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| 108-hr-5429 | 108 | hr | 5429 | Safe and Effective Drug Act | Health | 2004-12-06 | 2004-12-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] | IN | R | S001143 | 6 | Safe and Effective Drug Act - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to develop a meta-analysis and report to Congress on the scientific data regarding the safety and health risks of smoking marijuana and the clinically-proven effectiveness of smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes. Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to: (1) post such report on the Internet site of the Food and Drug Administration not later than 30 days after receipt; and (2) promptly disseminate such report to principal public health agencies of all States, and to public health associations, health care professionals, and other appropriate entities that advocate or recommend the smoking of marijuana by patients for medicinal purposes. | 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z | |
| 108-hr-5393 | 108 | hr | 5393 | Medicare Nursing Facility Pay-for-Performance Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-11-19 | 2004-12-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] | PA | R | E000187 | 1 | Medicare Nursing Facility Pay-for-Performance Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through a contract with a qualified independent party (such as the National Quality Forum), to provide for identification of: (1) between ten and 15 quality measures for the performance of skilled nursing facilities under Medicare; and (2) the data to be reported, including their collection and formatting, on a calendar quarter basis for each such quality measure. Requires the values obtained for quality measures to be appropriately risk-adjusted as applied to individual skilled nursing facilities in order to increase the likelihood that any differences in such values reflect differences in the care provided by the facilities and not differences in the characteristics of their residents. Provides for: (1) adjusting payments for skilled nursing facilities based on quality performance, including an increase of two percent for facilities in the top ten percent in quality as well as a decrease of one percent for facilities below the quality threshold; (2) limiting market basket increases to facilities that voluntarily report information; and (3) using FY 2005 payment rates as a floor for subsequent updates. Establishes the Long-Term Care Financing Commission to analyse and report to Congress on the financing of long-term care. | 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z | |
| 108-hr-5400 | 108 | hr | 5400 | Medicare PPO Fairness Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-11-19 | 2004-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | C000141 | 0 | Medicare PPO Fairness Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide written notice to each individual who is, or has been, enrolled in the Medicare PPO Demonstration Project of the following: (1) the fact that the enrollees are, and have been, eligible for coverage of services whether the services were provided by in-network or out-of-network providers; and (2) there is a procedure for reimbursement for claims for services that should be (or have been) covered but were not covered because of their provision by an out-of-network provider. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a procedure for reimbursement of enrollees under the Medicare PPO Demonstration Project for claims for services furnished before January 1, 2005, that should be (or have been) covered but were not covered because of their provision by an out-of-network provider; and (2) provide for an adjustment in the capitation rates for plans under the project for months in 2005 so as to reduce payment under such rates, in the aggregate, by the aggregate amount of payments the Secretary estimates will be paid under such procedure. | 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z | |
| 108-hr-5403 | 108 | hr | 5403 | Long Term Care Quality Improvement Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-11-19 | 2004-12-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 0 | Long Term Care Quality Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) detailed reporting of nursing expenditures; (2) development and reporting of new quality measures; and (3) linking payments to quality performance. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study current and future financing of quality nursing facility care. | 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z | |
| 108-hr-5409 | 108 | hr | 5409 | Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-11-19 | 2004-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 3 | Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately declare the shortage of the influenza vaccine to be a public health emergency justifying an authorization of the use of unapproved products. Requires the Secretary to: (1) consult with certain foreign countries to assess the availability of excess vaccines; (2) determine whether such vaccines meet the criteria for emergency authorization; (3) purchase, import, and distribute such vaccines; (4) award a grant to each State to develop and implement a plan to respond to the current shortage; and (5) establish a program to purchase and redistribute excess doses for administration to individuals in priority areas. Requires the head of each executive agency and the Attending Physician of the Capitol to ensure that vaccines are administered only to employees in priority groups and to provide the Secretary with any excess doses for redistribution. Allows the Secretary to purchase any approved drug to treat influenza for inclusion in the Strategic National Stockpile. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct clinical trials to determine whether a diluted influenza vaccine is effective in priority groups. Establishes the National Quarantine Compensation Program to pay individuals subject to a State or Federal quarantine order an amount equal to lost wages. Prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against such individuals. Allows the Secretary, upon determining that measures taken under this Act have not been effective, to: (1) take additional measures necessary to protect the public health; and (2) require manufacturers or anyone in possession of the vaccine to sell their supply to the Federal Government. | 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z | |
