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| 106-s-3284 | 106 | s | 3284 | Offering People True Insurance Options Nationwide Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-12-15 | 2000-12-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11927-11928) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Offering People True Insurance Options Nationwide Act of 2000 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management to administer a health insurance program that offers Federal employees health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees. | 2025-08-20T14:16:52Z | |
| 106-hr-5661 | 106 | hr | 5661 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-12-14 | 2000-12-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health & Environment for a period to be subsubsequently determined by the Chairman.. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 2 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Medicare Beneficiary Improvements - Subtitle A: Improved Preventive Benefits - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) coverage of biennial screening pap smear and pelvic exams; (2) coverage of screening for glaucoma; (3) coverage of screening colonoscopy for average risk individuals; (4) revision of payments and standards for screening mammography; and (5) coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with diabetes or a renal disease.Subtitle B: Other Beneficiary Improvements - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for: (1) acceleration of reduction of beneficiary copayment for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) preservation of coverage of drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (3) elimination of time limitation on Medicare benefits for immunosuppressive drugs; and (4) imposition of certain billing limits on drugs.(Sec. 115) Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to provide for a waiver of 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage of individuals disabled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects and Studies - Outlines: (1) a Health and Human Services (HHS) demonstration project for disease management for severely chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries; (2) HHS demonstration projects for cancer prevention and treatment for ethnic and racial minorities; (3) a National Academy of Sciences study of the addition of coverage of routine thyroid screening using a thyroid stimulating hormone test as a preventive benefit provided to Medicare beneficiaries; (4) a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) study on consumer coalitions in marking Medicare+Choice (SSA title XVIII part C) plans; (5) an HHS study on the effect of limitations on State payment for Medicare cost-sharing on access to services for qualified Medicare beneficiaries; (6) HHS studies o… | 2025-08-20T14:21:04Z | |
| 106-hres-672 | 106 | hres | 672 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the private-sector distributors of the influenza vaccine should give priority to distributing the available vaccine to those people at a high risk of developing complications from an influenza infection. | Health | 2000-12-08 | 2000-12-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] | TX | D | G000410 | 8 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that private-sector influenza vaccine distributors should give priority to distributing the available vaccine to groups of people at high risk of complications from influenza infection. | 2025-01-02T17:08:31Z | |
| 106-hr-5646 | 106 | hr | 5646 | Nursing Facility Staffing Improvement Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-12-07 | 2000-12-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Nursing Facility Staffing Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require interim surveys for nursing facilities for quality deficiencies attributable to inadequate nurse staffing; (2) require prompt implementation of plans of correction for such quality deficiencies; and (3) require a nursing facility to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) data with respect to facility nursing staff for review and publication on HHS's Internet site. | 2025-08-20T14:18:35Z | |
| 106-s-3270 | 106 | s | 3270 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a modification of medicare billing requirements for certain Indian providers. | Health | 2000-11-14 | 2000-11-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise Medicare billing requirements for certain hospitals or freestanding ambulatory clinics operated by the Indian Health Service or by an Indian tribe or tribal organization. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5628 | 106 | hr | 5628 | Common Sense Patients' Bill of Rights Act | Health | 2000-11-03 | 2000-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | S000275 | 3 | Common Sense Patients' Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to: (1) provide for a patients' bill of rights, patient access to information, and accountability of health plans; and (2) expand access to health care coverage through tax incentives.Title I: Patients' Bill Of Rights - Subtitle A: Right Advice and Care - Establishes patients' rights to medical advice and care (under ERISA, PHSA, and IRC).Subtitle B: Right to Information About Plans And Providers - Establishes patients' rights to information about plans and providers.Subtitle C: Right To Hold Health Plans Accountable - Establishes patients' rights to hold health plans accountable.Subtitle D: State Flexibility in Applying Requirements to Health Insurance Issuers - Provides for State flexibility in applying requirements to health insurance issuers.Subtitle E: Effective Dates; Coordination in Implementation; Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for coordination in implementation.Title II: Remedies - Amends ERISA to provide for: (1) availability of, and limitations on, court remedies relating to medically reviewable determinations and timely review of claims; and (2) expanded court remedies relating to group health plan determinations that are not medically reviewable.Title III: Health Care Coverage Access Tax Incentives - Amends the IRC with respect to medical savings accounts (MSAs) to: (1) repeal certain limitations on availability; (2) expand availability beyond employees of small employers and self-employed individuals; (3) increase the amount of allowable tax deduction for contributors; (4) allow both employers and employees to contribute; (5) reduce permitted deductibles under high-deductible heath plans, but provide for cost-of-living adjustments; (6) allow MSAs to be offered under cafeteria plans; and (7) direct the Comptroller General to study and report on the impact of MSAs on the cost of conventional insurance.Allows a tax… | 2025-08-20T14:17:16Z | |
| 106-hr-5622 | 106 | hr | 5622 | Medicare Program Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-11-02 | 2000-11-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38] | CA | R | H000789 | 1 | Medicare Program Infrastructure Investment Act of 2000 - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a Health Care Infrastructure Advisory Commission to: (1) develop a strategy to create an advanced informational infrastructure for the administration of the Medicare program under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA); and (2) submit to Congress a strategic plan to implement it, as well as progress reports.Amends SSA title XI to provide that if the HHS Secretary adopts a batch standard for a transaction involving a health care provider to enable health information to be exchanged electronically, the Secretary shall also adopt an interactive standard compatible with the batch standard so that the provider may immediately complete the transaction at the point of service. | 2025-08-20T14:17:34Z | |
| 106-hr-5612 | 106 | hr | 5612 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Beneficiary Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-11-01 | 2000-11-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 104 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Beneficiary Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Medicare Beneficiary Improvements - Subtitle A: Improved Preventive Benefits - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) coverage of biennial screening pap smear and pelvic exams; (2) coverage of screening for glaucoma; (3) coverage of screening colonoscopy for average risk individuals; (4) revision of payments and standards for screening mammography; (5) coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with diabetes or a renal disease; and (6) extension of Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) coverage for workers with disabilities.Subtitle B: Other Beneficiary Improvements - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for: (1) acceleration of reduction of beneficiary copayment for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) preservation of coverage of drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (3) elimination of time limitation on Medicare benefits for immunosuppressive drugs; (4) imposition of billing limits on drugs; and (5) availability of application forms for medical assistance for Medicare cost-sharing.(Sec. 116) Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to provide for a waiver of 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage of individuals disabled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects and Studies - Outlines: (1) a Health and Human Services (HHS) demonstration project for disease management for severely chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries; (2) HHS demonstration projects for cancer prevention and treatment for ethnic and racial minorities; (3) a National Academy of Sciences study on the addition of coverage of routine thyroid screening using a thyroid stimulating hormone test as a preventive benefit provided to Medicare beneficiaries; (4) a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) study on consumer coalitions in marking Medicare+Choice (SSA title X… | 2025-08-20T14:18:06Z | |
| 106-hr-5614 | 106 | hr | 5614 | Seniors' Health Care Restoration Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-11-01 | 2000-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | A000022 | 0 | Seniors' Health Care Restoration Act of 2000 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to: (1) increased payment for areas with two or fewer Medicare+Choice contracts; and (2) an increase in the minimum percentage update.Outlines provisions for a transition to revised Medicare+Choice payment rates.Directs the Secretary to provide for coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for eligible Medicare beneficiaries.Establishes in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund the Emergency Reserve Outpatient Prescription Drug Account for payment for such coverage. Provides for the crediting of funds to such Account. | 2025-08-20T14:17:42Z | |
| 106-hr-5615 | 106 | hr | 5615 | Right to Know Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-11-01 | 2000-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Coburn, Tom [R-OK-2] | OK | R | C000560 | 1 | Right to Know Act of 2000 - Prohibits funds in any Federal appropriations Act for any fiscal year from being used to conduct or support any program of testing individuals for infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in which there is a failure to find and disclose to the tested individuals the test results, together with appropriate counseling. | 2025-08-20T14:17:50Z | |
| 106-hr-5621 | 106 | hr | 5621 | Medicaid DSH Fairness Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-11-01 | 2000-12-05 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2123-2124) | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 0 | Medicaid DSH Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, to apply the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) transition rule under title XIX of the Social Security Act to public hospitals in all States. | 2025-08-20T14:21:17Z | |
| 106-s-3267 | 106 | s | 3267 | Retired Coal Miners Health Benefit Security Act | Health | 2000-11-01 | 2000-11-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 955. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Retired Coal Miners Health Benefit Security Act - Amends Subchapter B (Combined Benefit Fund) of Subtitle J (Coal Industry Health Benefits) the Internal Revenue Code to authorize appropriations from the Treasury to the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund for FY 2001 for the payment of benefits. Provides that a specified amount shall be used to provide specified coal industry operator relief. Requires a report. | 2025-08-20T14:16:56Z | |
