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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Nursing Home Staffing Accountability
Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE AVAILABILITY OF ACCURATE DATA ON NURSING FACILITY
STAFFING.

(a) Medicare.--Section 1819(b)(8) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395i-3(b)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ''The information posted under this subparagraph
shall include information regarding nurse staffing with respect
to beds made available by reason of an agreement under section
1883.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
''(C) Submission and posting of data.--Beginning on
July 1, 2003, a skilled nursing facility shall submit
to the Secretary in a uniform manner (as prescribed by
the Secretary) the nursing staff data described in
subparagraph (A) through electronic data submission not
less frequently than quarterly and the Secretary shall
make such data publicly available, including by posting
such data on an Internet website.
''(D) Audit of data.--As part of each standard
survey conducted under subsection (g)(2)(A), there
shall be an audit of the nursing staff data reported
under subparagraph (C) to ensure that such data are
accurate.''.
(b) Medicaid.--Section 1919(b)(8) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395r(b)(8)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ''The information posted under this subparagraph
shall include information regarding nurse staffing with respect
to beds made available by reason of an agreement under section
1883.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
''(C) Submission and posting of data.--Beginning on
July 1, 2003, a nursing facility shall submit to the
Secretary in a uniform manner (as prescribed by the
Secretary) the nursing staff data described in
subparagraph (A) through electronic data submission not
less frequently than quarterly and the Secretary shall
make such data publicly available, including by posting
such data on an Internet website.
''(D) Audit of data.--As part of each standard
survey conducted under subsection (g)(2)(A), there
shall be an audit of the nursing staff data reported
under subparagraph (C) to ensure that such data are
accurate.''.
(c) Report.--Not later than October 1, 2003, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on--
(1) the manner in which the Secretary intends to implement
reporting of additional nurse staffing variables such as unit
worked, day of week (weekday and weekend), and type of care
(direct or administrative) provided; and
(2) the most effective mechanisms for auditing nurse
staffing data under sections 1819(b)(8)(D) and 1919(b)(8)(D) of
the Social Security Act (as added by subsections (a)(2) and
(b)(2), respectively).
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to calendar quarters beginning on and after January
1, 2003.

SEC. 3. CREATING A STAFFING QUALITY MEASURE FOR CONSUMERS TO COMPARE
NURSING FACILITIES.

(a) In General.--Beginning on October 1, 2003, and for as long as
the Secretary of Health and Human Services publishes quality measures
to help the public compare the quality of care that nursing facilities
provide, these quality measures shall include a quality measure for
nursing staff that--
(1) includes the average daily total nursing hours worked
for the quarterly reporting period for which data is submitted
under sections 1819(b)(8)(C) and 1919(b)(8)(C) of the Social
Security Act (as added by subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2),
respectively, of section 2);
(2) is sensitive to case mix and quality outcomes; and
(3) indicates the percentile in which each nursing facility
falls compared with other nursing facilities in the State.
The Secretary shall not be required to comply with the requirements of
paragraph (2) to the extent that the development of a methodology to
comply with such requirement would delay the implementation of this
section.
(b) Form and Manner.--The nursing facility staffing measure
described in subsection (a) shall be displayed in the same form and
manner as information that the Secretary displays to help the public
compare the quality of care that nursing facilities provide.
(c) Periodic Revisions.--The Secretary may revise the nursing
facility staffing measure described in subsection (a) from time to time
to improve the accuracy of such measure.
A:
Nursing Home Staffing Accountability Act of 2002 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the information posted daily by skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities for each nursing shift to include information regarding nurse staffing with respect to beds made available by reason of an agreement between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and a hospital to use its inpatient hospital facilities to furnish services which, if furnished by a skilled nursing facility, would constitute extended care services.Requires a skilled nursing facility and a nursing facility to submit electronically to the Secretary at least quarterly the nursing staff data posted daily for each nursing shift. Requires the Secretary to make such data publicly available, including on an Internet website. Requires a periodic audit of such data.Provides that, for as long as the Secretary publishes quality measures to help the public compare the quality of care that nursing facilities provide, these quality measures shall include a quality measure for nursing staff.