| Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Case management, Congress, Congressional veto, Executive departments, Health policy, Law, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Welfare Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 3/14/2008 S2163)
Bill TextA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to optional State plan case management services under the Medicaid program. 3/13/2008--Introduced. Disapproves the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to optional state plan case management services under the Medicaid program. Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Ambulatory care, Budgets, Case management, Children, Education, Executive departments, Federal aid to child health services, Federal-state relations, Finance, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Law, Managed care Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 719.
Bill TextTo extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009, and for other purposes. 4/23/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 22, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Amends the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Appropriations Act, 2007 to extend until April 1, 2009, the moratorium on implementation of a proposed rule ("Medicaid Program; Cost Limit for Providers Operated by Units of Government and Provisions To Ensure the Integrity of Federal-State Financial Partnership") relating to the federal-state financial partnerships under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA).[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Case management, Congress, Congressional veto, Executive departments, Health policy, Law, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Welfare Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Bill TextProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to optional State plan case management services under the Medicaid Program. 3/13/2008--Introduced. Disapproves the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to optional state plan case management services under the Medicaid program. Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect. | | Also tagged in: Diabetes, Diet, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal employees, Food, Food relief, Government employees, Government employees' health insurance, Health education, Health policy, Medical care, Medical research, Medical tests, Medicine, Preventive medicine Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextA bill to reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications and establish the position of National Diabetes Coordinator. 3/11/2008--Introduced. National Diabetes Coordinator Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the position of National Diabetes Coordinator, whose duties shall be to: (1) serve as the Secretary's principal advisor on reducing the rates of diabetes and its complications; (2) develop a measurement for the incidence of diabetes; (3) develop and coordinate implementation of a national strategy to reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications; (4) provide leadership and coordination to ensure that diabetes-related programs and policies of HHS are coordinated internally and with those of relevant federal, state, and local agencies with a goal of avoiding duplication of effort, maximizing [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative procedure, Affordable housing, Afghanistan, Aged, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Aid to dependent children, AIDS (Disease), Alternative energy sources, Animals, Appropriations, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Armed forces reserves, Auditing Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - S.AMDT.4380 Amendment SA 4380 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 57. Record Vote Number: 79.
Bill TextAn original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013. 3/14/2008--Passed Senate amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2009, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2008 and FY2010-FY2013. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY2008-FY2013, with respect to: (1) federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) public debt; and (6) debt held by the public. (Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security, U.S. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses, and specified major functional categories for FY2008-FY2013.[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Brain diseases, Budgets, Commemorations, Communication in medicine, Communication in science, Communications, Conferences, Congressional tributes, Education, Epidemiology, Executive departments, Federal aid to research, Federal officials, Government employees, Health education, Higher education Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - Received in the House.
Bill TextA concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need for additional research into the chronic neurological condition hydrocephalus, and for other purposes. 1/22/2008--Passed Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Commends the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for working with leading scientists and researchers to organize the first-ever NIH conference on hydrocephalus (a neurological condition characterized by the abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluids in the ventricles of the brain). Urges the Director to continue the current collaboration with respect to hydrocephalus among national research institutes.Calls for: (1) further research into the epidemiology, pathophysiology, disease burden, and improved treatment of hydrocephalus; and (2) increased public awareness [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Communicable diseases, Criminal justice, Department of Labor, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee training, Executive departments, Fire fighters, Health surveys, Influenza, Job training, Law, Medical care, Medical personnel Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextA bill to protect health care workers and first responders, including police, fire-fighters, emergency medical personnel, and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA and pandemic influenza. 12/19/2007--Introduced. Worker Infection Protection Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services (HHS) to jointly develop and issue workplace standards, recommendations, and plans to protect health care workers and first responders and other workers at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and pandemic influenza.Directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and issue an emergency temporary standard and, not later than six months after such issuance, a permanent standard for the protection of workers at risk of exposure, to prevent occupational exposure to infectious agents and toxins, such as [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Diabetes, Diet, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal employees, Food, Food relief, Government employees, Government employees' health insurance, Health education, Health policy, Medical care, Medical research, Medical tests, Medicine, Preventive medicine Latest Action: 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Bill TextTo reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications and establish the position of National Diabetes Coordinator. 12/18/2007--Introduced. National Diabetes Coordinator Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the position of National Diabetes Coordinator, whose duties shall be to: (1) serve as the Secretary's principal advisor on reducing the rates of diabetes and its complications; (2) develop a measurement for the incidence of diabetes; (3) develop and coordinate implementation of a national strategy to reduce the incidence, progression, and impact of diabetes and its complications; (4) provide leadership and coordination to ensure that diabetes-related programs and policies of HHS are coordinated internally and with those of relevant federal, state, and local agencies with a goal of avoiding duplication of effort, maximizing impact,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative procedure, Aged, Appropriations, Armed forces, Armed forces reserves, Budgets, Cancer, Children, Congress, Congressional agencies, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Continuing resolutions, Defense policy, Diabetes Latest Action: 12/29/2007 - Signed by President.