| 108-hr-5415 | 108 | hr | 5415 | Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform and Rural Equity Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-11-19 | 2004-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | R000569 | 3 | Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform and Rural Equity Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise ambulance payment rates; and (2) provide additional payments for providers furnishing ambulance services in rural areas. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the system for adjusting payments for rural ambulance services to determine their adequacy and appropriateness. Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to a Secretary-specified uniform coding system identifying furnished ambulance services for purposes of a fee schedule. Directs the Secretary to establish a system or systems for the coding of claims for ambulance services for which payment is made, including a code set specifying the medical condition of the individual who is transported and the level of service that is appropriate for the transportation of an individual with that medical condition. Requires the code set to take into account the list of medical conditions developed in the course of the negotiated rulemaking process. (Current law authorizes the Secretary to require the claim for any ambulance services to include a code (or codes) under a uniform coding system specified by the Secretary, but does not require the establishment of such a coding system.) | 2023-01-14T22:48:32Z | |
| 108-s-3011 | 108 | s | 3011 | Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform and Rural Equity Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-11-19 | 2004-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] | MN | D | D000596 | 4 | Medicare Ambulance Payment Reform and Rural Equity Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) revise ambulance payment rates; and (2) provide additional payments for providers furnishing ambulance services in rural areas. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the system for adjusting payments for rural ambulance services to determine their adequacy and appropriateness. Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to a Secretary-specified uniform coding system identifying furnished ambulance services for purposes of a fee schedule. Directs the Secretary to establish a system or systems for the coding of claims for ambulance services for which payment is made, including a code set specifying the medical condition of the individual who is transported and the level of service that is appropriate for the transportation of an individual with that medical condition. Requires the code set to take into account the list of medical conditions developed in the course of the negotiated rulemaking process. (Current law authorizes the Secretary to require the claim for any ambulance services to include a code (or codes) under a uniform coding system specified by the Secretary, but does not require the establishment of such a coding system.) | 2023-01-14T22:48:30Z | |
| 108-s-3013 | 108 | s | 3013 | National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-11-19 | 2004-11-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] | AL | R | S001141 | 2 | National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award one-year grants to each approved State to establish or improve a State controlled substance monitoring program. Requires the Secretary to develop minimum standards for States to ensure security of information collected and to recommend penalties for the provision or use of information in violation of applicable laws or regulations. Requires each approved State to: (1) require dispensers to report to the State within one week of each dispensing of a controlled substance to an ultimate user or research subject; and (2) establish and maintain an electronic searchable database containing the information reported. Allows a State to provide information from the database in response to certain requests by practitioners, law enforcement, narcotics control, licensure, disciplinary, or program authorities, the controlled substance monitoring program of another State, and agents of the Department of Health and Human Services, State Medicaid programs, State health departments or the Drug Enforcement Administration. Requires the Secretary to: (1) specify a uniform electronic format for the reporting, sharing, and provision of information under this Act; and (2) study and report to Congress on such programs, including on interoperability between programs, the feasibility of a real-time electronic controlled substance monitoring program, privacy protections, and technological alternatives to centralized data storage. | 2023-01-14T22:48:30Z | |
| 108-s-2997 | 108 | s | 2997 | FLU-VIA | Health | 2004-11-18 | 2004-11-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 0 | Flu Vaccine Incentive Act of 2004 or FLU-VIA - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to exempt contracts entered into by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the purchase of a pediatric influenza vaccine and other vaccines from certain price restrictions applicable to such contracts. Extends such exemption to any other Federal agency that purchases an influenza vaccine. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in influenza vaccine manufacturing facilities. Expresses the sense of the Senate supporting increased funding to develop new technologies for the production of influenza vaccines. | 2023-01-14T22:48:30Z | |
| 108-s-2988 | 108 | s | 2988 | Long Term Care Quality and Consumer Information Improvement Act | Health | 2004-11-17 | 2004-11-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Long Term Care Quality and Consumer Information Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for payment adjustments for skilled nursing facilities based on quality data. | 2023-01-14T22:48:30Z | |
