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Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextSupporting the goals and ideals of an annual National Time Out Day to promote patient safety and optimal outcomes in the operating room. 6/5/2007--Introduced. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of an annual National Time-Out Day as designated by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses for ensuring patient safety and optimal outcomes in the operating room. Congratulates perioperative nurses and representatives of surgical teams for working together to protect patient safety.
Latest Action: 10/26/2007 - Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. Bill TextTo award a Congressional Gold Medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. 9/17/2007--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.) Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. (who performed the first successful coronary bypass, pioneered the field of telemedicine, was elected the first President of Baylor College of Medicine, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction and the National Medal of Science) in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the nation.
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Latest Action: 05/10/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services, and to require the identification of the license of certain health care providers. 5/10/2007--Introduced. Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2007 - Prohibits any person who is a licensed health care service provider but who is not a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathic medicine from making any statement or engaging in any act that deceives or misleads the public or a prospective or current patient into believing that such person is a doctor or has the same or equivalent education, skills, or training. Requires any such person to identify in any advertisement the license under which such person is authorized to provide services. Treats such statements or acts as unfair or deceptive acts or practices prescribed under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct an investigation of health care providers [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Aged, Budgets, Case management, Child health, Children, Education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Families, Family medicine, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Finance, Geriatrics, Government contractors, Grants-in-aid, Gynecology, Health policy, Higher education, Income tax, Medical care, Medical education, Medical fees, Medicine, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Physicians, Public contracts, Rural affairs, Rural health, Scholarships, Student loan funds, Surgery, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Women
Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1149-1155) Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to alleviate critical shortages of physicians in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, and obstetrics-gynecology, and for other purposes. 6/6/2007--Introduced. High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to critical shortage health facilities for scholarships to individuals agreeing to serve as a physician at such facility after completing residency in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, or obstetrics-gynecology. Excludes such scholarship funds from an individual's gross income.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to: (1) establish a loan repayment program for individuals agreeing to serve [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - 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, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans permit enrollees direct access to services of obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly and without a referral. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Access Now Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group plan and an issuer offering group coverage to allow a participant or beneficiary the option to seek obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly from a participating provider without a referral. States that this Act does not prevent a plan or issuer from establishing: (1) reasonable requirements for a participating provider to communicate with the participant's or beneficiary's primary care physician and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Anniversaries, Birth defects, Child health, Children, Commemorations, Congressional tributes, Foreign policy, Health policy, International affairs, Medical care, Medical personnel, Medicine, Plastic surgery, Social services, Volunteer workers, World health
Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 208. Bill TextResolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of the founding of Operation Smile. 7/16/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Recognizes the 25th anniversary of the founding of Operation Smile as its volunteer medical professionals continue to travel around the world to treat children suffering from facial deformities.
Latest Action: 10/16/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextA bill to award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. 10/16/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. (who performed the first successful coronary bypass, pioneered the field of telemedicine, was elected the first President of Baylor College of Medicine, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction and the National Medal of Science) in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the nation.
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Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bill TextSupporting the goals and ideals of an annual National Time Out Day to promote patient safety and optimal outcomes in the operating room. 6/5/2007--Introduced. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of an annual National Time-Out Day as designated by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses for ensuring patient safety and optimal outcomes in the operating room. Congratulates perioperative nurses and representatives of surgical teams for working together to protect patient safety.
Also tagged in: Advertising, Business, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer protection, Consumers, Deceptive advertising, Dentists, Education, Governmental investigations, Health care fraud, Health policy, Higher education, Licenses, Medical care, Medical education, Medical personnel, Medicine, Osteopathy and osteopaths, Physicians, Restrictive trade practices, State and local government, State laws
Latest Action: 05/10/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services, and to require the identification of the license of certain health care providers. 5/10/2007--Introduced. Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2007 - Prohibits any person who is a licensed health care service provider but who is not a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathic medicine from making any statement or engaging in any act that deceives or misleads the public or a prospective or current patient into believing that such person is a doctor or has the same or equivalent education, skills, or training. Requires any such person to identify in any advertisement the license under which such person is authorized to provide services. Treats such statements or acts as unfair or deceptive acts or practices prescribed under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct an investigation of health care providers [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Aged, Budgets, Case management, Child health, Children, Education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Families, Family medicine, Federal aid to education, Federal aid to health facilities, Finance, Geriatrics, Government contractors, Grants-in-aid, Gynecology, Health policy, Higher education, Income tax, Medical care, Medical education, Medical fees, Medicine, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Physicians, Public contracts, Rural affairs, Rural health, Scholarships, Student loan funds, Surgery, Tax exclusion, Taxation, Women
Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1149-1155) Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act to alleviate critical shortages of physicians in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, and obstetrics-gynecology, and for other purposes. 6/6/2007--Introduced. High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to critical shortage health facilities for scholarships to individuals agreeing to serve as a physician at such facility after completing residency in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, or obstetrics-gynecology. Excludes such scholarship funds from an individual's gross income.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to: (1) establish a loan repayment program for individuals agreeing to serve [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Anniversaries, Birth defects, Child health, Children, Commemorations, Congressional tributes, Foreign policy, Health policy, International affairs, Medical care, Medical personnel, Medicine, Plastic surgery, Social services, Volunteer workers, World health
Latest Action: 07/16/2007 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 208. Bill TextResolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of the founding of Operation Smile. 7/16/2007--Passed House amended. (There is 1 other summary) Recognizes the 25th anniversary of the founding of Operation Smile as its volunteer medical professionals continue to travel around the world to treat children suffering from facial deformities.
Latest Action: 10/26/2007 - Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. Bill TextTo award a Congressional Gold Medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. 9/17/2007--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.) Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. (who performed the first successful coronary bypass, pioneered the field of telemedicine, was elected the first President of Baylor College of Medicine, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction and the National Medal of Science) in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the nation.
Latest Action: 10/16/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextA bill to award a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. 10/16/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D. (who performed the first successful coronary bypass, pioneered the field of telemedicine, was elected the first President of Baylor College of Medicine, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction and the National Medal of Science) in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the nation.
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Collective bargaining, Consumer education, Consumers, Employee health benefits, Families, Family medicine, Finance, Gynecology, Health insurance, Health policy, Labor, Labor contracts, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medicine, Obstetrics, Physicians, Standards, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - 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, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans permit enrollees direct access to services of obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly and without a referral. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Access Now Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group plan and an issuer offering group coverage to allow a participant or beneficiary the option to seek obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly from a participating provider without a referral. States that this Act does not prevent a plan or issuer from establishing: (1) reasonable requirements for a participating provider to communicate with the participant's or beneficiary's primary care physician and [...] show full description
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