| Also tagged in: Ambulatory care, Birth control, Business, Clinics, Consumers, Drug industry, Drugs, Education, Health policy, Higher education, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Prescription pricing, Students, Welfare Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill TextA bill to restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics. 11/13/2007--Introduced. Prevention Through Affordable Access Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for the best price component of the formula for determination of the Medicaid rebate for a covered single source outpatient drug or a covered innovator multiple source outpatient drug. (Under current law, best prices shall not take into account prices that are merely nominal in amount.) Revises the list of entities to which sales by a manufacturer of covered outpatient drugs at nominal prices shall be considered to be sales at a nominal price, or merely nominal in amount (and thus excluded from computation of the best price for such drugs). Adds to such list any entity that is: (1) operated by a health center of an institution of higher education, primarily for its students (university-based clinic); or (2) a public [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Ambulatory care, Birth control, Business, Clinics, Consumers, Drug industry, Drugs, Education, Health policy, Higher education, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Prescription pricing, Students, Welfare Latest Action: 11/01/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Bill TextTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restore and protect access to Medicaid discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics. 11/1/2007--Introduced. Prevention Through Affordable Access Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for the best price component of the formula for determination of the Medicaid rebate for a covered single source outpatient drug or a covered innovator multiple source outpatient drug. (Under current law, best prices shall not take into account prices that are merely nominal in amount.) Revises the list of entities to which sales by a manufacturer of covered outpatient drugs at nominal prices shall be considered to be sales at a nominal price, or merely nominal in amount (and thus excluded from computation of the best price for such drugs). Adds to such list any entity that is: (1) operated by a health center of an institution of higher education, primarily for its students [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Ambulatory care, Business, Drug industry, Drugs, Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Prescription pricing, Welfare Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that individuals eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid Program continue to have access to prescription drugs, and for other purposes. 9/27/2007--Introduced. Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to calculate the federal upper reimbursement limit as no less than 300% of the weighted average (based on utilization) of the most recent average manufacturer prices (AMPs) for pharmaceutically and therapeutically equivalent multiple source drug products available for purchase by retail community pharmacies on a nationwide basis. Directs the Secretary to implement a smoothing process for AMPs to ensure that federal upper reimbursement limits do not vary significantly from month to month as a result of rebates, discounts, and other pricing practices. Requires a state plan to subject to prior authorization [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Breast cancer, Cancer, Cervical cancer, Civil rights, Coinsurance, Colon cancer, Consumer education, Consumers, Department of Health and Human Services, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Executive departments, Finance Latest Action: 09/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextTo amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage of screening for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to provide coverage for certain types of cancer screening. Includes under such coverage mammograms, clinical breast examinations, pap tests and pelvic examinations, colorectal screening procedures, and prostate screening tests, at specified intervals and through specified procedures for certain age groups in appropriate genders. Prohibits related eligibility discrimination, monetary incentives to individuals, and penalties or incentives to providers. Requires such [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Ambulatory care, Business, Drug industry, Drugs, Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Prescription pricing, Welfare Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill TextA bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that individuals eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid program continue to have access to prescription drugs, and for other purposes. 8/2/2007--Introduced. Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to calculate the federal upper reimbursement limit as no less than 300% of the weighted average (based on utilization) of the most recent average manufacturer prices (AMPs) for pharmaceutically and therapeutically equivalent multiple source drug products available for purchase by retail community pharmacies on a nationwide basis. Directs the Secretary to implement a smoothing process for AMPs to ensure that federal upper reimbursement limits do not vary significantly from month to month as a result of rebates, discounts, and other pricing practices. Requires a state plan to subject to prior authorization [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 08/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1698)
Bill TextTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require, at the option of a State, drug manufacturers to pay rebates to State prescription drug discount programs as a condition of participation in a rebate agreement for outpatient prescription drugs under the Medicaid Program. 8/1/2007--Introduced. Voluntary State Discount Prescription Drug Plan Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to state prescription drug discount programs as a condition of participating in a Medicaid rebate agreement for outpatient prescription drugs, but only if the state has elected to establish an optional state prescription drug discount program. | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Accreditation (Medical care), Adult day care, Aged, AIDS (Disease), Alabama, Ambulances, Ambulatory care, American Samoa, Armed forces, Birth control, Budgets, Business, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Child health Latest Action: 09/04/2007 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 338.
