TRUST CDC Act

Bill: 116-s-4351
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-07-29
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government information and archives

Health facilities and institutions

Health information and medical records

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Transparent Reporting and Use of Statistics in the Transmission of Coronavirus Data Collection or the TRUST CDC Act</b></p> <p>This bill nullifies specified guidance issued by the White House Coronavirus Task Force on July 10, 2020, concerning the reporting of state and hospital COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) data.</p> <p>Specifically, states and hospitals must revert to reporting this data directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Under the task force guidance, they report it to the Department of Health and Human Services.</p> <p>In addition, the CDC must reinstate, and update daily, a particular website that reported certain COVID-19 data, including the number of cases and deaths in each state.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4351 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 29, 2020 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein , and Mr. Reed ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To require States and hospitals to report COVID–19 health data directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparent Reporting and Use of Statistics in the Transmission of Coronavirus Data Collection or the TRUST CDC Act . 2. Sharing of COVID–19 health data (a) In general Notwithstanding the updates to the guidance of the White House Coronavirus Task Force entitled, COVID–19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting and FAQs For Hospitals, Hospital Laboratory, and Acute Care Facility Data Reporting , issued on July 10, 2020, States and hospitals required to report data with respect to COVID–19 pursuant to such guidance shall report such information directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and shall not be required to report such data to the Department of Health and Human Services as described in such updates. (b) Public posting of data; updates The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall— (1) not later than 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act, reinstate the website of such agency containing COVID–19 data, including the number of cases, deaths, and diagnostic and serologic tests per State; and (2) update such data on such website daily thereafter.