Bill TextA bill to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and for other purposes. 12/29/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 - (Sec. 101) Title I: Increase in Physician Payment Update; Extension of the Physician Quality Reporting System - (Sec. 101) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) increase the physician payment update; (2) revise the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative Fund, adding limitations on expenditures; and (3) extend through 2009 the physician quality reporting system Amends the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 to provide for transitional bonus incentive payments for quality reporting in 2008,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Accreditation (Medical care), Administrative procedure, Continuing education, Cytology, Education, Employee training, Executive departments, Government information, Government paperwork, Gynecology, Health policy, Higher education, Labor, Law, Medical care, Medical education Latest Action: 12/18/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15920)
Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations, and for other purposes. 12/18/2007--Introduced. Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytological preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; (2) maintain a record of program results; (3) require the laboratory director to consider such results and other [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Child development, Child health, Children, Commemorations, Congressional tributes, Executive departments, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Names, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research centers, Science policy Latest Action: 12/21/2007 - Signed by President.
Bill TextA bill to rename the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 12/21/2007--Public Law. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Public Health Service Act to rename the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development as the "Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development." | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Communicable diseases, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Data banks, Executive departments, Health information systems, Health policy, Health surveys, Hospital care, Hospitals, Law, Medical care, Medical research Latest Action: 11/15/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Bill TextTo improve the prevention, detection, and treatment of community and healthcare-associated infections (CHAI), with a focus on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 11/15/2007--Introduced. Community and Healthcare-Associated Infections Reduction Act of 2007 - Directs the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop best-practices guidelines for internal infection control plans to prevent, detect, control, and treat community and healthcare-associated infections at hospitals.Requires AHRQ to: (1) establish best practices with supporting justification, including the establishment of an infection control oversight committee; (2) collaborate with other agencies and organizations whose area of expertise is the identification, treatment, and prevention of infectious disease; (3) publish proposed guidelines; (4) provide for a comment period of not less than 90 days; and (5) establish final [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Children, Congress, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Homeless, House of Representatives, Law, Legislation, Preschool education, Welfare Latest Action: 11/14/2007 - Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14385, S14387)
Bill TextDirecting the Clerk of the House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of H.R. 1429. 11/14/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Makes corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 1429 (Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations that require Head Start agencies to implement policies and procedures to ensure that homeless children are identified and prioritized for enrollment. | | Also tagged in: Authorization, Bacterial diseases, Budgets, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Drugs, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Health surveys, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Science policy Latest Action: 11/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13996)
Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance. 11/6/2007--Introduced. Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish, and appoint the Director of, the Office of Antimicrobial Resistance to develop plans for addressing antimicrobial resistance in the United States and internationally; (2) establish the Public Health Antimicrobial Advisory Board to assist the Director; and (3) develop an antimicrobial resistance strategic research plan. Renews the Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force and sets forth its membership and duties.Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the submission of human and animal drug distribution data to the Office of Antimicrobial Resistance, the Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force, and the Public Health Antimicrobial Advisory Board. Requires the Director to make drug [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumers, Deceptive advertising, Drug adulteration, Drug industry, Drugs, Executive departments, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Labeling, Law, Medical care, Medicine Latest Action: 11/06/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the amendment or repeal of monographs, to expand the Food and Drug Administration's authority to regulate drug advertising, and for other purposes. 11/6/2007--Introduced. Non-Prescription Drug Modernization Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize: (1) the amendment or repeal of an over-the-counter drug monograph without notice and public procedure if there is a finding by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that a category of drugs or a specific drug is associated with a significant risk or that such drugs lack evidence of effectiveness; and (2) the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate over-the-counter drug advertisements. Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to identify over-the-counter drug monographs that may require amendment or repeal and to report the findings to Congress. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumers, Deceptive advertising, Drug adulteration, Drug industry, Drugs, Executive departments, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Labeling, Law, Medical care, Medicine Latest Action: 11/06/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the amendment or repeal of monographs, to expand the Food and Drug Administration's authority to regulate drug advertising, and for other purposes. 11/6/2007--Introduced. Non-Prescription Drug Modernization Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize: (1) the amendment or repeal of an over-the-counter drug monograph without notice and public procedure if there is a finding by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that a category of drugs or a specific drug is associated with a significant risk or that such drugs lack evidence of effectiveness; and (2) the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate over-the-counter drug advertisements. Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to identify over-the-counter drug monographs that may require amendment or repeal and to report the findings to Congress. | | Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13686)
Bill TextA bill to amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate final regulations revising case management and targeted case management under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. (Currently, such regulations may be effective and final immediately on an interim basis as of their publication date.) Requires such regulations to be consistent with: (1) federal rule making notice and comment requirements, except that the period of public comment on them shall be at least 80 days; and (2) congressional review requirements. Makes the regulations effective at least 90 days after publication in the Federal Register or presentation to each chamber or the Comptroller General, whichever occurs later. Repeals the Secretary's authority to change or revise such regulations after completion of the comment period. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Communicable diseases, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Data banks, Executive departments, Health information systems, Health policy, Health surveys, Hospital care, Hospitals, Law, Medical care, Medical research Latest Action: 10/31/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13629-13630)
Bill TextA bill to improve the prevention, detection, and treatment of community and healthcare-associated infections (CHAI), with a focus on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 10/31/2007--Introduced. Community and Healthcare-Associated Infections Reduction Act of 2007 - Directs the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop best-practices guidelines for internal infection control plans to prevent, detect, control, and treat community and healthcare-associated infections at hospitals.Requires AHRQ to: (1) establish best practices with supporting justification, including the establishment of an infection control oversight committee; (2) collaborate with other agencies and organizations whose area of expertise is the identification, treatment, and prevention of infectious disease; (3) publish proposed guidelines; (4) provide for a comment period of not less than 90 days; and (5) establish [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 10/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. 10/23/2007--Introduced. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate final regulations revising case management and targeted case management under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. (Currently, such regulations may be effective and final immediately on an interim basis as of their publication date.) Requires such regulations to be consistent with: (1) federal rule making notice and comment requirements, except that the period of public comment on them shall be at least 80 days; and (2) congressional review requirements. Makes the regulations effective at least 90 days after publication in the Federal Register or presentation to each chamber or the Comptroller General, whichever occurs later. Repeals the Secretary's authority to change or revise such regulations after completion of the comment period. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Blood, Cancer, Congress, Congressional veto, Executive departments, Health policy, Law, Medical care, Medicare, Medicine Latest Action: 10/22/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13200-13201)
Bill TextA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in cancer and related neoplastic conditions. 10/22/2007--Introduced. Disapproves a specified rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in cancer and related neoplastic conditions. Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Communications, Consumer education, Consumers, Diet, Executive departments, Food, Food labeling, Law, Nutrition, Restaurants, Signs and signboards, Vending machines Latest Action: 10/22/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the food labeling requirements of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 to enable customers to make informed choices about the nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants. 10/18/2007--Introduced. Menu Education and Labeling Act or the MEAL Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require restaurants that are a part of a chain with 20 or more locations doing business under the same trade name to disclose: (1) in a statement adjacent to each menu item, the number of calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium in a standard food serving; (2) other information designed to enable the public to understand the significance of the nutrition information provided in the context of a total daily diet; (3) that such information shall be provided in writing upon request; and (4) in a statement adjacent to the name of the food on a menu board, the [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Air pollution, Allergies, Asthma, Budgets, Business, Child health, Children, Communication in medicine, Communications, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Diesel motor, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Environmental health Latest Action: 10/22/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act with regard to research on asthma, and for other purposes. 