,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfgd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bj1 #bjbj ,mr4
 ,beyer 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,sewell of   
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4
 ,serrano1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,mr4          
,horsford1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4         
,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 ,mr4       
,cisneros1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1  
,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,ms4      
,mc,collum1 ,mrs4 ,axne1 ,ms4 ,porter1  
,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mrs4  
,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4   
,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 
,mr4 ,sablan1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1 ,ms4      
,spanberger1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1  
and ,mr4 ,engel7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,director of 
the ,centers for ,disease ,control and  
,prevention to create a standardized    
method for ,state1 ,tribal1 and local   
health departments to report to the     
,centers with respect to ,,covid-#ai1   

and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,covid-#ai ,data ,transparency ,act4   
#b4 ,standardized method for health     
department reporting  7a7 ,in general   
,not later than #cj days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the ,director
 of the ,centers for ,disease ,control  
and ,prevention shall create a          
standardized method for ,state1 ,tribal1
 and local health departments to report 
to the ,centers with respect to         
,,covid-#ai the following3  7#a7 ,daily 
hospitalizations of patients in the     
respective jurisdiction with a confirmed
 or presumed case of ,,covid-#ai4  7#b7 
,daily numbers of such patients in the  
intensive care unit4  7#c7 ,daily       
numbers of such patients on ventilators4
  7#d7 ,how long such patients have been
 in the hospital4  7#e7 ,daily numbers  
of diagnostic and serological tests     
administered for ,,sars-,co,v-#b with   
respect to patients in the respective   
jurisdiction1 disaggregated by-- 7,a7   

the type of test2 and  7,b7 the testing 
positivity rate of each type of test4   
7#f7 ,the sensitivity and specificity of
 each such type of test4  7#g7 ,daily   
numbers and percentages of contacts     
traced with respect to patients in the  
respective jurisdiction4  7#h7 ,the rate
 of transmission of ,,sars-,co,v-#b in  
the respective jurisdiction4  7b7       
,posting by ,,cdc ,the ,director of the 
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention shall-- 7#a7 post the       
information described in paragraphs 7#a7
 through 7#h7 of subsection 7a71 to the 
extent such information is in the       
possession of the ,centers1 on the      
public website of the ,centers1 except  
that such posting shall exclude any     
individually identifiable information2  
and  7#b7 to the extent feasible        
disaggregate such information by ,state1
 ,tribal1 and local jurisdiction4  7c7  
,updates ,the ,director of the ,centers 
for ,disease ,control and ,prevention-- 
7#a7 shall1 as appropriate1 periodically

 update the method posted under         
subsection 7a72 and  7#b7 may revise and
 expand the reporting categories listed 
in such subsection4