| 106-hr-5601 | 106 | hr | 5601 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-30 | 2000-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 1 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Medicare Beneficiary Improvements - Subtitle A: Improved Preventive Benefits - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) coverage of biennial screening pap smear and pelvic exams; (2) coverage of screening for glaucoma; (3) coverage of screening colonoscopy for average risk individuals; (4) revision of payments and standards for screening mammography; (5) coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with diabetes or a renal disease; and (6) extension of Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) coverage for workers with disabilities.Subtitle B: Other Beneficiary Improvements - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for: (1) acceleration of reduction of beneficiary copayment for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) preservation of coverage of drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (3) elimination of time limitation on Medicare benefits for immunosuppressive drugs; (4) imposition of billing limits on drugs; and (5) availability of application forms for medical assistance for Medicare cost-sharing.Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects and Studies - Outlines: (1) a Health and Human Services (HHS) demonstration project for disease management for severely chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries; (2) HHS demonstration projects for cancer prevention and treatment for ethnic and racial minorities; (3) a National Academy of Sciences study on the addition of coverage of routine thyroid screening using a thyroid stimulating hormone test as a preventive benefit provided to Medicare beneficiaries; (4) a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) study on consumer coalitions in marking Medicare+Choice (SSA title XVIII part C) plans; (5) an HHS study on the effect of limitations on State payment for Medicare cost-sharing on access to services for qualified Medicare beneficiaries; (6) HHS studies on preventive interventions in primary care … | 2025-08-20T14:18:03Z | |
| 106-s-3261 | 106 | s | 3261 | HMO Guaranty Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-30 | 2000-10-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11375-11376) | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 0 | HMO Guaranty Act of 2000 - Establishes in the U.S. Treasury the HMO Guaranty Fund to provide payments to States to pay the outstanding health care provider claims of insolvent health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and to provide for a temporary continuation of health care coverage for covered individuals.Requires each HMO that is licensed by a State to provide health care coverage to make biannual payments to the Guaranty Fund in accordance with an assessment schedule to be established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Permits deferrals or exemptions if an HMO demonstrates that payment of the assessment would endanger its ability to fulfill contractual obligations or place it in an unsound financial condition. Prescribes a civil penalty for failure to pay. | 2025-08-20T14:17:29Z | |
| 106-hr-5595 | 106 | hr | 5595 | Hispanic Health Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-27 | 2000-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28] | TX | D | R000568 | 6 | Hispanic Health Act of 2000 - Title I: Annual Report to Congress on Programs for Improving Health Status of Hispanic Individuals - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on programs carried out through the Public Health Service for improving the health status of Hispanic individuals regarding diabetes, HIV infection, AIDS, substance abuse, and mental health.Title II: Diabetes Control and Prevention - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) diabetes education and prevention activities for Hispanic individuals; and (2) implementation of recommendations of the Diabetes Research Working Group.Title III: HIV Prevention Activities Regarding Hispanic Individuals - Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out activities relating to HIV prevention activities among Hispanic individuals; and (2) make grants to Hispanic-serving institutions for carrying out HIV- related projects among racial and ethnic minority groups.Title IV: Prevention of Latina Adolescent Suicides - Directs the Secretary to carry out a grant program for reducing suicide attempts among Latina adolescents. Authorizes appropriations.Title V: Bilingual Health Professionals - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for training bilingual health professionals in the treatment of minority health conditions. Authorizes appropriations.Title VI: Cultural Competence - Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop educational materials on providing health services in a culturally competent manner; (2) establish a Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care; and (3) carry out cultural competence demonstration projects at two hospitals. Authorizes appropriations.Title VII: Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools - Directs the Secretary to make grants to Hispanic-serving health professions schools to recruit Hispanic individuals for enrollment. Authorizes appropriations.Title VIII: Data Regarding Race and Ethnicity - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to collect and maintain health care race and ethn… | 2025-08-20T14:19:03Z | |
| 106-s-3255 | 106 | s | 3255 | Medicaid DSH Fairness Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 2 | Medicaid DSH Fairness Act of 2000 - Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999, to apply the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) transition rule under title XIX of the Social Security Act to public hospitals in all States. | 2025-08-20T14:20:33Z | |
| 106-hr-5568 | 106 | hr | 5568 | Patients' Declaration of Independence Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-26 | 2000-11-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4] | SC | R | D000595 | 3 | Patients' Declaration of Independence Act of 2000 - Provides, in the case of a group health plan that is a freedom-of-choice plan with respect to a participant or beneficiary, that: (1) an employer maintaining the plan shall not be liable pursuant to any cause of action relating to the provision of (or failure to provide, or manner of provision of) benefits under any health insurance coverage that may be secured by such participant or beneficiary in connection with the plan; and (2) there shall be no right of recovery, indemnity, or contribution by a person against such an employer (or an employee of such an employer acting within the scope of employment) for damages assessed against the person pursuant to any such cause of action.Provides that, for certain purposes under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), any such employer (and any such employee) shall not be considered a fiduciary of the plan.Defines a freedom-of-choice group health plan as one which: (1) provides benefits on behalf of the participant or beneficiary only in the form of a contribution towards the cost of health insurance coverage that meets the applicable requirements of law; (2) does not impose any restriction with respect to such coverage, including the benefits available under such coverage, the health insurance issuer that offers such coverage, and the selection of such coverage; and (3) provides that the participant (and not the employer or plan) is the owner of the health insurance coverage.Requires such a contribution to be treated as employer-provided coverage under a health plan, for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code. | 2025-08-20T14:16:54Z | |
| 106-hr-5572 | 106 | hr | 5572 | Medicaid Intensive Community Mental Health Treatment Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-26 | 2000-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 3 | Medicaid Intensive Community Mental Health Treatment Act of 2000 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment under the Medicaid program. | 2025-08-20T14:17:40Z | |
| 106-hr-5579 | 106 | hr | 5579 | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-26 | 2000-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] | FL | R | M000689 | 0 | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to the national vaccine injury compensation program to require a petition for compensation under the program to contain an affidavit that the petitioner sustained or aggravated an illness, disability, injury, or condition in positive association with a vaccine received. | 2025-08-20T14:18:59Z | |
| 106-hr-5543 | 106 | hr | 5543 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 2 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Medicare Beneficiary Improvements - Subtitle A: Improved Preventive Benefits - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for coverage of: (1) biennial (currently, triennial) screening pap smear and pelvic exams; (2) screening for glaucoma for high-risk individuals; and (3) screening colonoscopy for average risk individuals.(Sec. 104) Revises provisions for payments and standards for screening mammography.Outlines payment for certain screening mammographies that use a specified new technology.(Sec. 105) Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for coverage of specified medical nutrition therapy services for certain beneficiaries with diabetes or a renal disease.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report to Congress any recommendations with respect to the expansion to other Medicare beneficiary populations of such medical nutrition therapy services benefit.Subtitle B: Other Beneficiary Improvements - Amends SSA title XVIII with regard to the prospective payment system(PPS) for hospital outpatient department (ODP) services, reducing the upper limit on beneficiary copayment.(Sec. 111) Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate and report to Congress on the extent to which the premium levels for Medicare supplemental (Medigap) policies reflect the reductions in copayment resulting from this subtitle.(Sec. 112) Amends SSA title XVIII to include as "medical and other health services," for coverage purposes, drugs and biologicals which are not usually self-administered by the patient (currently, drugs and biologicals which cannot be self-administered).(Sec. 113) Eliminates the time limitation on Medicare benefits for immunosuppressive drugs.(Sec. 114) Provides for the imposition of billing limits on prescription drugs.Subtitle C: Demonstration Projects and Studies - Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project with respect to the impact on costs and on health outcomes of a… | 2025-08-20T14:19:05Z | |
| 106-hr-5544 | 106 | hr | 5544 | Pain Relief Promotion Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 0 | Pain Relief Promotion Act of 2000 - Title I: Promoting Pain Management and Palliative Care - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to promote and advance scientific understanding of, and collect and disseminate protocols and evidence-based practices regarding, pain management and palliative care. Defines "pain management and palliative care" as certain types of actions, the purpose of which is to diagnose and alleviate pain and other distressing signs and symptoms and to enhance the quality of life, not to hasten or postpone death.(Sec. 102) Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts for development and implementation of programs to provide education and training to health care professionals in pain management and palliative care. Defines "pain management and palliative care" as certain types of actions, the purpose of which is to diagnose and alleviate pain and other distressing signs and symptoms and to enhance the quality of life, not to hasten or postpone death. Adds the provisions of this paragraph to the list of provisions for which the Secretary is required to make a specified amount available and increases the amount specified.Title II: Use of Controlled Substances Consistent With the Controlled Substances Act - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to declare that, for that Act and any implementing regulations, alleviating pain or discomfort in the usual course of professional practice is a legitimate medical purpose for the dispensing, distributing, or administering of a controlled substance that is consistent with public health and safety, even if it may increase the risk of death.Prohibits the Attorney General, in determining whether a registration (to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances) is consistent with the public interest, from giving any force and effect to State law authorizing or permitting assisted suicide or euthanasia, notwithstandi… | 2025-08-20T14:18:32Z | |
