United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 8938 (116th)
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to establish a standardized procedure for all States to submit weekly reports on hospital policies and metrics related to the response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Introduced
10 December 2020
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Status
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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3 January 2025
Summary
This bill requires state, territorial, and tribal health departments to report weekly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the surge capacity and availability of personal protective equipment for hospitals in their jurisdictions to respond to increased COVID-19 cases. It also requires hospitals, as a condition of receiving COVID-19 funding, to provide specified data to their respective health departments every two weeks and post online their COVID-19 testing, infection control, and related policies.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 10 December 2020
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 10 December 2020
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 10 December 2020
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8938
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8938