Bill TextTo amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the CHIP program, and for other purposes. 8/1/2007--Reported to House amended, Part I. (There are 2 other summaries) Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007 - Title I: Children's Health Insurance Program - (Sec. 100) States that it is the purpose of this title to provide dependable and stable funding for children's health insurance under titles XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) (also known as SCHIP) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) in order to enroll all six million uninsured children who are eligible, but not enrolled, for coverage today. Subtitle A: Funding - (Sec. 101) Prescribes formulae for new base CHIP allotments for states and territories beginning with FY2008. (Sec. [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Ambulatory care, Business, Drug industry, Drugs, Health policy, Managed care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Prescription pricing, Welfare Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such organizations. 7/12/2007--Introduced. Medicaid Prescription Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending to such organizations the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid plans.Requires the state contract with a Medicaid managed care organization to provide that: (1) payment for covered outpatient drugs dispensed to Medicaid-eligible individuals enrolled with the organization shall be subject to the same rebate as the state is subject to; and (2) the state shall allow the organization to collect such rebates from manufacturers.Requires also that capitation rates paid to the organization [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Business, Business records, Drug industry, Drugs, Fines (Penalties), Gifts, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Health policy, Hospitals, Injunctions, Law Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo require the manufacturers, packers, and distributors of prescription drugs and medical devices to disclose certain gifts provided in connection with detailing, promotional, or other marketing activities, and for other purposes. 7/12/2007--Introduced. Drug and Medical Device Company Gift Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require prescription drug or medical device manufacturers, packers, and distributors to annually disclose to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs the value, nature, and purpose of any : (1) gift made in connection with detailing, promotion, or other marketing activity to any physician, nurse, therapist, hospital, nursing home, pharmacist, health benefit plan administrator, or any other person authorized to prescribe or dispense prescription drugs; and (2) cash rebate, discount, or other financial consideration given to any pharmaceutical benefit manager in connection with such marketing activities. Defines "gift"[...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Air pollution, Automobile industry, Business, Consumers, Electric batteries, Electric utilities, Electric vehicles, Energy, Environmental protection, Income tax, Industrial buildings, Motor vehicle pollution control, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation, Transportation Latest Action: 06/14/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7733-7734)
Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for plug-in electric drive motor vehicles. 6/14/2007--Introduced. Fuel Reduction using Electrons to End Dependence On the Mid-East (FREEDOM) Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) the purchase of a new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle; (2) the conversion of a motor vehicle to a plug-in electric drive vehicle; and (3) rebates paid by electric utilities to purchasers of or converters to plug-in electric drive vehicles. Defines "new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle" as a motor vehicle which: (1) is powered by traction batteries with an aggregate capacity of not less than 2.5 kilowatt hours; (2) uses an offboard source of electricity to recharge batteries; and (3) has a certificate of conformity under the Clean Air Act.Allows a taxpayer election to expense 100% of the cost of facilities for manufacturing plug-in electric drive [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Civil rights, Consumer discounts, Consumer protection, Consumers, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Health insurance, Health policy, Imaging systems in medicine, Labor, Mammography, Medical care, Medical ethics, Medical fees, Medicine Latest Action: 07/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for annual screening mammography for women 40 years of age or older and for such screening and annual magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer if the coverage or plans include coverage for diagnostic mammography for women 40 years of age or older. 6/13/2007--Introduced. Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provides coverage for diagnostic mammography for any woman 40 years old or older to provide no less favorable coverage for annual screening mammography for such a woman, and diagnostic mammography, annual screening mammography, and annual magnetic resonance imaging for any high risk woman. Prohibits a group [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Ambulatory care, Business, Drug industry, Drugs, Health policy, Managed care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Prescription pricing, Welfare Latest Action: 06/11/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7454-7455, S7455-7458)
Bill TextA bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such organizations.. 6/11/2007--Introduced. Drug Rebate Equalization Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending to such organizations the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid plans. Requires the state contract with a Medicaid managed care organization to provide that: (1) payment for covered outpatient drugs dispensed to Medicaid-eligible individuals enrolled with the organization shall be subject to the same rebate as the state is subject to; and (2) the state shall allow the organization to collect such rebates from manufacturers. Requires also that capitation rates paid to the organization be: (1) based [...] show full description | | Latest Action: 06/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Bill TextTo authorize the imposition of a tax on imports from any country that employs indirect taxes and grants rebates of the same upon export and to authorize compensatory payments to eligible United States exporters to neutralize the discriminatory effect of such taxes paid by such exporters if United States trade negotiating objectives regarding border tax treatment in World Trade Organization negotiations are not met. 6/6/2007--Introduced. Border Tax Equity Act of 2007 - Requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to submit to Congress a report certifying whether or not U.S. objectives to revise World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on border tax treatment of goods and services from countries with indirect tax systems have been met in WTO negotiations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a tax on imports of goods and services from any country with an indirect tax system and deposits taxes so collected into a special account; and (2) upon request of [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Ambulatory care, Business, Civil rights, Coinsurance, Consumer education, Consumers, Contraceptives, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Drugs, Employee health benefits, Finance, Government information, Government paperwork, Health insurance, Health policy Latest Action: 07/17/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextTo require equitable coverage of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices and contraceptive services under health plans. 