Psychiatric Hospital Inspection Transparency Act of 2025

[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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