1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act of 2019 . 2. Public-private partnership for health care waste, fraud, and abuse detection (a) In general Section 1128C(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7c(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Public-private partnership for waste, fraud, and abuse detection (A) In general Under the program described in paragraph (1), there is established a public-private partnership (in this paragraph referred to as the partnership ) of health plans, Federal and State agencies, law enforcement agencies, health care anti-fraud organizations, and any other entity determined appropriate by the Secretary (in this paragraph referred to as partners ) for purposes of detecting and preventing health care waste, fraud, and abuse. (B) Contract with trusted third party In carrying out the partnership, the Secretary shall enter into a contract with a trusted third party for purposes of carrying out the duties of the partnership described in subparagraph (C). (C) Duties of partnership The partnership shall— (i) provide technical and operational support to facilitate data sharing between partners in the partnership; (ii) analyze data so shared to identify fraudulent and aberrant billing patterns; (iii) conduct aggregate analyses of health care data so shared across Federal, State, and private health plans for purposes of detecting fraud, waste, and abuse schemes; (iv) identify outlier trends and potential vulnerabilities of partners in the partnership with respect to such schemes; (v) refer specific cases of potential unlawful conduct to appropriate governmental entities; (vi) convene, not less than annually, meetings with partners in the partnership for purposes of providing updates on the partnership’s work and facilitating information sharing between the partners