| 106-hr-5551 | 106 | hr | 5551 | Basic Access to Secure Health Insurance Coverage Health Plan (BASIC Health Plan) Act | Health | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 6 | Basic Access to Secure Health Insurance Coverage Health Plan (BASIC Health Plan) Act - Title I: Affordable Health Insurance for Parents and Children - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require State Medicaid plans to provide that the State will provide medical assistance or health coverage under CHIP for certain families in accordance with specified conditions; and (2) require, with respect to a State that does not provide such medical assistance for such families, to provide health coverage under CHIP for them through an amendment to its State CHIP plan. Provides for enhancing matching Medicaid and CHIP funds for medical and for child health assistance.(Sec. 101) Makes the CHIP program into a permanent entitlement program, and makes necessary appropriations.(Sec. 102) Amends SSA titles XIX and XXI to require a State to provide Medicaid for aliens lawfully residing in the United States and otherwise eligible for such assistance.(Sec. 103) Amends SSA titles XIX and XXI to provide Medicaid and CHIP coverage of children through age 20 (currently, through age 19).(Sec. 104) Amends SSA title XIX to: (1) establish State requirements for determining the eligibility of individuals under age 20 for Medicaid in the case of States with a State CHIP plan; (2) qualify additional entities to determine Medicaid presumptive eligibility for pregnant women; and (3) provide for automatic reassessment of CHIP and Medicaid eligibility for children losing it.Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require provision of Medicaid and CHIP applications and information under the school lunch program.(Sec. 105) Amends SSA title XXI to: (1) include vision, hearing, and dental services for children as basic services required for benchmark-equivalent coverage; and (2) prohibit limitation on the scope or the duration for Federal Employees' Health Benefit Program-equivalent children's health insurance coverage.(Sec. 106) Amends SSA title XIX with … | 2025-08-20T14:20:55Z | |
| 106-hr-5558 | 106 | hr | 5558 | Medicare Truth in Labeling Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-25 | 2000-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Medicare Truth in Labeling Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to change the name of the Medicare+Choice program under Medicare part C to the Medicare-No-Choice program. | 2025-08-20T14:17:11Z | |
| 106-s-3233 | 106 | s | 3233 | Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 0 | Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) repeal the current formula for calculating expenses for treatment of mental disorders; and thus (2) provide for Medicare beneficiary copayments for outpatient mental health services that are the same as beneficiary copayments for other Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) services.Amends Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) to provide for coverage of intensive residential services.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on whether the criteria for Medicare coverage of any therapy service (including occupational and physical therapy) or any outpatient mental health care service unduly restricts the access to such a service of any Medicare beneficiary diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or a related mental illness because the coverage criteria requires the beneficiary to display continuing clinical improvement to continue to receive the service.Amends Medicare to: (1) cover mental health counselor services; and (2) exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system. | 2025-08-20T14:19:13Z | |
| 106-s-3238 | 106 | s | 3238 | Mental Health Access Act | Health | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Mental Health Access Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow a health insurance issuer to impose a preexisting condition exclusion relating to a preexisting mental condition only if: (1) such exclusion relates to a condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received within the six-month period ending on the enrollment date; (2) such exclusion extends for no more than 12 months after the enrollment date; and (3) the exclusion period is reduced by the aggregate periods of creditable coverage applicable to the individual or dependent as of the enrollment date.Prohibits any such issuer from requiring an individual or dependent with a preexisting mental health condition to pay a premium or contribution which is greater than that charged to an individual without such condition when the additional charge is based solely on such preexisting condition. | 2025-08-20T14:20:51Z | |
| 106-hr-5501 | 106 | hr | 5501 | Medicare Drug Uniform Coverage Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4] | SC | R | D000595 | 5 | Medicare Drug Uniform Coverage Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include as covered services and supplies any drugs and biologicals which are not usually self-administered by intravenous infusion or subcutaneous injection by the patient (currently, drugs and biologicals which cannot, as determined in accordance with regulations, be self-administered). | 2025-08-20T14:18:35Z | |
| 106-hr-5508 | 106 | hr | 5508 | School-Based Health Centers Technical Assistance Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | K000180 | 0 | School-Based Health Centers Technical Assistance Act of 2000 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a demonstration program to provide technical assistance to assist school-based health centers operated by nonprofit private entities in developing and operating comprehensive computerized systems to maintain the following data on patient populations: (1) medical data; (2) demographic data; and (3) data that will assist the centers in billing for services provided to patients, including obtaining reimbursement from third party health insurance plans, policies, or programs.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:21:05Z | |
| 106-s-3215 | 106 | s | 3215 | Women's Health Research Career Enhancement Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10720-10721) | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Women's Health Research Career Enhancement Act of 2000 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 2001 through 2006 to enable the: (1) Director of the Office of Research on Women's Health to carry out the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Program, which supports the career development of scientists who are commencing basic, translational, clinical, behavioral, or health services research relevant to women's health in an interdisciplinary scientific setting; and (2) Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to fund Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Centers. | 2025-08-20T14:19:56Z | |
| 106-hr-5476 | 106 | hr | 5476 | Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-17 | 2000-10-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] | VA | R | B000556 | 2 | Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require each interstate Internet seller to comply with requirements of this Act with respect to the sale or offer of prescription drugs. Requires the seller to: (1) post visibly on its web site home page its street address, the States in which it is authorized as a pharmacy, certain prescriber information, and a statement it will dispense prescription drugs only upon a valid prescription; and (2) disclose such information to State licensing boards.Authorizes each State to bring proceedings against an Internet seller on behalf of affected consumers (requiring notice of such proceedings to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and appropriate Federal agencies). Allows the President to intervene in such actions.Directs the Secretary to: (1) engage in activities to educate the public about the dangers of purchasing prescription drugs from unlawful Internet sources; and (2) recommend to Congress the coordination of activities of Federal agencies regarding Internet sellers that operate from foreign countries with the activities of such foreign governments.Authorizes the President to initiate a civil action to enjoin or restrain the alienation or disposal of property obtained as a result of, or traceable to, a violation of this Act.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:48Z | |
| 106-s-3208 | 106 | s | 3208 | Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-17 | 2000-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 2 | Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require each interstate Internet seller to comply with requirements of this Act with respect to the sale or offer of prescription drugs. Requires the seller to: (1) post visibly on its web site home page its street address, the States in which it is authorized as a pharmacy, certain prescriber information, and a statement that it will dispense prescription drugs only upon a valid prescription; and (2) disclose such information to State licensing boards.Authorizes each State to bring proceedings against an Internet seller on behalf of affected consumers (requiring notice of such proceedings to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and appropriate Federal agencies). Allows the President to intervene in such actions.Directs the Secretary to: (1) engage in activities to educate the public about the dangers of purchasing prescription drugs from unlawful Internet sources; and (2) recommend to Congress the coordination of activities of Federal agencies regarding Internet sellers that operate from foreign countries with the activities of such foreign governments.Authorizes the President to initiate a civil action to enjoin or restrain the alienation or disposal of property obtained as a result of, or traceable to, a violation of this Act.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:17:10Z | |
| 106-hr-5464 | 106 | hr | 5464 | Organ Coordination Improvement Act | Health | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] | WA | D | I000026 | 0 | Organ Coordination Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to qualifying organ donation entities for the purpose of assisting such entities in carrying out programs to coordinate the activities of eligible hospitals that relate to seeking organ donations. | 2025-08-20T14:18:12Z | |
| 106-hr-5465 | 106 | hr | 5465 | Organ Donor Enhancement Act | Health | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] | WA | D | I000026 | 0 | Organ Donor Enhancement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for a National Living Organ Donor Registry for the purpose of increasing the number of transplants for recipients suitably matched to biologically unrelated individuals who are willing to be living donors of organs. | 2025-08-20T14:21:40Z | |
| 106-hr-5467 | 106 | hr | 5467 | Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act | Health | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 0 | Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act - Requires each participating manufacturer of a covered outpatient drug to make available for purchase by each pharmacy a covered outpatient drug: (1) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the covered outpatient drug sold or distributed by the pharmacy to Medicare beneficiaries (including the amount sold or distributed to Medicare beneficiaries in a hospice program); and (2) at a price equal to the lower of either the lowest price paid for the drug by the Federal Government or the manufacturer's best price for the drug. | 2025-08-20T14:18:31Z | |
| 106-hr-5440 | 106 | hr | 5440 | Employee Health Benefits Disclosure Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-11 | 2000-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 0 | Employee Health Benefits Disclosure Act of 2000 - Requires every large employer (100 or more employees) who provides health coverage to notify each covered employee: (1) of the amount of the employer health plan contribution for each year; and (2) that such contribution is part of the total compensation package and reduces wages and other compensation by the contributed amount.Provides a penalty for noncompliance.Applies this Act to calendar years after 2004. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-5449 | 106 | hr | 5449 | Medicare Partial Hospitalization Services Restoration and Integrity Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-11 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Medicare Partial Hospitalization Services Restoration and Integrity Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of mental health partial hospitalization services, requiring a direct patient-physician encounter before the prescription of such services in a hospital or community mental health center. Prohibits partial hospitalization services in a skilled nursing facility, residential treatment facility, or other residential setting. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for periodic recertification of each community mental health center furnishing partial hospitalization services. | 2025-08-20T14:17:56Z | |
| 106-s-3187 | 106 | s | 3187 | Medicaid Protection Act | Health | 2000-10-11 | 2000-10-11 | Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 3 | Medicaid Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue a final regulation that provides for application of aggregate upper payment limits to non-State publicly owned or operated hospitals, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded under the Medicaid program of title XIX of the Social Security Act. | 2025-08-20T14:19:18Z | |
