,i #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #hjgc ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,august #ba1 #bjbj ,mr4 ,beyer 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,ms4 ,porter1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 and ,ms4 ,gabbard7 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 ,improving ,,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 ,new confirmed and probable cases in the respective jurisdiction1 including-- 7,a7 per capita rates by date2 7,b7 the #g-;day moving average2 7,c7 disaggregation of the new cases1 if known1 by whether the cases are part of an identifiable outbreak versus community spread2 and 7,d7 the percentage of new cases epidemiologically linked to at least one other case4 7#b7 ,daily hospitalizations of patients in the respective jurisdiction with a confirmed or presumed case of ,,covid-#ai1 including-- 7,a7 per capita rates by date2 and 7,b7 the #g-;day moving average4 7#c7 ,the percentage of hospital beds occupied by such patients4 7#d7 ,daily numbers of such patients in the intensive care unit4 7#e7 ,daily numbers of such patients on ventilators4 7#f7 ,how long such patients have been in the hospital4 7#g7 ,trends in emergency departments of patients with ,,covid-like illness and influenza-like illness4 7#h7 ,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 7,b7 the testing positivity rate of each type of test1 including a #g-;day moving average2 and 7,c7 testing per capita rates by date for each type of test1 including a #g-;day moving average4 7#i7 ,the sensitivity and specificity of each such type of test4 7#aj7 ,daily numbers and percentages of contacts traced with respect to patients in the respective jurisdiction and the percentages of such contacts who know each other4 7#aa7 ,the rate of transmission of ,,sars-,co,v-#b in the respective jurisdiction4 7#ab7 ,daily numbers of deaths of individuals with a confirmed or probable case of ,,covid-#ai and per capita rates of such deaths1 with a #g-;day moving average4 7#ac7 ,daily averages1 and #g-;day moving averages1 of turnaround time for diagnostic tests for ,,covid-#ai-- 7,a7 from the time of specimen collection to reporting2 and 7,b7 from the time of specimen collection to isolation of confirmed cases4 7#ad7 ,institutions in the respective jurisdiction with major outbreaks of ,,covid-#ai1 including any such nursing homes1 prisons1 schools1 and meatpacking plants4 7#ae7 ,a list of-- 7,a7 long-term care and other congregate facilities 7including homeless shelters and correctional facilities7 and essential workplaces 7including meatpacking plants7 with outbreaks of ,,covid-#ai cases2 and 7,b7 the numbers of deaths of residents 7as applicable7 and staff of such facilities and workplaces4 7#af7 ,a weekly percentage of residents in the respective jurisdiction wearing masks correctly in public indoor settings1 based on direct observation or security camera analysis1 by a standard1 consistent method4 7#ag7 ,the weekly percentage of new confirmed and probable cases among quarantined contacts4 7#ah7 ,daily numbers of new confirmed and probable cases of ,,covid-#ai among health care workers that are not confirmed to have been contracted outside of the workplace4 7b7 ,disaggregation required ,the ,director of the ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention shall ensure that the standardized method of reporting under subsection 7a7 requires the disaggregation of data by gender1 age1 cohort1 race1 and ethnicity4 7c7 ,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#ai7 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 7d7 ,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 7e7 ,state ,in this section1 the term ,state includes the ,district of ,columbia1 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 the ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 and ,american ,samoa4 #c4 ,televised reporting of ,morbidity and ,mortality ,weekly ,report ,each week1 the ,director of the ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention shall-- 7#a7 deliver a televised presentation of its ,morbidity and ,mortality ,weekly ,report2 7#b7 make the presentation open to the media2 and 7#c7 assign a career civil servant to deliver the presentation4 #d4 ,modeling transparency 7a7 ,ensuring reproducibility ,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services1 acting through the ,director of the ,centers for ,disease ,control and ,prevention1 shall ensure that any ,,covid-#ai modeling that is conducted or supported by the ,centers is fully reproducible by sharing1 to the extent permissible and appropriate1 the information needed to reproduce such modeling1 including any modeling code4 7b7 ,report ,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human ,services shall enter into an arrangement with the ,national ,academies of ,sciences1 ,engineering1 and ,medicine to prepare1 not later than #f months after the date of enactment of this ,act1 and publish a report on-- 7#a7 the sources of data and information relied on by entities for ,,covid-#ai modeling2 7#b7 the reasons why the ,institute for ,health ,metrics1 ,johns ,hopkins ,university1 ,the ,,covid ,tracking ,project1 and #a,point#c;,acres decided to start ,,covid-#ai modeling2 7#c7 the coordination and financial support that has been provided by the ,federal ,government for ,,covid-#ai modeling to entites conducting ,,covid-#ai modeling that have been widely relied upon2 and 7#d7 what can be done to ensure the continuation and availability of reliable ,,covid-#ai modeling4 #e4 ,improved case reporting ,section #cjja7;c77#e7 of the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cjj;jj-#aa7;c77#e77 is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,e7 as subparagraph 7,f72 7#b7 in subparagraph 7,f71 as redesignated1 after subparagraph 7,d7 by inserting or 7,e72 and 7#c7 after executing the redesignation made by paragraph 7#a71 by inserting after subparagraph 7,d7 the following3 7,e7 ,additional conditions of certification ,not later than #a year after the date of enactment of the ,improving ,,covid-#ai ,data ,transparency ,act1 the ,secretary1 through notice and comment rulemaking1 shall require1 as a condition of certification and maintenance of certification for programs maintained or recognized under this paragraph1 consistent with other conditions and requirements under this title1 that the health information technology developer or entity provides assurances satisfactory to the ,secretary that the health information technology is designed to effectuate the automated generation and transmission of reports of possible reportable conditions from electronic health records to public health agencies for review and action4 4