S. 4328: A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and report on data quality, sharing, transparency, access, and analysis.

116th Congress · introduced 2020-07-27 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4507-4508)

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-07-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4507-4508) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and report on data quality, sharing, transparency, access, and analysis.

Plain summary

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to initiate an inquiry within seven days and report on the impact of certain changes to hospital reporting requirements for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) on data quality, transparency, and access. (The White House's Coronavirus Task Force revised the process for hospitals to report COVID-19 data on July 13, 2020; previously, hospitals reported data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention instead of to the Department of Health and Human Services.) To facilitate the inquiry, HHS must provide the GAO with direct access to relevant information systems. The GAO must present its findings within 45 days, and HHS must then respond to the findings and rectify any issues identified within 7 days. In addition, the GAO must issue reports that address, for example, the impact of the changes to reporting requirements on federal and nonfederal entities, such as hospitals, states, and other jurisdictions, and information about how the decision to change those requirements was made.

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Official text

A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and report on data quality, sharing, transparency, access, and analysis.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · 32 cosponsors

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Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Jack Reed (D-RI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tina Smith (D-MN), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s4328.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s4328 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116