42 U.S.C. § 1395bb
Effect of accreditation
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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If the Secretary finds that accreditation of a provider entity (as defined in paragraph (4)) by the American Osteopathic Association or any other national accreditation body demonstrates that all of the applicable conditions or requirements of this subchapter (other than the requirements of section 1395m(j) of this title) are met or exceeded—
The Secretary may not disclose any accreditation survey (other than a survey with respect to a home health agency or, beginning on December 27, 2020, a hospice program) made and released to the Secretary by the American Osteopathic Association or any other national accreditation body, of an entity accredited by such body, except that the Secretary may disclose such a survey and information related to such a survey to the extent such survey and information relate to an enforcement action taken by the Secretary.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, if the Secretary finds that a provider entity has significant deficiencies (as defined in regulations pertaining to health and safety), the entity shall, after the date of notice of such finding to the entity and for such period as may be prescribed in regulations, be deemed not to meet the conditions or requirements the entity has been treated as meeting pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
For provisions relating to validation surveys of entities that are treated as meeting applicable conditions or requirements of this subchapter pursuant to subsection (a)(1), see section 1395aa(c) of this title.
With respect to an accreditation body that has received approval from the Secretary under subsection (a)(3)(A) for accreditation of provider entities that are required to meet the conditions and requirements under section 1395rr(b) of this title, in addition to review and oversight authorities otherwise applicable under this subchapter, the Secretary shall (as the Secretary determines appropriate) conduct, with respect to such accreditation body and provider entities, any or all of the following as frequently as is otherwise required to be conducted under this subchapter with respect to other accreditation bodies or other provider entities:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Deficit Reduction Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Family Support Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: 87–7
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
- Social Security Act Amendments of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996
- A joint resolution making corrections to Public Law 104-134.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
- Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008House: 355–59Senate: no recorded tally
- Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018House: 240–186Senate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally