The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (Medicare and Medicaid LTC facilities)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 42 C.F.R. § 483.80(h) (CMS-3401-IFC, FED-092)
- Issued
- 2022-09-23 Sept. 23, 2022
- Effective
- 2022-09-23 (revision); original posting Aug. 26, 2020 (read as 2022-09-23)
- End
- 2023-05-01 (expired) (read as 2023-05-01)
- In force
- Sept. 23, 2022 to May 1, 2023
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- LTC facilities; State Survey Agencies
- Functions reached
- post-period revision; corroborates continuity of the testing mandate from Aug. 26, 2020 to May 1, 2023
- Collection
- Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A
Operative words
On August 25, 2020, CMS published an interim final rule with comment period (IFC). This rule establishes Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing Requirements for Staff and Residents. Specifically, facilities are required to test residents and staff, including individuals providing services under arrangement and volunteers, for COVID-19 based on parameters set forth by the HHS Secretary.
Enforcement
F-tag F886; civil money penalties
Notes
POST-DATES Sept. 30, 2021. Saved because it is CMS's own current statement of the memo's history; the text in force in 2021Q3 is the original of Aug. 26, 2020 (FED-168) as revised (revision dates in 2020-2021 not verified).
Retrieval notepost-period revision.