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| 105-sres-314 | 105 | sres | 314 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make adjustments to payments made to skilled nursing facilities under the medicare program. | Health | 1998-10-21 | 1998-10-21 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in making payments under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities under Medicare, has the authority under such PPS to provide for an appropriate adjustment to account for case mix which reflects a patient's medical needs requiring the provision of non-therapy ancillary services (such as respiratory therapy, pharmacy, laboratory, X-ray, and parenteral and enteral services, and covered durable medical supplies). Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should: (1) gather sufficient data on the provision of non-therapy ancillary services by skilled nursing facilities paid under the PPS in order to develop the appropriate case mix adjustment; and (2) periodically report to the Congress on the development of such an adjustment which reflects a patient's medical needs requiring such ancillary services. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4862 | 105 | hr | 4862 | Medigap Access Protection for Seniors Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-20 | 1998-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | C000141 | 0 | Medigap Access Protection for Seniors Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to the certification of Medicare supplemental health insurance (Medigap) policies to include among such policies one which covers prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare+Choice plan that terminates enrollment of all individuals in the area in which the beneficiary resides. | 2025-08-21T16:11:55Z | |
| 105-hr-4872 | 105 | hr | 4872 | Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-20 | 1998-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 13 | Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of and payment for the following under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance): (1) certified midwife services (currently only certified nurse-midwife services are covered); and (2) freestanding birth center services. Declares that nothing precludes certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives from teaching or supervising an intern or resident-in-training. | 2025-08-21T16:14:50Z | |
| 105-hr-4873 | 105 | hr | 4873 | NIH Office of Autoimmune Diseases Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-20 | 1998-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | W000215 | 0 | NIH Office of Autoimmune Diseases Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Office of the Director of NIH the Office of Autoimmune Diseases (Office), whose Director shall: (1) serve as principal advisor on autoimmune diseases to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Director of NIH; and (2) advise the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Instructs the Director of NIH to ensure that: (1) an Autoimmune Disease Coordinating Committee is in operation to coordinate the autoimmune disease activities of the National Institutes of Health; and (2) it includes liaison members from other Federal health agencies. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:11:42Z | |
| 105-s-2647 | 105 | s | 2647 | Drug Demand Reduction Act | Health | 1998-10-20 | 1998-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Targeted Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs Subtitle A: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Subtitle B: Drug-Free Prisons and Jails Subtitle C: Drug-Free Schools Quality Assurance Title II: Statement of National Antidrug Policy Subtitle A: Congressional Leadership in Community Coalitions Subtitle B: Rejection of Legalization of Drugs Subtitle C: Report on Streamlining Federal Prevention and Treatment Efforts Drug Demand Reduction Act - Title I: Targeted Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs - Subtitle A: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign - Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998 - Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to: (1) conduct a national media campaign for the purpose of reducing and preventing drug abuse among young people in the United States; and (2) use appropriated funds for media that focuses on, or that includes specific information on, prevention or treatment resources for consumers within specific local areas. (Sec. 103) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) authorized and prohibited uses of funds; and (2) matching and reporting requirements. (Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Drug-Free Prisons and Jails - Drug-Free Prisons and Jails Act of 1998 - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to establish a model substance abuse treatment program for substance-involved offenders by providing financial assistance to grant recipients and evaluating the success of programs conducted pursuant to this subtitle. Limits grant awards and administrative costs. (Sec. 114) Sets forth requirements for grant applications, review and approval of awards, permissible uses of funds, and evaluation and reporting requirements. Requires the Director to establish minimum criteria for program evaluation. (Sec. 118) Authorizes appropriations from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust F… | 2025-08-21T16:11:43Z | |
| 105-hr-4855 | 105 | hr | 4855 | Reinstatement of Medicare Bonus and Capital Payment for Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-19 | 1998-10-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] | MA | D | N000015 | 0 | Reinstatement of Medicare Bonus and Capital Payment for Rehabilitation Hospitals Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reinstate certain bonus thresholds and capital payment levels for rehabilitation hospitals and units. | 2025-08-21T16:12:30Z | |
| 105-hr-4849 | 105 | hr | 4849 | Generic Drug Uniformity Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-16 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Generic Drug Uniformity Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to new drug applications to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include in an application approval a finding about whether the approved (generic) drug is the therapeutic equivalent of the listed drug involved. Prohibits a State or its political subdivision from establishing or continuing any requirement that does not conform to the therapeutic equivalence requirement of this Act. | 2025-08-21T16:14:45Z | |
| 105-hr-4843 | 105 | hr | 4843 | Nursing Home Residents Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-15 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-33] | CA | D | R000486 | 10 | Nursing Home Residents Protection Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a person or entity having a controlling interest in a skilled nursing facility or a nursing facility that files for relief from debts under the bankruptcy code to provide written notice of such filing to the State agency responsible for licensing the facility. Requires similar written notification to the State agency of appointment of a bankruptcy trustee. | 2025-08-21T16:14:30Z | |
| 105-hr-4835 | 105 | hr | 4835 | COBRA Extension Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-14 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9] | TX | D | L000043 | 2 | COBRA Extension Act of 1998 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to extend health plan insurance continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) for surviving spouses. | 2025-08-21T16:13:22Z | |
| 105-hr-4836 | 105 | hr | 4836 | QMB Improvement Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-14 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 2 | QMB Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and the Internal Revenue Code, to establish a mechanism for promoting the provision of Medicare cost-sharing assistance under Medicaid to eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries. | 2025-08-21T16:11:35Z | |
| 105-hr-4825 | 105 | hr | 4825 | Childhood Lead Poisoning Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-13 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Childhood Lead Poisoning Protection Act of 1998 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for a reduced Federal medical assistance percentage for States that fail to meet specified minimum blood lead screening rates established by this Act, subject to waiver by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the case of a State that has performed during a fiscal year such a significant number of lead blood level assessments that the State reasonably cannot be expected to achieve the appropriate minimum blood lead screening rate. Requires the State Medicaid plan to provide for reporting to the Secretary: (1) the number of children who are not more than two years of age and enrolled in the Medicaid program; and (2) the number and results of lead blood level assessments performed by the State, along with demographic and identifying information consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with respect to lead surveillance. Requires each contract between the State and an entity responsible for provision of medical assistance under the State plan to provide for: (1) compliance with mandatory screening requirements for lead blood level assessments commensurate with guidelines and mandates issued by the Secretary through the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration; as well as (2) coverage of appropriate qualified lead treatment services, as prescribed by CDC guidelines, for children with elevated levels of lead in their blood. Allows reimbursement for qualified lead treatment services for children with elevated blood lead levels. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Head Start Act to mandate lead poisoning screening for an infant or child to be eligible to participate in either the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, or early Head Start programs. | 2025-08-21T16:12:44Z | |
| 105-hres-596 | 105 | hres | 596 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the seriousness of the national problems associated with mental illness and with respect to congressional intent to establish a "Mental Illness Working Group". | Health | 1998-10-13 | 1998-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | R000465 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a "Mental Illness Working Group" should be established to probe the serious national dimensions of the mentally ill. | 2025-01-02T17:44:43Z | |
| 105-hr-4812 | 105 | hr | 4812 | To make the Federal employees health benefits program available to individuals age 55 to 65 who would not otherwise have health insurance, and for other purposes. | Health | 1998-10-12 | 1998-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28] | CA | R | D000492 | 0 | Amends provisions relating to Federal employees' health insurance to permit any qualified individual (an individual who is age 55 to 65 and has not been covered under any health insurance policy for at least the preceding 30 days) to enroll in an approved health benefits plan for self alone, so long as such individual pays currently into the Employees Health Benefits Fund, under arrangements acceptable to the Office of Personnel Management, the full amount of the subscription charges required. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 105-s-2625 | 105 | s | 2625 | Cigars Are Not a Safe Smoking Alternative Act | Health | 1998-10-12 | 1998-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Cigars Are Not A Safe Smoking Alternative Act - Prohibits any person from selling or distributing a cigar to any individual under 18. Requires that cigar retailers: (1) ensure that all cigars are located in areas where customers do not have direct access; and (2) sell cigars only in face-to-face exchanges. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose restrictions on the sale, advertising, distribution, and marketing of cigars directed at youth as appropriate to limit sale to individuals 18 or over. Prohibits advertising cigars on any form of electronic communication. Directs the Secretary to encourage cigar manufacturers to end the practice of paying for, or participating in, the placement of cigars in movies and on television where a substantial segment of the audience is under 18. Mandates health warnings on the labels of cigars, cigar packaging, and advertising and marketing materials and messages. Requires a study and report to the Congress and the President on: (1) the health effects of occasional cigar smoking, nicotine dependence demonstrated by cigar smokers, biological uptake of toxic and carcinogenic constituents of cigars, and environmental cigar smoke exposure; and (2) the yields of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and any other additive designated by the Secretary. Requires cigar manufacturers to report to the Secretary on those yields. Requires a study and report to the Congress and the President by the Federal Trade Commission on current cigar sales, advertising, and marketing practices. Directs the Secretary to monitor trends in youth access to and use of cigars and, if cigars are inappropriately accessible to, or becoming an attractive alternative to smoking cigarettes for, children and adolescents, to notify the Congress and make recommendations. | 2025-08-21T16:13:50Z | |
| 105-s-2626 | 105 | s | 2626 | Health Care for America's Children Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-12 | 1998-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 0 | Health Care for America's Children Act of 1998 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pay a children's enrollment performance bonus to each State that: (1) demonstrates its commitment to reach and enroll Medicaid-eligible children in its State Medicaid plan through implementation of various specified outreach activities; and (2) reports annually to the Secretary on the number of full year equivalent Medicaid-eligible children who enrolled under the State Medicaid plan as a result of having been provided presumptive eligibility and having applied for Medicaid assistance through an outstationed eligibility worker and by mail or telephone. | 2025-08-21T16:11:43Z | |
