that provides services to individuals under this title shall 
provide to the State information regarding the identity, 
employment location, and qualifications of health care 
workers providing services under— 
‘‘(1) the licensure of the provider; or 
‘‘(2) a contract between the provider and a 
health plan or the State. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—A health care pro-
vider shall make the information described in subsection 
(a) available to the public. 
‘‘SEC. 2224. CONSUMER PROTECTION THROUGH NOTICE OF 
CHANGES IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY. 
‘‘A State participating under part A, and, effective 
January 1, 2009, all States under part B, shall describe 
how the State will provide, at a minimum, the following 
protections: 
‘‘(1) Adequate advance notice to the public, the 
affected health care workers, and labor organizations 
representing such workers, of a pending— 
‘‘(A) facility or operating unit closure; 
‘‘(B) sale, merger, or consolidation of a fa-
cility or operating unit; 
‘‘(C) transfer of work from 1 facility or en-
tity to another facility or entity; or 
‘‘(D) reduction of services.
‘‘(2) A right of first refusal for similar vacant 
positions with— 
‘‘(A) the resulting entity, in the case of a 
health care worker whose position was elimi-
nated following a merger of the worker’s origi-
nal employer with a new entity; or 
‘‘(B) the contractor, in the case of a health 
care worker whose position was eliminated fol-
lowing the contracting out of the work the 
worker formerly performed.’’. 
TITLE III—PATIENT 
PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 301. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN PROTECTIONS. 
(a) INCORPORATION.—The provisions of the following 
bills are hereby enacted into law: 
(1) S. 1052 of the 107th Congress, as passed 
by the Senate on June 29, 2001. 
(2) H.R. 2340 of the 107th Congress, as intro-
duced on June 27, 2001. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—In publishing this Act in slip 
form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant 
to section 112, of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist 
of the United States shall include after the date of ap-
proval at the end appendixes setting forth the texts of the 
bills referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
TITLE IV—HEALTH CARE QUAL-
ITY, PATIENT SAFETY, AND 
WORKFORCE STANDARDS 
SEC. 401. HEALTH CARE QUALITY, PATIENT SAFETY, AND 
WORKFORCE STANDARDS INSTITUTE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) INSTITUTE.—There is established within 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an 
institute to be known as the Health Care Quality, 
Patient Safety, and Workforce Standards Institute 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Institute’’). 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall appoint a director of the Insti-
tute. The director shall administer the Institute and 
carry out the duties of the director under this sec-
tion subject to the authority, direction, and control 
of the Secretary. 
(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Institute is to— 
(1) demonstrate how patient safety issues and 
workplace conditions are linked to quality patient 
care and the reduction of the incidence of medical 
errors; and 
(2) reduce the incidence of medical errors and 
improve patient safety and quality of care.
(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the mission of the In-
stitute, the director of the Institute shall— 
(1) work closely with the director of the Agency 
for Healthcare Research and Quality to ensure that 
issues related to workplace conditions are reflected 
in the activities conducted by such agency in order 
to reduce the incidence of medical errors and im-
prove patient safety and quality of care, including— 
(A) the establishment of national goals; 
(B) the development and implementation 
of a research agenda; 
(C) the development and promotion of best 
practices; 
(D) the development of performance and 
staffing standards in consultation with the 
Health Care Financing Administration and 
other Federal agencies, as appropriate; and 
(E) the development and dissemination of 
information, educational and training materials, 
and other criteria as it relates to the delivery of 
quality care; 
(2) provide recommendations to the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services and other Federal 
agencies with responsibility for health care quality 
and the development of standards that impact on
the delivery of quality patient care on standards re-
lated to workplace conditions and patient safety; 
(3) support the activities of the Health Care Fi-
nancing Administration related to the development 
of new or revised conditions of participation under 
the medicare and medicaid programs and subsequent 
rulemaking on issues related to workplace condi-
tions, medical errors, and patient safety and quality 
of care; and 
(4) conduct other activities determined appro-
priate by the director of the Institute. 
(d) WORKPLACE CONDITIONS.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘workplace conditions’’ shall include 
issues related to— 
(1) health care worker staffing; 
(2) hours of work; 
(3) confidentiality and whistleblower protec-
tions; 
(4) employee participation in decisionmaking 
roles that contribute to improved quality of care and 
the reduction of the incidence of medical errors; 
(5) workforce training; and 
(6) the impact of health care delivery restruc-
turing on communities and health care workers. 
(e) DEFINITION OF HEALTH CARE WORKER.—