10/18/2007--Introduced. Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to award grants to eligible entities to conduct pilot projects to prevent and control asthma symptoms and to reduce asthma attacks and improve self-management for individuals and families. Requires the Secretary to give: (1) priority to entities that serve a medically underserved population; and (2) consideration to an adequate rural-urban distribution, so as to gain better information about asthma at the national level. Authorizes additional appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a National Asthma Action Plan and to fund a report to Congress by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Requires the Secretary,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Case mix (Medical care), Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Health policy, Home care services, Law, Medical care, Medical fees, Medicare, Medicine, Standards Latest Action: 10/17/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12992-12993)
Bill TextA bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect Medicare beneficiaries' access to home health services under the Medicare program. 10/17/2007--Introduced. Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services and adjustments to it for case mix changes.Prohibits any adjustment in the PPS for payment in 2008. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for any adjustment in a subsequent year, to evaluate changes in case mix using standards developed consistent with specified processes, taking certain criteria into account.Directs the Secretary to convene a Technical Advisory Group to advise on the development of such standards.Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action to implement or otherwise carry out provisions in the final rule published on August 29, 2007, that propose to make a case mix adjustment [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Case mix (Medical care), Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Health policy, Home care services, Law, Medical care, Medical fees, Medicare, Medicine, Standards Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect Medicare beneficiaries' access to home health services under the Medicare Program. 10/17/2007--Introduced. Home Health Care Access Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services and adjustments to it for case mix changes.Prohibits any adjustment in the PPS for payment in 2008. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for any adjustment in a subsequent year, to evaluate changes in case mix using standards developed consistent with specified processes, taking certain criteria into account.Directs the Secretary to convene a Technical Advisory Group to advise on the development of such standards.Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action to implement or otherwise carry out provisions in the final rule published on August 29, 2007, that propose to make a case mix adjustment [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Air pollution, Allergies, Asthma, Budgets, Business, Child health, Children, Communication in medicine, Communications, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Diesel motor, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Environmental health Latest Action: 10/17/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12991-12992)
Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with regard to research on asthma, and for other purposes. 10/17/2007--Introduced. Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to award grants to eligible entities to conduct pilot projects to prevent and control asthma symptoms and to reduce asthma attacks and improve self-management for individuals and families. Requires the Secretary to give: (1) priority to entities that serve a medically underserved population; and (2) consideration to an adequate rural-urban distribution, so as to gain better information about asthma at the national level. Authorizes additional appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a National Asthma Action Plan and to fund a report to Congress by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Requires the Secretary,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Budgets, Civil liberties, Communication in medicine, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Curricula, Data banks, Education, Electronic data interchange, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Government procurement Latest Action: 10/10/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2108-2109)
Bill TextTo advance the adoption of nationwide interoperable health information technology and to improve health care quality and reduce health care costs in the United States. 10/10/2007--Introduced. Promoting Health Information Technology Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology. Establishes a public-private Partnership for Health Care Improvement to recommend specific actions to achieve a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure. Provides for the adoption by the federal government of standards for the electronic exchange of health information.Establishes the American Health Information Community to provide advice to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the heads of any relevant federal agencies concerning the policy considerations related to health information technology.Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for the: (1) purchase [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 10/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo direct the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to revise the Federal regulations applicable to the declaration of the trans fat content of a food on the label and in the labeling of the food when such content is less than 0.5 gram. 10/9/2007--Introduced. Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2007 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to promulgate a final regulation revising federal regulations applicable to the declaration of the trans fat content on a food label to require that if the trans fat content of a serving of a food is less than .5 grams and is declared in the nutrition information on the label or in the labeling of the food, such content shall be expressed through the use of an asterisk or other notation stating that such content is less than .5 grams (instead of zero). | | Also tagged in: Adoption, Alcohol and women, Alcohol and youth, Authorization, Budgets, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Child development, Child health, Child welfare, Children, Clinics, Community health services, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice Latest Action: 10/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12776-12777)
Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes. 10/4/2007--Introduced. Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention and Services Program to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a research agenda for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD); (2) facilitate surveillance, public health research, and prevention of FASD; and (3) award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to states and other entities to provide services for individuals with FASD, to educate court, law enforcement, and adoption officials on how to treat and support individuals with FASD, and to provide transitional services for individuals affected by prenatal alcohol exposure.Requires: (1) the Secretary to provide for continuation of the Interagency Coordinating Committee [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Children, Executive departments, Federal aid to child health services, Federal-state relations, Finance, Health insurance, Health policy, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Law, Medicaid, Medical care, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Poor children Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo prohibit implementation of a guidance letter proposing rules relating to the Federal-State financial partnerships under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. 10/2/2007--Introduced. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing a guidance letter proposing rules relating to the federal-state financial partnerships under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act. Prohibits the Secretary from applying any requirement under such letter, or any similar requirement, to any state health plan amendment or waiver expanding the income eligibility level for children under SCHIP.
| | Also tagged in: Budgets, Communicable diseases, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Correctional institutions, Correctional personnel, Criminal justice, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Grants-in-aid, Health policy, Hepatitis, Medical care, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of Correctional Public Health. 10/1/2007--Introduced. Office of Correctional Public Health Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of Correctional Public Health (OCPH) within the Office of Public Health and Science. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of OCPH, to carry out public health activities for individuals who are: (1) employed in the field of corrections as employees in federal, state, or local penal or correctional institutions; (2) incarcerated in such institutions; (3) employed as parole or probation officers; or (4) under parole or probation supervision. Includes among such activities disease prevention, health promotion, service delivery, research, and health professions education activities. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to states to provide for correctional populations screenings, immunizations,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Animals, Bacterial diseases, Budgets, Business, Business records, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Drug industry, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Drugs, Epidemiology, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to research Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to address antimicrobial resistance. 9/27/2007--Introduced. Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish, and appoint the Director of, the Office of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health to develop plans for addressing antimicrobial resistance in the United States and internationally; (2) establish the Public Health Antimicrobial Advisory Board to assist the Director; and (3) develop an antimicrobial resistance strategic research plan. Renews the Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force and sets forth its membership and duties.Requires sponsors of human and animal antimicrobial drug products to report to the Office of Antimicrobial Resistance the amount of such drug products sold or distributed in the United States in a calendar year. Requires the Director to make summaries of drug [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Blood, Cancer, Congress, Congressional veto, Executive departments, Health policy, Law, Medical care, Medicare, Medicine Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in cancer and related neoplastic conditions. 9/27/2007--Introduced. Disapproves a specified rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in cancer and related neoplastic conditions. Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect. | | Also tagged in: Armed forces, Budgets, Clinical trials, Defense policy, Education, Executive departments, Federal aid to research, Higher education, Iraq compilation, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medicine, Military hospitals, Military medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Latest Action: 09/26/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12156)
Bill TextA resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs should increase their investment in pain management research. 9/26/2007--Introduced. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) federal funding for pain management research, treatment, and therapies, at the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should be significantly increased; (2) Congress and the administration should redouble their efforts to ensure that a pain management program is established and implemented for military and VA treatment facilities; and (3) the DOD and VA should increase their investment in pain management clinical research. | | Also tagged in: Appropriations, Armed forces, Armed forces abroad, Border patrols, Budgets, Child health, Children, Commemorations, Congress, Congress and military policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional tributes, Congressional witnesses, Continuing resolutions, Defense budgets, Defense economics Latest Action: 09/29/2007 - Signed by President.