| 108-s-2983 | 108 | s | 2983 | Medicare Hospice Demonstration Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-11-16 | 2004-11-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Medicare Hospice Demonstration Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish Hospice Demonstration Projects to increase the utility of Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) hospice services for seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries. Includes a supportive and comfort care benefit within such program. Requires the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects in between three and six sites. Sets forth the criteria for selecting such sites, including geographic diversity and accessibility. Requires special rules for adjusting payment to any Medicare+Choice (SSA title XVIII part C) organization offering a Medicare+Choice plan to reflect an enrolled member's participation in such a project. Directs the Secretary to establish a Hospice Education Grant program under which the Secretary awards education grants to entities participating in the demonstration projects for the purpose of providing information about the Medicare hospice benefit and the benefits available to Medicare beneficiaries under the demonstration projects. | 2023-01-14T22:48:30Z | |
| 108-s-2984 | 108 | s | 2984 | Palliative Care Training Act | Health | 2004-11-16 | 2004-11-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Palliative Care Training Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to provide Hospice and Palliative Care Academic Career Awards to individuals that: (1) are board certified or board eligible in internal medicine, family practice, or pediatrics and their subspecialties; (2) have completed an approved fellowship program or demonstrated specialized experience in palliative medicine; and (3) have a junior faculty appointment at an accredited school of medicine within an approved internship or residency program. Provides that the amount of such an Award shall be $75,000 for FY 2005 (to be adjusted for subsequent fiscal years to reflect the increase in Consumer Price Index) and the term shall not xceed five years. Requires an individual who receives an Award to provide training in hospice care and palliative medicine, which shall constitute at least 75 percent of the obligations of such individual under the terms of the Award. | 2023-01-14T22:48:30Z | |
| 108-sres-469 | 108 | sres | 469 | A resolution supporting the goals and ideas of National Time Out Day to promote the adoption of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' universal protocol for preventing errors in the operating room. | Health | 2004-11-16 | 2004-11-16 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11382-11383) | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 2 | Expresses support for the goals and ideas of National Time Out Day to promote the adoption of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' universal protocol for preventing errors in the operating room. Congratulates perioperative nurses and representatives of surgical teams for working together to reduce medical errors. | 2023-01-14T22:48:29Z | |
| 108-s-2976 | 108 | s | 2976 | A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to life the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes. | Health | 2004-10-11 | 2004-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the 30-patient limit for medical practitioners in group practices that may dispense specified narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment. | 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z | |
| 108-s-2974 | 108 | s | 2974 | Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act | Health | 2004-10-10 | 2004-10-10 | Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11068-11087; text as passed Senate: CR S11068-11084; text of measure as introduced: CR S11091-11107) | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act - Title I: Authority of the Food and Drug Administration - (Sec. 101) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to provide for the regulation of tobacco products by the Secretary of Health and Human Services through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Defines a tobacco product as any product made or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption. Prohibits a tobacco product from being marketed in combination with any other article or product regulated under FFDCA. Requires the Secretary to regulate tobacco products. Excludes from FDA authority: (1) the tobacco leaf that is not in the possession of a tobacco product manufacturer; (2) the producers of the tobacco leaf, unless the producer is also a manufacturer; and (3) tobacco farms. Deems a tobacco product to be adulterated if: (1) it contains any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or is contaminated by any added poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the product injurious to health; (2) it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions; (3) its package is composed of any poisonous or deleterious substance; (4) it fails to meet specified tobacco product standards; (5) it does not have required pre-market approval or violates the order approving the application; (6) it fails to meet other applicable requirements or conditions on manufacturing, packing, or storage; or (7) it fails to conform to requirements for modified risk tobacco products. Deems a tobacco product to be misbranded if: (1) its labeling, packaging, or advertising contains any false or misleading information; (2) its label or advertising fails to contain all required information displayed prominently and conspicuously, including its established name, manufacturer, and contents and adequate directions and warnings; (3) it was manufactured, prepared, or proce… | 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z | |