| 105-hr-4789 | 105 | hr | 4789 | Elderly and Disabled Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-10 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Weller, Jerry [R-IL-11] | IL | R | W000273 | 2 | Elderly and Disabled Protection Act of 1998 - Declares that a nursing facility (including a skilled nursing facility), home health agency, or hospice program (covered facility) under the Medicare and Medicaid programs of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act may not: (1) employ an individual as a direct care employee unless the facility has requested from the State direct care employee registry a background check (including a criminal as well as an abusive work history background check); or (2) continue to employ such an individual if the background check report reveals a conviction of a disqualifying crime. Requires the covered facility to report to such registry documented findings of patient abuse by a direct care employee. Imposes civil penalties upon covered facilities that violate such requirements. Defines "direct care employee" as a paid, nonvolunteer nurse aide, home health care aide, personal care assistant, private duty nurse aide, day attendant, housekeeper, library attendant, laundry assistant, or similar worker who performs nursing or related tasks involving direct patient care in a covered facility. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish methods by which State direct care registries can pool and share criminal background check summaries and documented findings of patient abuse (national registry coordination system). Requires each State to expand its direct care employee registry in order to carry out such background checks and other related functions, including reporting of summary information to the national registry coordination system. Sets forth procedures for criminal and abusive work history background checks. | 2025-08-21T16:13:44Z | |
| 105-hr-4794 | 105 | hr | 4794 | Fairness in Prescription Drug Prices Act | Health | 1998-10-10 | 1998-10-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5] | AL | D | C000868 | 0 | Fairness in Prescription Drug Prices Act - Allows any qualified pharmacy to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enable it to sell covered outpatient drugs to Medicare beneficiaries (under title XVIII of the Social Security Act) at a reduced price. Requires such an agreement to: (1) entitle the participating pharmacy to purchase any covered outpatient drug listed on the Federal Supply Schedule of the General Services Administration at the participating pharmacy discount price for that drug; and (2) permit the participating pharmacy to purchase under this Act as much of a covered outpatient drug as it sells to Medicare beneficiaries. Sets forth guidelines for determining the participating pharmacy discount price and a special rule for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a hospice program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) administer this Act in a manner that uses existing methods of obtaining and distributing drugs to the maximum extent possible, consistent with efficiency and cost effectiveness; and (2) report to the Congress annually regarding the effectiveness of this Act in protecting Medicare beneficiaries from discriminatory pricing by drug manufacturers, along with any appropriate legislative recommendations to further reduce the cost of covered outpatient drugs to such beneficiaries. | 2025-08-21T16:12:37Z | |
| 105-hr-4799 | 105 | hr | 4799 | Early Medicare Access and Affordability Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-10 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Access to Medicare Benefits for Individuals 62-to- 65 Years of Age Title II: Access to Medicare Benefits for Displaced Workers 55-to-62 Years of Age Title III: Cobra Protection for Early Retirees Subtitle A: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Subtitle B: Amendments to the Public Health Service Act Subtitle C: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Title IV: Financing Title V: Provision of Premium Assistance for Low-Income Individuals Purchasing Early Coverage Under the Medicare Program Early Medicare Access and Affordability Act of 1998 - Title I: Access to Medicare Benefits for Individuals 62-to-65 Years of Age - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Purchase of Medicare Benefits by Certain Individuals Age 62-to-65 Years of Age). Makes eligible to enroll in Medicare during a specified period individuals between the ages of 62 and 65 who: (1) are not eligible for coverage under group health plans or Federal health insurance; but (2) would be Medicare-eligible if age 65. (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine rates for the base monthly premium, the base annual premium, and the deferred monthly premium for individuals age 62 or older. Requires the Secretary to: (1) adjust and limit the maximum base annual premium in a premium area to assure participation in all areas of the United States; and (2) provide for payment and collection of the base monthly premium. Makes the enrollee liable for the deferred monthly premium payment between ages 65 and 85. Requires collection of both premiums in the same manner as for the payment of monthly premiums under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Creates in the Treasury the Medicare Early Access Trust Fund (Trust Fund) to hold collected premiums as well as the savings from new fr… | 2025-08-21T16:12:19Z | |
| 105-hr-4800 | 105 | hr | 4800 | Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act | Health | 1998-10-10 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | P000096 | 1 | Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to: (1) States or their designees to operate the State's traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry; and (2) academic institutions to conduct applied research to support the registries. Regulates registry data confidentiality. Authorizes technical assistance, directly or through grants and contracts, regarding the registries and regarding development of model legislation. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:12:19Z | |
| 105-hr-4804 | 105 | hr | 4804 | Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-10 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 1 | Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities from using on a full-time or other paid basis as a feeding and hydration assistant any individual who has not completed a related, State-approved training and competency evaluation and is not competent to provide such services. Requires States to specify, and provide for review and reapproval of, approved programs meeting Federal requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish such requirements, as well as requirements respecting the minimum frequency and methodology a State shall use in reviewing compliance with them. | 2025-08-21T16:15:01Z | |
| 105-hr-4767 | 105 | hr | 4767 | Improved Children's Health Coverage Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] | CO | D | D000197 | 0 | Improved Children's Health Coverage Act of 1998 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to mandate: (1) development and use of a uniform, simplified application form for establishing eligibility for Medicaid and CHIP benefits; (2) coordinated enrollment processes; and (3) timely response to inquiries received through a national toll-free telephone number for information on children's coverage under such programs. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish such number. (Sec. 2) Declares the costs to administer such development and use to be a reasonable cost to administer a State's CHIP plan regardless of whether such expenditures might also be related to the administration of SSA title XIX. Eliminates certain limitations from applying to such administrative costs. Requires the Secretary to permit common administrative expenditures between SSA titles XIX and XXI to be paid for under SSA title XXI. Mandates periodic independent State audits of enrollment processes to determine the extent to which children provided CHIP assistance are eligible for Medicaid assistance (and, therefore, should be provided Medicaid assistance rather than CHIP assistance). Amends SSA titles XIX to provide for additional entities (including elementary and secondary schools, child support enforcement agencies, and child care resource and referral agencies) that are qualified to determine Medicaid presumptive eligibility for low-income children. (Sec. 3) Amends SSA title XXI to require a State child health plan to: (1) specify methods to ensure coordination of pediatric care within a family; (2) make the State and its contractors, and not beneficiaries and families, responsible for applying limitations on cost-sharing; (3) impose, at its option, a flat limit (of up to $500) on out-of-pocket expenditures for certain low-income children (as an alternative to the current five percent of family income); and (4) provide a grace period and prio… | 2025-08-21T16:14:12Z | |
| 105-hr-4771 | 105 | hr | 4771 | To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program for certain military retirees and dependents, and for other purposes. | Health | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Hefley, Joel [R-CO-5] | CO | R | H000444 | 0 | Declares that there shall be no increase in the monthly premium (no penalty) for certain military retirees and dependents eligible for hospital insurance benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act who enrolled in Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) pursuant to a general enrollment period in 1998 or 1999 and remained continuously enrolled. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take appropriate action (such as a lump sum payment or adjustment of future premium payments) to assure there is no premium increase for late enrollment for such individuals. | 2025-01-02T17:51:49Z | |
| 105-s-2598 | 105 | s | 2598 | Children's Lead Paint Act | Health | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 2 | Children's Lead Prevention and Inclusive Treatment Act of 1998 (or the Children's Lead PAInT Act) - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for a reduced Federal medical assistance percentage for States that fail to meet specified minimum blood lead screening rates established by this Act, subject to waiver by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the case of a State that has performed during a fiscal year such a significant number of lead blood level assessments that the State reasonably cannot be expected to achieve the appropriate minimum blood lead screening rate. Requires the State Medicaid plan to provide for reporting to the Secretary: (1) the number of children who are not more than two years of age and enrolled in the Medicaid program; and (2) the number and results of lead blood level assessments performed by the State, along with demographic and identifying information consistent with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with respect to lead surveillance. Requires each contract between the State and an entity responsible for provision of medical assistance under the State plan to provide for: (1) compliance with mandatory screening requirements for lead blood level assessments commensurate with guidelines and mandates issued by the Secretary through the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration; as well as (2) coverage of appropriate qualified lead treatment services, as prescribed by CDC guidelines, for children with elevated levels of lead in their blood. Allows reimbursement for qualified lead treatment services for children with elevated blood lead levels. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Head Start Act to mandate lead poisoning screening for an infant or child to be eligible to participate in either the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, or early Head Start programs. | 2025-08-21T16:14:33Z | |
| 105-s-2603 | 105 | s | 2603 | Promoting Health in Rural Areas Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 5 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Promoting Access to Health Care Services in Rural Areas Under the Medicare Program Title II: Additional Provisions to Address Shortages of Health Professionals in Rural Areas Title III: Development of Telehealth Networks Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Promoting Health in Rural Areas Act of 1998 - Title I: Promoting Access to Health Care Services in Rural Areas Under the Medicare Program - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make certain adjustments to the calculation of annual capitation rates used in determining payments to Medicare+Choice organizations. (Sec. 102) Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to convert into a permanently authorized program the current demonstration program for direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid (SSA title XIX), and other third party payors by Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Alaska Native health organizations. (Sec. 103) Amends Medicare to: (1) revise payment requirements for sole community hospitals with regard to the substitution of certain allowable operating costs for base cost reporting periods beginning with discharges occurring in FY 2000; (2) provide for conversion of certain recently closed hospitals to critical access hospitals; (3) make certain technical amendments with regard to adjustments for graduate medical education, both indirect and direct; (4) modify the Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program to provide for a reduction in the discharge percentage required for any hospital to be eligible to participate in the program; (5) provide for rural representation on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (6) provide for Medicare coverage of qualified mental health professional services; and (7) provide for an all-inclusive payment rate option (in addition to the current reasonable cost method) for outpatient critical access hospital services. (Sec. 109) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) t… | 2025-08-21T16:13:37Z | |
| 105-s-2605 | 105 | s | 2605 | Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act | Health | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | T000317 | 1 | Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to: (1) States or their designees to operate the State's traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury registry; and (2) academic institutions to conduct applied research to support the registries. Regulates registry data confidentiality. Authorizes technical assistance, directly or through grants and contracts, regarding the registries and regarding development of model legislation. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:12:41Z | |
| 105-s-2609 | 105 | s | 2609 | Medical Information Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] | UT | R | B000382 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Individual's Rights Subtitle A: Review of Protected Health Information by Subjects of the Information Subtitle B: Establishment of Safeguards Title II: Restrictions on Use and Disclosure Title III: Sanctions Subtitle A: Criminal Provisions Subtitle B: Civil Sanctions Title IV: Miscellaneous Medical Information Protection Act of 1998 - Title I: Individual's Rights - Subtitle A: Review of Protected Health Information by Subjects of the Information - Requires specified health entities in possession of protected health information to arrange (except in certain circumstances) for its inspection or copying upon the request of the individual subject of such information (subject individual). Prescribes procedures for: (1) notification upon request denial, including the reasons for such denial, and the concomitant review procedures; (2) requests by such individual to amend such information; and (3) conspicuous disclosure of such entities' confidentiality practices. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to develop model notices of confidentiality. Subtitle B: Establishment of Safeguards - Mandates the establishment of: (1) administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for protected health information; and (2) a record of any protected health information disclosures not made within the health entity. Title II: Restrictions on Use and Disclosure - Prescribes guidelines for disclosure of protected health information with respect to: (1) authorizations for treatment, payment, and health care operations; (3) the individual's next of kin and directory information; (4) emergency circumstances; (5) certain oversight agencies; (6) public health authorities; (7) health researchers; (8) civil, judicial, and administrative procedures; (9) certain law enforcement procedures; (10) payment for health care through card or electronic means; (11) certain duly authorized representa… | 2025-08-21T16:13:39Z | |
