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Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4204-4207) Bill TextA bill to provide for the improvement of the physical evaluation processes applicable to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Restoring Disability Benefits for Injured and Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to appoint a panel to review each case before a Department of Defense (DOD) Physical Evaluation Board in which: (1) the Board determined to discharge or release a member of the Armed Forces without assigning a rating of disability to the member; and (2) the member appealed a Board determination regarding the rating of disability. Requires the panel to report whether any additional or different action should be taken by the military department concerned with respect to such determinations. Directs the Secretary to appoint a panel to review, and take the same actions as above, cases in which a member was denied, or appealed the amount of, traumatic injury protection awarded under Servicemembers Group [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act – Title I: Paralysis Research - (Sec. 101) Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop mechanisms to coordinate NIH paralysis research and rehabilitation activities in order to further advance and avoid duplication of such activities.Authorizes the Director to make grants for the cost of planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for consortia in paralysis research. Requires the Director to designate each consortium funded as a Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Research Consortium. Authorizes such consortia to: (1) conduct basic, translational, and clinical paralysis [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/16/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes. 10/15/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act – Title I: Paralysis Research - (Sec. 101) Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop mechanisms to coordinate NIH paralysis research and rehabilitation activities in order to further advance and avoid duplication of such activities. Authorizes the Director to make grants for the cost of planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for consortia in paralysis research. Requires the Director to designate each consortium funded as a Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Research Consortium. Authorizes such consortia to: (1) conduct basic, translational, and clinical paralysis research; [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competitive acquisition program. 5/9/2007--Introduced. Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competititve acquisition program.
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Latest Action: 03/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes. 1/12/2007--Introduced. Christopher and Dana Reeve Quality of Life for Persons with Paralysis Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): (1) acting through the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, to expand and coordinate NIH activities on paralysis research; (2) to award grants to plan, establish, improve, and provide basic operating support for Christopher Reeve Paralysis Research Consortia; (3) to educate and disseminate information and receive public comment on NIH programs and research regarding paralysis; (4) acting through the Director of the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development and the National Center for Rehabilitation Research, to expand and coordinate NIH [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextTo name the Department of Veterans Affairs spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center". 6/26/2008--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.) Designates the James A. Haley Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center's spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center."
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Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3510) Bill TextA bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competitive acquisition program. 4/29/2008--Introduced. Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitative and Assistive Technology Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competititve acquisition program.
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Latest Action: 06/19/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextA bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center". 6/19/2008--Introduced. Designates the James A. Haley Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center's spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center."
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Latest Action: 06/19/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextA bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center". 6/19/2008--Introduced. Designates the James A. Haley Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center's spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center."
Also tagged in: Aged, Cerebral palsy, Competitive bidding, Disabled, Health policy, Medical care, Medical supplies, Medical technology, Medicare, Medicine, Multiple sclerosis, Muscular diseases, Nervous system diseases, Parkinson's disease, Public contracts, Rehabilitation of the disabled, Self-help devices for the disabled, Technology
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3510) Bill TextA bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competitive acquisition program. 4/29/2008--Introduced. Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitative and Assistive Technology Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competititve acquisition program.
Also tagged in: Commemorations, Congress, Congressional tributes, Ex-Members of Congress, Florida, House of Representatives, Medical care, Medicine, Names, Veterans, Veterans' hospitals
Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextTo name the Department of Veterans Affairs spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center". 6/26/2008--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.) Designates the James A. Haley Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center's spinal cord injury center in Tampa, Florida, as the "Michael Bilirakis Department of Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Center."
Also tagged in: Aged, Cerebral palsy, Competitive bidding, Disabled, Health policy, Medical care, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical supplies, Medical technology, Medicare, Medicine, Multiple sclerosis, Muscular diseases, Nervous system diseases, Public contracts, Rehabilitation of the disabled, Self-help devices for the disabled, Technology
Latest Action: 05/15/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competitive acquisition program. 5/9/2007--Introduced. Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt complex rehabilitation products and assistive technology products from the Medicare competititve acquisition program.
