[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2649 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2649
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 hospitals, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 1, 2025
Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Finance
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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 hospitals, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Psychiatric Hospital Inspection
Transparency Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. RELEASE OF ACCREDITATION SURVEYS REGARDING HOSPITALS.
(a) In General.--Section 1865 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395bb) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``agency or'' and inserting
``agency''; and
(B) by inserting ``, or, beginning on or after the
date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of
the Psychiatric Hospital Inspection Transparency Act of
2025, a hospital or psychiatric hospital'' after
``hospice program''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f)(A) Beginning on or after the date that is 2 years after the
date of enactment of this subsection, each national accreditation body
that conducts an accreditation survey under this section shall include
in such survey Form CMS-2567 (or once the successor form described in
subparagraph (B) is developed, such successor form), along with such
additional information determined appropriate by such body.
``(B) Not later than (to be provided), the Secretary shall work
with relevant stakeholders, including national accreditation bodies, to
develop the successor form, 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 care.''.
(b) Public Availability of Hospital Information.--Section 1866 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
``(l) Public Availability of Psychiatric Hospital Survey
Information.--
``(1) In general.--Beginning on the date that is 2 years
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
shall publish the information determined to be appropriate
under paragraph (2) regarding a certification function for a
psychiatric hospital (as defined in section 1861(f)) performed
pursuant to an agreement described in section 1864 or an
accreditation survey regarding a psychiatric hospital conducted
under section 1865 on the Care Compare website (or successor
website) of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The
Secretary shall provide for the timely update of such
information so published.
``(2) Information.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
subject to subparagraph (B), and not later than (to be
provided), in order to allow health care consumers to
make informed decisions regarding where to receive
health care, the Secretary shall work with relevant
stakeholders, including accreditation organizations and
psychiatric hospitals, to identify--
``(i) what information is appropriate to
disclose; and
``(ii) how such information should be
formatted and communicated.
``(B) Requirements.--The Secretary shall only
publish information pursuant to this subsection if the
disclosure of such information--
``(i) is permitted under the Federal
regulations (concerning the privacy of
individually identifiable health information)
promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 (42 U.S.C. 1320d-2 note); and
``(ii) does not allow any person to
determine the identity of--
``(I) a patient of the psychiatric
hospital; or
``(II) an individual healthcare
provider of such hospital.''.
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