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Latest Action: 07/15/2008 - Vetoed by President. Bill TextTo amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. 6/20/2008--Introduced. Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of additional preventive services. Provides for gradual elimination of copayment rates for Medicare psychiatric services.Places prohibitions and limitations on certain sales and marketing activities under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and prescription drug plans.Requires offering of a range of Medicare supplemental policies.Extends the qualifying individual program. Provides for application of a full low-income subsidy assets test under the Medicare [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/30/2008 - Signed by President. Bill TextMaking appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 5/15/2008--House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment. (There are 3 other summaries) Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 - Title I: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, International Affairs, and Other Security-Related Matters - Chapter 1: Agriculture - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Agriculture for the Foreign Agricultural Service for grants under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (P.L. 480) for emergency and nonemergency food assistance to foreign countries. Chapter 2: Commerce, Justice, and Science - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Justice for: (1) the Office of Inspector General; (2) general legal activities; (3) the U.S. Marshals Service; (4) the Federal [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill TextTo amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Elder Justice Act - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish an Elder Justice program under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services). Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) an Elder Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC). Establishes the Advisory Board on Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation. Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to establish stationary and mobile forensic centers, to develop forensic expertise regarding, and provide services relating to, elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Directs the Secretary to provide incentives for individuals to train for, seek, and maintain [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo provide for the health care needs of veterans in far South Texas. 1/17/2007--Introduced. South Texas Veterans Access to Care Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine, and notify Congress, whether the needs of veterans for acute inpatient hospital care in 24 counties comprising Far South Texas shall be met through: (1) a public-private venture to provide such services and long-term care to veterans in an existing facility in Far South Texas; (2) a project for construction of a new full-service, 50-bed hospital with a 125-bed nursing home in Far South Texas; or (3) a sharing agreement with a military treatment facility in Far South Texas. Requires the Secretary to take appropriate action depending on the option selected.
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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes. 1/24/2007--Introduced. United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act) - Establishes the United States National Health Insurance (USNHI) Program (the Program) to provide all individuals residing in the United States and in U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, prescription drugs, emergency care, and mental health services. Prohibits an institution from participating in the Program unless it is a public or nonprofit institution. Allows nonprofit health maintenance organizations (HMOs) that actually deliver care in their own facilities to participate in the Program. Gives patients the freedom to choose from participating physicians and institutions. Prohibits a private health insurer from selling health insurance coverage that [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Bill TextTo expedite payments of certain Federal emergency assistance authorized pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to exercise certain authority provided under such Act. 1/31/2007--Introduced. Disaster Recovery Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to pay an eligible disaster relief applicant 50% of the federal share of assistance for which the applicant is eligible under specified sections of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, within 60 days after the applicant files a claim for such assistance. Requires authorized reimbursement for clearing and removing debris to include reimbursement for clearing, removing, and disposing of debris from any emergency access road. Authorizes federal assistance for removing, clearing, and disposing of debris [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/10/2007 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other purposes. 3/7/2007--Introduced. Community Choice Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require state Medicaid plan coverage of community-based attendant services and supports for certain Medicaid-eligible individuals. Outlines requirements for: (1) an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for ongoing activities of early coverage states that enhance and promote the use of community-based attendant services and supports; and (2) increased federal financial participation for certain expenditures incurred by the state for the provision of such services and supports. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) award grants to eligible states which have established a Consumer Task Force to assist the [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services under part B of the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. 2/5/2007--Introduced. Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of marriage and family therapist services generally, and particularly those provided in rural health clinics and in hospice programs. Amends Medicare part C (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system. Authorizes marriage and family therapists to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.
Also tagged in: Aged, Clinics, Families, Health counseling, Health policy, Marriage counseling, Medical care, Medicare, Medicine, Mental health services, Psychotherapy, Rural affairs, Rural health, Terminal care
Latest Action: 03/20/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3355-3356) Bill TextA bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes. 3/20/2007--Introduced. Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services generally, and particularly such services provided in rural health clinics and in hospice programs. Amends Medicare part C (Miscellaneous) to exclude such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system. Authorizes marriage and family therapists to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.
Also tagged in: Aged, Alzheimer's disease, Budgets, Caregivers, Communication in medicine, Communications, Community health services, Families, Family services, Federal aid to health facilities, Health education, Medical care, Medicine, Nonprofit organizations, Senior centers, Social services
Latest Action: 02/14/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for treatment and support services for Alzheimer's patients and their families. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Alzheimer's Treatment and Caregiver Support Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to expand treatment services for patients with Alzheimer's disease and training and support services for families and caregivers of such patients.
