Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Infection Control Training and Support Act of 2021”.
Infection Control Training and Support Act of 2021
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for infection control support to skilled nursing facilities through contracts with quality improvement organizations.
Sec. 2 Providing for infection control support to skilled nursing facilities through contracts with quality improvement organizations
Section 1862(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(g)) is amended—
by striking “The Secretary” and inserting “(1) The Secretary”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) In addition to any amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended, for purposes of carrying out infection control support (as determined appropriate by the Secretary) through the development and dissemination of protocols relating to the prevention or mitigation of COVID–19 in skilled nursing facilities (as defined in section 1819(a)).”