Bill TextMaking continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. 9/29/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 26, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Makes continuing appropriations for FY2008. (Sec. 101) Appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in FY2007 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in: (1) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 (division A of Public Law 109-289); (2) the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295); and (3) the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109-289, as amended by Public Law 110-5). (Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this joint resolution for the Department [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Clinical trials, Congress, Data banks, Drug approvals, Executive departments, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health information systems, House rules and procedure, Law, Legislation, Medical care, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medicine, Technology Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo correct technical errors in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3580. 9/25/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Makes corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 3580 (Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007): (1) to include devices as well as drugs within the scope of provisions regarding an expanded clinical trial registry data bank; and (2) to require that consideration of a citizen petition or a petition for stay of agency action be made separately from review and approval of any application. | | Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Budgets, Business, Carbon monoxide, Consumer protection, Consumers, Deceptive advertising, Drugs, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Fines (Penalties), Food, Food additives, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food industry, Food labeling Latest Action: 09/26/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of food and drugs imported into the United States, and for other purposes. 9/20/2007--Introduced. Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for research on the development of tests and sampling methodologies for use on imported food.Requires the Secretary to assess and collect fees on imported food and drugs.Directs the Secretary to restrict the importation of all food to metropolitan ports of entry with a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laboratory for testing such food. Deems a food, drug, or device to be misbranded it its labeling fails to identify its country of origin. Requires the Secretary to establish a program under which: (1) persons importing food voluntarily agree to abide by specified food and security guidelines; and (2) the Secretary agrees to [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Authorization, Budgets, Business, Business records, Citizen lawsuits, Civil rights, Collection of accounts, Communications, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer complaints Latest Action: 09/20/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Bill TextTo establish a comprehensive program to ensure the safety of food products intended for human consumption which are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. 9/20/2007--Introduced. Consumer Food Safety Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) administer a national program to protect human health by ensuring that the food industry has effective programs to assure the safety of food; (2) prescribe regulations regarding harmful substances in food, registration of facilities, sanitary food processing, proper labeling, processing controls, and inspections of registered facilities; (3) establish tolerances to limit the quantity of contaminants in food; (4) establish a system to ensure the safety of imported food; (5) include food in an active surveillance system; (6) establish guidelines for a sampling system of food products; (7) rank food categories based on their health hazard and identify approaches to minimize such hazards; and (8) design [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural research, Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Business, Consumer education, Consumers, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Food, Food safety, Foodborne diseases, Health surveys, Law, Medical care Latest Action: 09/20/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11859)
Bill TextA bill to establish a program to assure the safety of fresh produce intended for human consumption, and for other purposes. 9/20/2007--Introduced. Fresh Produce Safety Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish standards for good manufacturing practices for the minimal processing of produce, including standards related to sanitation and water.Requires the Secretary to provide for unannounced inspections of processing facilities to determine if produce processed in the facilities is in compliance with the requirements of this Act.Directs the Secretary to establish general standards for good agricultural practices for the production of raw agricultural commodities, including requirements related to manure, animals, water, and environmental conditions. Gives officers and employees duly designated by the Secretary the authority to inspect appropriate facilities [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Agriculture, Animals, Antibiotics, Aquaculture, Authorization, Authors and authorship, Budgets, Business, Child health, Children, Civil liberties, Clinical trials Latest Action: 09/27/2007 - Signed by President.