5/21/2007--Introduced. Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage, from: (1) excluding or restricting benefits for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services; (2) denying eligibility based on use or potential use of such items or services; (3) providing monetary payments or rebates to a covered individual to encourage acceptance of less than the minimum protections available; (4) penalizing, reducing, or limiting a professional's reimbursement because the professional prescribed such drugs or devices or provided [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative remedies, Aged, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural cooperatives, Agricultural credit, Agricultural education, Agricultural estimating and reporting, Agricultural extension work, Agricultural industries, Agricultural innovations, Agricultural insurance, Agricultural pollution, Agricultural prices, Agricultural research, Agricultural subsidies, Agricultural wastes Latest Action: 05/17/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill TextA bill to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Farm, Nutrition, and Community Investment Act of 2007 - Extends and revises various agricultural programs, including programs respecting: (1) milk and dairy; (2) conservation security; (3) conservation reserve; (4) wetlands reserve; (5) environmental quality incentives; (6) farmland protection; (7) cooperative conservation partnership initiative; (8) wildlife habitat; (9) conservation loan guarantees; (10) market access; (11) food stamps; (12) farm and ranch profitability grants; (13) community forest and open space conservation; (14) healthy forests reserve; (15) biomass and renewable energy; (16) specialty crops, farmers' markets, and nutrition; (17) organic agriculture programs; (18) crop insurance; and (18) colony collapse disorder. | | Also tagged in: Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cellulose, Education, Electric power production, Elementary and secondary education, Energy, Energy efficiency, Farmers, Federally-guaranteed loans, Government lending, Nonprofit organizations Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research.
Bill TextTo enhance and improve the energy security of the United States, expand economic development, increase agricultural income, and improve environmental quality by reauthorizing and improving the renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Rural Energy for America Act of 2007 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to rename the renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program as the rural energy for America program (REAP). Makes rural school districts eligible for REAP. Authorizes REAP assistance to produce and sell electricity generated by new renewable energy systems. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to eligible entities to provide rebates for farmers, ranchers, rural school districts, and rural small businesses to purchase renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Affiliated corporations, Aged, Aliens, Budgets, Business, Cost of living adjustments, Department of the Treasury, Estate tax, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Exports, Families, Finance Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill TextA bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Fair Tax Act of 2007 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2007. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at 23% in 2009, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes and for state government functions. Sets forth rules relating to: (1) the collection and remittance of the sales tax; and (2) credits and refunds. Allows families a sales tax rebate.Grants states the primary authority for the collection [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Actions and defenses, Aged, Ambulatory care, Apprenticeship, Auditing, Budgets, Business, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Civil rights enforcement, Coinsurance, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Discrimination in insurance Latest Action: 03/07/2008 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.
Bill TextTo amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment, and for other purposes. 3/5/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 4 other summaries) Division A: Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 - Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act (PSHA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require group health plans to apply the same treatment limits on mental health or substance-related disorder benefits as they do for medical and surgical benefits (parity requirement). Extends [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Auditing, Budgets, Checks, Consumer credit, Consumer discounts, Consumers, Credit bureaus, Credit cards, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense procurement, Department of Defense, Disciplining of employees, Dismissal of employees Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Bill TextA bill to prevent abuse of Government credit cards. 3/7/2007--Introduced. Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 - Directs each executive agency (with separate Department of Defense (DOD) requirements) and amends the Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998 to require specified credit card and convenience card controls and safeguards, including risk assessment analyses, audits, and the reporting of such analyses and audits. | | Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Auditing, Budgets, Checks, Consumer credit, Consumer discounts, Consumers, Credit bureaus, Credit cards, Defense contracts, Defense economics, Defense procurement, Department of Defense, Disciplining of employees, Dismissal of employees Latest Action: 06/07/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6115)
Bill TextTo prevent abuse of Government credit cards. 3/7/2007--Introduced. Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 - Directs each executive agency (with separate Department of Defense (DOD) requirements) and amends the Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998 to require specified credit card and convenience card controls and safeguards, including risk assessment analyses, audits, and the reporting of such analyses and audits. | | Also tagged in: Aged, Drugs, Finance, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Health policy, Insurance premiums, Managed care, Medical care, Medical economics, Medicare, Medicine, Prescription pricing Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive the late enrollment penalty under such part for 2006 and 2007 and to fully subsidize any such penalties subsequently imposed for part D subsidy-eligible individuals. 3/5/2007--Introduced. Relief and Elimination of the Medicare Enrollment Deadline Penalty (REMEDY) Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) postpone the Medicare part D late enrollment penalty until after 2007; and (2) eliminate such penalties for low-income subsidy-eligible individuals for periods after 2007. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a method for providing rebates of late enrollment penalties paid for months before the enactment of this Act. | | Also tagged in: Academic performance, Access to health care, AIDS (Disease), Alcohol and youth, Alcoholism, Ambulatory care, Birth control, Budgets, Business, Child development, Child health, Children, Church and social problems, Citizenship education, Civil rights, Coinsurance Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextTo expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care. 2/5/2007--Introduced. Prevention First Act - Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for family planning services grants and contracts under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and PHSA to prohibit a group health plan and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage from excluding or restricting benefits in any way for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan or coverage provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services. Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. Emergency Contraception Education Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, AIDS (Disease), Civil rights, Consumer education, Consumers, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Federal employees, Finance, Government employees, Government employees' health insurance, Health insurance, Health policy, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Labor Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, United States Code, to require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV/AIDS screening. 2/5/2007--Introduced. Routine HIV/AIDS Screening Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage to provide coverage for routine HIV/AIDS screening under terms and conditions no less favorable than for other routine screenings. Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) denying eligibility or continued eligibility to enroll or renew solely to avoid these requirements; (2) denying coverage for such screening because there are no known risk factors present [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Budgets, Business, Collection of accounts, Education, Federal aid to education, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Government lending, Higher education, Interest rates, Law, Small business, Student loan funds, Subsidies Latest Action: 01/17/2007 - Mr. McKeon moved to recommit with instructions to Education and Labor. (consideration: CR H628-630; text: CR H628-629)
Bill TextTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reduce interest rates for student borrowers. 1/17/2007--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.) College Student Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to phase-in cuts in the interest rate charged undergraduate student borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) programs, thereby reducing such rate from 6.8% in July 2006 to 3.4% in July 2011. Limits FFEL lender insurance to 95% of the unpaid balance of such loans. (Currently, 97% of a FFEL issued after June 2006 is federally-insured.) Provides for graduated reductions in the percentage of defaulted FFEL loan collections a guaranty agency is allowed to retain until, beginning in October 2010, it is equal to the average rate paid to collection agencies [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Aged, Business, Consumer discounts, Consumers, Drug industry, Finance, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Health policy, Medical care, Medical economics, Medicare, Medicine, Prescription pricing, Public contracts Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - For Previous Action See H.R.4.
Bill TextTo amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. 1/12/2007--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.) Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to prescription drug plan sponsors and Medicare Advantage organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals enrolled under a prescription drug plan or under a Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plan. | | Also tagged in: Academic performance, Access to health care, AIDS (Disease), Alcohol and youth, Alcoholism, Ambulatory care, Birth control, Budgets, Business, Child development, Child health, Children, Church and social problems, Citizenship education, Civil rights, Coinsurance Latest Action: 01/09/2007 - Star Print ordered on the bill.
Bill TextA bill to expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce abortions, and improve access to women's health care. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Prevention First Act - Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for family planning services grants and contracts under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and PHSA to prohibit a group health plan and a health insurance issuer providing group coverage from excluding or restricting benefits in any way for prescription contraceptive drugs, devices, and outpatient services if the plan or coverage provides benefits for other outpatient prescription drugs, devices, or outpatient services. Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. Emergency Contraception Education Act of 2007 - Directs [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Access to health care, Aged, Budgets, Business, Coinsurance, Competitive bidding, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost control, Drug abuse, Drug industry, Drugs, Expedited congressional procedure, Finance, Government trust funds, Health insurance Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S134-135)
Bill TextA bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional beneficiary protections. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Preserving Medicare for All Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to repeal the prohibition against interference by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors. Grants the Secretary authority to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs in order to ensure that beneficiaries enrolled under prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans (MA-PD plans) pay the lowest possible price. Allows the Medicare part D eligible individual an alternative to the current choice of coverage in at least two qualifying plans in the area in which the individual resides. Allows such an individual to choose enrollment in a nationwide prescription drug plan offered by the Secretary [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Affiliated corporations, Aged, Aliens, Budgets, Business, Cost of living adjustments, Department of the Treasury, Estate tax, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Exports, Families, Finance Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill TextTo promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Fair Tax Act of 2007 - Repeals the income tax, employment tax, and estate and gift tax. Redesignates the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as the Internal Revenue Code of 2007. Imposes a national sales tax on the use or consumption in the United States of taxable property or services. Sets the sales tax rate at 23 percent in 2009, with adjustments to the rate in subsequent years. Allows exemptions from the tax for property or services purchased for business, export, or investment purposes and for state government functions. Sets forth rules relating to: (1) the collection and remittance of the sales tax; and (2) credits and refunds. Allows families a sales tax rebate.Grants states the primary authority for the collection [...] show full description | | Also tagged in: Aged, Business, Consumer discounts, Consumers, Drug industry, Finance, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Health policy, Medical care, Medical economics, Medicare, Medicine, Prescription pricing, Public contracts Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Bill TextTo amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices for part D covered drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with drug manufacturers and pharmacies prices charged to prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors and Medicare Advantage organizations for covered part D drugs provided under Medicare. |
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