,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjbj,mr4 
,kind 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mr4  
,burgess1 and ,mr4 ,upton7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to provide   
for infection control support to skilled
 nursing facilities through contracts   
with quality improvement organizations4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,infection ,control ,training   
and ,support ,act of #bjbj4  #b4        
,providing for infection control support
 to skilled nursing facilities through  
contracts with quality improvement      
organizations  7a7 ,in general ,section 

#ahfb7;g7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aciey7g77 is amended--  
7#a7 by striking ,the ,secretary and    
inserting 7#a7 ,the ,secretary2 and     
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph3  7#b7 7,a7 ,the          
,secretary shall ensure that at least #a
 contract with a quality improvement    
organization described in paragraph 7#a7
 entered into on or after the date of   
the enactment of this paragraph and     
before the end of the emergency period  
described in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 
7or in effect as of such date7 includes 
the requirement that such organization  
provide to skilled nursing facilities   
with cases of ,,covid-#ai 7or facilities
 attempting to prevent outbreaks of     
,,covid-#ai7 infection control support  
described in subparagraph 7,b7 during   
such period4  7,b7 ,for purposes of     
subparagraph 7,a71 the infection control
 support described in this subparagraph 
is1 with respect to skilled nursing     
facilities described in such            

subparagraph1 the development and       
dissemination to such facilities of     
protocols relating to the prevention or 
mitigation of ,,covid-#ai at such       
facilities and the provision of training
 materials to such facilities relating  
to such prevention or mitigation4  4    
7b7 ,funding ,the ,secretary of ,health 
and ,human ,services shall provide for  
the transfer from the ,federal          
,supplementary ,medical ,insurance      
,trust ,fund 7as described in section   
#ahda of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #aciet77 and the ,federal    
,hospital ,insurance ,trust ,fund 7as   
described in section #ahag of such ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie;i771 in such       
proportions as determined appropriate by
 the ,secretary1 to the ,centers for    
,medicare  ,medicaid ,services ,program 
,management ,account1 of #baj1jjj1jjj1  
to remain available until expended1 for 
purposes of entering into contracts with
 quality improvement organizations under
 part ,b of title ,,xi of such ,act 7#db

 ,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;c et seq474 ,of the    
amount transferred pursuant to the      
previous sentence1 not less that        
#aaj1jjj1jjj shall be used for purposes 
of entering into such a contract that   
includes the requirement described in   
section #ahfb7;g77#b77;,a7 of such ,act 
7as added by subsection 7a774