| 105-s-2611 | 105 | s | 2611 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enable medicare beneficiaries to remain enrolled in their chosen medicare health plan. | Health | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 2 | Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to change from May 1 to July 15 the annual deadline for a Medicare+Choice organization to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services proposed premiums and information relating to coordinated plans, Medical Savings Account (MSA) plans, and private fee-for-service plans. Authorizes the Secretary to require an interim submission before July 15. Requires a Medicare+Choice organization to notify the Secretary before July 15 during a contract term of an intention to terminate the contract at the end of the term. Reduces from five to three years the waiting period after a Medicare+choice organization's termination of a contract during which the Secretary may not contract again with such organization. Allows certain eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts which have notified the Secretary of an intention not to convert such a contract to one offering a Medicare+Choice plan to resubmit an updated version of proposed premiums and related plan information previously submitted to make such a conversion. Requires the Secretary to act on such updated information in such a manner as to ensure that, if approved, the organization may make the conversion. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 105-s-2616 | 105 | s | 2616 | Medicare Home Health Fair Payment Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-10 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12343-12344, S12347-12348) | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 17 | Medicare Home Health Fair Payment Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the computation formula of the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, in order to: (1) create a new formula for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998 with the agency-specific per beneficiary annual limitation calculated on a different basis which still makes use of the agency's census division; (2) revise the rules for new providers for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998; (3) provide for a five percent increase in per visit cost limits for such cost reporting periods; (4) provide for a one year delay in establishment of a prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services and in implementation of the mandatory 15 percent reduction in cost and per beneficiary limits under such interim system; and (5) adjust the home health market basket update for home health services under PPS and such interim system, reducing it by a specified percentage for any cost reporting period beginning in FY 2000 or 2001, and increasing it by another specified percentage for any cost reporting period beginning in FY 2004. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat: (1) a taxpayer as having omitted a correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) for purposes of mathematical error assessment if information provided by the taxpayer on the return with respect to the individual whose TIN was provided differs from the information the Secretary of the Treasury obtains from the person issuing the TIN; and (2) as a mathematical error the inclusion on a return of a TIN if it is of an individual whose age affects the amount of the tax credit involved and the computation of such credit reflects the treatment of such individual as being of an age different from the individual's age based on such TIN. Adds the vaccine against rotavirus gastroenteritis to the list of taxable vaccines for F… | 2025-08-21T16:13:02Z | |
| 105-sres-295 | 105 | sres | 295 | A bill to express the sense of the Senate concerning the development of effective methods for eliminating the use of heroin. | Health | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-09 | Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Senate regarding drug control policy, including regarding: (1) methadone and heroin; and (2) alternative approaches to curing heroin addiction. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 105-hr-4736 | 105 | hr | 4736 | Medicare Nursing and Paramedical Education Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25] | TX | D | B000400 | 6 | Medicare Nursing and Paramedical Education Act of 1998 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) exclusion of approved nursing and paramedical education program costs in calculating the Medicare+Choice payment rate; and (2) additional payment to hospitals of nursing and paramedical education program costs for Medicare+Choice organization and Medicare managed care enrollees. | 2025-08-21T16:14:57Z | |
| 105-hr-4737 | 105 | hr | 4737 | Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] | NY | R | K000078 | 8 | Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to set standards requiring that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease. | 2025-08-21T16:11:33Z | |
| 105-hr-4739 | 105 | hr | 4739 | All-Payer Graduate Medical Education Act | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | C000141 | 3 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Health Care Workforce Trust Fund; Payments to Teaching Hospitals Subtitle A: Establishment and Financing of Fund Subtitle B: Additional Payments to Teaching Hospitals Subtitle C: Conforming Changes in Medicare Payment for Direct Costs of Graduate Medical Education Title II: Health Workforce Priorities Title III: Modification in Medicare Payment for IME and DSH Title IV: Additional Payments for Graduate Education for Non-Physician Health Professionals All-Payer Graduate Medical Education Act - Title I: Health Care Workforce Trust Fund; Payments to Teaching Hospitals - Subtitle A: Establishment and Financing of Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Health Care Workforce Trust Fund to provide for the financing of graduate medical education. Appropriates to the Fund amounts from: (1) specified fees imposed on health insurance; (2) the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; and (3) the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Subtitle B: Additional Payments to Teaching Hospitals - Provides for payments to eligible teaching hospitals. Requires a study. Subtitle C: Conforming Changes in Medicare Payment for Direct Costs of Graduate Medical Education - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise provisions concerning the formula for graduate medical education costs. Title II: Health Workforce Priorities - Requires a plan to reduce medical residency training positions. Title III: Modification in Medicare Payment for IME and DSH - Modifies specified Medicare payments. Title IV: Additional Payments for Graduate Education for Non- Physician Health Professionals - Requires a plan followed by the making of payments to support institutions providing graduate medical education to non-physician health professionals. | 2025-08-21T16:14:55Z | |
| 105-hr-4748 | 105 | hr | 4748 | Seniors' Right to Health Care Notification Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-30] | NY | R | Q000016 | 0 | Seniors' Right to Health Care Notification Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to generally require 180-day advance notice of the termination of a hospital's participation under the Medicare+Choice program under Medicare part C, as well as under other Medicare managed care arrangements pertaining to health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans. | 2025-08-21T16:11:39Z | |
| 105-hr-4753 | 105 | hr | 4753 | Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for coverage of certain outpatient prescription drugs and home infusion drug therapy services; (2) outline payment rules and related requirements for such drugs and services; (3) provide for Medicare rebates for covered outpatient prescription drugs (or, in the alternative, for purchasing arrangement demonstrations which result in lower costs to the Medicare program and beneficiaries than under the rebate program); and (4) restructure payment for drugs, biologicals, and parenteral nutrients not paid on a cost or prospective payment basis as otherwise provided in Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Expands the membership of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to include additional members, appointed by the Comptroller General, with expertise in pharmacology and prescription drug benefit programs. Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to eliminate the report to the Congress on the average wholesale prices of drugs and biologicals. Declares that any increase in the Medicare part B premium resulting from this Act is covered for qualified Medicare beneficiaries and for special low-income Medicare beneficiaries under respective programs of the Medicaid program under SSA title XIX. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide, in any statement of premiums, for a separate statement of the portion of such premiums attributable to this Act's amendments; and (2) establish a method under which such portion is waived for any Medicare part B enrollee who demonstrates that he or she has coverage actuarially equivalent to the Medicare part B coverage. | 2025-08-21T16:14:50Z | |
| 105-hres-585 | 105 | hres | 585 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Health Care Financing Administration should adhere to the statutory deadlines for implementation of the prospective payment system for home health services furnished under the Medicare Program. | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-5] | TX | R | S000250 | 8 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Health Care Financing Administration should adhere to the statutory deadlines to establish and implement the prospective payment system for home health services furnished under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. | 2025-01-02T17:44:48Z | |
| 105-hres-587 | 105 | hres | 587 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the seriousness of the national problems associated with mental illness and with respect to congressional intent to establish a mental illness task force. | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | R000465 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that a temporary task force or advisory committee on mental illness should be established to probe the serious national problems associated with mental illness. | 2025-01-02T17:44:43Z | |
| 105-s-2582 | 105 | s | 2582 | Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 1 | Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for a prospective payment system for inpatient psychiatric facility hospital services; and (2) exempt such services from certain reductions under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and, instead, limit payment to not less than a certain applicable percentage of the amount that would have been paid if such reductions did not apply. | 2025-08-21T16:11:53Z | |
| 105-s-2583 | 105 | s | 2583 | Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Expanded Opportunities for Training Pediatric Dental Health Care Providers Title II: Ensuring Delivery of Pediatric Dental Services Under the Medicaid and SCHIP Programs Title III: Pediatric Dental Research Title IV: Surveillance and Accountability Title V: Miscellaneous Children's Dental Health Improvement Act of 1998 - Title I: Expanded Opportunities for Training Pediatric Dental Health Care Providers - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop training materials for use by health professionals to promote oral health through health education; (2) make grants to schools that train pediatric dental health providers to meet the costs of projects for developing or improving training programs in providing dental health services to children; (3) increase the number of dental health providers skilled in treating children who become members of the National Health Service Corps so that there are specified numbers of additional dentists and dental hygienists, ensuring that at least 20 percent of dentists in the Corps are pediatric dentists and another 20 percent have general practice residency training; and (4) establish 36 additional training positions annually for pediatric dentists at centers of excellence. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 104) Provides for a dental officer multiyear retention bonus for the Indian Health Service. (Sec. 105) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary to make Medicare payments for their direct and indirect operating expenses to approved nonhospital based dentistry residency training programs providing oral health care to children. Provides for a permanent dental exemption from voluntary residency reduction incentive payment programs under Medicare. (Sec. 106) Amends PHSA to allow the Secretary to designate dental health professional shortage areas. Includes dental hygienists in PHSA's loa… | 2025-08-21T16:13:41Z | |
| 105-s-2585 | 105 | s | 2585 | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Modification Act | Health | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 1 | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Modification Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act with regard to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to eliminate the $1,000 threshold requirement for unreimbursable expenses in a petition for compensation for a vaccine-related injury or death. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make rotavirus gastroenteritis a taxable vaccine for Federal sales tax purposes; and (2) limit the payment of compensation for vaccine-related injury or death to injury or death only from a vaccine which is taxable at the time it is administered (after September 30, 1988). Prohibits appropriations to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund on and after any expenditure from the Fund which is not permitted by specified Federal law. | 2025-08-21T16:14:11Z | |
