To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to ensure nursing facilities report information on medical directors of such facilities.

Bill: 117-hr-8832
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2022-09-15
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Health and Human Services

Health facilities and institutions

Health personnel

Medicaid

Medicare

Nursing

Personnel records

Social Welfare
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to revise regulations so as to specifically require Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities to report the identity of medical directors and related information.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8832 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2022 Mr. Levin of California (for himself and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to ensure nursing facilities report information on medical directors of such facilities.

1. Ensuring nursing facilities report information on medical directors of such facilities Section 1124(c) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320a–3(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) Updated regulations Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall revise the regulations promulgated pursuant to subparagraph (A) to require, effective on the date that is 90 days after the date on which such revised regulations are published in the Federal Register, a facility to include in reports required under this section the information described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(II) with respect to managing employees who are medical directors of such facility. Beginning 6 months after such revised regulations are so published, the Secretary shall make such information so reported with respect to medical directors of a facility publicly available on the Nursing Home Compare website under section 1819(i) (or a successor website). ; and (2) in paragraph (5)(C), by inserting and shall include a medical director of such facility before the period at the end.