| 106-hr-5427 | 106 | hr | 5427 | Drug-Free Communities Act | Health | 2000-10-10 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] | OH | R | P000449 | 2 | Designates Chapter 2 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 as the Drug-Free Communities Act.Increases and extends through FY 2006 the authorization of appropriations to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (Office) for the drug-free communities support program. Modifies grant renewal funding levels.Requires the Office Director to study the need to increase administrative costs under the program. Authorizes the Director to make grants to an organization to establish a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute. | 2025-08-20T14:17:07Z | |
| 106-hr-5434 | 106 | hr | 5434 | Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-10 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | R000465 | 1 | Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric services under the Medicare program. | 2025-08-20T14:19:37Z | |
| 106-hr-5419 | 106 | hr | 5419 | Millennium Cancer Research Act | Health | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] | OH | R | P000555 | 1 | Millennium Cancer Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Cancer Institute to establish a demonstration project under which the Institute shall provide for the conduct of research through an infrastructure that fosters scientific creativity and increases fundamental biological understanding leading to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of cancer. Terminates the provisions of this Act five years after enactment. | 2025-08-20T14:17:44Z | |
| 106-s-3176 | 106 | s | 3176 | Rural States Physician Recruitment and Retention Demonstration Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10084-10085) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 2 | Rural States Physician Recruitment and Retention Demonstration Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Rural States Physician Recruitment and Retention demonstration program for ameliorating physician shortage, recruitment, and retention problems in rural States. Directs the Secretary to: (1) increase by up to 15 percent the number of residency and fellowship positions at each medical residency training program in each of two demonstration States selected by the Secretary; (2) negotiate with representatives of each approved medical residency training program in a demonstration State for such additional positions; and (3) establish a loan repayment and forgiveness program under which the Secretary assumes the obligation to repay the educational loan of a participating residency or fellowship graduate (with limitations).Authorizes the Secretary to waive any requirements under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act if necessary to carry out the ten-year demonstration program.Directs the Secretary to establish a State-specific health professions database to track health professionals in each demonstration State with respect to specialty certifications and related practice, license, and training information.Requires a joint demonstration program evaluation by the Council on Graduate Medical Education and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. | 2025-08-20T14:21:19Z | |
| 106-s-3177 | 106 | s | 3177 | Nursing Home Staff Improvement Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 2 | Nursing Home Staff Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend until July 1, 2001, the deadline for a report from the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning adequate nursing facility staffing requirements. Requires additional information and analysis in such report. Requires the Secretary to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for final regulations requiring compliance with appropriate minimum caregiver to resident levels and supervisor to caregiver levels before facilities may receive payments under Medicare and Medicaid programs.Directs the Secretary to award competitive grants to States for improving staffing levels in nursing facilities.Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing and nursing facilities to report to the Secretary on nurse staffing levels and information regarding patient classification. | 2025-08-20T14:17:15Z | |
| 106-hr-5392 | 106 | hr | 5392 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide relief for small business concerns from Medicare consolidated billing requirements and to exclude services of certain providers from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and for other purposes. | Health | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Talent, Jim [R-MO-2] | MO | R | T000024 | 2 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare direct payment to small business concerns for items furnished to skilled nursing facility and home health patients.Provides for Medicare reimbursement for transportation of portable medical equipment.Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to provide for restoration of payment for transportation of electrocardiogram equipment. | 2025-01-02T17:15:18Z | |
| 106-hr-5404 | 106 | hr | 5404 | Medicare Comprehensive Quality of Care and Safety Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 3 | Medicare Comprehensive Quality of Care and Safety Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish and maintain a comprehensive quality of care and safety system, overseen by a Chief Medicare Quality and Safety Officer established in the Health Care Financing Administration, for improving and monitoring the quality of care and safety of medical care furnished to individuals entitled to Medicare benefits and for reducing medical errors and protecting the safety of such individuals in their care; (2) establish a system to achieve continuous quality and safety improvement in the delivery of medical care to individuals entitled to Medicare benefits; (3) establish such data collection systems and collect such data as may be necessary on an ongoing basis to monitor the quality of care and safety of care provided to individuals entitled to Medicare benefits, and the safety of employees of providers and suppliers who provide that care; (4) establish and implement standard patient assessment instruments that provide comparability of information; and (5) enter into agreements with quality improvement organizations to implement a standard data collection system to collect various reports on adverse events and near misses and other data on performance of providers and suppliers in achieving quality standards and performance measures.Requires providers and suppliers furnishing items and services under Medicare to establish and maintain a Medicare Quality and Safety Program meeting specified requirements.Directs the Secretary to establish the Medicare Quality Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary, make recommendations with respect to issues relating to the quality and safety of medical care furnished to individuals entitled to Medicare benefits, and report annually to the Secretary on the progress by providers of services and suppliers in meeting goals and objectives for improvement of the quality of items and services furni… | 2025-08-20T14:19:11Z | |
| 106-hr-5405 | 106 | hr | 5405 | Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-05 | 2000-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6] | MA | D | T000266 | 4 | Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide emergency protections for retiree health benefits.Prohibits group health plans from making post-retirement reductions of retiree health benefits.Requires group health plans to adopt provisions barring post-retirement reductions in retiree health benefits.Requires group health plans to restore benefits reduced after retirement. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to waive or vary such requirements, if a plan sponsor applies for such exemption, upon finding that compliance would: (1) be adverse to the interests of plan participants in the aggregate; (2) not be administratively feasible; and (3) cause substantial business hardship to the sponsor.Establishes the Emergency Retiree Health Loan Guarantee Program and its Board. Authorizes the Program, through its Board, to guarantee loans provided by private banking and investment institutions to eligible plan sponsors to assist them in meeting obligations under this Act to restore benefits reduced after retirement. Requires such loan guarantees to be provided: (1) to the extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts pursuant to an amount authorized to be appropriated under this Act; (2) only in accordance with procedures established by the Board; (3) with specified limits on the aggregate amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding at any time, and on the aggregate amount of loans guaranteed with respect to a single eligible plan sponsor; and (4) with a termination date for the Board's authority to make commitments to guarantee any loan. Designates as an emergency requirement the amount made available to carry out the Program.Provides that other claims are not affected, and other causes of action are not authorized, by this Act.Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-s-3161 | 106 | s | 3161 | Blood Safety Improvement Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Blood Safety Improvement Act of 2000 - Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to report to the specified congressional committees on the costs of blood safety improvements. | 2025-08-20T14:18:33Z | |
| 106-s-3165 | 106 | s | 3165 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 5 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 2000 - Title I: Benefit Improvements - Subtitle A: Beneficiary Assistance - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to: (1) limiting the copayment amount for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (2) elimination of time limitation for coverage of immunosuppressive drugs and continued entitlement for immunosuppressive drugs for certain individuals after Medicare benefits end; and (3) preservation of coverage of drugs and biologicals under Medicare part B.(Sec. 104) Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing any reduction in the rate of reimbursement for any outpatient drug or biological under Medicare between enactment of this Act and September 15, 2001.Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on the reasonableness of the Medicare reimbursement policy for such drugs and biologicals based on their average wholesale price.Subtitle B: Improved Preventive Benefits - Amends SSA title XVIII with regard to coverage of: (1) biannual screening pap smear and pelvic exams; (2) screening colonoscopy for average risk individuals; and (3) medical nutrition therapy services.(Sec. 114) Makes changes concerning State accreditation for diabetes outpatient self-management training services.(Sec. 115) Directs the Secretary to conduct for reports to Congress a series of studies designed to identify preventive interventions that can be delivered in the primary care setting and that are most valuable to older Americans.Amends the mission statement of the United States Preventive Services Task Force to include the evaluation of services that are of particular relevance to older Americans.(Sec. 116) Directs the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Secretary and Congress on current literature and best practices in the field of health… | 2025-08-20T14:19:46Z | |
| 106-s-3167 | 106 | s | 3167 | Physician Recruitment and Retention Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9949) | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | Physician Recruitment and Retention Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project for the purpose of improving: (1) access to health care for beneficiaries under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; and (2) the ability of States to recruit and to retain physicians.Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on such demonstration project to determine whether the access of Medicare beneficiaries to health care and the ability of States to recruit and to retain physicians is adversely impacted by certain factors (over 20 percent uninsured population, an unemployment rate over 4.8 percent, among others) and improved by increased payments to physicians. Makes necessary appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:17:22Z | |
| 106-s-3172 | 106 | s | 3172 | BASIC Health Plan Act | Health | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Basic Access to Secure Health Insurance Coverage Health Plan (BASIC Health Plan) Act - Title I: Affordable Health Insurance for Parents and Children - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require State Medicaid plans to provide that the State will provide medical assistance or health coverage under CHIP for certain families in accordance with specified conditions; and (2) require, with respect to a State that does not provide such medical assistance for such families, to provide health coverage under CHIP for them through an amendment to its State CHIP plan. Provides for enhancing matching Medicaid and CHIP funds for medical and for child health assistance.(Sec. 101) Makes the CHIP program into a permanent entitlement program, and makes necessary appropriations.(Sec. 102) Amends SSA titles XIX and XXI to require a State to provide Medicaid for aliens lawfully residing in the United States and otherwise eligible for such assistance.(Sec. 103) Amends SSA titles XIX and XXI to provide Medicaid and CHIP coverage of children through age 20 (currently, through age 19).(Sec. 104) Amends SSA title XIX to: (1) establish State requirements for determining the eligibility of individuals under age 20 for Medicaid in the case of States with a State CHIP plan; (2) qualify additional entities to determine Medicaid presumptive eligibility for pregnant women; and (3) provide for automatic reassessment of CHIP and Medicaid eligibility for children losing it.Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require provision of Medicaid and CHIP applications and information under the school lunch program.(Sec. 105) Amends SSA title XXI to: (1) include vision, hearing, and dental services for children as basic services required for benchmark-equivalent coverage; and (2) prohibit limitation on the scope or the duration for Federal Employees' Health Benefit Program-equivalent children's health insurance coverage.(Sec. 106) Amends SSA title XIX with … | 2025-08-20T14:18:33Z | |
