and employees not later than 12 hours 
after such diagnosis is made or such death 
occurs. 
‘‘(iii) At any time three or more resi-
dents or employees have newly onset 
COVID–19 symptoms, notify all residents, 
legal representatives of residents, and em-
ployees not later than 72 hours after such 
three or more residents or employees are 
known to the facility. 
‘‘(iv) In the case that a resident or 
employee is suspected to have or is diag-
nosed with COVID–19, post a notice of 
such suspicion or diagnosis at each en-
trance of the facility for the remaining por-
tion of the emergency period described in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(v) For each day of the portion of 
the emergency period described in subpara-
graph (A), post a notice at each entrance 
of the facility with the information re-
quired under subsection (b)(8) for such 
day. 
‘‘(2) STATES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— 
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‘‘(A) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMA-
TION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—As soon as pos-
sible, but not later than 24 hours after re-
ceiving any information required under 
paragraph (1)(D)(i), the Administrator of 
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Serv-
ices, in coordination with the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, shall make such information pub-
licly available on the Nursing Home Com-
pare website of the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services and the COVIDView 
website of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention. 
‘‘(ii) HIPAA COMPLIANT
INFORMA-
TION
ONLY.—Information may only be 
made publicly available under clause (i) if 
the disclosure of such information would 
otherwise be permitted under the Federal 
regulations (concerning the privacy of indi-
vidually identifiable health information) 
promulgated under section 264(c) of the 
Health Insurance Portability and Account-
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ability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d–2 
note). 
‘‘(B) DESIGNATION OF COVID–19 FACILI-
TIES.—For 
purposes 
of 
paragraph 
(1)(B)(iii)(II)— 
‘‘(i) the Administrator of the Centers 
for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall 
specify criteria (which shall include the 
provision of the services of a registered 
nurse on a 24-hours basis) for each State 
survey agency to carry out the designation 
requirement described in clause (ii) with 
respect to nursing facilities; and 
‘‘(ii) each State survey agency shall 
designate a nursing facility in the State as 
a facility dedicated to the care of residents 
who have been diagnosed with COVID–19 
if such facility meets the criteria specified 
by the Administrator under clause (i). 
‘‘(C) REMOTE
MONITORING
AND
SUR-
VEYS.—A State survey agency shall— 
‘‘(i) remotely monitor all nursing fa-
cilities with at least one resident or em-
ployee who has been diagnosed with 
COVID–19; 
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‘‘(ii) in addition to surveys required 
under subsection (g), conduct a survey of 
a nursing facility, in the same manner and 
subject to the same requirements applica-
ble to standard surveys conducted under 
subsection (g), if the facility has a ratio of 
the number of deaths resulting from 
COVID–19 to the number of COVID–19 
diagnoses that exceeds 5 percent, or the 
State survey agency receives a COVID–19 
or staffing related immediate jeopardy 
complaint regarding the facility; and 
‘‘(iii) ensure that each survey team 
that conducts a survey under clause (ii) 
has adequate personal protective equip-
ment while conducting such survey. 
‘‘(3) CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES.—The Secretary 
shall impose a civil money penalty against the opera-
tors of a nursing facility in an amount equal to 
$10,000 per day for each violation of a requirement 
described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of para-
graph (1) or the reporting of false information under 
clause (i) of such subparagraph (D). The provisions 
of section 1128A (other than subsections (a) and 
(b)) shall apply to a civil money penalty under the 
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previous sentence in the same manner as such provi-
sions apply to a penalty or proceeding under section 
1128A(a).’’. 
SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR STATE STRIKE TEAMS FOR RESI-
DENT AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY IN SKILLED 
NURSING FACILITIES AND NURSING FACILI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available 
under subsection (c), the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall allocate such amounts among the States, in a man-
ner that takes into account the percentage of skilled nurs-
ing facilities and nursing facilities in each State that have 
residents or employees who have been diagnosed with 
COVID–19, for purposes of establishing and implementing 
strike teams in accordance with subsection (b). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives funds 
under this section shall use such funds to establish and 
implement a strike team that will be deployed to a skilled 
nursing facility or nursing facility in the State, not later 
than 72 hours after three or more residents or employees 
of the facility are diagnosed with or suspected of having 
COVID–19, to assist the facility in separating residents 
and employees who have been exposed to COVID–19 from 
those residents and employees who have not been so ex-
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