{"id":"FED-094","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Medicare and Medicaid LTC facilities and ICFs-IID)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services, HHS","authority":"Social Security Act §§ 1819, 1919, 1871","instrument":"CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(d)(3)) and QSO-21-19-NH","title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID) Residents, Clients, and Staff, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-05-13","effective":"2021-05-21 (\u0027These regulations are effective on May 21, 2021\u0027)","end":"in force through 2021Q3 and beyond (reporting provisions continued; education/offer requirements later revised)","startDate":"2021-05-21","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","VAX","EMP"],"addressees":["every Medicare/Medicaid nursing facility (educate and offer COVID-19 vaccination to residents and staff; report vaccination status to NHSN)","ICFs-IID","\u0027staff\u0027 including contractors, hospice and dialysis staff, therapists and volunteers who provide services on-site at least weekly"],"clause":"With this IFC, we are amending the requirements at § 483.80 to add a new paragraph (d)(3). We require at new § 483.80(d)(3)(i) that LTC facilities develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that they offer residents and staff vaccination against COVID-19 when vaccine supplies are available.... Any of these individuals who provide services on-site at least weekly would be included in \u0027staff\u0027 who must be educated and offered the vaccine as it becomes available.... DATES: These regulations are effective on May 21, 2021.","enforcement":"F-tag F887 (education and offering); F884 (reporting); civil money penalties","functions":["RS/IC nursing homes (home-care-senior-living)","HR/WF of nursing homes and their contractors (staffing PL; hospice HC; therapy providers)","OF reporting"],"notes":"A federal rule in force on every day of 2021Q3 that compelled every nursing home to run a vaccination education, offering, documentation and weekly NHSN reporting program for residents and for every regular on-site worker, employed or contracted. Implemented by QSO-21-19-NH (FED-163).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-05-13/pdf/2021-10122.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":622398,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-094","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-094","citation":"Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(d)(3)) and QSO-21-19-NH (Ex. FED-094)","stateName":"","related":["FED-163","DUT-FED-023"]}