| 106-hr-5385 | 106 | hr | 5385 | RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act | Health | 2000-10-04 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Coburn, Tom [R-OK-2] | OK | R | C000560 | 51 | RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act - Restricts the prescribing of the drug mifepristone (commonly referred to as RU-486, to be marketed as Mifeprex) to physicians who meet specified requirements. | 2025-08-20T14:20:36Z | |
| 106-s-3157 | 106 | s | 3157 | RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act | Health | 2000-10-04 | 2000-10-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR] | AR | R | H001015 | 3 | RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act - Restricts the prescribing of the drug mifepristone (commonly referred to as RU-486, to be marketed as Mifeprex) to physicians who meet specified requirements. | 2025-08-20T14:21:29Z | |
| 106-s-3141 | 106 | s | 3141 | Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-10-02 | 2000-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 0 | Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage of screening pap smears and screening pelvic exams to annual examinations regardless of whether a woman is of childbearing age or at high-risk. | 2025-08-20T14:17:57Z | |
| 106-hr-5348 | 106 | hr | 5348 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the application of the one-year lag in the intern and resident-to-bed ration and the rolling average for the number of residents for which payments to hospitals are made under the Medicare Program for the indirect costs of graduate medical education to residents in the fields of allopathic and osteopathic medicine. | Health | 2000-09-29 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to limit to residents in allopathic and osteopathic medicine the application of the freeze in the intern and resident-to-bed ratio and the rolling average for the number of residents for which Medicare payments are made to hospitals for the indirect costs of graduate medical education.Makes this Act effective as if included in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33). | 2025-01-02T17:15:18Z | |
| 106-hconres-413 | 106 | hconres | 413 | Expressing the sense of Congress concerning cooperation between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense in the procurement of medical items. | Health | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2] | AL | R | E000268 | 4 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs should increase, to the maximum extent consistent with their respective missions, their level of cooperation in the procurement and management of prescription drugs. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 106-hr-5330 | 106 | hr | 5330 | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Corrective Amendments of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-28 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 1 | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Corrective Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Public Health Service Act relating to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to: (1) designate the Program as a remedial program under which sovereign immunity does not apply; (2) change the burden of proof requirement for the award of compensation from a preponderance of the evidence to evidence sufficient to justify a belief that the petitioner's claims are well grounded (while giving the benefit of doubt to the petitioner); (3) require any defense raised that an illness, injury, or death was due to unrelated factors to be proved by clear and convincing evidence; (4) authorize as Program compensation expenses necessary for the establishment of a trust to receive Program funds, as well as expenses incurred for family counseling or training necessitated by the vaccine-related injury; (5) allow the petitioner to file applications for the award of petitioner's attorneys' fees; (6) increase to up to 72 months the statute of limitations under the Program; (7) allow such period to be extended for an additional 36 months after a petitioner first knew or should have known about his or her eligibility for compensation; (8) toll the statute of limitations until a petitioner reaches age 18 and, if a petitioner is incompetent, until 24 months after a guardian is appointed; and (9) authorize the refiling of a previously failed petition if the petitioner would have met the extended statute of limitations provided under this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:17:06Z | |
| 106-hr-5334 | 106 | hr | 5334 | Patients Before Paperwork Medicare Red Tape Reduction Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-28 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Dickey, Jay [R-AR-4] | AR | R | D000312 | 0 | Patients Before Paperwork Medicare Red Tape Reduction Act of 2000 - Establishes the Patients Before Paperwork Medicare Red Tape Commission to: (1) review existing paperwork burdens and related regulations under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with the goal of reducing the paperwork burdens under the Medicare program; (2) analyze whether existing and proposed paperwork requirements and related regulations have proven benefits, including a positive health benefit for Medicare beneficiaries; (3) make recommendations regarding methods to streamline and simplify the coding method for items and services for which reimbursement is provided under Medicare; (4) make recommendations regarding the facilitation of electronic filing of Medicare claims for reimbursement and the elimination of paperwork of paperwork; (5) develop a standard form that will minimize any duplication of data and that relies on less paperwork than the current system; (6) determine the effect of Medicare paperwork requirements on relationships between doctors and patients; and (7) review and analyze other appropriate matters relating to paperwork reduction. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:20:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5344 | 106 | hr | 5344 | Common Sense Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-28 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Toomey, Patrick J. [R-PA-15] | PA | R | T000461 | 6 | Common Sense Medical Malpractice Reform Act of 2000 - Establishes an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedure for all health care liability actions, except an action for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury or death to the extent that title XXI of the Public Health Service Act applies.(Sec. 3) Establishes a statute of limitations for health care liability actions of one year from the date on which the alleged injury was discovered or should reasonably have been discovered, but in no case more than three years after the date the alleged injury occurred.(Sec. 4) Makes a defendant in any health care liability action liable only for the amount of noneconomic damages attributable to such defendant. Limits total noneconomic damages for an injury to $250,000.Outlines requirements for, and limitations on, the award of punitive damages. Permits periodic payments of any damages awarded for future economic and noneconomic loss exceeding $50,000.Permits defendants to introduce evidence of collateral source payments.(Sec. 5) Specifies limits to contingent fees.(Sec. 6) Declares that any ADR used to resolve a health care liability action or claim shall contain provisions for a statute of limitations, noneconomic damages, joint and several liability, punitive damages, a collateral source rule, periodic payments, and limitations on contingent fees which are identical to the provisions of this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:21:02Z | |
| 106-s-3131 | 106 | s | 3131 | Medicare Billing and Education Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9470-9472) | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] | AK | R | M001085 | 3 | Medicare Billing and Education Act of 2000 - Title I: Regulatory Reform - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to: (1) the prospective-only, non-retroactive application of regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services that establish or change a substantive legal standard governing the scope of benefits, the payment for services, or the eligibility of individuals, entities, or organizations to furnish or to receive Medicare services or benefits; and (2) allowance of civil actions against the Secretary challenging the constitutionality of regulations or policies.Prohibits the Secretary from recovering past Medicare overpayments by offsetting future payments to a health care provider or while a provider is appealing a determination that an overpayment has been made or the amount of such an overpayment.Title II: Appeals Process Reforms - Revises requirements for the post-payment audit process, particularly the recoupment of overpayments.Requires the Secretary to permit any health care provider to appeal any determination of the Secretary under Medicare on behalf of a deceased beneficiary where no substitute party is available.Title III: Education Components - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for education programs for physicians, providers of services, and suppliers.Requires fiscal intermediaries and carriers to do their utmost to provide health care providers with one, straight, and correct answer regarding Medicare billing and cost reporting questions, as well as their true first and last names.Requires the Secretary to establish a process for providers to request assistance in writing (advisory opinions) from fiscal intermediaries or carriers in addressing questionable Medicare coverage, billing, documentation, coding and cost reporting procedures.Title IV: Sustainable Growth Rate Reforms - Requires the inclusion of regulatory costs in the estimate of the sustainable growth rate for all physicians' services for a fiscal year.Title V: Studies and Reports - Requires… | 2025-08-20T14:20:44Z | |
| 106-hconres-412 | 106 | hconres | 412 | Promoting a national dialog on long-term care financing reform. | Health | 2000-09-27 | 2000-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | P000422 | 25 | Expresses the sense of the Congress concerning the Federal Government's role in long-term care, including its role in the reform of long-term care costs and financing. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-5320 | 106 | hr | 5320 | Medicare+Choice Rescue Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-27 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 0 | Medicare+Choice Rescue Act of 2000 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to payments to Medicare+Choice organizations, to: (1) increase the national per capita Medicare+Choice growth percentage in 2001 and 2002; (2) eliminate the reduction in Medicare+Choice payment rates by budget neutrality adjustments; (3) establish a payment floor for Medicare+Choice plans, as well as an additional floor for an annual increase in Medicare+Choice capitation rates; and (4) apply a budget neutrality principle to the new Medicare+Choice risk adjustment methodology.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to correct for misestimates in the national per capita Medicare+Choice growth rate by providing for an increase by 3.6 percent in the amount of payment otherwise applicable to Medicare+Choice organizations offering Medicare+Choice plans in 2001. Limits retroactive adjustments.Amends Medicare part C to provide for: (1) continuous open enrollment and disenrollment under Medicare+Choice and Medicare supplemental policy (Medigap) provisions on coverage election periods; and (2) variations in premiums and benefits under Medicare+Choice within counties.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide that risk-adjustment methodology under Medicare+Choice, insofar as it makes adjustments to capitation rates for health status, shall not only apply to ten percent of 1/12 of the annual Medicare+Choice capitation rate in the case of an eligible individual who is institutionalized until the first year in which the Secretary implements a modification of such methodology based on health status so that such methodology includes medical diagnostic factors from all provider settings (including hospital and nursing facility settings). | 2025-08-20T14:18:12Z | |
