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Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide funds to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid Program. 3/1/2007--Introduced. Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide funds to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, to audit a sample from among the States in order to assess the effectiveness of progress made in reducing or eliminating the wage gap between targeted and reference direct support professionals through funds under this Act.Requires the Comptroller General to study and [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7185-7187) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the quality and availability of mental health services for children and adolescents. 6/6/2007--Introduced. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the Center for Mental Health Services, to provide for comprehensive state mental health plans that exclusively meet the mental health needs of children and adolescents. Requires the Secretary to provide for child and adolescent mental health early intervention and prevention services. Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide for access to mental health and case management services in educational settings; and (2) develop guidelines that encourage schools to provide counseling and positive behavioral supports. Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) of the Social Security Act [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Adoption, Aid to dependent children, AIDS (Disease), Budgets, Caregivers, Cash welfare block grants, Child health, Child support, Child welfare, Children, Church and social problems, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Custody of children, Day care, Department of Health and Human Services, Disabled, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Education, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Families, Family services, Family violence, Federal aid to child health services, Food, Food stamps, Foster home care, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grandparents, Grants-in-aid, Guardian and ward, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Housing, Housing subsidies, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Identification of criminals, Indian children, Indians, Information services, Interstate compacts, Job training, Legal aid, Legal fees, Legal services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Mental health services, Metropolitan areas, Minorities, Nonprofit organizations, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Ombudsman, Parent and child, Parents, Politics and government, Poor children, Prisoners, Public contracts, Public-private partnerships, Religion, Secondary education, Siblings, Social security, Social services, Special education, Standards, State and local government, Students, Supplemental security income program, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone, Urban affairs, Vocational education, Web sites, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 09/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo establish kinship navigator programs, to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes. 5/7/2007--Introduced. Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to pay for the federal share of the cost of carrying out kinship navigator programs. Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Provides that adoptive parents of children with special needs remain eligible for adoption assistance, even if they receive kinship guardianship [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 07/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Bill TextTo provide for transitional emergency assistance to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are severely injured while serving on active duty, to expand and improve programs for caregiver services for those members and veterans, to require improved screening and care for traumatic brain injury for returning servicemembers and veterans, and for other purposes. 6/25/2007--Introduced. Wounded Heroes' Bill of Rights Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide prompt emergency cash assistance to a member of the Armed Forces or veteran who, on or after September 11, 2001, was or is severely injured while serving on active duty (to be known as a Wounded Hero) and, due to such injury, is undergoing significant financial difficulty. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a business tax credit for employers hiring Wounded Heroes. Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide increased protections under such Act for Wounded Heroes and persons [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2171-2172) Bill TextA bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants for kinship navigator programs to state agencies, metropolitan agencies, or tribal organizations with experience in addressing needs of kinship caregivers or children and connecting them with services and assistance.Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Allows states to use part E funds to [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12776-12777) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes. 10/4/2007--Introduced. Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention and Services Program to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a research agenda for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD); (2) facilitate surveillance, public health research, and prevention of FASD; and (3) award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to states and other entities to provide services for individuals with FASD, to educate court, law enforcement, and adoption officials on how to treat and support individuals with FASD, and to provide transitional services for individuals affected by prenatal alcohol exposure.Requires: (1) the Secretary to provide for continuation of the Interagency Coordinating Committee [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill Text
A bill to require pilot programs on training and certification for family caregiver personal care attendants for veterans and members of the Armed Forces with traumatic brain injury, to require a pilot program on provision of respite care to such veterans and members, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Bill Text
A bill to require pilot programs on training and certification for family caregiver personal care attendants for veterans and members of the Armed Forces with traumatic brain injury, to require a pilot program on provision of respite care to such veterans and members, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action: 10/04/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12776-12777) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and extend the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention and services program, and for other purposes. 10/4/2007--Introduced. Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention and Services Program to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a research agenda for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD); (2) facilitate surveillance, public health research, and prevention of FASD; and (3) award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to states and other entities to provide services for individuals with FASD, to educate court, law enforcement, and adoption officials on how to treat and support individuals with FASD, and to provide transitional services for individuals affected by prenatal alcohol exposure.Requires: (1) the Secretary to provide for continuation of the Interagency Coordinating Committee [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Adult day care, Afghanistan, Armed forces, Brain, Business, Caregivers, Case management, Congress, Congressional oversight, Consumer credit, Consumers, Counterterrorism, Credit bureaus, Criminal justice, Debt, Debtor and creditor, Defense policy, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Disability evaluation, Disabled, Eviction, Executive departments, Executive Office of the President, Executive reorganization, Families, Family services, Federal advisory bodies, Finance, Foreclosure, Government contractors, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Head injuries, Health counseling, Health policy, Home care services, Hospital care, Hospital rates, Hospitals, Housing, Income tax, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Labor, Law, Long-term care, Medical care, Medical fees, Medicine, Mental health services, Middle East and North Africa, Military dependents, Military discharges, Military pay, Physical examinations, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Public contracts, Rehabilitation of the disabled, Relocation, South Asia, Standard of living, Tax credits, Taxation, Terminal care, Terrorism, Transportation, Travel costs, Veterans, Veterans' disability compensation, Veterans' employment, Veterans' medical care, Vocational rehabilitation, Wages, War casualties
