,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfdi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #a1    
#bjbe ,mr4 ,grassley introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to allow the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to release accreditation      
surveys related to hospitals and        
psychiatric hospitals and certain       
information related to such surveys for 
psychiatric hospitals1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,psychiatric        
,hospital ,inspection ,transparency ,act
 of #bjbe4  #b4 ,release of             
accreditation surveys regarding         
hospitals  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#ahfe of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acie;bb7 is amended--  7#a7 
in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 by striking    
agency or and inserting agency2 and     
7,b7 by inserting 1 or1 beginning on or 

after the date that is #b years after   
the date of the enactment of the        
,psychiatric ,hospital ,inspection      
,transparency ,act of #bjbe1 a hospital 
or psychiatric hospital after hospice   
program2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end 
the following new subsection3  7f77,a7  
,beginning on or after the date that is 
#b years after the date of enactment of 
this subsection1 each national          
accreditation body that conducts an     
accreditation survey under this section 
shall include in such survey ,form      
,,cms-#befg 7or once the successor form 
described in subparagraph 7,b7 is       
developed1 such successor form71 along  
with such additional information        
determined appropriate by such body4    
7,b7 ,not later than 7to be provided71  
the ,secretary shall work with relevant 
stakeholders1 including national        
accreditation bodies1 to develop the    
successor form1 which shall be a        
standardized form that meets the needs  
of such bodies and allows health care   

consumers to make informed decisions    
regarding where to receive health care4 
4  7b7 ,public availability of hospital 
information ,section #ahff of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acie;cc7 is amended by adding at the   
end the following new subsection3  7l7  
,public availability of psychiatric     
hospital survey information  7#a7 ,in   
general ,beginning on the date that is  
#b years after the date of enactment of 
this subsection1 the ,secretary shall   
publish the information determined to be
 appropriate under paragraph 7#b7       
regarding a certification function for a
 psychiatric hospital 7as defined in    
section #ahfa7;f77 performed pursuant to
 an agreement described in section #ahfd
 or an accreditation survey regarding a 
psychiatric hospital conducted under    
section #ahfe on the ,care ,compare     
website 7or successor website7 of the   
,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid       
,services4 ,the ,secretary shall provide
 for the timely update of such          

information so published4  7#b7         
,information  7,a7 ,in general ,for     
purposes of paragraph 7#a71 subject to  
subparagraph 7,b71 and not later than   
7to be provided71 in order to allow     
health care consumers to make informed  
decisions regarding where to receive    
health care1 the ,secretary shall work  
with relevant stakeholders1 including   
accreditation organizations and         
psychiatric hospitals1 to identify-- 7i7
 what information is appropriate to     
disclose2 and  7ii7 how such information
 should be formatted and communicated4  
7,b7 ,requirements ,the ,secretary shall
 only publish information pursuant to   
this subsection if the disclosure of    
such information--  7i7 is 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 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;d-#b note72 and  7ii7   

does not allow any person to determine  
the identity of--  7,i7 a patient of the
 psychiatric hospital2 or  7,,ii7 an    
individual healthcare provider of such  
hospital4  4