(i) by the Board or a State health se-
curity program for failure to meet the re-
quirements of this title; or 
(ii) by a provider. 
(B) TERMINATION
PROCESS.—Providers 
shall be provided notice and a reasonable oppor-
tunity to correct deficiencies before the Board 
or a State health security program terminates 
an agreement unless a more immediate termi-
nation is required for public safety or similar 
reasons. 
SEC. 302. QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROVIDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A health care provider is consid-
ered to be qualified to provide covered services if the pro-
vider is licensed or certified and meets— 
(1) all the requirements of State law to provide 
such services; 
(2) applicable requirements of Federal law to 
provide such services; and 
(3) any applicable standards established under 
subsection (b). 
(b) MINIMUM PROVIDER STANDARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall establish, 
evaluate, and update national minimum standards to 
assure the quality of services provided under this 
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Act and to monitor efforts by State health security 
programs to assure the quality of such services. A 
State health security program may also establish ad-
ditional minimum standards which providers must 
meet. 
(2) NATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARDS.—The na-
tional minimum standards under paragraph (1) shall 
be established for institutional providers of services, 
individual health care practitioners, and comprehen-
sive health service organizations. Except as the 
Board may specify in order to carry out this title, 
a hospital, nursing facility, or other institutional 
provider of services shall meet standards for such a 
facility under the medicare program under title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act. Such standards 
also may include, where appropriate, elements relat-
ing to— 
(A) adequacy and quality of facilities; 
(B) training and competence of personnel 
(including continuing education requirements); 
(C) comprehensiveness of service; 
(D) continuity of service; 
(E) patient satisfaction (including waiting 
time and access to services); and 
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(F) performance standards (including or-
ganization, facilities, structure of services, effi-
ciency of operation, and outcome in palliation, 
improvement of health, stabilization, cure, or 
rehabilitation). 
(3) TRANSITION
IN
APPLICATION.—If the 
Board provides for additional requirements for pro-
viders under this subsection, any such additional re-
quirement shall be implemented in a manner that 
provides for a reasonable period during which a pre-
viously qualified provider is permitted to meet such 
an additional requirement. 
(4) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.—The Board 
shall provide for an exchange, at least annually, 
among State health security programs of informa-
tion with respect to quality assurance and cost con-
tainment. 
SEC. 303. QUALIFICATIONS FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH 
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act, a com-
prehensive health service organization (in this section re-
ferred to as a ‘‘CHSO’’) is a public or private organization 
which, in return for a capitated payment amount, under-
takes to furnish, arrange for the provision of, or provide 
payment with respect to— 
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