Bill TextTo amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices, to enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to the safety of drugs, and for other purposes. 9/27/2007--Public Law. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 - Title I: Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 - (Sec. 101) Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 - (Sec. 102) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to include postmarket safety activities within the process for the review of human drug applications or supplements, including: (1) developing and using improved adverse event data collection systems and improved analytical tools to assess potential [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Beverages, Budgets, Child nutrition, Children, Department of Agriculture, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Executive departments, Exercise, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to education, Food Latest Action: 09/18/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Bill TextA bill to establish nutrition and physical education standards for schools. 9/18/2007--Introduced. Back to School: Improving Standards for Nutrition and Physical Education in Schools Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to revise the standards that set a minimal nutritional value for competitive foods and beverages (sold outside of the federally-funded school lunch and breakfast programs) so that they are consistent with those described in a report of the Institute of Medicine (Institute) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), dated April 25, 2007. Applies such standards to all competitive foods and beverages sold on school campuses during the school day. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to arrange for the Institute to develop recommendations, every five years, for updating such standards so they reflect the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and scientific knowledge. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, after [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Children, Executive departments, Federal aid to child health services, Federal-state relations, Health insurance, Health policy, Law, Medical care, Medically uninsured, Poor children, State and local government, Welfare, Welfare eligibility Latest Action: 09/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo prohibit the implementation of policies to prohibit States from providing quality health coverage to children in need under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). 9/17/2007--Introduced. Makes null and void the August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Officials from the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requiring states that have established or that expand the income eligibility level for children under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act above 250% of the federal poverty level to comply with new requirements as a condition of covering such children. Declares that such letter shall not be applied.Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) promulgating or implementing any requirement, rule, or provision similar to any requirement in the August 17, 2007, letter; or (2) applying any such requirement to any [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Children, Education, Executive departments, Federal aid to child health services, Federal-state relations, Finance, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Law, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical education Latest Action: 09/14/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a Medicaid rule regarding graduate medical education. 9/14/2007--Introduced. Public and Teaching Hospital Preservation Act - Amends the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007 to extend by one year the moratorium on: (1) implementation of a rule relating to the federal-state financial partnership under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act; and (2) finalization of a Medicaid rule regarding the treatment of graduate medical education (GME). | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Budgets, Children, Executive departments, Federal aid to child health services, Federal-state relations, Health insurance, Health policy, Law, Medical care, Medically uninsured, Poor children, State and local government, Welfare, Welfare eligibility Latest Action: 09/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11513)
Bill TextA bill to prohibit the implementation of policies to prohibit States from providing quality health coverage to children in need under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). 9/12/2007--Introduced. Makes null and void the August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Officials from the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requiring states that have established or that expand the income eligibility level for children under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act above 250% of the federal poverty level to comply with new requirements as a condition of covering such children. Declares that such letter shall not be applied.Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) promulgating or implementing any requirement, rule, or provision similar to any requirement in the August 17, 2007, letter; or (2) applying any such requirement [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Congress, Congressional veto, Cost control, Executive departments, Finance, Health policy, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Law, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical fees, State and local government, Welfare Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextProviding for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating a cost limit for providers operated by units of government and other provisions under the Medicaid Program. 9/11/2007--Introduced. Disapproves a specified rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to a cost limit for providers operated by units of government and other provisions under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Congress, Congressional veto, Cost control, Executive departments, Finance, Health policy, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Law, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical fees, State and local government, Welfare Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11417-11418)
Bill TextA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to a cost limit for providers operated by units of government and other provisions under the Medicaid program. 9/11/2007--Introduced. Disapproves a specified rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to a cost limit for providers operated by units of government and other provisions under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Declares that such rule shall have no force or effect. | | Also tagged in: Affordable housing, Child health, Child welfare, Children, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reorganization, Criminal justice, Day care, Disaster relief, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies Latest Action: 12/26/2007 - Provisions Of Measure Incorporated into Title 6 of H.R. 2764.
