; evaluation (1) Recordkeeping Each participating hospital shall maintain for a period of at least 3 years (or, if longer, until the conclusion of any pending enforcement activities) such records as the Secretary deems necessary to determine whether the hospital has implemented a hospital-wide staffing plan for nursing services pursuant to subsection (a). (2) Collection and reporting of quality data on nursing services (A) In general The Secretary shall require the collection, aggregation, maintenance, and reporting of quality data relating to nursing services furnished by each participating hospital. (B) Use of endorsed measures In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall use only quality measures for nursing-sensitive care that are endorsed by the consensus-based entity with a contract under section 1890(a). (C) Use of qualified third-party entities for collection and submission of data (i) In general A participating hospital may enter into agreements with third-party entities that have demonstrated expertise in the collection and submission of quality data on nursing services to collect, aggregate, maintain, and report the quality data of the hospital pursuant to subparagraph (A). (ii) Construction Nothing in clause (i) shall be construed to excuse or exempt a participating hospital that has entered into an agreement described in such clause from compliance with requirements for quality data collection, aggregation, maintenance, and reporting imposed under this paragraph. (D) Reporting of quality data (i) Publication on hospital compare Web site Subject to the succeeding provisions of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall make the data submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) publicly available, including by publication on the Hospital Compare Internet Web site of the Department of Health and Human Services. (ii) Comprehensible format Data made available to the public under clause (i) shall be presented in a clearly understandable format that permits consumers of hospital services to make meaningful