Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening Accreditation For Everyone Act of 2016” or the “SAFE Act of 2016”.
Strengthening Accreditation For Everyone Act of 2016
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise certain accreditation requirements applied under the Medicare program.
Sec. 2 Revision of certain Medicare accreditation requirements
Section 1865 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395bb) is amended—
in subsection (a)—
in paragraph (1), by striking “the American Osteopathic Association or any other national” and inserting “a national”; and
by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
“(2) In making such a finding, with respect to a national accreditation body, the Secretary shall consider whether the accreditation program of such national accreditation body provides reasonable assurance, when taken as a whole, that the requirements are equivalent to or exceed the purposes of the conditions of participation applicable to the provider entity for which the accreditation body has made a request for a finding under paragraph (1). The Secretary may consider the standards for accreditation and survey procedures relevant to the purposes of the conditions of participation, and additional factors such as the ability of the accreditation body to provide adequate resources for conducting required surveys and supplying information for use in enforcement activities, its monitoring procedures for provider entities found out of compliance with the conditions, and the ability of the accreditation body to provide the Secretary with necessary data for validation surveys.”
in subsection (b), by striking “the American Osteopathic Association, or any other national accreditation body” and inserting “any national accreditation body”.