| 105-hr-4720 | 105 | hr | 4720 | Medicare HMO Beneficiary Emergency Relief Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-22] | CA | D | C001036 | 1 | Medicare HMO Beneficiary Emergency Relief Act of 1998 - Provides that, if an eligible organization under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act has a risk-sharing contract in effect on December 31, 1998, and does not convert it to a contract to offer a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C effective January 1, 1999, then such risk-sharing contract shall be deemed to be extended through June 30, 1999, under its existing terms and conditions. Excludes from the application of this Act any eligible organization that, for reasons of financial hardship, cannot convert a risk-sharing contract to a contract to offer a Medicare+Choice plan. Requires a Medicare+Choice organization offering a Medicare+Choice plan in an area affected by such a contract extension to accept, between November 1, 1998, and June 30, 1999, elections to enroll in such plan by individuals currently enrolled under the contract being extended. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the eligible organization whose contract is being extended to negotiate for a new contract which may enable the organization to convert its contract to a contract to offer a Medicare+Choice plan. | 2025-08-21T16:14:56Z | |
| 105-hr-4721 | 105 | hr | 4721 | Parental Notification Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [R-OK-5] | OK | R | I000047 | 18 | Parental Notification Act of 1998 - Declares that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no service provider under title X (Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs) of the Public Health Service Act is exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. Prohibits using title X funds to provide contraceptive drugs or devices to a minor, unless: (1) the provider has given prior notice to the custodial parent; (2) the parent has consented; (3) the minor is emancipated; or (4) a court has directed that the minor may receive the drugs or devices. Requires that each title X project: (1) inform all minors seeking services that abstinence is the only certain way to avoid pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; (2) train all its counselors to provide minors counseling that encourages sexual abstinence, avoidance of being coerced into sexual activities, and involving parents in the decision to seek family planning services. Mandates development and dissemination of protocols for providing such counseling. | 2025-08-21T16:14:08Z | |
| 105-hr-4723 | 105 | hr | 4723 | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to deduct a children's contribution from the amount of income applied monthly to payment for the cost of care in an institution for an individual receiving medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan. | Health | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] | IL | R | M001138 | 0 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to monthly personal needs allowances deducted from the amount of income applied monthly to payment for the cost of institutional care for an individual receiving State Medicaid plan medical assistance. Requires an additional allowance deduction of up to $100 for any contribution made by the individual's children during a month for the individual's clothing and other personal needs. | 2025-01-02T17:51:25Z | |
| 105-hr-4725 | 105 | hr | 4725 | Autism Statistics, Surveillance, Research, and Epidemology Act of 1998 (ASSURE) | Health | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 0 | Autism Statistics, Surveillance, Research, and Epidemiology Act of 1998 (ASSURE) - Authorizes grants and contracts for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on autism and pervasive developmental disabilities. Mandates establishment of three to five regional centers of excellence in autism and pervasive developmental disabilities epidemiology to collect and analyze information, to be established and operated through grants or cooperative agreements. Requires that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention serve as the coordinating agency for autism and pervasive developmental disabilities surveillance through the establishment of a clearinghouse for data generated from the monitoring programs created by this Act. Mandates establishment of an Advisory Committee for Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disabilities Epidemiology Research. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:12:06Z | |
| 105-hr-4726 | 105 | hr | 4726 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the maximum financial risk permitted for physicians participating in Medicare+Choice plans. | Health | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to limitations on physician incentive plans. Prohibits any Medicare+Choice organization from operating a physician incentive plan in a manner that places a physician or physician group at a financial risk exceeding specified percentages of the maximum payments possible, including those for services furnished directly, as well as certain additional payments based on use and costs of referral services. | 2025-01-02T17:51:52Z | |
| 105-hr-4727 | 105 | hr | 4727 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to delay the 15% reduction and to make revisions in the per beneficiary and per visit payment limits on payment for health services under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. | Health | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 11 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the computation formula for the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97). Creates a new formula for calculation of the agency-specific per beneficiary annual limitation for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998. Revises the rules for new providers for such cost reporting periods. Increases reasonable per visit costs for reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998, from 105 percent to 110 percent of the median of the labor-related and nonlabor per visit costs for free standing home health agencies. Amends BBA '97 to postpone from October 1, 1999, to October 1, 2000, implementation of the mandatory 15 percent reduction in cost and per beneficiary limits under such interim system. Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of SSA title XVIII to: (1) change the number of individuals eligible to enroll for coverage in a demonstration Medical Savings Account plan from 390,000 to 100,000 (for any date before January 1, 2004) or 500,000 (for any date thereafter); and (2) provide for a three-year extension of such type of coverage. | 2025-01-02T17:51:37Z | |
| 105-s-2564 | 105 | s | 2564 | Rick Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 706. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Hemophilia Relief Fund Title II: Treatment of Certain Private Settlement Payments in Hemophilia-Clotting-Factor Suit under the Medicaid and SSI Programs Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 - Title I: Hemophilia Relief Fund - Establishes in the Treasury the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 102) Mandates a payment of $100,000 from the Fund to any individual who has a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection if the individual: (1) has a blood-clotting disorder (such as hemophilia) and was treated with blood-clotting agents between July 1, 1982, and December 31, 1987; (2) was treated with HIV-contaminated blood components or HIV-contaminated human tissue between January 1, 1982, and March 31, 1985; (3) is the lawful current or former spouse of such individual and was the lawful spouse of the individual at any time after a date within such period on which the individual was treated; or (4) acquired the HIV infection through perinatal transmission from a parent who is such an individual. Declares that this Act does not create or admit any claim against the United States relating to HIV infection, but makes an accepted payment full satisfaction of all such claims by that individual. Title II: Treatment of Certain Private Settlement Payments in Hemophilia-Clotting-Factor Suit under the SSI Programs - Prohibits a settlement payment in a specified class action lawsuit, payments related to a release of claims regarding that suit, or a payment under title I of this Act from being considered income or resources in determining a class member's eligibility for, or the amount of medical assistance under the Medicaid program or benefits under, the Supplemental Security Income program (titles XIX and XVI of the Social Security Act). | 2025-08-21T16:11:34Z | |
| 105-s-2570 | 105 | s | 2570 | A bill entitled the "Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998". | Health | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 2 | Prescribes requirements for nursing facilities (under Medicaid) and skilled nursing facilities (under Medicare) to meet in mandatory screening of nursing facility workers for any conviction for a relevant crime or any findings of patient or resident abuse. Prohibits a facility from knowingly employing any individual convicted of a relevant crime or with respect to whom a finding of patient or resident abuse has been made. Allows 90-day probationary employment of an individual pending completion of a background check. Requires nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities to report to the State any instance of resident neglect or abuse or misappropriation of resident property by an employee. Expands the State registries under Medicare and Medicaid to collect information about nursing and skilled nursing facility employees other than nurse aides as well as employment applicants. Requires exhaustion of State records before a criminal record check request is passed on to the Attorney General for a search of Federal Bureau of Investigation records. Authorizes the Attorney General and the States to charge fees for criminal background checks. Amends SSA title XI to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national data collection program and database for the reporting of information collected under such expanded State registries, which shall constitute a national registry of abusive nursing facility workers. Requires States to report relevant information to such program. Grants database access to Federal and State agencies and participating nursing and skilled nursing facilities, for a reasonable fee. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4709 | 105 | hr | 4709 | Beneficiary Notification Rights Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-06 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5] | FL | D | T000253 | 4 | Beneficiary Notification Rights Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a health insurance issuer intending to terminate coverage or allow a policy to lapse because a group health plan failed to pay premiums necessary to maintain coverage, to: (1) notify all participants and beneficiaries of such situation; and (2) if such plan is terminated, provide all participants and beneficiaries with the option of enrollment under a conversion health plan. | 2025-08-21T16:12:23Z | |
| 105-hr-4710 | 105 | hr | 4710 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the replacement of health insurance policies for certain disabled Medicare beneficiaries notwithstanding that the replacement policies may duplicate Medicare benefits. | Health | 1998-10-06 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2] | NY | R | L000155 | 2 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to permit certain disabled Medicare beneficiaries to replace health insurance policies with other health insurance policies that provide comprehensive health care benefits notwithstanding the fact that the replacement policies may duplicate benefits under the Medicare or Medicaid (SSA title XIX) programs or under another health insurance policy. | 2025-01-02T17:51:37Z | |
| 105-s-2562 | 105 | s | 2562 | Medicare HMO Beneficiary Emergency Relief Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-06 | 1998-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 4 | Medicare HMO Beneficiary Emergency Relief Act of 1998 - Provides that, if an eligible organization under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act has a risk-sharing contract in effect on December 31, 1998, and does not convert it to a contract to offer a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C effective January 1, 1999, then such risk-sharing contract shall be deemed to be extended through June 30, 1999, under its existing terms and conditions. Excludes from the application of this Act any eligible organization that, for reasons of financial hardship, cannot convert a risk-sharing contract to a contract to offer a Medicare+Choice plan. Requires a Medicare+Choice organization offering a Medicare+Choice plan in an area affected by such a contract extension to accept, between November 1, 1998, and June 30, 1999, elections to enroll in such plan by individuals currently enrolled under the contract being extended. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the eligible organization whose contract is being extended to negotiate for a new contract which may enable the organization to convert its contract to a contract to offer a Medicare+Choice plan. | 2025-08-21T16:12:00Z | |
| 105-s-2551 | 105 | s | 2551 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the replacement of health insurance policies for certain disabled medicare beneficiaries notwithstanding that the replacement policies may duplicate medicare benefits. | Health | 1998-10-05 | 1998-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to permit certain disabled Medicare beneficiaries to replace health insurance policies with other health insurance policies that provide comprehensive health care benefits notwithstanding the fact that the replacement policies may duplicate benefits under the Medicare or Medicaid (SSA title XIX) programs or under another health insurance policy. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4680 | 105 | hr | 4680 | Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-02 | 1998-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 13 | Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require certain hospitals reimbursed under Medicare to have in effect security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing. Provides penalties for hospitals failing to have such security procedures in effect. Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and provide penalties for baby switching in hospitals. | 2025-08-21T16:14:40Z | |