| 108-hr-5306 | 108 | hr | 5306 | New War on Cancer Act | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-11-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] | TX | R | C001051 | 0 | New War on Cancer Act - Allows the sponsor of a drug intended for use for cancer to request the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide written recommendations for investigations which must be conducted before approval of a drug or before licensure of a biological product for use for cancer; and (2) designate such drug as a cancer drug before the submission of a request for approval or licensing. Requires the Secretary to designate such drug as a cancer drug if the drug is being or will be investigated for use for cancer. Prohibits the Secretary from approving another application or issuing another license for a designated cancer drug for a person who is not the holder of the approved application or license until the expiration of seven years, with certain exceptions. Requires the Secretary to encourage the sponsor of a designated cancer drug approved for investigational use to design protocols for the drug that include persons with the cancer involved who cannot be satisfactorily treated by alternative drugs. Extends the time during which an application for approval of drug with the same active ingredient as an approved cancer drug may not be approved. Excludes approved cancer drugs from time limits imposed on the maximum length of a patent. | 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z | |
| 108-hr-5309 | 108 | hr | 5309 | To extend the filing deadline for certain Medicare claims to account for a delay in processing adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status. | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] | IL | D | C000794 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend for one year the filing deadline for Medicare claims for items and services furnished between January 1, 1987, and August 10, 1993, to account for a delay in processing adjustments from secondary to primary payor status. | 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z | |
| 108-hr-5311 | 108 | hr | 5311 | Clinical Laboratory Compliance Improvement Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | C000984 | 0 | Clinical Laboratory Compliance Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each provider or clinical laboratory approved for participation under Medicare to provide clinical diagnostic laboratory tests to post in a conspicuous place a notice to employees that indicates the manner in which to report instances of noncompliance with conditions of participation. Prohibits such a provider or clinical laboratory from discriminating against or retaliating in any manner against any employee because that employee, or any other person, has presented a grievance or complaint, or has initiated or cooperated in any investigation or proceeding of any kind, relating to the clinical diagnostic laboratory tests performed or other requirements and prohibitions of Medicare. Provides for judicial action for any employee so aggrieved. Requires the investigative organization, upon receipt of a report of an instance of noncompliance, to: (1) provide notice to the Secretary and other investigative organizations involved of receipt of the report within three business days, using a standard format and manner of transmission developed by the Secretary for such purpose; (2) promptly determine whether to investigate the report; and (3) if appropriate, promptly investigate it. Requires that the Secretary, in measuring the performance of an investigative organization under contract, to provide for appropriate adjustments to payments for failure to carry out the responsibilities of this Act. Subjects each provider or clinical laboratory to a standard survey, including verification of compliance with requirements, conducted without prior notice. Makes liable for civil monetary penalties any individual who notifies (or causes to be notified) a provider or laboratory of the time or date on which such a survey is scheduled to be conducted. | 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z | |
| 108-hr-5320 | 108 | hr | 5320 | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require staff working with developmentally disabled individuals to call emergency services in the event of a life-threatening situation. | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 8 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require State Medicaid plans to require staff working with developmentally disabled persons or persons with traumatic brain injury to call emergency services in the event of a life-threatening situation. | 2023-01-14T22:48:40Z | |
| 108-hr-5322 | 108 | hr | 5322 | Managing Our Medicare and Medicaid Services and Protecting Our Parents Act | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | K000113 | 6 | Managing Our Medicare and Medicaid Services and Protecting Our Parents Act - Amends the Public Health Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a loan repayment program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants serving in underserved nursing homes. Directs the Secretary to establish a mentoring program for training nursing home administrators. Requires the Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide, in implementing the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, the degree of family involvement among the quality indicators for the evaluation of the quality of nursing homes. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reinstitute certain payment levels for health institutions (Boren Amendment Medicaid payment methodology) and to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP). | 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z | |