| 106-hr-5324 | 106 | hr | 5324 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-27 | 2000-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 50 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 2000 - Title I: Provisions Relating to Part A - Subtitle A: Skilled Nursing Facilities - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to eliminating the reduction in the skilled nursing facility (SNF) market basket update.(Sec. 102) Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) to revise the BBRA increase for SNFs in FY 2001 and 2002.(Sec. 103) Requires a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) study and report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Congress on nursing home costs to determine the adequacy of Medicare payment rates for items and services furnished by SNFs. Grants the Secretary the authority to make payment adjustments for covered SNF services if appropriate as a result of the study.Subtitle B: PPS Hospitals - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) revise the reduction of indirect graduate medical education payments; (2) eliminate the reduction in the Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospital payment update; (3) eliminate the reduction in disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments; and (4) change the payment formulas for DSH hospitals; and (5) modify the payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals.(Sec. 115) Increases the DSH allotments under Medicaid for the District of Columbia.Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) to provide for the optional eligibility of certain alien pregnant women and children for Medicaid and SCHIP.(Sec. 117) Requires a MedPAC study on hospital area wage indexes for a report to the Secretary and Congress.Subtitle C: PPS Exempt Hospitals - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for the treatment of certain cancer hospitals (Sec. 122) Makes certain changes with regard to the PPS for inpatient rehabilitation services and payment during the transition period under current law.Subtitle D: Hospice Care - Amends SSA title XVIII to revise payments for hospice care.Subtitle E: Other Provisions - … | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 106-hr-5327 | 106 | hr | 5327 | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Corrective Amendments of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-27 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] | FL | R | W000267 | 0 | Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Corrective Amendments of 2000 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to: (1) designate the Program as a remedial program under which sovereign immunity does not apply; (2) change the burden of proof requirement for the award of compensation from a preponderance of the evidence to evidence sufficient to justify a belief that the petitioner's claims are well grounded (while giving the benefit of doubt to the petitioner); (3) require any defense raised that an illness, injury, or death was due to unrelated factors to be proved by clear and convincing evidence; (4) authorize as Program compensation expenses necessary for the establishment of a trust to receive Program funds, as well as expenses incurred for family counseling or training necessitated by the vaccine-related injury; (5) allow the award of petitioner's attorneys' fees; (6) increase to up to 72 months the statute of limitations under the Program; (7) allow such period to be extended for an additional 36 months after a petitioner first knew or should have known about his or her eligibility for compensation; (8) toll the statute of limitations until a petitioner reaches age 18 and, if a petitioner is incompetent, until 24 months after a guardian is appointed; and (9) authorize the refiling of a previously failed petition if the petitioner would have met the extended statute of limitations provided under this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:19:54Z | |
| 106-s-3125 | 106 | s | 3125 | Sustaining Access to Vital Emergency Medical Services Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-27 | 2000-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 0 | Sustaining Access to Vital Emergency Medical Services Act of 2000 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to provide for improved emergency medical services in rural areas, including the hiring of emergency medical service personnel, the recruitment of voluntary personnel, training in emergency medical services, and acquisition of medical service vehicles and equipment.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a volunteer emergency medical service provider tax credit of $500.Requires the Secretary to study the means by which rural areas can be identified for purposes of designating areas in which the cost of providing ambulance services would be expected to be higher than in more populated areas.Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 2001 and 2002 reduction in inflation adjustments for ambulance services and to increase such adjustment by one percent for 2001. | 2025-08-20T14:21:07Z | |
| 106-hr-5291 | 106 | hr | 5291 | Beneficiary Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-26 | 2000-12-07 | House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 15, 2000. | House | Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] | VA | R | B000556 | 45 | Beneficiary Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Beneficiary Improvements - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) availability of and assistance in completing qualified Medicare beneficiary and specified low-income Medicare beneficiary application forms; (2) election of colonoscopy instead of a screening sigmoidoscopy, but only once every 119 months; (3) elimination of time limitation on Medicare benefits for immunosuppressive drugs; and (4) preservation of coverage of drugs and biologicals (even if occasionally, but not usually, self-administered) under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study and report to Congress on whether limitations on State payment for Medicare cost-sharing have affected access to services for qualified Medicare beneficiaries.(Sec. 104) Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to provide for Medicare coverage of individuals disabled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), without a 24-month waiting period.(Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project on Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services.Title II: Other Medicare Part B Provisions - Subtitle A: Access to Technology - Directs the Secretary to report to Congress (for publication on the HHS Medicare Internet site) a detailed compilation of the actual time periods necessary to complete and fully implement any national coverage determinations that were made in the previous fiscal year for items, services, or medical devices not previously covered as a Medicare benefit.(Sec. 202) Amends SSA title XVIII part B with regard to the payment of benefits to: (1) make the national limitation amount for clinical diagnostic laboratory test fee schedules equal to 100 percent of national median for new clinical laboratory test technologies; (2) require the Secretary to establish a fee schedule for new clinical laboratory tests in a specifi… | 2025-04-07T13:47:29Z | |
| 106-hr-5296 | 106 | hr | 5296 | Medicare Quality Assurance Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 0 | Medicare Quality Assurance Act of 2000 - Title I: Medicare Fee for Service Payment Improvements - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to payment to hospitals for inpatient hospital services, providing for: (1) revision of the prospective payment system (PPS) hospital payment update; and (2) modification of the reduction of indirect graduate medical education payments.(Sec. 103) Provides for: (1) an increase in the FY 2001 market basket percentage increase with regard to payment to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for routine service costs; and (2) revision of the definition of the SNF market basket index.(Sec. 104) Eliminates the 15 percent reduction in payment rates under the Medicare PPS for home health services. Makes this amendment effective as if included in the enactment of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999.(Sec. 105) Amends SSA title XVIII part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) to extend for two years the moratorium on caps for therapy services.Title II: Medicare+Choice Program Improvements - Amends SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice) with regard to calculation of annual Medicare+Choice capitation rates to provide, among other changes, for: (1) elimination of the budget neutrality adjustment for 2001 and 2002; (2) an increase in the minimum payment amount; (3) an increased update for payment areas with only one or no Medicare+Choice contracts; and (4) higher negotiated rates in certain Medicare+Choice payment areas below the national average.Title III: Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box - Social Security and Medicare Lock-box Act of 2000 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report if its enactment would: (1) cause or increase an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year; or (2) cause the on-budget surplus for any fiscal year to be less than the projected surplus of the Federal Hospital Insura… | 2025-08-20T14:21:17Z | |
| 106-hr-5303 | 106 | hr | 5303 | Home Health Care Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 1 | The Home Health Care Protection Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to the Medicare home health benefit to declare that absences from home to receive medical treatment shall not disqualify an individual from such benefit. | 2025-08-20T14:19:51Z | |
| 106-hr-5304 | 106 | hr | 5304 | Phoenix-Area Hospital and Physician Assistance Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | S000275 | 0 | Phoenix-Area Hospital and Physician Assistance Act of 2000 - Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment of the House Commerce Committee on the effect of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act on hospitals, emergency physicians, and physicians covering emergency department call, focusing on those in Phoenix, Arizona. | 2025-08-20T14:20:17Z | |
| 106-s-3107 | 106 | s | 3107 | Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-26 | 2000-09-26 | Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 4 | Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit Program) to provide Medicare coverage of certain outpatient prescription drugs and biological products for individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).(Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an outpatient prescription drug benefit program for eligible Medicare beneficiaries.Makes the cost of providing benefits under this part payable from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.Directs the Secretary to establish a process for an eligible Medicare beneficiary (including one enrolled in a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice)) to elect to enroll under new SSA title XVIII part D. Requires an eligible Medicare beneficiary to enroll under new SSA title XVIII part D in order to be eligible for covered outpatient drugs under Medicare.Directs the Secretary to disseminate information to eligible and prospective eligible beneficiaries. Authorizes appropriations.Directs the Secretary to determine and promulgate a monthly premium rate for the succeeding year in accordance with specified guidelines. Requires monthly premiums to be credited to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.Outlines cost-sharing provisions, including those for a $250 deductible waivable for generic drugs, coinsurance payments for the drug in an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the cost of the drug, and inflation adjustment.Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for accepting bids and awarding competitive contracts for benefit administration. Sets out patient protections. Provides for: (1) accessibility of outpatient drugs; (2) continuity of care; (3) medically necessary drugs; (4) denials of care; (5) procedures to ensure a timely internal and external review and resolution of den… | 2025-08-20T14:17:37Z | |
| 106-s-3112 | 106 | s | 3112 | Medicare Access to Digital Mammography Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-26 | 2000-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 7 | Medicare Access to Digital Mammography Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for payments and standards for screening mammography that pertain to the limit for screening mammography performed in 1991 to: (1) specify the screening mammography performed in 1991 as nondigital; (2) establish a separate limit for digital screening mammography performed in 2001 and thereafter; and (3) replace the current reduction of limit provision with a provision for adjustment of limit (up or down), requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make at least annual reviews (currently, reviews from time to time) on the appropriateness of such applicable limits and make adjustments accordingly. | 2025-08-20T14:19:50Z | |
| 106-hr-5274 | 106 | hr | 5274 | Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act | Health | 2000-09-25 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2] | NY | R | L000155 | 12 | Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit certain payments to States for expenditures for medical imaging procedures or radiation therapy procedures, unless the State meets specified requirements for State medical radiation licenses, including minimum licensing standards the Secretary establishes. | 2025-08-20T14:17:33Z | |
| 106-hr-5276 | 106 | hr | 5276 | Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-25 | 2000-11-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] | MI | R | C000071 | 1 | Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove time limitations on the coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for individuals who have received organ transplants. (Current law only provides coverage for such drugs for certain time periods after the transplant procedure.)Applies certain secondary payer requirements with respect to individuals with end stage renal disease without regard to any time limitations in the case of immunosuppressive drugs furnished after this Act's enactment. | 2025-08-20T14:18:17Z | |
| 106-hr-5281 | 106 | hr | 5281 | Equity in SCHIP Act | Health | 2000-09-25 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] | MN | D | P000258 | 3 | Equity in SCHIP Act - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to increase from 50 percent to 100 percent the number of low-income children in a State counted in the ratio for determining State allotments under SCHIP. | 2025-08-20T14:21:21Z | |
| 106-hr-5282 | 106 | hr | 5282 | Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Services Quality Improvement Demonstration Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-25 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1] | WI | R | R000570 | 0 | Medicare and Medicaid Nursing Services Quality Improvement Demonstration Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a five-year demonstration project under which nurse aide training requirements are waived in up to five eligible States in the case of specially trained individuals with respect to specific nursing tasks. | 2025-08-20T14:19:11Z | |
| 106-hr-5286 | 106 | hr | 5286 | To provide for a study of anesthesia services furnished under the Medicare Program, and to expand arrangements under which certified registered nurse anesthetists may furnish such services. | Health | 2000-09-25 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] | FL | R | W000267 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a multistate comparative study for a report to Congress on mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients by providers of anesthesia services and by type of such providers. | 2025-01-02T17:15:08Z | |
| 106-hr-5288 | 106 | hr | 5288 | To amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the minimum payment amount to Medicare+Choice organizations offering Medicare+Choice plans to correct inequities in amounts paid in rural and urban areas. | Health | 2000-09-25 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Sherwood, Don [R-PA-10] | PA | R | S001146 | 7 | Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase the minimum payment amount component of the capitation rate for Medicare+Choice organizations offering Medicare+Choice plans. | 2025-01-02T17:15:05Z | |
| 106-s-3102 | 106 | s | 3102 | Putting Parents First Act | Health | 2000-09-25 | 2000-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 0 | Putting Parents First Act - Prohibits any person from knowingly performing an abortion upon or prescribing an abortifacient to a pregnant woman under age 18 unless the attending physician has secured: (1) the informed written consent of the minor; and (2) the informed written consent of the minor's parent or guardian; or (3) a court order waiving the need for the parent's or guardian's consent pursuant to a judicial bypass procedure. Requires a court to issue such an order if it finds by clear and convincing evidence on an individual basis that: (1) the process of obtaining such consent is not in the best interests of the minor petitioner; or (2) the minor petitioner is an emancipated minor. Sets forth procedures regarding confidentiality, filing of the petition, preference over other proceedings, findings, and expedited appellate review. | 2025-08-20T14:19:34Z | |
| 106-s-3106 | 106 | s | 3106 | Home Health Care Protection Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-25 | 2000-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] | VT | R | J000072 | 4 | The Home Health Care Protection Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with regard to the Medicare home health benefit to declare that absences from home to receive medical treatment shall not disqualify an individual from such benefit. | 2025-08-20T14:17:18Z | |
| 106-hr-5243 | 106 | hr | 5243 | Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Improvement Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 3 | Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Improvement Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program of competitive grants to eligible States for the purpose of improving the quality of care furnished in nursing homes operating in the State. Makes appropriations.Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to add requirements for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities to report to the Secretary on data regarding staffing levels and information regarding patient classification.Establishes the Nursing Facility Civil Money Penalties Collection Account to be used for awarding grants under this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:20:00Z | |
| 106-hr-5246 | 106 | hr | 5246 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require home health agencies participating in the Medicare Program to conduct criminal background checks for all applicants for employment as patient care providers. | Health | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require home health agencies participating in the Medicare program to conduct criminal background checks through the Attorney General on all applicants for employment as patient care providers. | 2025-01-02T17:15:07Z | |
| 106-hr-5247 | 106 | hr | 5247 | GAAP Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2] | ME | D | B000081 | 6 | Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act or GAAP Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to include in a required abbreviated new drug application information concerning certification of each patent which claims any active ingredient for a listed drug (currently, only the listed drug itself), either alone or in combination with other active ingredients, or which claims the first approved use for such drug for which an applicant is seeking approval.States that the filing of a citizen petition review shall not cause the Secretary of Health and Human Services to delay review and approval of an abbreviated new drug application unless the petition demonstrates through substantial scientific proof that approval would pose a threat to public health and safety.Allows a drug to be considered a bioequivalent to a listed drug if the effects of such drug and the listed drug do not show a significant difference based on certain tests or studies.Provides for an accelerated date of approval of a generic drug application.Expresses the sense of Congress that measures should be taken to effectuate the purpose of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 to make generic drugs more available and accessible, thereby reducing health care costs. | 2025-08-20T14:19:58Z | |
| 106-hr-5248 | 106 | hr | 5248 | To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations regarding allowable costs under the Medicaid Program for school based services provided to children with disabilities. | Health | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10] | MI | D | B000619 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education to issue proposed regulations relating to allowable costs under the administrative outreach program of the school based services program that is part of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to services provided to children with disabilities. | 2025-01-02T17:15:01Z | |
| 106-hr-5251 | 106 | hr | 5251 | To provide for Medicare payment for medically unsurpervised certified registered nurse anesthetists at the same level as nurse anesthetists who are medically supervised if the Medicare regulations permit certified registered nurse anesthetists to provide anesthesia services in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers without medical supervision. | Health | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5] | NC | R | B001135 | 0 | Declares that, if the Secretary of Health and Human Services changes regulations under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit certified registered nurse anesthetists to furnish anesthesia services in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers without medical supervision, then the level of payment for such services furnished by a certified registered nurse anesthetist who is not medically supervised in such a hospital or center shall be the same as the level of payment for such services furnished by the anesthetist in such a facility when the anesthetist is medically supervised. | 2025-01-02T17:15:17Z | |
| 106-hr-5260 | 106 | hr | 5260 | Hereditary Disorders Newborn Screening Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 5 | Hereditary Disorders Newborn Screening Act of 2000 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to eligible entities to enhance, improve or expand the ability of State and local public health agencies to provide screening, counseling or preventive care services to newborns and children having or at risk for heritable disorders. Authorizes appropriations.Directs the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to provide for the conduct of demonstration programs to evaluate the effectiveness of screening, counseling or preventive care services in reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by heritable disorders in newborns and children.Direct the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to be known as the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children. | 2025-08-20T14:20:39Z | |
| 106-s-3088 | 106 | s | 3088 | A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations regarding allowable costs under the medicaid program for school based services provided to children with disabilities. | Health | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education to issue proposed regulations relating to allowable costs under the administrative outreach program of the school based services program that is part of the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to services provided to children with disabilities. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5220 | 106 | hr | 5220 | Essential Rural Hospital Preservation Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 15 | Essential Rural Hospital Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the Medicare program with regard to essential rural hospitals by: (1) treating as allowable costs 100 percent of bad debts attributable to uncollectible copayments and deductions; (2) exempting such hospitals from the hospital outpatient prospective payment system; and (3) providing for disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments (with a minimum DSH adjustment percentage of 20 percent) for essential rural hospital discharges between May 1, 1986, and October 1, 1997. | 2025-08-20T14:19:29Z | |
| 106-hr-5222 | 106 | hr | 5222 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide attending physicians greater authority in determining whether a Medicare beneficiary is eligible for hospice care under the Medicare Program. | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | S000018 | 8 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the definition of terminally ill with respect to hospice care to allow attending physicians to determine whether a Medicare beneficiary is eligible for hospice care under the Medicare program without regard to current law requirements that the individual's life expectancy be six months or less. | 2025-01-02T17:15:07Z | |
| 106-hr-5228 | 106 | hr | 5228 | Essential and Critical Hospital Preservation Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] | PA | D | K000008 | 2 | Essential and Critical Hospital Preservation Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for special payments to hospitals deemed essential hospitals. Requires such a hospital to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services an economic recovery plan for long-range (post-deemed status) financial viability for possible receipt of an additional payment to ensure successful completion of the plan. | 2025-08-20T14:17:21Z | |
| 106-hr-5231 | 106 | hr | 5231 | Pharmaceutical Reform Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Mollohan, Alan B. [D-WV-1] | WV | D | M000844 | 3 | Pharmaceutical Reform Act of 2000 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to cease consideration of, and to terminate, a petition to approve an abbreviated drug application for a new drug if the Secretary determines that the person submitting the petition received valuable consideration from an entity whose financial interests are served by an order approving such application.Prohibits a patent from being considered to claim a listed drug unless, with respect to such drug, the patent claims an active ingredient.Provides the effective date of the approval of an abbreviated application for a new drug containing a certification that its patent is invalid or will not be infringed by the manufacture, use, or sale of the new drug for which the application is submitted.Prohibits any State or political subdivision from: (1) taking any action with respect to a drug approved under such Act that is different from or in addition to any listed requirement; or (2) establishing or continuing in effect a prohibition against the use of a drug as a substitute for any listed drug to which the drug is therapeutically equivalent.Expresses the sense of Congress that a specified provision of the Public Health Service Act authorizes the submission of an abbreviated application for the approval of a new drug that is a biological product. | 2025-08-20T14:19:30Z | |
| 106-hr-5235 | 106 | hr | 5235 | Prescription Drug Competition Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | W000215 | 5 | Prescription Drug Competition Act of 2000 - Requires a brand name drug company and a generic drug applicant that enter into an agreement regarding the sale or manufacture of a generic drug determined or likely to be the therapeutic equivalent of such brand name drug, when such agreement could limit the research, development, manufacture, marketing, or sale of such generic drug, to file with the Federal Trade Commission and the Secretary of Health and Human Services the text of such agreement and an explanation of whether such agreement could delay, restrain, limit, or otherwise interfere with the production, manufacture, or sale of the generic drug in question. Requires such filing within ten days of agreement execution. Provides civil penalties for violation. | 2025-08-20T14:21:15Z | |
| 106-s-3077 | 106 | s | 3077 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8826-8851) | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 32 | Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 2000 - Title I: Provisions Relating to Part A - Subtitle A: Skilled Nursing Facilities - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to eliminating the reduction in the skilled nursing facility (SNF) market basket update.(Sec. 102) Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) to revise the BBRA increase for SNFs in FY 2001 and 2002.(Sec. 103) Requires a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) study and report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Congress on nursing home costs to determine the adequacy of Medicare payment rates for items and services furnished by SNFs. Grants the Secretary the authority to make payment adjustments for covered SNF services if appropriate as a result of the study.Subtitle B: PPS Hospitals - Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) revise the reduction of indirect graduate medical education payments; (2) eliminate the reduction in the Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospital payment update; (3) eliminate the reduction in disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments; and (4) change the payment formulas for DSH hospitals; and (5) modify the payment rate for Puerto Rico hospitals.(Sec. 115) Increases the DSH allotments under Medicaid for the District of Columbia.Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) to provide for the optional eligibility of certain alien pregnant women and children for Medicaid and SCHIP.(Sec. 117) Requires a MedPAC study on hospital area wage indexes for a report to the Secretary and Congress.Subtitle C: PPS Exempt Hospitals - Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for the treatment of certain cancer hospitals (Sec. 122) Makes certain changes with regard to the PPS for inpatient rehabilitation services and payment during the transition period under current law.Subtitle D: Hospice Care - Amends SSA title XVIII to revise payments for hospice care.Subtitle E: Other Provisions -… | 2025-08-20T14:18:44Z | |
| 106-s-3079 | 106 | s | 3079 | A bill to amend the Public Health Services Act to provide for suicide prevention activities with respect to children and adolescents. | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to States and political subdivisions, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and public and private nonprofit organizations to establish programs to reduce suicide deaths among children and adolescents. Requires the Secretary to ensure that awards made will focus on the needs of communities or groups that experience high or rapidly rising rates of suicide. Requires a geographical distribution of such awards between urban and rural settings. Requires each award grantee to prepare and submit to the Secretary an evaluation of activities funded. Limits to five years the duration of projects funded by such awards.Requires the Secretary to initiate a study concerning suicide or attempted suicide by children and youth. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 106-s-3080 | 106 | s | 3080 | Early Childhood Oral Health Improvement Act | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Early Childhood Oral Health Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to assist innovative oral health activities to improve the oral health of children under six years of age who are eligible for services under a Federal health program. Provides for program grants or contracts to dental training institutions, community dental programs, and Indian health programs. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:17:52Z | |
| 106-s-3081 | 106 | s | 3081 | Traumatic Brain Injury Act Amendments of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-26 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9260-9262) | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Traumatic Brain Injury Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a national traumatic brain injury education and awareness campaign in conjunction with Health People 2010. Requires the Secretary to determine: (1) the incidence and prevalence of such injury in all age groups; and (2) appropriate methodological strategies to obtain data on the incidence and prevalence of mild traumatic brain injury.Requires certain programs of the National Institutes of Health to include research on brain injury, its treatment, and nuerobehavioral consequences of such injury.Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to carry out projects (currently, demonstration projects) to improve access to health and other services regarding traumatic brain injury. Allows such grant funds to be used: (1) for community services and support for those with such injuries and their families; and (2) to build a State's capacity to address and treat such injuries. Requires such services and support to reflect best practices in the field of traumatic brain injury and to be supported by quality assurance measures. | 2025-08-20T14:18:07Z | |
| 106-s-3082 | 106 | s | 3082 | Medicare Access to Technology Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Medicare Access to Technology Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for: (1) annual reports to Congress by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with regard to national coverage determinations; (2) inclusion on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) of individuals with expertise in new medical devices; and (3) annual adjustments to Medicare payment systems for changes in technology and medical practice.(Sec. 3) Amends SSA title XI to revise the Medicare advisory committee process to require assurance of full participation of nonvoting members in committee deliberations.(Sec. 6) Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to submit annual reports to Congress on elimination of barriers to the use of new medical devices in hospital outpatient departments (HODs).Requires MEDPAC to: (1) monitor Medicare beneficiary access to medical devices in HODs, assess the impact in making new devices available in HODs, and the impact of including or excluding a device under the prospective payment system (PPS) on beneficiary access to such device; and (2) make any recommendations MEDPAC determines would increase the availability of such devices to individuals entitled to Medicare benefits.(Sec. 7) Amends SSA title XVIII to prohibit the exclusion of a drug or biological from Medicare coverage because it is not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member, if such drug or biological has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is prescribed for an FDA-approved use or a use supported in medical compendia.(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary to: (1) assign a temporary code to an FDA-reviewed drug or device after receiving a written request of a product sponsor; (2) accept recommendations from the public throughout the year for Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) level II code modifications; (3) cause determinations on recommen… | 2025-08-20T14:19:27Z | |
| 106-s-3084 | 106 | s | 3084 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs under the Medicare Program. | Health | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs under the Medicare Program. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 106-hr-5204 | 106 | hr | 5204 | Benign Brain Tumor Cancer Registries Amendment Act | Health | 2000-09-19 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] | CA | D | L000551 | 12 | Benign Brain Tumor Cancer Registries Amendment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add the collection of data on benign brain-related tumors to provisions authorizing grants to States for the operation of statewide registries (currently, statewide cancer registries). | 2025-08-20T14:19:14Z | |
| 106-hr-5208 | 106 | hr | 5208 | Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Smoking Cessation Promotion Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-19 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] | CO | D | D000197 | 19 | Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Smoking Cessation Promotion Act of 2000 - Amends titles V (Maternal and Child Health Services), XVIII (Medicare), and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of counseling for cessation of tobacco use under the Maternal and Child Health Services, Medicare, and Medicaid programs. | 2025-08-20T14:18:54Z | |
| 106-hr-5209 | 106 | hr | 5209 | Physician Pathology Services Fair Payment Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-19 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] | FL | R | F000238 | 1 | Physician Pathology Services Fair Payment Act of 2000 - Provides for the treatment of certain physician pathology services for payments to laboratories under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. | 2025-08-20T14:21:41Z | |
| 106-s-3066 | 106 | s | 3066 | Senior Care Safety Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-19 | 2000-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8760-8761) | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 0 | Senior Care Safety Act of 2000 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, respectively, to conduct criminal background checks on applicants for employment. Establishes civil money penalties for noncompliance.Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on the effects of background checks in nursing facilities. | 2025-08-20T14:20:43Z | |
| 106-s-3073 | 106 | s | 3073 | Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Smoking Cessation Promotion Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-19 | 2000-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 2 | Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Smoking Cessation Promotion Act of 2000 - Amends titles V (Maternal and Child Health Services), XVIII (Medicare), and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of counseling for cessation of tobacco use under the Maternal and Child Health Services, Medicare, and Medicaid programs. | 2025-08-20T14:18:15Z | |
| 106-hr-5197 | 106 | hr | 5197 | Medicare Welcome Back Act of 2000 | Health | 2000-09-18 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Medicare Welcome Back Act of 2000 - Provides for a Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) part B (Supplemental Security Income) special enrollment period and waiver of part B late enrollment penalty, and for Medicare supplemental insurance policy (Medigap) special open enrollment period, for certain individuals who were residing abroad at the time they first became eligible for such benefits. | 2025-08-20T14:20:32Z |
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