| 105-hr-4683 | 105 | hr | 4683 | Women's Health Research and Prevention Amendments of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-02 | 1998-10-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] | FL | R | B000463 | 32 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to Women's Health Research at National Institutes of Health Title II: Provisions Relating to Women's Health at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Women's Health Research and Prevention Amendments of 1998 - Title I: Provisions Relating to Women's Health Research at National Institutes of Health - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for programs regarding diethylstilbestrol (DES). Mandates a program of education of health professionals and the public concerning DES. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 102) Extends the authorizations of appropriations for: (1) research on osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders; (2) breast cancer programs; and (3) programs on ovarian and other cancers of the reproductive system of women. (Sec. 104) Mandates expansion, intensification, and coordination of research and related activities of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute regarding heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations for research into the aging processes of women. (Sec. 106) Requires that the Director of the National Institutes of Health (currently, the Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health) appoint members of the Advisory Committee on Women's Health. Title II: Provisions Relating to Women's Health at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Adds the provision of support services such as case management to the purposes of breast and cervical cancer programs (authorized under current provisions). Extends the authorization of appropriations for the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Program of Cancer Registries. (Sec. 203) Allows certain breast and cervical cancer programs to be carried out through grants to public and nonprofit private entities and contracts with public or private entities (currently, through grants and contracts with publ… | 2025-08-21T16:13:36Z | |
| 105-hr-4686 | 105 | hr | 4686 | Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-02 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] | MA | D | K000110 | 15 | Long-Term Care Patient Protection Act of 1998 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities from using on a full-time or other paid basis as a feeding and hydration assistant any individual who has not completed a related, State- approved training and competency evaluation and is not competent to provide such services. Requires States to specify, and provide for review and reapproval of, approved programs meeting Federal requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish such requirements, as well as requirements respecting the minimum frequency and methodology a State shall use in reviewing compliance with them. Prescribes requirements for nursing facilities (under Medicaid) and skilled nursing facilities (under Medicare) to meet in mandatory screening of nursing facility workers for any conviction for a relevant crime or any findings of patient or resident abuse. Prohibits a facility from knowingly employing any individual convicted of a relevant crime or with respect to whom a finding of patient or resident abuse has been made. Allows 90-day probationary employment of an individual pending completion of a background check. Requires nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities to report to the State any instance of resident neglect or abuse or misappropriation of resident property by an employee. Expands the State registries under Medicare and Medicaid to collect information about nursing and skilled nursing facility employees other than nurse aides as well as employment applicants. Requires exhaustion of State records before a criminal record check request is passed on to the Attorney General for a search of Federal Bureau of Investigation records. Authorizes the Attorney General and the States to charge fees for criminal background checks. Amends SSA title XI to direct the Secretary to establish a national data collection program and database for the reporting of informat… | 2025-08-21T16:13:08Z | |
| 105-s-2545 | 105 | s | 2545 | Medicare HMO Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-02 | 1998-10-06 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11531) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Medicare HMO Protection Act of 1998 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to delay the effectiveness of a Medicare+Choice organization's termination of its plan with respect to all individuals in an area, if: (1) the termination would cause an imminent and serious health risk to enrollees; (2) the termination would result in a significant reduction in the Medicare+Choice plans available in the area affected; or (3) the organization terminating coverage is offering Medicare+Choice plans in contract areas close to the area affected without suffering considerable financial losses. Amends Medicare part C with regard to contracts with Medicare+Choice organizations to provide for extension of the initial Medicare+Choice contract period from one year to three years and to revise certain requirements for notification of enrollees at the time of contract termination. | 2025-08-21T16:11:43Z | |
| 105-hr-4662 | 105 | hr | 4662 | To direct the Commissioner of Social Security to establish a demonstration project to conduct outreach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of Medicare cost-sharing assistance to eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries. | Health | 1998-10-01 | 1998-10-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] | KY | R | B001066 | 0 | Directs the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to establish a demonstration project to conduct outreach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries for Medicare cost-sharing. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-02T17:51:36Z | |
| 105-hr-4670 | 105 | hr | 4670 | Women and Children's Resources Act | Health | 1998-10-01 | 1998-10-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | P000373 | 0 | Women and Children's Resources Act - Mandates annual grants to States for programs to provide: (1) information, education, and counseling on alternatives to abortion and on sexual abstinence, pregnancy testing and follow-up services, and prenatal and postpartum health; and (2) related services, items, and assistance. Makes eligible persons who are: (1) pregnant, the parent or guardian of an infant under 12 months old, or the partner of those individuals; and (2) under a specified income level. Prohibits the programs from performing or making referrals for abortions or providing or making referrals for information, education, or counseling that presents abortion as a pregnancy option. Requires States to carry out the programs through nonprofit private entities, but excludes entities with activities during the preceding five years that present abortion as an option. (Sec. 4) Allows a State to contract with religious organizations on the same basis as any other nongovernmental provider without impairing the religious character of the organization and without diminishing the religious freedom of beneficiaries. Requires that programs be implemented consistent with the establishment clause of the Constitution. Prohibits the Federal and State Governments from discriminating against an organization on the basis that the organization has a religious character. Prohibits a contracting religious organization from discriminating against an individual on the basis of religion, religious belief, or refusal to actively participate in a religious practice. Declares that these provisions do not preempt any provision of a State constitution or State statute restricting the expenditure of State funds in or by religious organizations. (Sec. 6) Sets forth a formula for the allotment of funds to the States. (Sec. 10) Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:13:05Z | |
| 105-hr-4674 | 105 | hr | 4674 | Medicare+Choice Medical Necessity Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-10-01 | 1998-10-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 7 | Medicare+Choice Medical Necessity Protection Act of 1998 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit Medicare+Choice organizations from arbitrarily interfering with or altering the decision of the treating physician regarding the manner or setting in which particular services are delivered to an enrollee under a Medicare+Choice plan if the services are medically necessary or appropriate for treatment or diagnosis that is otherwise a covered benefit. | 2025-08-21T16:13:19Z | |
| 105-hres-565 | 105 | hres | 565 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of mammograms and biopsies in the fight against breast cancer. | Health | 1998-10-01 | 1998-10-09 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | B000220 | 162 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives regarding breast cancer, mammograms, biopsies, and related awareness, availability, and research. | 2025-01-02T17:44:43Z | |
| 105-s-2528 | 105 | s | 2528 | A bill to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to establish a demonstration project to conduct outreach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of medicare costsharing assistance to eligible low-income medicare beneficiaries. | Health | 1998-09-29 | 1998-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] | KY | R | M000355 | 0 | Directs the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to establish a demonstration project to conduct outreach efforts to increase awareness of the availability of assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries for Medicare cost-sharing. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-s-2529 | 105 | s | 2529 | Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-29 | 1998-10-02 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 683. | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Subtitle (sic) A: Health Insurance Bill of Rights Chapter 1: Access to Care Chapter 2: Quality Assurance Chapter 3: Patient Information Chapter 4: Grievance and Appeals Procedures Chapter 5: Protecting the Doctor-Patient Relationship Chapter 6: Promoting Good Medical Practice Chapter 7: Definitions Subtitle B: Application of Patient Protection Standards to Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage Under Public Health Service Act Subtitle C: Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Subtitle D: Application to Group Health Plans Under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Subtitle E: Effective Dates; Coordination in Implementation Subtitle F: Revenue Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 1998 - Subtitle A: Health Insurance Bill of Rights - Chapter 1: Access to Care - Requires any group health plan, or health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer, providing emergency services benefits to cover emergency services furnished: (1) without the need for any prior authorization determination; (2) whether or not the health care provider furnishing such services is a participating health care provider; (3) in a way so that the participant, beneficiary, or enrollee who receives emergency services from a nonparticipating provider and without prior authorization is not liable for amounts that exceed the liability that would be incurred if the services were provided by a participating provider and with prior authorization; and (4) without regard to any other term or condition of such coverage (other than exclusion or coordination of benefits, or an affiliation or waiting period, permitted under the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), or the Internal Revenue Code, and other than applicable cost-sharing). (Sec. 101) Requires … | 2025-08-21T16:14:48Z | |
| 105-hr-4650 | 105 | hr | 4650 | Senior Citizen Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-28 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2] | NY | R | L000155 | 12 | Senior Citizen Protection Act of 1998 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend the authority of State Medicaid fraud control units, upon the approval of the Inspector General (IG) of the relevant Federal agency in a particular case or investigation, to investigate and prosecute: (1) fraud in connection with other Federal health care programs (if the suspected fraud or law violation in such case or investigation is primarily related to the State Medicaid plan); and (2) abuse of residents of non-Medicaid board and care facilities, if their assistance is requested by State and local agencies. Provides that when the IG grants such approval, he or she retains continuing authority to join the case or investigation, or after consultation with the unit, to replace it as the primary agency assigned to the case or investigation. Provides that overpayments collected by a State Medicaid fraud control unit shall be credited exclusively to, and be available for expenditure under, the Federal health care program that was subject to the activity that was the basis for the collection. | 2025-08-21T16:14:18Z | |
| 105-hr-4653 | 105 | hr | 4653 | Medicare HMO Improvement Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-28 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 14 | Medicare HMO Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to contracts with Medicare+Choice organizations to: (1) provide for extension of the initial Medicare+Choice contract period from one year to three years; and (2) require termination of any contract with an organization that terminates coverage for any part of a metropolitan statistical area (or a New England County Metropolitan Area). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to delay the effectiveness of a Medicare+Choice organization's termination of its plan with respect to all individuals in an area, if: (1) the termination would cause an imminent and serious health risk to enrollees; (2) the termination would result in a significant reduction in the Medicare+Choice plans available in the area affected; or (3) the chief executive officer of the State in which the termination occurs requests such a delay. Provides for continuity of care, for a limited period, in certain cases of involuntary termination (other than for cause) of an individual's enrollment with a Medicare+Choice plan. | 2025-08-21T16:12:47Z | |
| 105-hr-4654 | 105 | hr | 4654 | Asthma Act | Health | 1998-09-28 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 2 | Asthma Act - Authorizes additional appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to carry out the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program for FY 1999 through 2003. Requires the coordinating committee established for such Program to report to the Congress on the scope of asthma in the United States, all Federal programs that carry out asthma-related activities, and any recommendations for strengthening and better coordinating such activities. Authorizes additional appropriations to the Centers for Disease Control to collaborate with the States to expand the scope of activities carried out to determine the incidence and prevalence of asthma, and prevent its health consequences. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Service to make grants to nonprofit private entities for projects to carry out community outreach activities regarding asthma information, education, and services. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to encourage the States to implement plans to assist children with respect to asthma, including matching grants to any State with a children's health insurance program under title XXI of the Social Security Act. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies for programs to carry out asthma-related activities for children at specified elementary and secondary schools located in communities with a significant number of low-income or underserved individuals. Authorizes appropriations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) hospitals should be encouraged to offer asthma-related education and training to asthma patients and their families upon such patients' discharge; (2) hospitals should, with respect to information on asthma, establish telephone services for patients and communicate with primary service providers; (3) managed care organizations should be encouraged to disseminate asthma clinical practice guidelines to providers, collect and maintain asthma data, and of… | 2025-08-21T16:13:04Z | |
