SEE Care Compare Act

Bill: 118-s-2112
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-06-22
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Search Engines Examine Care Compare Act or the SEE Care Compare Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) to take certain actions to optimize the ability of beneficiaries to find the Medicare Care Compare website. (The website allows Medicare beneficiaries to find and compare health care providers, such as physicians, hospitals, and nursing homes.)</p><p>The CMS must use search engine optimization practices to&nbsp;make it easier for beneficiaries to find the website, including best practices for indexing and searching, recommendations from search engines, and research-based website designs. The CMS must report on website analytics (e.g., internet traffic) and recommend appropriate legislative and administrative action.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2112 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 22, 2023 Mr. Braun (for himself, Ms. Stabenow , Mr. Lankford , and Mrs. Blackburn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To make the Care Compare internet website and its data more accessible by individuals using search engines.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Search Engines Examine Care Compare Act or the SEE Care Compare Act . 2. Making the Care Compare internet website and its data more accessible (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act (and not less often than quarterly thereafter), the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall make the Care Compare internet website, known as www.medicare.gov/care-compare, or a successor website, and its data more findable online by, not less often than quarterly, reviewing search engine optimization practices and updating such practices to include— (1) using best practices in indexing and searching; (2) accounting for guidelines, recommendations, and other suggestions from search engines to improve findability and website ranking; and (3) accounting for user research that may inform website design, structure, and content. (b) Reports to Congress (1) Initial report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report detailing the following analytics on the Care Compare internet website for the preceding 30 days: (A) The number of page views. (B) Traffic sources. (C) New versus returning visitors. (D) Keyword ranking. (E) Targeted advertising user demographics. (F) Other metrics, as determined by the Secretary. (2) Year-end report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report detailing the analytics described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1) on the Care Compare internet website for the preceding 30 days, including a comparison of such analytics to the analytics reported on the Care Compare internet website in the initial report under paragraph (1), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate.