HB 2437 — An Act providing for health care facility reporting relating to COVID-19 and for duties of the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services.

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38512437 THE2020 GENERALINTRODUCED ASSEMBLYBY OFSTEPHENS, PENNSYLVANIAJOZWIAK, HOUSEMIZGORSKI, BILLYOUNGBLOOD, SessionMACKENZIE, MILLARD, READSHAW, MOUL, DeLUCA, GREEN, CIRESI AND THOMAS, APRIL 27, 2020 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES, APRIL 27, 2020 AN ACT Providing for health care facility reporting relating to COVID- 19 and for duties of No.the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services.

2437 2020 INTRODUCED BY STEPHENS, JOZWIAK, MIZGORSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, MACKENZIE, MILLARD, READSHAW, MOUL, DeLUCA, GREEN, CIRESI, THOMAS, SIMS AND TOMLINSON, APRIL 27, 2020 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 26, 2020 AN ACT Providing for health care facility reporting relating to COVID- 19 and for duties of the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services.

"Electronic system." The electronic laboratory results <-- surveillance system developed by the Department of Health and in use by facilities licensed by the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services to report COVID-19 cases and deaths.

(3) An assisted living residence as defined in section 20200HB2437PN385120200HB2437PN3619 - 2 - 1001 of the Human Services Code.

A facility shall use the electronic system to report to the <-- Department of Health or the Department of Human Services, whichever licenses the facility, the following information:

A FACILITY SHALL REPORT COVID-19 RELATED DATA TO AND IN <-- ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE LICENSING DEPARTMENT AS FOLLOWS:

(1) A LONG-TERM CARE NURSING FACILITY OR HOSPICE SHALL REPORT AN OUTBREAK OF A SERIOUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AS DEFINED IN 28 PA.

CODE § 27.2 (RELATING TO SPECIFIC IDENTIFIED AND REPORTABLE DISEASES, INFECTIONS AND CONDITIONS).

(2) A PERSONAL CARE HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE SHALL REPORT AN OUTBREAK OF A SERIOUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AS DEFINED IN 28 PA.

CODE § 27.2.

Survey for isolation ISOLATION protocol and <-- infection control requirements.

(a) Survey.--The Department of Health and the Department of <-- Human Services shall create a survey for distribution to the appropriate licensed facilities under their purview to collect 20200HB2437PN3851 - 3 - information on infection control and isolation protocols implemented at the facility.

COLLECTION(b) OFPublication.--The DATA.--THEdata DEPARTMENTcollected <--in OFeach HEALTHsurvey SHALLshall SUMMARIZEbe THEpublished INFECTIONon CONTROLthe MEASURESDepartment TAKENof BYHealth's EACHpublicly FACILITYaccessible TOInternet MITIGATEwebsite. THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFECTION CONTROL AND ISOLATION PROTOCOLS AS REPORTED BY THE FACILITY TO THE APPROPRIATE LICENSING DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTED.

(b)(c) Publication.--TheLocal datahealth collecteddepartments.--Nothing in eachthis surveysection UNDERshall <--prohibit THISa SECTIONlocal shallhealth bedepartment publishedfrom onpublishing the Departmentsurvey information in the form of Health'spercentages on its publicly accessible Internet website.

(c)(d) LocalDefinition.--As healthused departments.--Nothing in this sectionsection, shallthe prohibitterm a"survey" local20200HB2437PN3619 health- department3 from- publishingmeans the survey <--required informationby in42 theCFR formPt. of percentages UNDER THIS SECTION on its <-- publicly accessible Internet website.

(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "survey" <-- means the survey required by 42 CFR Pt.

(1) The percentage NUMBER of recipients who have tested <-- positive and negative, respectively, for COVID-19 in each <-- facility.

(2) The percentage NUMBER of recipients who have died as <-- a result of COVID-19 in each facility.

(3) The percentage NUMBER of employees who have tested <-- positive and negative, respectively, for COVID-19 working in <-- 20200HB2437PN3851 - 4 - each facility.

(4) The percentage NUMBER of employees working in each <-- facility who have died as a result of COVID-19.

(b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall prohibit a local health department from publishing the percentages DATA in <-- this section on its publicly accessible Internet website.

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