| 105-hr-4646 | 105 | hr | 4646 | To provide for substantial reductions in the price of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries. | Health | 1998-09-26 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Turner, Jim [D-TX-2] | TX | D | T000424 | 64 | Prescription Drug Fairness Act - Allows any qualified pharmacy to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enable the pharmacy to sell covered outpatient drugs to Medicare beneficiaries (under title XVIII of the Social Security Act) at a reduced price. Requires such an agreement to: (1) entitle the participating pharmacy to purchase any covered outpatient drug listed on the Federal Supply Schedule of the General Services Administration at the participating pharmacy discount price for that drug; and (2) permit the participating pharmacy to purchase under this Act as much of a covered outpatient drug as it sells to Medicare beneficiaries. Sets forth guidelines for determining the participating pharmacy discount price and a special rule for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a hospice program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) administer this Act in a manner that uses existing methods of obtaining and distributing drugs to the maximum extent possible, consistent with efficiency and cost effectiveness; and (2) report to the Congress annually regarding the effectiveness of this Act in protecting Medicare beneficiaries from discriminatory pricing by drug manufacturers, along with any appropriate legislative recommendations to further reduce the cost of covered outpatient drugs to such beneficiaries. | 2025-01-02T17:51:35Z | |
| 105-hr-4648 | 105 | hr | 4648 | To clarify the non-preemption of State prescription drug benefit laws in connection with Medicare+Choice plans. | Health | 1998-09-26 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] | MA | D | N000015 | 9 | Provides that nothing under part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act shall be construed to supersede any State law that requires the coverage of prescription drugs or any regulation that carries out such a law. | 2025-01-02T17:51:36Z | |
| 105-hr-4627 | 105 | hr | 4627 | Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-25 | 1998-10-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2061) | House | Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | A000357 | 53 | Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to furnish each Medicare beneficiary under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with a drug benefit card enabling the beneficiary to purchase covered outpatient prescription drugs listed on the Federal Supply Schedule from participating pharmacies at reduced prices. | 2025-08-21T16:11:17Z | |
| 105-s-2508 | 105 | s | 2508 | Homebound Elderly Relief Opportunity Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-22 | 1998-09-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 0 | Homebound Elderly Relief Opportunity Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97), with respect to the computation formula of the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies, with a revised formula containing a specific per beneficiary annual limitation according to the census division in which an agency is located. (Sec. 2) Declares that such interim system shall not apply for a cost reporting period beginning during FY 1999 through 2002 unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that the amount of the aggregate expenditures for home health services in a fiscal year exceeds specified applicable amounts for FY 1999 and 2002. Eliminates the special per beneficiary payment rule for new agencies that was added by BBA '97 for determination of the reasonable cost of such services. Provides for a three percent increase in per visit cost limits for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998. Precludes administrative or judicial review of certain actions by the Secretary with respect to payment limits for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998. Amends BBA '97 with regard to the establishment of a prospective payment system (CPPS) for home health care services to repeal the current requirement that during certain applicable cost reporting periods applicable limits under Medicare's reasonable cost requirements be reduced by 15 percent. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on: (1) research paid for by the Secretary with regard to development of a PPS for Medicare home health services, with a summary of research results; and (2) the schedule for PPS implementation. Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to: (1) report to the Congress on the Secretary's research report along with recommendations with respect to matters in it; and (2) include in its annual report to the Congress an analysis of whether changes in … | 2025-08-21T16:12:02Z | |
| 105-sjres-56 | 105 | sjres | 56 | A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress in support of the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs, including marijuana and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use. | Health | 1998-09-21 | 1998-09-22 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 34 | Declares that the Congress supports the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs and opposes efforts to circumvent this process by legalizing marijuana, and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use without valid scientific evidence and Food and Drug Administration approval. Directs the Attorney General to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, regarding specified years, on: (1) the total quantity of marijuana eradicated in the United States; and (2) the annual number of arrests and prosecutions for Federal marijuana offenses. Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to report to specified congressional committees on the specific efforts underway to enforce specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding marijuana and other Schedule I drugs. | 2016-10-26T06:32:28Z | |
| 105-sjres-57 | 105 | sjres | 57 | A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress in support of the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs, including marijuana and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use. | Health | 1998-09-21 | 1998-09-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 2 | Declares that the Congress supports the existing Federal legal process for determining the safety and efficacy of drugs and opposes efforts to circumvent this process by legalizing marijuana, and other Schedule I drugs, for medicinal use without valid scientific evidence and Food and Drug Administration approval. Directs the Attorney General to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, regarding specified years, on: (1) the total quantity of marijuana eradicated in the United States; and (2) the annual number of arrests and prosecutions for Federal marijuana offenses. Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to report to specified congressional committees on the specific efforts underway to enforce specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regarding marijuana and other Schedule I drugs. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 105-hr-4600 | 105 | hr | 4600 | Common Sense Smoking Prevention Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-18 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | K000210 | 1 | Common Sense Smoking Prevention Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to mandate that group and individual health insurance policies and group health plans charge higher premiums for smokers and deny medical care benefits coverage for beneficiaries who refuse testing to determine whether or not they smoke. Prescribes certain notice requirements under PHSA and ERISA with respect to such requirements. | 2025-08-21T16:12:02Z | |
| 105-hr-4591 | 105 | hr | 4591 | Medicare Home Health Case Manager Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-17 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 4 | Medicare Home Health Case Manager Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to home health services to: (1) require a case management plan established by a home health case manager for beneficiaries requiring extended home health services; and (2) provide for coverage of and payment for home health case manager services under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a fee schedule for payment for home health case manager services; and (2) study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of case managers with respect to Medicare post-acute hospital care services. | 2025-08-21T16:14:37Z | |
| 105-hr-4592 | 105 | hr | 4592 | Home Health Patient Protection Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-17 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 1 | Home Health Patient Protection Act of 1998 - Amends titles XI and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment of a program to prevent the abuse of home health patients through: (1) screening of home health agency workers through background checks; and (2) a prohibition against hiring abusive workers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Registry of Abusive Home Health Workers, which shall be used in such background checks. | 2025-08-21T16:11:12Z | |
| 105-hr-4583 | 105 | hr | 4583 | Children's Health Equity Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-16 | 1998-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8] | WA | R | D000549 | 13 | Children's Health Equity Act of 1998 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for an increased Federal medical assistance percentage for expanded coverage of certain waivered low-income children in States which: (1) have established a Medicaid applicable income level for children under age 19 that is at or above 200 percent of the poverty line; and (2) demonstrate a commitment to reach and enroll such children. Defines "waivered low-income children" as those whose family income: (1) exceeds certain minimum Medicaid-eligible levels required to be established for the age of the child; but (2) does not exceed the Medicaid applicable income level for that child. Provides for expansion of the individuals and entities which may serve as qualified entities with regard to the Medicaid presumptive eligibility option for low-income children. Limits the number of waivered low-income children for a State for FY 1998 and each succeeding fiscal year. | 2025-08-21T16:13:58Z | |
| 105-s-2483 | 105 | s | 2483 | Early Hearing Loss Detection, Diagnosis, and Intervention Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-16 | 1998-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 1 | Early Hearing Loss Detection, Diagnosis, and Intervention Act of 1998 - Mandates grants or cooperative agreements to: (1) develop statewide hearing loss early detection, diagnosis, and intervention networks; and (2) provide technical assistance to State agencies to complement an intramural program and to conduct applied research related to infant hearing detection, diagnosis, and treatment or intervention. Requires the National Institutes of Health to carry out research on the efficacy of new screening techniques and technology. Mandates coordination and collaboration. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:13:45Z | |
| 105-s-2485 | 105 | s | 2485 | Children's Health Equity Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-16 | 1998-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA] | WA | R | G000333 | 1 | Children's Health Equity Act of 1998 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for an increased Federal medical assistance percentage for expanded coverage of certain waivered low-income children in States which: (1) have established a Medicaid applicable income level for children under age 19 that is at or above 200 percent of the poverty line; and (2) demonstrate a commitment to reach and enroll such children. Defines "waivered low-income children" as those whose family income: (1) exceeds certain minimum Medicaid-eligible levels required to be established for the age of the child; but (2) does not exceed the Medicaid applicable income level for that child. Provides for expansion of the individuals and entities which may serve as qualified entities with regard to the Medicaid presumptive eligibility option for low-income children. Limits the number of waivered low-income children for a State for FY 1998 and each succeeding fiscal year. | 2025-08-21T16:14:09Z | |
| 105-hr-4567 | 105 | hr | 4567 | Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-15 | 1998-10-12 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 56 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Medicare Home Health Care Interim Payment System Refinement Title II: Veterans Medicare Access Improvement Title III: Authorization of Additional Exceptions to Imposition of Penalties for Certain Inducements Title IV: Expansion of Membership of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Title V: Revenue Offset Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 1998 - Title I: Medicare Home Health Care Interim Payment System Refinement - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase per beneficiary and per visit payment limits under the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies; and (2) provide for the exclusion of certain additional Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) costs from determination of the Medicare part B monthly premium. (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to report to the Congress on: (1) research paid for by the Secretary on the development of a prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicare home health services; (2) the schedule for PPS implementation; and (3) one or more alternative means to provide for savings equivalent to the savings estimated to be made by the mandatory 15 percent reduction in payment limits for such home health services for FY 2000. Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to: (1) report to the Congress its analysis of the Secretary's report, including any recommendations; and (2) include in its annual report to the Congress for June 1999 an analysis of whether changes in law made by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97) and this Act with respect to payments for Medicare home health services impede access to them by Medicare beneficiaries. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to audit the sums obligated or expended by the Health Care Financing Administration for PPS research and the information it has provided. Title II: … | 2025-04-07T15:33:22Z | |