| 108-hr-5324 | 108 | hr | 5324 | Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 1 | Nurse Education, Expansion, and Development Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award a grant to each eligible school of nursing to increase the number of nursing faculty and students at the school. Requires such schools to formulate and implement a plan to accomplish at least two of specified goals, which include: (1) establishing or significantly expanding an accelerated baccalaureate degree nursing program designed to graduate new nurses in 12 to 18 months; (2) establishing cooperative interdisciplinary training between schools of nursing and other specified health related fields; (3) increasing admissions, enrollment, and retention of qualified individuals who are financially disadvantaged; (4) increasing enrollment of minority and diverse student populations; (5) increasing enrollment of new graduate baccalaureate nursing students in graduate programs that educate nurse faculty members; (6) developing post-baccalaureate residency programs to prepare nurses for practice in specialty areas where nursing shortages are more severe; and (7) increasing integration of geriatric content into the core curriculum. Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to study ways to increase participation in the nurse faculty profession and to submit a report to Congress that includes: (1) a discussion of the master's degree and doctoral degree programs that are successful in placing graduates as faculty in schools of nursing; and (2) an examination of compensation disparities throughout the nursing profession and between higher education instructional faculty generally and higher education instructional nursing faculty. | 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z | |
| 108-hr-5331 | 108 | hr | 5331 | To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the reduction in Medicare payment through competitive bidding for certain items of durable medical equipment. | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to remove custom molded shoes with inserts or extra-depth shoes with inserts for an individual with severe diabetic foot disease from the definition of orthotics and prosthetics for purposes of a reduced Medicare payment (in effect repealing the reduction in Medicare payments for such items of durable medical equipment). | 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z | |
| 108-hr-5335 | 108 | hr | 5335 | Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1902-1903) | House | Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-8] | CA | D | P000197 | 30 | Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and operate the Coordinated Environmental Health Network (the Network), including by: (1) identifying, expanding, and coordinating among existing Federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) providing for public access to an electronic national database on the incidence and prevalence of specified priority chronic conditions and relevant environmental and other factors; (3) operating a National Environmental Health Rapid Response Service to develop strategies to rapidly respond to, and conduct investigations of, higher than expected incidence and prevalence rates of priority chronic conditions and environmental exposures; (4) awarding grants to States, local governments, territories, and Indian tribes to establish, maintain, and operate State Environmental Health Networks; (5) developing minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting for State Networks, including mechanisms for allowing States to set priorities and allocate resources accordingly; (6) establishing an Advisory Committee for the Network; (7) awarding John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students who are enrolled in an accredited school of public health or medicine; and (8) entering into a cooperative agreement with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in State and local health departments. Allows the Secretary to award grants to accredited schools or programs of public health to establish, maintain, and operate Centers of Excellence for research and demonstration with respect to chronic conditions and relevant environmental factors, which may include investigating causal connections between chronic conditions and environmental factors. | 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z | |
| 108-hr-5338 | 108 | hr | 5338 | Faircare Act | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 0 | Faircare Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require additional data collection and reporting for funded health programs. Authorizes the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to develop a set of quality measures for each of the most common treatment settings, including hospitals and outpatient settings. Requires the Agency to rank these measures according to their potential to remedy health care disparities. Requires the Agency to establish an Advisory Committee on Quality to recommend quality indicators for all quality data sets developed by the Agency. Establishes the Office of National Healthcare Disparities and Quality within the Agency to administer the development and submission of the annual National Healthcare Disparities Report and the National Healthcare Quality Report. Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program under which financial incentive payments are made to hospitals if they meet certain criteria regarding data collection, high quality care, and the treatment of health disparity populations. Amends the PHSA to require the Secretary to: (1) designate health centers that receive Federal assistance as Faircare Health Centers if they meet such criteria; and (2) make designated health centers eligible for annual bonuses. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants and carry out activities to expand the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Program (REACH 2010). Sets forth provisions for allowing tax credits and awarding grants for qualified medical malpractice insurance expenditures for eligible health care providers and eligible entities. | 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z | |
