1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2020 . 2. Supporting State and local collaboratives to address health care-associated infections Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 320B. Efforts to reduce health care-associated infections (a) Grant program To reduce health care-Associated infections (1) In general The Secretary shall award competitive grants to eligible entities to support State-based collaboratives in implementing evidence-based, regional approaches to infection prevention, control, and reporting. (2) Purpose Amount awarded under grants under paragraph (1) may be used to support the following activities: (A) Inter-professional and inter-facility learning activities. (B) Building statewide learning col­lab­or­a­tives. (C) Conducting a needs assessment to identify gaps in health care-associated infection prevention and reporting in a State or region. (D) Other activities determined appropriate by the Secretary. (3) Eligibility To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall be a public or private nonprofit entity that submits to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including— (A) a description of the activities to be carried out under the grant, including the participants in any collaborative established to carry out such activities; (B) a list of the specific goals of the entity for the regional or statewide reduction of health care-associated infection rates; (C) an assurance that the entity will publicly report performance on a set of quality and outcomes measures in carrying out activities under the grant to reduce health care-associated infections