Bill TextA bill to establish a National Commission on Children and Disasters, and for other purposes. 11/6/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007 - Establishes the National Commission on Children and Disasters, which shall: (1) conduct a comprehensive study that assesses childrens' needs as they relate to preparation for, response to, and recovery from all hazards, including major disasters and emergencies; (2) identify, review, and evaluate existing law relevant to such needs; (3) identify, review, and evaluate the lessons learned from past disasters relative to addressing such needs; and (4) report to the President and Congress on its findings and recommendations to address such needs, including regarding the need for a national resource center on children and disasters, coordination of resources and services, administrative actions, policies, regulations, financing, and legislative [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Comprehensive health care, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal aid to health facilities, Health insurance, Health planning, Health policy, Health services administration, Interstate compacts, Medical care, State and local government Latest Action: 10/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextTo amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration. 9/7/2007--Introduced. States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (State Comprehensive Health Care and Cost Containment Demonstration Projects). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a state-based Universal Health Care Coverage Commission to participate in the review of state applications for planning and demonstration grants for the development of a cost-effective delivery system of universal, comprehensive health care with simplified administration. Authorizes such grants. Requires a state plan to provide: (1) coverage of all eligible state residents, without regard to employment status, income, health status or preexisting condition, or [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Comprehensive health care, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal aid to health facilities, Health insurance, Health planning, Health policy, Health services administration, Interstate compacts, Medical care, State and local government Latest Action: 09/07/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill TextA bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide grants and flexibility through demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, cost-effective systems of health care coverage, with simplified administration. 9/7/2007--Introduced. States' Right To Innovate in Health Care Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (State Comprehensive Health Care and Cost Containment Demonstration Projects). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a state-based Universal Health Care Coverage Commission to participate in the review of state applications for planning and demonstration grants for the development of a cost-effective delivery system of universal, comprehensive health care with simplified administration. Authorizes such grants. Requires a state plan to provide: (1) coverage of all eligible state residents, without regard to employment status, income, health status or preexisting condition,[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aged, Business, Competitive bidding, Executive departments, Government contractors, Health policy, Law, Medical care, Medical laboratories, Medicare, Medicine, Public contracts, Small business Latest Action: 08/04/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare competitive bidding demonstration project for clinical laboratory services. 8/4/2007--Introduced. Community Clinical Laboratory Fairness in Competition Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the mandate for a Medicare Competitive Bidding Demonstration Project for Clinical Laboratory Services. Amends federal civil service to subject the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services (solely with respect to its capacity to issue rules governing the Medicare part B fee schedule for clinical laboratory services) to the requirement to submit to a small business advocacy review panel for comment any proposed rule which will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative procedure, Collection of accounts, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Electronic funds transfers, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Executive departments, Finance, Health policy, Hospital rates, Law, Medical care, Medical fees, Medicine Latest Action: 08/13/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a more equitable geographic allocation of funds appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care. 8/4/2007--Introduced. 21st Century Veterans Equitable Treatment Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish a maximum specialist referral period (the period between a veteran's referral to a specialty clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by a VA primary care physician and the actual appointment with a specialist); and (2) provide appropriate transportation to such appointments for qualified veterans. Requires the Secretary, in any case in which such period is exceeded or in which transportation was not so provided, to promptly provide for such care or transportation from a private source and to reimburse such source at an appropriate rate. Requires expedited reimbursement procedures. Directs the Secretary to include within standards of performance used for measuring VA [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Budgets, Executive departments, Federal aid to research, Finance, Interest, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research centers, Research grants, Savings bonds, Science policy Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 8/4/2007 E1750)
Bill TextTo provide for the issuance of bonds for the benefit of the National Institutes of Health. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Americans Saving Through Health Research Bonds Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to designate one or more series of savings bonds or savings certificates for each institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Requires the Secretary to: (1) deduct and withhold 10% of the amount of any interest payable under such a Health Research Bond; and (2) pay any withheld amount to the relevant NIH institute to carry out institute research activities. Terminates the program ten years after the date of enactment of this Act. | | Also tagged in: Budgets, Communication in medicine, Communications, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Consultants, Dismissal of employees, Employee selection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Government employees, Government information, Government publicity, Health education, Health policy Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure the independence of the Surgeon General from political interfe |
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