,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1       
#bjbj,ms4 ,moore introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
,ways and ,means1 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 and  
,,xix of the ,social ,security to       
require home health agencies to provide 
personal protective equipment to workers
 and submit related reports1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,personal      
,protective ,equipment for ,home ,health
 ,care ,workers ,act of #bjbj4  #b4     
,requirements for home health agencies  
to provide personal protective equipment
 to workers and submit related reports  
7a7 ,under the ,medicare program        

,section #ahie of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie;fff7 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7f7          
,requirements for personal protective   
equipment  7#a7 ,in general ,with       
respect to home health services         
furnished during the period beginning on
 the date of the enactment of this      
subsection and ending on the last day of
 the emergency period described in      
section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 by a home    
health agency-- 7,a7 no claim for such a
 service may be paid under this title1  
unless the home health agency-- 7i7     
attests to the ,secretary it has        
provided or will provide personal       
protective equipment to individuals     
working for the agency at no cost to the
 individual during such period2 and     
7ii7 so provides personal protective    
equipment to individuals working for the
 agency at no cost to the individual    
during such period2 and  7,b7 in the    
case the ,secretary finds the home      

health agency is not in compliance with 
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 of paragraph
 7#a71 no claim for any such service may
 be paid under this title to the home   
health agency during the period that--  
7i7 begins on the first day of such     
noncompliance2 and  7ii7 ending on the  
earlier of-- 7,i7 the last day of the   
#fj-;day period after the home health   
agency is in compliance with such       
subparagraphs2 and  7,,ii7 the day that 
is #aj days after the last day of the   
emergency period described in section   
#aace7;g77#a77;,b74  7#b7 ,reports ,with
 respect to home health services        
furnished by a home health agency1 no   
claim for such a service may be paid    
under this title1 unless the home health
 agency submits to the ,secretary-- 7,a7
 not later than #de days after the      
enactment of this subsection1 an initial
 report that specifies the number of    
deaths of individuals working for the   
agency during the period beginning on   
the first date of the emergency period  

described in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 
and ending on the date such report is   
submitted1 disaggregated by week2 and   
7,b7 reports to be submitted on a       
schedule to be determined by the        
,secretary that specify the number of   
deaths of individuals working for the   
agency during the preceding #g-;day     
period through the last day of such     
emergency period4  4  7b7 ,under ,state 
,medicaid programs ,section #aijc7;i7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;b7i77 is amended-- 7#a7 
in paragraph 7#bf71 by striking at the  
end or2  7#b7 by inserting after        
paragraph 7#bg7 the following new       
paragraphs3  7#bh7 for home health      
services furnished during the period    
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of this subsection and ending on the    
last day of the emergency period        
described in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 
by a home health agency-- 7,a7 unless   
the home health agency-- 7i7 attests to 
the ,secretary it has provided or will  

provide personal protective equipment to
 individuals working for the agency at  
no cost to the individual during such   
period2 and  7ii7 so provides personal  
protective equipment to individuals     
working for the agency at no cost to the
 individual during such period2 and     
7,b7 for home health services furnished 
by a home health agency in the case the 
,secretary finds the home health agency 
is not in compliance with clauses 7i7   
and 7ii7 of subparagraph 7,a7 for the   
period that-- 7i7 begins on the first   
day of such noncompliance2 and  7ii7    
ending on the earlier of-- 7,i7 the last
 day of the #fj-;day period after the   
home health agency is in compliance with
 such subparagraphs2 or  7,,ii7 the day 
that is #aj days after the last day of  
the emergency period described in       
section #aace7;g77#a77;,b72 or  7#bi7   
for home health services furnished by a 
home health agency1 unless the home     
health agency submits to the            
,secretary-- 7,a7 not later than #de    

days after the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph1 an initial report that  
specifies the number of deaths of       
individuals working for the agency      
during the period beginning on the first
 date of the emergency period described 
in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 and ending
 on the date such report is submitted1  
disaggregated by week2 and  7,b7 reports
 to be submitted on a schedule to be    
determined by the ,secretary that       
specify the number of deaths of         
individuals working for the agency      
during the preceding #g-;day period     
through the last day of such emergency  
period4  4  7c7 ,under the ,public      
,health and ,social ,services ,emergency
 ,fund ,any home health agency 7as      
defined in section #ahfa7o7 of the      
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciex7o77 that has received funding    
under the ,,public ,,health ,,and       
,,social ,,services ,,emergency ,,fund  
pursuant to title ,,viii of division ,b 
of the ,coronavirus ,aid1 ,relief1 and  

,economic ,security ,act 7,public ,law  
#aaf-acf7 or the first paragraph of     
title ,i of division ,b of the ,paycheck
 ,protection ,program and ,health ,care 
,enhancement ,act 7,public ,law         
#aaf-aci7 before the date of the        
enactment of this ,act and does not     
comply with the requirements described  
in clauses 7i7 and 7ii7 of paragraph    
7#a77;,a7 and paragraph 7#b7 of section 
#ahie7;f7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie;fff7f77 may not    
receive any additional funding under the
 ,,public ,,health ,,and ,,social       
,,services ,,emergency ,,fund until the 
date that the home health agency is in  
compliance with such requirements4  7d7 
,publicly available reports  7#a7 ,in   
general ,subject to paragraph 7#b71 the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall make the reports        
required under sections #ahie7;f77#b7   
and #aijc7;i77#bi7 of the ,social       
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#acie;fff7f77#b72 #acif;b7i77#bi77 and  

information contained therein available 
to the public on the ,internet website  
of the ,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid
 ,services in a searchable format4  7#b7
 ,,hipaa compliant information only2    
privacy for individual workers ,the     
,secretary may only make available the  
information described in paragraph 7#a7 
to the extent permitted under the       
,federal regulations 7concerning the    
privacy of individually identifiable    
health information7 promulgated under   
section #bfd7;c7 of the ,health         
,insurance ,portability and             
,accountability ,act of #aiif and that  
prevents the identification of          
individual workers4