| 108-hr-5339 | 108 | hr | 5339 | La Cura Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] | CA | D | S001156 | 14 | Cure and Understanding through Research for Alzheimer's Act of 2004 or La Cura Act of 2004 - Authorizes appropriations for conducting and supporting research on Alzheimer's disease at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Requires the Director of NIH to ensure sufficient resources for activities relating to Alzheimer's disease and Hispanic communities, including by: (1) increasing efforts in epidemiological work in Hispanic subgroups; (2) allocating resources to the National Institute on Aging Alzheimer's disease research centers and other academic centers involved in such research to increase participation of Hispanics in research and clinical trials in sufficient numbers to draw valid conclusions; and (3) conduct social, behavioral, and health services research to understand the underlying reasons why Hispanic individuals delay diagnosis and underutilize services and to identify culturally and linguistically appropriate approaches to address such delays and underutilization. Requires the Director to expand and intensify NIH efforts to educate communities about the importance of research relating to Alzheimer's disease and to respond effectively to cultural concerns about participation in such research. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for a program of grants to States to carry out demonstration programs related to Alzheimer's disease. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct an aggressive, evidence-based education and outreach program to promote public awareness and risk reduction with respect to Alzheimer's disease, particularly to Hispanic populations. | 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z | |
| 108-hr-5341 | 108 | hr | 5341 | State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | S000275 | 1 | State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize funds for States to create and to operate existing high risk health insurance pools. Increases the maximum allowable premium in a qualified high risk pool to 200 percent of the premium for applicable standard risk rates. Defines "standard risk rate" as a rate that: (1) is determined under the State high risk pool by considering the premiums charged by other health insurers in the same market; (2) is established using reasonable actuarial techniques; and (3) reflects anticipated claims experience and expenses. Expands the definition of "qualified high risk pool" to allow a State to meet the requirement to provide all eligible individuals with health insurance coverage by utilizing an acceptable alternative mechanism that includes a high risk pool as a component and: (1) that provides for risk adjustment, risk spreading, or a risk spreading mechanism (among issuers or policies of an issuer) or for some financial subsidization for eligible individuals, including through assistance to participating issuers; or (2) under which each eligible individual is provided a choice of all individual health insurance coverage otherwise available. Amends the formula for appropriating funds to States to operate such pools to give one-half of the funds to eligible States equally and apportion the other half based on the number of uninsured individuals in each State and the number of enrollees in the State's qualified high risk pool. (Currently, all funds are allotted based solely on the number of uninsured individuals in the State.) | 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z | |
| 108-hr-5350 | 108 | hr | 5350 | Enhancing Nutrition in Medical Education Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1922) | House | Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] | NM | D | U000039 | 0 | Enhancing Nutrition in Medical Education Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to schools of medicine to integrate innovative curricula on nutrition into medical education. Requires the Secretary to ensure that such curricula focus on preventive health measures, including : (1) education on the causes, treatment, and prevention of obesity; (2) office education and counseling to ensure an appropriate diet for mostly healthy people; (3) prevention and treatment of common nutritional deficiencies; (4) the appropriate and inappropriate use of herbs and supplements; (5) office recognition and treatment of common eating disorders; and (6) identification of special dietary needs, eating disorders, and appropriate routes of referral for medical nutrition therapy. Requires grantees to: (1) develop innovative curricula; (2) integrate such curricula into the medical education at the school; (3) evaluate the results achieved with the curricula; (4) establish a multidisciplinary planning committee to develop the curricula; and (5) report to the Secretary on the developed curricula and results achieved. Requires the Secretary to prepare a consolidated report on the curricula and results achieved by grantees and to disseminate such report to schools of medicine. | 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z | |
| 108-s-2950 | 108 | s | 2950 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit payments to States under the medicaid program for redispensing prescription drugs. | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10850-10851) | Senate | Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | C001042 | 1 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit payments to States under the Medicaid program for redispensing prescription drugs, other than in accordance with guidance of the Secretary of Health and Human Services that: (1) specifies the circumstances under which redispensing of a prescribed drug shall be permissible; and (2) allows for a reasonable restocking fee that takes into account the costs of inspection and inventory processes for redispensing. | 2023-01-14T22:48:35Z | |
| 108-s-2953 | 108 | s | 2953 | Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10852-10855) | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 2 | Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to establish and operate the Coordinated Environmental Health Network (the Network), including by: (1) identifying, expanding, and coordinating among existing Federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) providing for public access to an electronic national database on the incidence and prevalence of specified priority chronic conditions and relevant environmental and other factors; (3) operating a National Environmental Health Rapid Response Service to develop strategies to rapidly respond to, and conduct investigations of, higher than expected incidence and prevalence rates of priority chronic conditions and environmental exposures; (4) awarding grants to States, local governments, territories, and Indian tribes to establish, maintain, and operate State Environmental Health Networks; (5) developing minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting for State Networks, including mechanisms for allowing States to set priorities and allocate resources accordingly; (6) establishing an Advisory Committee for the Network; (7) awarding John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students who are enrolled in an accredited school of public health or medicine; and (8) entering into a cooperative agreement with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in State and local health departments. Allows the Secretary to award grants to accredited schools or programs of public health to establish, maintain, and operate Centers of Excellence for research and demonstration with respect to chronic conditions and relevant environmental factors, which may include investigating causal connections between chronic conditions and environmental factors. | 2023-01-14T22:48:35Z | |
