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42 U.S.C. 1320a-7j: Accountability requirements for facilities

Created in 2010 by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148). Not changed since. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services (1).

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2010Patient Protection and Affordable Care Actadded it

42 U.S.C. 1320a-7jAccountability requirements for facilities

(a)Definition of facility

(b)Effective compliance and ethics programs

(c)Quality assurance and performance improvement program

(f)2 Standardized complaint form

(g)Submission of staffing information based on payroll data in a uniform format

(h)Notification of facility closure

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

2010

Pub. L. 111–148, §6105(a), added subsec. (f). (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) Law text · (f)
Pub. L. 111–148, §6106, added subsec. (g). (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) Law text · (g)
Pub. L. 111–148, §6113(a), added subsec. (h). (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) Law text · (h)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.