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HR 6849 116th Congress House

Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2020

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require long term care facilities to report certain information relating to COVID-19 cases and deaths.

Introduced: September 14, 2020 Introduced by: Horsford, Steven Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 13, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 13, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2020

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities report data regarding COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) preparedness, testing, infections, and deaths. Additionally, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must publish on the Nursing Home Compare website certain demographic information, aggregated by state, with respect to COVID-19 infections and deaths in such facilities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 14, 2020
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Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 14, 2020
Demings, Val
· Sep 14, 2020
Fudge, Marcia
· Sep 14, 2020
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 14, 2020
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Sep 14, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6849: Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6849/
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"H.R. 6849: Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6849/.
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H.R. 6849, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6849/.
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