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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10097 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10097

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the hospice 
 program survey and enforcement procedures under the Medicare program.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2024

 Ms. Van Duyne (for herself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to adjust the hospice 
 program survey and enforcement procedures under the Medicare program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing Hospice Oversight and 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. ADJUSTING HOSPICE PROGRAM SURVEY AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES 
              UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) Special Focus Program.--Section 1822(b) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-6(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, beginning not 
        earlier than the date specified in paragraph (3),'' after 
        ``shall''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(3) Date specified.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        date specified in this paragraph is--
                    ``(A) January 1, 2027, or
                    ``(B) the date on which a State or local survey 
                agency, or an approved accreditation agency, has, 
                during the most recent 36-month period specified in 
                subsection (a), conducted at least 1 survey under such 
                subsection with respect to each entity that is 
                certified as a hospice program (as described in such 
                subsection) as of the date of the enactment of the 
                Enhancing Hospice Oversight and Transparency Act,
        whichever is earlier.
            ``(4) Feedback reports.--On or after January 1, 2027, the 
        Secretary may publicly identify a hospice program that is 
        selected for such special focus program as being so selected 
        if, not later than 60 days before such public identification, 
        the Secretary provides a confidential feedback report to such 
        hospice program that includes the Secretary's rationale for 
        such selection.''.
    (b) Increasing Payment Reductions for Failure To Meet Quality Data 
Reporting Requirements.--Section 1814(i)(5)(A)(i) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(i)(5)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``by 
2 percentage points (or, for fiscal year 2024 and each subsequent 
fiscal year, 4 percentage points).'' and inserting ``by--
                                    ``(I) for fiscal years 2014 through 
                                2023, 2 percentage points;
                                    ``(II) for fiscal years 2024 
                                through 2026, 4 percentage points; and
                                    ``(III) for fiscal year 2027 and 
                                each subsequent fiscal year, 10 
                                percentage points.''.
    (c) Increasing Public Awareness of Failure To Meet Quality Data 
Reporting Requirements.--Section 1814(i)(5)(E) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(i)(5)(E)) is amended by inserting ``the failure of 
a hospice program to submit such data under subparagraph (C) and'' 
after ``The Secretary shall report''.
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