| 108-s-2959 | 108 | s | 2959 | Influenza Preparation and Vaccination Act | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] | MN | D | D000596 | 0 | Influenza Preparation and Vaccination Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that a health care facility must ensure that health care workers employed by, or providing services at, their facility are vaccinated for influenza in order to be eligible to receive Federal funds. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) award grants to eligible entities to conduct research and development to ensure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine; and (2) purchase from such entity any unused vaccines that were the subject of the grant. Allows the Secretary to provide loans to State and local health departments to ensure the stability of their infrastructures by assisting in providing for a continuation of health services by department personnel. | 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z | |
| 108-s-2968 | 108 | s | 2968 | Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10861-10863) | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 14 | Emergency Flu Response Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately declare the shortage of the influenza vaccine to be a public health emergency justifying an authorization of the use of unapproved products. Requires the Secretary to: (1) consult with certain foreign countries to assess the availability of excess vaccines; (2) determine whether such vaccines meet the criteria for emergency authorization; (3) purchase, import, and distribute such vaccines; (4) award a grant to each State to develop and implement a plan to respond to the current shortage; and (5) establish a program to purchase and redistribute excess doses for administration to individuals in priority areas. Requires the head of each executive agency and the Attending Physician of the Capitol to ensure that vaccines are administered only to employees in priority groups and to provide the Secretary with any excess doses for redistribution. Allows the Secretary to purchase any approved drug to treat influenza for inclusion in the Strategic National Stockpile. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct clinical trials to determine whether a diluted influenza vaccine is effective in priority groups. Establishes the National Quarantine Compensation Program to pay individuals subject to a State or Federal quarantine order an amount equal to lost wages. Prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against such individuals. Allows the Secretary, upon determining that measures taken under this Act have not been effective, to: (1) take additional measures necessary to protect the public health; and (2) require manufacturers or anyone in possession of the vaccine to sell their supply to the Federal Government. | 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z | |
| 108-sconres-143 | 108 | sconres | 143 | A concurrent resolution recognizing community organization of public access defibrillation programs. | Health | 2004-10-08 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10864-10865) | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 4 | Recognizes the growing number of community activists, organizations, and municipal governments leading the national effort to establish public access defibrillation (PAD) programs. Encourages the continued development and implementation of PAD programs in schools, sports arenas, NASCAR race tracks, large hotels, concert halls, public housing, high-rise buildings, gated communities, buildings subject to high-security, and similar facilities to increase the survival rate for victims of cardiac arrest. | 2023-01-14T22:48:34Z | |
| 108-hr-5243 | 108 | hr | 5243 | Influenza Vaccine Emergency Act | Health | 2004-10-07 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 31 | Influenza Vaccine Emergency Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require influenza vaccine manufacturers to include a provision in any contract for the sale of the vaccine in interstate commerce expressing the policy that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has the authority to take title to necessary quantities of the vaccine if the Secretary declares that there is a public health emergency by reason of an influenza vaccine shortage, and that the manufacturer will reimburse the purchaser for any such quantity not received. Requires the Secretary to pay the manufacturer or distributor for any quantity taken at the price the manufacturer or distributor would have received for that quantity of vaccine. Requires the Secretary to determine the extent of compliance with guidelines for the distribution of influenza vaccine and, before using the authority to take title to the vaccine, to publish notice that such compliance has not been sufficient to constitute an adequate response to the emergency. Allows the Secretary, in lieu of taking title to a vaccine, to order any vaccine manufacturer or distributor to honor its contracts with States or political subdivisions. Requires the Secretary to provide any influenza vaccine to States, political subdivisions, and such other public or private entities as appropriate as a response to the emergency involved. Allows the Secretary to make an emergency declaration if the delivery waiting time for States or political subdivisions to receive the vaccine constitutes a significant threat to children, adolescents, or adults served by the immunization program. | 2023-01-14T22:48:42Z | |