Latest Action: 07/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Bill TextTo provide for transitional emergency assistance to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are severely injured while serving on active duty, to expand and improve programs for caregiver services for those members and veterans, to require improved screening and care for traumatic brain injury for returning servicemembers and veterans, and for other purposes. 6/25/2007--Introduced. Wounded Heroes' Bill of Rights Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide prompt emergency cash assistance to a member of the Armed Forces or veteran who, on or after September 11, 2001, was or is severely injured while serving on active duty (to be known as a Wounded Hero) and, due to such injury, is undergoing significant financial difficulty. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a business tax credit for employers hiring Wounded Heroes. Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide increased protections under such Act for Wounded Heroes and persons [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Block grants, Budgets, Case management, Child sexual abuse, Children, Community health services, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Continuing education, Continuum of care, Criminal justice, Curricula, Disasters, Drug abuse, Drug abuse treatment, Drug therapy, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee training, Epidemiology, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family services, Federal aid to child health services, Federal aid to research, Foster home care, Guardian and ward, Health counseling, Health education, Health planning, Health policy, Health services administration, Health surveys, Higher education, Job training, Juvenile delinquency, Medical care, Medical education, Medical research, Medical screening, Medicine, Mental health services, Mentoring, Minorities, Minority health, Parent and child, Performance measurement, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Preventive medicine, Prison alternatives, Psychotropic drugs, Rural affairs, Rural health, School health programs, Science policy, Social services, Social work, State and local government, Terrorism, Trauma care, Urban affairs, Violence, Welfare, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7185-7187) Bill TextA bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the quality and availability of mental health services for children and adolescents. 6/6/2007--Introduced. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the Center for Mental Health Services, to provide for comprehensive state mental health plans that exclusively meet the mental health needs of children and adolescents. Requires the Secretary to provide for child and adolescent mental health early intervention and prevention services. Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide for access to mental health and case management services in educational settings; and (2) develop guidelines that encourage schools to provide counseling and positive behavioral supports. Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) of the Social Security Act [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Adoption, Aid to dependent children, AIDS (Disease), Budgets, Caregivers, Cash welfare block grants, Child health, Child support, Child welfare, Children, Church and social problems, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Custody of children, Day care, Department of Health and Human Services, Disabled, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Education, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Families, Family services, Family violence, Federal aid to child health services, Food, Food stamps, Foster home care, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grandparents, Grants-in-aid, Guardian and ward, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Housing, Housing subsidies, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Identification of criminals, Indian children, Indians, Information services, Interstate compacts, Job training, Legal aid, Legal fees, Legal services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Mental health services, Metropolitan areas, Minorities, Nonprofit organizations, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Ombudsman, Parent and child, Parents, Politics and government, Poor children, Prisoners, Public contracts, Public-private partnerships, Religion, Secondary education, Siblings, Social security, Social services, Special education, Standards, State and local government, Students, Supplemental security income program, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone, Urban affairs, Vocational education, Web sites, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 09/19/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo establish kinship navigator programs, to establish kinship guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes. 5/7/2007--Introduced. Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to pay for the federal share of the cost of carrying out kinship navigator programs. Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Provides that adoptive parents of children with special needs remain eligible for adoption assistance, even if they receive kinship guardianship [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Auditing, Budgets, Caregivers, Community health services, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost of living adjustments, Disabled, Families, Government information, Government paperwork, Health policy, Home care services, Labor, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicine, Paramedical personnel, Performance measurement, Planning, Recruiting of employees, Rehabilitation of the disabled, Wages, Welfare
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide funds to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid Program. 3/1/2007--Introduced. Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2007 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide funds to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, to audit a sample from among the States in order to assess the effectiveness of progress made in reducing or eliminating the wage gap between targeted and reference direct support professionals through funds under this Act.Requires the Comptroller General to study and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Adoption, Aid to dependent children, AIDS (Disease), Budgets, Caregivers, Cash welfare block grants, Child health, Child support, Child welfare, Children, Church and social problems, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Custody of children, Day care, Department of Health and Human Services, Disabled, Drug abuse, Drug abuse prevention, Drug abuse treatment, Education, Electronic government information, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Families, Family services, Family violence, Federal aid to child health services, Food, Food stamps, Foster home care, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grandparents, Grants-in-aid, Guardian and ward, Health insurance, Health policy, Higher education, Housing, Housing subsidies, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Identification of criminals, Indian children, Indians, Information services, Interstate compacts, Job training, Legal aid, Legal fees, Legal services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medically uninsured, Medicine, Mental health services, Metropolitan areas, Minorities, Nonprofit organizations, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Ombudsman, Parent and child, Parents, Politics and government, Poor children, Prisoners, Public contracts, Public-private partnerships, Religion, Secondary education, Siblings, Social security, Social services, Special education, Standards, State and local government, Students, Supplemental security income program, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone, Urban affairs, Vocational education, Web sites, Welfare, Welfare eligibility
Latest Action: 02/16/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2171-2172) Bill TextA bill to establish kinship navigator programs, to establish guardianship assistance payments for children, and for other purposes. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants for kinship navigator programs to state agencies, metropolitan agencies, or tribal organizations with experience in addressing needs of kinship caregivers or children and connecting them with services and assistance.Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Allows states to use part E funds to [...] show full description
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