SAFE Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4853
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2016-03-23
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions

Licensing and registrations

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Strengthening Accreditation For Everyone Act of 2016 or the SAFE Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the factors that the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services must consider with respect to determining whether&nbsp;certain national accreditation demonstrates a provider's compliance with applicable requirements of the Medicare program.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4853 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2016 Mr. Roskam introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise certain accreditation requirements applied under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Accreditation For Everyone Act of 2016 or the SAFE Act of 2016 . 2. Revision of certain Medicare accreditation requirements Section 1865 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395bb ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the American Osteopathic Association or any other national and inserting a national ; and (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: (2) In making such a finding, with respect to a national accreditation body, the Secretary shall consider whether the accreditation program of such national accreditation body provides reasonable assurance, when taken as a whole, that the requirements are equivalent to or exceed the purposes of the conditions of participation applicable to the provider entity for which the accreditation body has made a request for a finding under paragraph (1). The Secretary may consider the standards for accreditation and survey procedures relevant to the purposes of the conditions of participation, and additional factors such as the ability of the accreditation body to provide adequate resources for conducting required surveys and supplying information for use in enforcement activities, its monitoring procedures for provider entities found out of compliance with the conditions, and the ability of the accreditation body to provide the Secretary with necessary data for validation surveys. ; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking the American Osteopathic Association, or any other national accreditation body and inserting any national accreditation body .