| 105-hres-539 | 105 | hres | 539 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a national HIV surveillance system should be expeditiously implemented. | Health | 1998-09-15 | 1998-10-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the States should move to implement human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) surveillance systems; (2) the Federal Government and the States should ensure that funds follow epidemiological HIV infection trends; (3) there are different approaches to carrying out HIV surveillance systems and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) should respect the right of each State to determine the best approach in that State; (4) a State that elects to implement an HIV surveillance system should assess HIV surveillance data security and confidentiality and change laws to ensure confidentiality; (5) HIV surveillance systems should not be developed that deter people from using anonymous HIV counseling and testing and other HIV prevention programs; (6) States should work with HIV community planning groups reflective of the demographics of HIV infection and with other local medical and public health institutions to develop their own HIV surveillance programs; and (7) the CDCP should provide comprehensive guidance to States and provide increased funds and technical assistance to ensure the quality and efficiency of HIV surveillance systems selected by the States and facilitate the transition from monitoring only acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases to monitoring both HIV cases and AIDS cases. | 2025-01-02T17:44:22Z | |
| 105-hr-4559 | 105 | hr | 4559 | Prescription Drug Patient Choice Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-14 | 1998-09-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] | OH | D | B000944 | 0 | Prescription Drug Patient Choice Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan (and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage) that covers prescription drugs when the drugs are furnished through network providers to also offer the option of coverage of prescription drugs when furnished through non-network providers. Prohibits higher premiums, copayments, or deductibles or lower reimbursement for drugs through non-network providers. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply the above requirements to issuers in the individual market. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require health maintenance organizations, competitive medical plans, State Medicaid plans, issuers of Medicare supplemental policies, and Medicare select policies to meet the requirements of this Act. Amends Federal law relating to health benefits for Federal employees to require compliance with this Act. | 2025-08-21T16:13:02Z | |
| 105-hr-4550 | 105 | hr | 4550 | Drug Demand Reduction Act | Health | 1998-09-11 | 1998-10-21 | See H.R.4328. | House | Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] | OH | R | P000449 | 16 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Targeted Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs Subtitle A: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign Subtitle B: Drug-Free Workplace Act Subtitle C: Drug-Free Teen Drivers Subtitle D: Drug-Free Prisons and Jails Subtitle E: Drug-Free Schools Quality Assurance Subtitle F: Drug-Free National Clearinghouse Subtitle G: Drug-Free Parents Empowerment Title II: Private Sector Anti-Drug Partnerships Subtitle A: Antiaddiction Medications Subtitle B: Commission on Role of Medication Education in Reducing Substance Abuse Title III: Statement of National Antidrug Policy Subtitle A: Congressional Leadership in Community Coalitions Subtitle B: Rejection of Legalization of Drugs Subtitle C: Report on Streamlining Federal Prevention and Treatment Efforts Drug Demand Reduction Act - Title I: Targeted Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs - Subtitle A: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign - Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998 - Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to: (1) conduct a national media campaign for the purpose of reducing and preventing drug abuse among young people in the United States; and (2) use appropriated funds for media that focuses on, or that includes specific information on, prevention or treatment resources for consumers within specific local areas. (Sec. 103) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) authorized and prohibited uses of funds; and (2) matching and reporting requirements. (Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Drug-Free Workplace Act - Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1998 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) businesses should adopt drug-free workplace programs; and (2) States should consider financial incentives, such as reductions in workers' compensation premiums, to encourage businesses to a… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 105-s-2462 | 105 | s | 2462 | Lisa De Land Financial Protection Act | Health | 1998-09-11 | 1998-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Lisa De Land Financial Protection Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option to exempt certain disabled, mentally ill, or physically handicapped beneficiaries of trusts established under State law for the purpose of providing or supplementing the cost of the beneficiary's care and treatment, including the cost of medical assistance provided under the State Medicaid plan. Allows such an exemption, however, only if State law: (1) limits to 90 percent the value of the trust which may be conveyed to heirs after the beneficiary's death; and (2) requires donation of the remainder to a State-approved charitable trust. | 2025-08-21T16:11:31Z | |
| 105-hr-4533 | 105 | hr | 4533 | Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Payment Correction Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-09 | 1998-09-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Payment Correction Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to calculation of the payment to long-term care hospitals for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services. Requires adjustment, according to a specified formula, of the target amount for such a hospital if the average inpatient length of stay for the two most recent settled cost reporting periods is five percent less than the average inpatient length of stay for the initial 12-month cost reporting period (base year) (thus correcting for overpayments to such hospitals). Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in developing a legislative proposal for establishing a case-mix adjusted prospective payment system for payment of certain long-term care hospitals under Medicare, to consider adjustments in the amount of payments to long-term care hospitals whose average inpatient length of stay during the base year greatly exceeds the hospitals' average inpatient length of stay in later years. | 2025-08-21T16:11:16Z | |
| 105-hr-4534 | 105 | hr | 4534 | Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Equity Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-09-09 | 1998-09-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 1 | Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Equity Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the financial limitation on certain rehabilitation therapy services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a budget-neutral alternative payment methodology for outpatient physical therapy services, outpatient occupational therapy services, and outpatient speech-language pathology services covered under Medicare. Requires such methodology to be based on the classification of individuals by diagnostic category, functional status, and prior use of services in both inpatient and outpatient settings. | 2025-08-21T16:11:34Z | |
| 105-hr-4418 | 105 | hr | 4418 | Same Insurance as Congress Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service. | House | Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] | PA | D | K000270 | 0 | Same Insurance as Congress Act of 1998 - Requires any carrier of a plan approved under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to offer health insurance to individuals who are not eligible: (1) to be enrolled in a group health plan; or (2) for Medicare, Medicaid, or Children's Health Insurance Program benefits under the Social Security Act. Sets forth provisions concerning premiums, contributions, benefits, and the exclusion of a carrier or plan. Terminates the provisions of this Act ten years after enactment. | 2025-08-21T16:14:21Z | |
| 105-hr-4419 | 105 | hr | 4419 | Prescription Guarantee Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-08-06 | 1998-09-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4] | PA | D | K000270 | 0 | Prescription Guarantee Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan, or a health insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a group plan, if it covers prescription drugs but limits benefits to (or provides more favorable benefits for) drugs in a formulary, to: (1) make available to the public on request a description of the formulary restrictions; and (2) provide for restriction exceptions when the plan or beneficiary's physician, subject to reasonable plan or issuer review, determines that a non-formulary alternative is medically beneficial based on a therapeutic difference to the patient involved. Allows copayment doubling for nonformulary drugs. Prohibits a plan that provides prescription drug coverage from denying coverage of a drug if the use is included in the labeling authorized under specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Prohibits a plan or issuer from discriminating against a health professional based on the extent, type, or pattern of prescription drugs. Prohibits a plan or issuer from excluding a pharmacist from its network if the pharmacist is willing to enter into a contract to provide drugs at the rate prescribed by the plan or issuer. Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply the above requirements to issuers offering coverage in the individual market. Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to modify requirements regarding coordination by the Secretaries of the Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor regarding regulations, rulings, interpretations, and policies relating to the Act. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 105-hr-4431 | 105 | hr | 4431 | HIV Partner Protection Act | Health | 1998-08-06 | 1998-09-29 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | A000022 | 1 | HIV Partner Protection Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a grant to a State under provisions relating to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care grants unless the State: (1) carries out a program of notification of sex or needle sharing partners of individuals with HIV disease that the partners may have been exposed; (2) requires HIV testing entities to confidentially report positive test results, including the individual's name, to the State; (3) does not inform partners of the infected individual's identity; (4) meets certain counseling, testing, and referral requirements; (5) there is no criminal or civil penalty or civil liability for an infected individual if the individual chooses not to identify their partners or for an individual who makes a good faith error in submitting reports or making disclosures; and (6) the failure of the State to notify partners is not a basis for civil liability of any health entity who reported to the State the identity of the infected individual. Prohibits such a grant unless a State prohibits insurers from taking any action against an individual solely on the basis that the individual has been tested for HIV disease. Authorizes grants to States to assist with the costs of carrying out the program. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:11:58Z | |
| 105-hr-4477 | 105 | hr | 4477 | To provide grants to strengthen State and local health care systems' response to domestic violence by building the capacity of health care professionals and staff to identify, address, and prevent domestic violence. | Health | 1998-08-06 | 1998-09-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 7 | Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and local health care entities to strengthen their response to domestic violence by building the capacity of health care professionals and staff to identify, address, and prevent domestic violence. Prescribes guidelines for State and local demonstration grants. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 105-hr-4480 | 105 | hr | 4480 | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the higher Federal medical assistance percentage for payment for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs under the Medicaid Program. | Health | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 5 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend the higher Federal medical assistance percentage for payment for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian health programs. | 2025-01-02T17:51:10Z | |
| 105-hr-4492 | 105 | hr | 4492 | Medicare Health Plan Fair Payment Act | Health | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2] | IA | R | N000172 | 33 | Medicare Health Plan Fair Payment Act - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the budget neutrality adjustment factor used in calculating the blended capitation rate for payment of Medicare+Choice organizations. | 2025-08-21T16:12:26Z | |
| 105-hr-4495 | 105 | hr | 4495 | Medicare Beneficiary Access to Home Care Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | P000263 | 2 | Medicare Beneficiary Access to Home Care Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97), with respect to the computation formula of the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies. Repeals the current interim system, retroactive to the enactment of BBA '97. Mandates a new interim system of limits for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998, with a revised formula that includes: (1) retroactive restoration of the per visit cost limit to 112 percent of the mean of costs; (2) an agency-specific, annual per beneficiary limitation equal to the sum of certain base and outlier amounts, based generally on the standardized average cost per unduplicated patient in FY 1994; and (3) application of a wage index based on the locality of the agency. Amends BBA '97 to revise the mandatory reduction in cost and per beneficiary limits in the event that the Secretary of Health and Human Services does not establish the prospective payment system (PPS) for home health services. Replaces the current 15 percent reduction in such limits with a percentage reduction sufficient to assure that total expenditures for home health services benefits in each of FY 1999 through 2002 do not exceed the original Congressional Budget Office spending targets for such fiscal years. Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to restore periodic interim payments for home health services. Directs the Secretary to continue the home health per episode prospective payment demonstration project under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 until the PPS for home health services is established and implemented under Medicare. Revises surety bond requirements for home health agencies under the Medicare program and the Medicaid program of SSA title XIX to: (1) specify a surety bond against fraudulent or abusive activities; and (2) reduce the amount of such bond from a minimum of $50,000 to $25,000. Amends … | 2025-08-21T16:14:37Z | |