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Caregivers, Clinical trials, Clinics, Communication in medicine, Communication in science, Communications, Community health services, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Continuing education, Data banks, Department of Health and Human Services, Disabled, Education, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Government information, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Health information systems, Health planning, Health policy, Higher education, Home care services, Job training, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medicine, Mental health services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Nervous system diseases, Neurology, Nonprofit organizations, Paralysis, Preventive medicine, Quality of life, Rehabilitation of the disabled, Research centers, Research grants, Science policy, Self-help devices for the disabled, Social services, Stroke, Technology
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act – Title I: Paralysis Research - (Sec. 101) Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop mechanisms to coordinate NIH paralysis research and rehabilitation activities in order to further advance and avoid duplication of such activities.Authorizes the Director to make grants for the cost of planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for consortia in paralysis research. Requires the Director to designate each consortium funded as a Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Research Consortium. Authorizes such consortia to: (1) conduct basic, translational, and clinical paralysis [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/29/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4204-4207) Bill TextA bill to provide for the improvement of the physical evaluation processes applicable to members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Restoring Disability Benefits for Injured and Wounded Warriors Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to appoint a panel to review each case before a Department of Defense (DOD) Physical Evaluation Board in which: (1) the Board determined to discharge or release a member of the Armed Forces without assigning a rating of disability to the member; and (2) the member appealed a Board determination regarding the rating of disability. Requires the panel to report whether any additional or different action should be taken by the military department concerned with respect to such determinations. Directs the Secretary to appoint a panel to review, and take the same actions as above, cases in which a member was denied, or appealed the amount of, traumatic injury protection awarded under Servicemembers Group [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Caregivers, Clinical trials, Clinics, Communication in medicine, Communication in science, Communications, Community health services, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Continuing education, Data banks, Department of Health and Human Services, Disabled, Education, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Government information, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Health information systems, Health planning, Health policy, Higher education, Home care services, Job training, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medicine, Mental health services, Nervous system diseases, Neurology, Nonprofit organizations, Paralysis, Preventive medicine, Quality of life, Rehabilitation of the disabled, Research centers, Research grants, Science policy, Self-help devices for the disabled, Social services, Stroke, Technology
Latest Action: 10/16/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes. 10/15/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act – Title I: Paralysis Research - (Sec. 101) Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop mechanisms to coordinate NIH paralysis research and rehabilitation activities in order to further advance and avoid duplication of such activities. Authorizes the Director to make grants for the cost of planning, establishing, improving, and providing basic operating support for consortia in paralysis research. Requires the Director to designate each consortium funded as a Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Research Consortium. Authorizes such consortia to: (1) conduct basic, translational, and clinical paralysis research; [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Budgets, Caregivers, Clinical trials, Clinics, Communication in medicine, Communication in science, Communications, Community health services, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Continuing education, Department of Health and Human Services, Directories, Disabled, Education, Executive departments, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Federal aid to research, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Governmental investigations, Health education, Health information systems, Health planning, Health policy, Higher education, Home care services, Job training, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medical technology, Medicine, Mental health services, Nervous system diseases, Neurology, Nonprofit organizations, Paralysis, Quality of life, Rehabilitation of the disabled, Research centers, Research grants, Science policy, Self-help devices for the disabled, Social services, Stroke, Technology, Veterans, Veterans' hospitals, Veterans' medical care, Veterans' rehabilitation
Latest Action: 03/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo enhance and further research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, and for other purposes. 1/12/2007--Introduced. Christopher and Dana Reeve Quality of Life for Persons with Paralysis Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): (1) acting through the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, to expand and coordinate NIH activities on paralysis research; (2) to award grants to plan, establish, improve, and provide basic operating support for Christopher Reeve Paralysis Research Consortia; (3) to educate and disseminate information and receive public comment on NIH programs and research regarding paralysis; (4) acting through the Director of the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development and the National Center for Rehabilitation Research, to expand and coordinate NIH [...] show full description
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