Informed Resident Notification Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-6297
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2020-03-19
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health promotion and preventive care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Low- and moderate-income housing

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Public housing
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Informed Resident Notification Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish guidelines, requirements, and procedures for public housing agencies to promptly notify residents if any resident of the public housing project has tested positively for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6297 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2020 Mr. Budd introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require public housing agencies to inform residents of a public housing project when a resident of such project tests positive for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Informed Resident Notification Act of 2020 . 2. Disclosure of COVID-19 cases in public housing (a) Requirement Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish such guidelines and requirements as may be necessary to require, and to establish a procedure for, each public housing agency that operates or administers public housing (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) )) to promptly inform residents of a public housing project, upon acquisition of reliable information that any resident of the project has been determined by a qualified health agency to have tested positive for the coronavirus or the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), that a resident of the project has so tested positive. (b) Means of notification The guidelines and requirements required under subsection (a) shall specify the manner by which residents of a public housing project are provided information required under such subsection. (c) Removal of personally identifiable information In making the information required under subsection (a) available to the public, the Secretary shall ensure that appropriate administrative and physical safeguards are in place to remove all personally identifiable information. (d) Issuance; effective date The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue the guidelines and requirements required under subsection (a) not later than the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, which guidelines and requirements shall take effect upon issuance.