| 105-hr-4498 | 105 | hr | 4498 | Neighborhood Tobacco Advertising Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 7 | Neighborhood Tobacco Advertising Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to repeal provisions preempting any: (1) statement relating to smoking and health (other than the one specified by the Act); and (2) requirement or prohibition based on smoking and health under State law regarding the advertising or promotion of cigarettes in packages labeled in conformity with the Act. | 2025-08-21T16:13:54Z | |
| 105-hconres-321 | 105 | hconres | 321 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that money saved from efforts to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare Program should be deposited in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to ensure the financial integrity of the Medicare Program. | Health | 1998-08-05 | 1998-08-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Snowbarger, Vince [R-KS-3] | KS | R | S000662 | 4 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that any money received from efforts to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare Program should be deposited into the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to ensure the financial integrity of the Medicare program and to secure health care services for only those individuals who meet current eligibility requirements under the program. | 2025-01-02T17:43:46Z | |
| 105-hr-4403 | 105 | hr | 4403 | Medicare Substitute Adult Day Care Services Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-08-05 | 1998-08-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 18 | Medicare Substitute Adult Day Care Services Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of substitute adult day care services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to monitor Medicare expenditures for home health services for a fiscal year, including substitute adult day care services, and compare them to expenditures that the Secretary estimates would have been made for home health services for that fiscal year if there had been no coverage of substitute adult day care services. Requires the Secretary, if home health service expenditures exceed such estimates, to adjust the rate of payment for home health services so that total expenditures do not exceed such estimates. | 2025-08-21T16:13:46Z | |
| 105-hr-4404 | 105 | hr | 4404 | Homebound Elderly Relief Opportunity Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-08-05 | 1998-08-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Hilleary, Van [R-TN-4] | TN | R | H000615 | 51 | Homebound Elderly Relief Opportunity Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA '97), with respect to the computation formula of the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies. Declares that such interim system shall apply only if aggregate expenditures for home health services in a fiscal year exceed specified applicable amounts for FY 1998 and 1999 (with adjustments through FY 2002). Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of such an excess, to implement such system beginning January 1 of the year following the fiscal year in which such aggregate expenditures exceed the applicable amount. Includes in the computation formula the separate determination of costs for agencies in rural and nonrural areas. Provides for adjustment of payments (up to five percent of the aggregate projected or estimated payments) for outliers where the reasonable cost for home health services to an individual exceeds the per beneficiary limit by a fixed number of standard deviations. Eliminates the special rule for new agencies with respect to determination of the reasonable cost of home health services. Provides for a five percent increase in per-visit cost limits for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1997. Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to modify calculation of the payment amount for home health services under the prospective payment system (PPS) for them created under BBA '97. Provides for an adjustment in the current 15 percent reduction in cost and per beneficiary limits for cost reporting periods beginning before October 1, 2002, if the PPS is not established for the pertinent cost reporting periods, with a return of the current reduction for cost reporting periods beginning on or after such date. Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for temporary restoration of periodic interim payment for home health services until the PPS for such services is implemented und… | 2025-08-21T16:12:48Z | |
| 105-hr-4412 | 105 | hr | 4412 | Cigars are No Safe Alternative Act | Health | 1998-08-05 | 1998-08-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Commerce. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | Cigars Are No Safe Alternative Act - Prohibits any person from selling or distributing a cigar to any individual under 18. Requires that cigar retailers: (1) ensure that all cigars are located in areas where customers do not have direct access; and (2) sell cigars only in face-to-face exchanges. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose restrictions on the sale, advertising, distribution, and marketing of cigars directed at youth as appropriate to limit sale to individuals 18 or over. Prohibits advertising cigars on any form of electronic communication. Directs the Secretary to encourage cigar manufacturers to end the practice of paying for, or participating in, the placement of cigars in movies and on television where a substantial segment of the audience is under 18. Mandates health warnings on the labels of cigars and cigar packaging. Requires a study and report to the Congress and the President on: (1) the health effects of occasional cigar smoking, nicotine dependence demonstrated by cigar smokers, biological uptake of toxic and carcinogenic constituents of cigars, and environmental cigar smoke exposure; and (2) the yields of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and any other additive designated by the Secretary. Requires cigar manufacturers to report to the Secretary on those yields. Requires a study and report to the Congress and the President by the Federal Trade Commission on current cigar sales, advertising, and marketing practices. Directs the Secretary to monitor trends in youth access to and use of cigars and, if cigars are inappropriately accessible to, or becoming an attractive alternative to smoking cigarettes for, children and adolescents, to notify the Congress and make recommendations. | 2025-08-21T16:13:15Z | |
| 105-hr-4413 | 105 | hr | 4413 | Participating Provider Prompt Payment Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-08-05 | 1998-08-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 0 | Participating Provider Prompt Payment Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require health plans and health insurance issuers to provide for prompt payment of participating providers. Applies such prompt payment standards to claims submitted: (1) for covered items and services that are not furnished by a nonparticipating provider; or (2) by the participant, beneficiary, or enrollee, in the case of private fee-for-service plans or coverage. | 2025-08-21T16:12:45Z | |
| 105-hr-4382 | 105 | hr | 4382 | Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-08-03 | 1998-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 105-248. | House | Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] | VA | R | B000556 | 23 | Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 1998 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations to carry out provisions relating to the certification of mammography facilities. Requires that appeals from certification denials follow procedures in effect at that time (currently, in effect on a specified date). Requires that standards for accreditation bodies: (1) mandate review of clinical images by qualified review physicians (currently, by qualified practicing physicians); and (2) prohibit those conducting reviews from having any relationship (currently, any financial relationship) with the facility being reviewed that would constitute a conflict of interest. Modifies mammogram record retention requirements. Requires that a summary of the written report regarding a mammography be sent directly to the patient (regardless of whether there is a physician of the patient available) in terms easily understood by a lay person. Allows inspection of facilities (currently, certified facilities) for compliance with certification requirements and mammography quality standards (currently, compliance with mammography quality standards). Authorizes a demonstration program under which inspections are conducted less often than the current minimum of annually. Allows inspections to be conducted by a local agency on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Empowers the Secretary to require a facility to notify patients who received mammograms if the Secretary determines the quality was so inconsistent with standards as to present a significant risk to the individual or public health. Authorizes civil money penalties for failure to comply. Allows certificate suspension or revocation for a failure to comply with an accreditation body's requests for records or materials. Modifies requirements for certification suspension before holding a hearing. | 2025-04-07T15:32:24Z | |
| 105-hr-4370 | 105 | hr | 4370 | Home Health Access Preservation Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-07-31 | 1998-08-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Coburn, Tom [R-OK-2] | OK | R | C000560 | 46 | Home Health Access Preservation Act of 1998 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, with respect to the computation formula of the interim system of limited payments for services provided by home health agencies. Revises such formula for cost reporting periods beginning after FY 1998 to replace the current agency-specific per beneficiary annual limits with limits based on specified base regional limits, a base national limit, and an area wage index. Eliminates the special rule for new agencies with respect to determination of the reasonable cost of home health services. Provides for a three percent increase in per-visit cost limits for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 1997. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot grants to States, according to a specified formula, to provide for adjustment for outliers to assist in the transition to the prospective payment system for home health services. Makes necessary appropriations. Directs the Secretary to meet every 90 days with appropriate congressional committee staff to provide informal updates of progress in implementing the prospective payment system for home health agencies under Medicare. | 2025-08-21T16:14:06Z | |
| 105-hr-4375 | 105 | hr | 4375 | Bipartisan NO Tobacco for Kids Act of 1998 | Health | 1998-07-31 | 1998-08-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Price Increase to Discourage Child Tobacco Use Title II: FDA Jurisdiction Over Tobacco Products Title III: Performance Objectives to Reduce Child Tobacco Use Title IV: Smoke-Free Environments Title V: Tobacco Prevention Initiatives Title VI: International Tobacco Control Title VII: Tobacco Accountability Board Title VIII: Payments to States Subtitle A: Resolution of State Actions Subtitle B: State Grants Subtitle C: Castano Actions Title IX: Definitions Bipartisan NO Tobacco for Kids Act of 1998 - Title I: Price Increase to Discourage Child Tobacco Use - Requires that the funds raised by this title be used to reduce the public debt, except as provided in titles V and VIII. (Sec. 102) Requires each tobacco manufacturer (defining manufacturer, for this Act, to include importers) to make initial ($10 billion dollars allocated by the manufacturer's share of units manufactured or imported) and annual (50 cents per unit manufactured or imported) payments. Excludes exports. (Sec. 103) Provides for injunctions and civil monetary penalties for failure to comply with regulations under this title. Title II: FDA Jurisdiction Over Tobacco Products - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to add nicotine in tobacco products to the definition of "drug" and add tobacco products to the definition of "device." (Sec. 203) Declares a tobacco product misbranded if it does not comply with section 205 requirements. Amends restricted device provisions to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, if the Secretary determines that there cannot otherwise be reasonable assurances of safety and effectiveness, to require tobacco advertising and promotion restrictions. Prohibits State and local requirements of warnings on labels and in advertising if this Act requires a warning. (Sec. 204) Requires that all provisions of specified existing tobacco regulations be considered lawful and lawfu… | 2025-08-21T16:13:57Z | |
| 105-hr-4376 | 105 | hr | 4376 | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect Prevention and Services Act | Health | 1998-07-31 | 1998-08-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 7 | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect Prevention and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE) prevention, intervention, and services delivery program. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance to eligible State, tribal, and local governments, scientific or academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations to carry out such activities. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect to: (1) foster coordination among governmental agencies, academic bodies, and community groups that support FAS and FAE research, programs, and surveillance and otherwise meet the needs of populations actually or potentially impacted by FAS and FAE; and (2) advise Federal, State, and local programs and research concerning FAS and FAE. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003. Terminates application of this Act seven years after the date on which all Task Force members have been appointed. | 2025-08-21T16:12:38Z |
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