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Also tagged in: Access to health care, Accreditation (Medical care), Administrative remedies, Adoption, Afghanistan, Aged, Aid to dependent children, Ambulances, Ambulatory care, Anesthetics, Armed forces, Barbiturates, Brain, Budgets, Business, Cardiovascular diseases, Case management, Case mix (Medical care), Cash welfare block grants, Children, Chronically ill, Clinical trials, Clinics, Coinsurance, Collection of accounts, Communication in medicine, Communications, Community health services, Competitive bidding, Conflict of interests, Congregate housing, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Defense policy, Department of Health and Human Services, Diabetes, District of Columbia, Drugs, Education, Electronic data interchange, Electronic government information, Estates (Law), Executive departments, Families, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal-state relations, Finance, Foster home care, Government information, Government procurement, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Group medical practice, Head injuries, Health education, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Health policy, Higher education, Hospital rates, Hospitals, Housing, Imaging systems in medicine, Inspectors general, Insurance premiums, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Judicial review, Kidney diseases, Law, Long-term care, Lung diseases, Marketing, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical economics, Medical education, Medical ethics, Medical fees, Medical laboratories, Medical personnel, Medical records, Medical statistics, Medical supplies, Medical tests, Medically uninsured, Medicare, Medicine, Medigap, Mental health services, Middle East and North Africa, Military occupation, Military operations, Minorities, Minority health, Nuclear medicine, Performance measurement, Pharmacies, Physicians, Politics and government, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Prescription pricing, Preventive medicine, Psychiatry, Public contracts, Quality of care, Rural affairs, Rural health, Sexual abstinence, South Asia, Speech disorders, Standards, State and local government, Technology, Telecommunication, Telemedicine, Terrorism, Translating and interpreting, Transportation, Veterans, Veterans' medical care, Welfare, Welfare eligibility, Women, Women's health
Latest Action: 07/15/2008 - Vetoed by President. Bill TextTo amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. 6/20/2008--Introduced. Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of additional preventive services. Provides for gradual elimination of copayment rates for Medicare psychiatric services.Places prohibitions and limitations on certain sales and marketing activities under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and prescription drug plans.Requires offering of a range of Medicare supplemental policies.Extends the qualifying individual program. Provides for application of a full low-income subsidy assets test under the Medicare [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextExpressing support for designation of the week beginning May 11, 2008, as "National Nursing Home Week". 5/15/2008--Introduced. Expresses support for the designation of a National Nursing Home Week. Recognizes that a majority of people in the United States will require long-term services at some point. Honors nursing home residents and the people who care for them.
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3600) Bill TextA resolution designating the week beginning May 11, 2008, as "National Nursing Home Week". 4/30/2008--Introduced. Designates the week beginning May 11, 2008, as National Nursing Home Week. Recognizes that a majority of people in the United States will require long-term care services at some point. Honors nursing home residents and the people who care for them each day.
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Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. 4/15/2008--Introduced. Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities to make available, upon request, ownership and affiliated parties information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other responsible parties.Outlines accountability requirements for such institutions.Requires specified additional information to appear on the Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Compare Website.Requires SNFs to separately report expenditures for wages and benefits for different levels of nursing staff.Directs the Secretary to [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1058-1059) Bill TextA bill to amend title XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. 2/14/2008--Introduced. Nursing Home Transparency and Improvement Act of 2008 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities to make available, upon request, ownership and affiliated parties information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other responsible parties. Outlines accountability requirements for such institutions. Requires specified additional information to appear on the Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Compare Website. Requires SNFs to separately report expenditures for wages and benefits for different levels of nursing staff. Directs the Secretary [...] show full description
Latest Action: 12/13/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Bill TextA bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publicly disclose the identity of long-term care facilities listed under the Special Focus Facility Program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 12/13/2007--Introduced. Nursing Home Quality and Transparency Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disclose, through the use of the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the identities of those long-term care facilities that appear on the list of special focus facilities (poor-performing nursing homes) under the Special Focus Facility Program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Latest Action: 12/13/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protections under the Medicare prescription drug program for residents of long term care facilities. 12/13/2007--Introduced. Medicare Part D Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide a long-term care pharmacy benefit under Medicare part D. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process for the immediate enrollment of part D eligible individuals in a prescription drug plan upon the individual's establishment as a resident of a long-term care facility. Eliminates part D cost-sharing for certain non-institutionalized full-benefit dual eligible individuals.
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