronavirus Task Force 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Aug 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4351.IS S4351 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4351 IS entitled, ‘‘COVID–19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting 1 and FAQs For Hospitals, Hospital Laboratory, and Acute 2 Care Facility Data Reporting’’, issued on July 10, 2020, 3 States and hospitals required to report data with respect 4 to COVID–19 pursuant to such guidance shall report such 5 information directly to the Centers for Disease Control 6 and Prevention, and shall not be required to report such 7 data to the Department of Health and Human Services 8 as described in such updates. 9 (b) PUBLIC POSTING OF DATA; UPDATES.—The Di- 10 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 11 shall— 12 (1) not later than 7 days after the date of en- 13 actment of this Act, reinstate the website of such 14 agency containing COVID–19 data, including the 15 number of cases, deaths, and diagnostic and sero- 16 logic tests per State; and 17 (2) update such data on such website daily 18 thereafter. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Aug 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4351.IS S4351 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS