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Latest Action: 10/05/2007 - Message on Senate action sent to the House. Bill TextAn act to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing materials and products having asbestos-containing material, and for other purposes. 10/4/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to include within the meaning of the term "asbestos" asbestiform varieties of: (1) any material formerly classified as tremolite, including winchite asbestos and richterite asbestos; and (2) any asbestiform amphibole mineral. Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct a study that: (1) describes the science concerning the disease mechanisms and health effects of exposure to non-asbestiform minerals and elongated mineral particles and methods for measuring and analyzing such minerals; and (2) recommends future research relating to diseases caused by exposure [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3708-3710) Bill TextA bill to secure the promise of personalized medicine for all Americans by expanding and accelerating genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase the safety of drugs, and identify novel treatments. 3/23/2007--Introduced. Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Interagency Working Group (IWG) to facilitate collaboration, coordination, and integration of activities among federal agencies relating to genomic research and initiatives; (2) establish a national biobanking distributed database for the collection and integration of genomic data and associated environmental and clinical health information; (3) establish a grant program for academic medical centers and other entities to develop or expand biobanking initiatives; (4) improve genetics and genomics training for diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of adults and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10906-10908) Bill TextA bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. International Child Marriage Prevention and Protection Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidences of child marriage by further integrating this issue into U.S. development efforts. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such strategy and on child marriage and related U.S. assistance programs. Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs to reduce the incidences of child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls, including support for the treatment and reduction of fistula in countries with high rates of such surgery. Requires the Secretary to work through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other appropriate agencies as part of their ongoing research and data collection activities concerning child marriage. Requires the Secretary to include in the Department [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4561) Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish and operate centers for traumatic brain injury (TBI) research, education, and clinical activities; (2) ensure the geographic distribution of such centers; and (3) designate no more than five centers. Requires the: (1) official within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) responsible for TBI care to establish a peer review panel to assess the scientific and clinical merit of proposals submitted for the designation of such centers; and (2) Under Secretary of Health to ensure the dissemination throughout the VHA of information produced through the research, education, and clinical activities of the centers.
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Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain improvements in the treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injuries, and for other purposes. 5/23/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to screen veterans eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital, medical, and nursing home care for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Requires the Secretary to develop and carry out a program of long-term care for post-acute TBI rehabilitation in four geographically dispersed polytrauma network sites designated by the Secretary. Makes eligible for such program veterans who: (1) served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War or during a period of hostilities [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals under the Medicare Program. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to inpatient hospital service payments to certain hospitals (subsection (d) hospitals) on the basis of prospective rates, to exclude certain cancer hospitals from the meaning of subsection (d) hospital.
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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
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Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen education, prevention, and treatment programs relating to stroke, and for other purposes. 3/27/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out an education and information campaign to promote stroke prevention and to increase the number of stroke patients who seek immediate treatment. Allows the Secretary to: (1) make public service announcements about the warning signs of stroke and the importance of treating stroke as a medical emergency; and (2) provide education regarding ways to prevent stroke and the effectiveness of stroke treatment. Requires the Secretary to evaluate the campaign and measure its impact every two years.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), to maintain the Paul Coverdell [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/15/2007 - Ms. Baldwin moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. 10/15/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Recognizes: (1) the value of the identification of Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) in identifying implications of cancer predisposition and understanding human development and the molecular basis for certain birth defects; and (2) the importance of centers providing complete care and treatment leading to an increase in correct and early diagnosis.Commends: (1) Schneider Children's Hospital for providing the first DBA Comprehensive Clinical Care Center and developing the DBA Patient Registry; and (2) the Daniella Maria Arturi Foundation and the Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Foundation for their efforts to facilitate collaboration among the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to achieve a successful multidisciplinary approach aimed at shortening [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Bill TextTo designate the name for the medical facilities being constructed at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, to replace Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 1/16/2008--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate as the "National Military Medical Center," upon their completion, the medical facilities being constructed at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, to replace Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the District of Columbia.
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Latest Action: 09/12/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextTo authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, to extend certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 9/8/2008--Introduced. Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008 - Authorizes specified major medical facility projects and leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for FY2009. Revises amounts of certain previously-authorized projects. Requires reports from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on VA facilities administration and outpatient clinics. Extends for specified periods, or makes permanent, certain VA programs and activities, including: (1) recovery audit authority; (2) health care for veterans who participated in certain chemical and biological tests conducted by the Department of Defense (DOD); (3) third-party insurance provider collection authority; (4) required nursing home care [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo clarify the authority of States to use funds as the non-Federal share of Medicaid expenditures for certain regional medical centers. 3/31/2008--Introduced. Provides for certain treatment of state authority to use federal funds received under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, notwithstanding the limitation on the use of provider-specific health care related taxes to obtain federal financial participation under Medicaid. Declares that nothing in such limitation shall be construed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as prohibiting a state's use of funds as the nonfederal share of Medicaid expenditures where they are transferred from or certified by a publicly-owned regional medical center located in another state, so long as the Secretary determines that such use is proper and in the interest of the Medicaid program.
Latest Action: 02/01/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. Bill TextTo designate the name for the medical facilities being constructed at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, to replace Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 1/16/2008--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate as the "National Military Medical Center," upon their completion, the medical facilities being constructed at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, to replace Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the District of Columbia.
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Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10906-10908) Bill TextA bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. International Child Marriage Prevention and Protection Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidences of child marriage by further integrating this issue into U.S. development efforts. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such strategy and on child marriage and related U.S. assistance programs. Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs to reduce the incidences of child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls, including support for the treatment and reduction of fistula in countries with high rates of such surgery. Requires the Secretary to work through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other appropriate agencies as part of their ongoing research and data collection activities concerning child marriage. Requires the Secretary to include in the Department [...] show full description
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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
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Latest Action: 10/15/2007 - Ms. Baldwin moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended. Bill TextExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Diamond-Blackfan Anemia. 10/15/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Recognizes: (1) the value of the identification of Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) in identifying implications of cancer predisposition and understanding human development and the molecular basis for certain birth defects; and (2) the importance of centers providing complete care and treatment leading to an increase in correct and early diagnosis.Commends: (1) Schneider Children's Hospital for providing the first DBA Comprehensive Clinical Care Center and developing the DBA Patient Registry; and (2) the Daniella Maria Arturi Foundation and the Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Foundation for their efforts to facilitate collaboration among the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to achieve a successful multidisciplinary approach aimed at shortening [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals under the Medicare Program. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to inpatient hospital service payments to certain hospitals (subsection (d) hospitals) on the basis of prospective rates, to exclude certain cancer hospitals from the meaning of subsection (d) hospital.
Also tagged in: Afghanistan, Ambulatory care, Armed forces, Brain, Budgets, Communication in medicine, Communication in science, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost accounting, Counseling, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Data banks, Defense policy, Department of Veterans Affairs, Directories, Disabled, Education, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to health facilities, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Head injuries, Health information systems, Health policy, Higher education, Hospital care, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Long-term care, Medical care, Medical education, Medical records, Medical research, Medical screening, Medical statistics, Medical tests, Medicine, Mental health services, Mentally disabled, Middle East and North Africa, Military occupation, Military operations, Nursing homes, Peer review organizations (Medicine), Performance measurement, Preventive medicine, Quality of care, Rehabilitation of the disabled, Research centers, Rural affairs, Rural health, Science policy, Social services, South Asia, Technology, Terrorism, Trauma care, Veterans, Veterans' disability compensation, Veterans' hospitals, Veterans' medical care, War casualties
Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain improvements in the treatment of individuals with traumatic brain injuries, and for other purposes. 5/23/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program to screen veterans eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital, medical, and nursing home care for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Requires the Secretary to develop and carry out a program of long-term care for post-acute TBI rehabilitation in four geographically dispersed polytrauma network sites designated by the Secretary. Makes eligible for such program veterans who: (1) served on active duty in a theater of combat operations during a period of war after the Persian Gulf War or during a period of hostilities [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4561) Bill TextTo amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish traumatic brain injury centers. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) establish and operate centers for traumatic brain injury (TBI) research, education, and clinical activities; (2) ensure the geographic distribution of such centers; and (3) designate no more than five centers. Requires the: (1) official within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) responsible for TBI care to establish a peer review panel to assess the scientific and clinical merit of proposals submitted for the designation of such centers; and (2) Under Secretary of Health to ensure the dissemination throughout the VHA of information produced through the research, education, and clinical activities of the centers.
Also tagged in: Accreditation (Medical care), Budgets, Consumers, Continuing education, Data banks, Deceptive advertising, Distance education, Drug approvals, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Genetic counseling, Genetic research, Genetics, Governmental investigations, Health education, Health information systems, Hereditary diseases, Higher education, Marketing, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medical screening, Medical tests, Medicine, Preventive medicine, Science policy, Technology
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3708-3710) Bill TextA bill to secure the promise of personalized medicine for all Americans by expanding and accelerating genomics research and initiatives to improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis, increase the safety of drugs, and identify novel treatments. 3/23/2007--Introduced. Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish the Genomics and Personalized Medicine Interagency Working Group (IWG) to facilitate collaboration, coordination, and integration of activities among federal agencies relating to genomic research and initiatives; (2) establish a national biobanking distributed database for the collection and integration of genomic data and associated environmental and clinical health information; (3) establish a grant program for academic medical centers and other entities to develop or expand biobanking initiatives; (4) improve genetics and genomics training for diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of adults and [...] show full description
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