; and (VI) any other representatives of programs or groups the Secretary determines appropriate. . (3) Increased deficiency data reporting by approved hospice accreditation agencies Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall expand the information that approved accreditation agencies (as described in section 1861(dd)(4)(C)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd)(4)(C)(i) )), as amended by subsection (b), are required to report with respect to deficiencies by a hospice program to be comparable to the information that State and local survey agencies (as described in such section) report with respect to such deficiencies. (b) Improving the hospice survey process Section 1861(dd)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd)(4)(C) ) is amended to read as follows: (C) (i) Subject to the succeeding provisions of this subparagraph, beginning 6 months after the date of enactment of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014, any entity that is certified as a hospice program shall be subject to a standard survey by an appropriate State or local survey agency, or an approved accreditation agency, as determined by the Secretary, not less frequently than once every 36 months. (ii) Any entity that is first certified as a hospice program after the date of enactment of the Hospice Care Improvement Act of 2019 shall be subject to a standard survey described in clause (i) within 12 months of such certification. After such standard survey, such entity shall be subject to standard surveys in accordance with clause (i). (iii) Any entity that is subject to an intermediate sanction under paragraph (6) shall be subject to a standard survey described in clause (i) not less than once every 12 months until such time that the entity is found by the State or local survey agency or approved accreditation agency to be in compliance with the requirements under this title for a period of 24 months. (iv) If a State and local