| 108-hr-5252 | 108 | hr | 5252 | Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act | Health | 2004-10-07 | 2004-10-11 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1882-1883) | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 4 | Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit an entity from receiving an award of a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement to conduct a clinical trial to determine the safety or effectiveness of a use of a drug or device unless the entity agrees to: (1) register the trial; (2) provide the results of such trial to the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (3) disclose specified information regarding the trial to the public; and (4) be subject to audits. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish and operate a databank of such clinical trial information provided to the Secretary. Requires the Director to assign to the National Library of Medicine the primary responsibility for operating such databank. Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify false or misleading information in the databank, correct such information, and make appropriate public notifications; and (2) amend regulations to require institutional review boards to determine the safety or effectiveness of products registered under this Act and deny approval for trials that are not registered. Specifies information required for registration of clinical trials, including information important to clinicians or researchers. Sets forth provisions regarding periodic updates of databank information, submission of results of clinical trials, public disclosure of databank information, and violations of this Act. Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to allow exemptions for clinical investigational use of drugs or devices only if such drugs are registered in accordance with this Act. | 2023-01-14T22:48:41Z | |
| 108-s-2911 | 108 | s | 2911 | Medicare Competitive Acquisition Improvement Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-07 | 2004-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 0 | Medicare Competitive Acquisition Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Moderization Act of 2003, to revise requirements for the phase-in among competitive acquisition areas of Medicare programs for acquisition of competitvely priced items and services. Prescribes a phase-in schedule from FY 2005 through 2007 (currently from FY 2007 through 2009). Revises the conditions for awarding a competitive acquisition contract to require an entity to have an active National Supplier Clearinghouse identification number and comply with specified additional requirements, including all Federal and State licensure and regulatory requirements. Requires such entity also not to have been suspended within the 12 months preceding its bid for billing for items or services not furnished. | 2023-01-14T22:48:36Z | |
| 108-s-2922 | 108 | s | 2922 | Pulmonary Hypertension Research Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-07 | 2004-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] | TX | R | C001056 | 0 | Pulmonary Hypertension Research Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Institute with respect to research on pulmonary hypertension and to coordinate the Director's activities with related activities of other national research institutes and National Institutes of Health agencies. Requires the Director to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public or nonprofit private entities for the development and operation of centers to conduct research and programs on pulmonary hypertension, including: (1) basic and clinical research into the cause, diagnosis, early detection, prevention, control, and treatment of the disease; (2) training programs for scientists and health professionals; (3) programs to provide information and continuing education to health professionals; and (4) programs for the dissemination of information to the public. Requires the Director to establish: (1) a data system for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data derived from patient populations with pulmonary hypertension; and (2) an information clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance knowledge and understanding of pulmonary hypertension by health professionals, patients, industry, and the public. | 2023-01-14T22:48:35Z | |
| 108-s-2924 | 108 | s | 2924 | Clinical Research Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-07 | 2004-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 0 | Clinical Research Act of 2004 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to award clinical research support grants to eligible academic health centers to: (1) defray the costs of unfunded Federal requirements for the protection of human research costs; and (2) support activities leading to innovative ways to meets such requirements in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Requires that health centers receive a proportionate share of the total grant money awarded based on the amount invested by the grantee in clinical research compared to the total clinical research investment of all grantees. Allows the Director to award clinical research infrastructure grants to eligible academic health centers for: (1) necessary infrastructure to facilitate the transfer of new understandings of disease mechanisms gained in the laboratory into the development of new methodologies for diagnosis, therapy, and prevention; (2) the initial testing of human subjects; and (3) addressing obstacles impeding the expeditious application of new science, including a lack of up-to-date information technology systems and a shortage of willing participants. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make up to five grants to eligible academic health centers to form partnerships between the centers involved and health care providers for carrying out clinical human subject research to demonstrate how academic research centers may collaborate with the practicing health care community in such research. | 2023-01-14T22:48:35Z | |
| 108-s-2929 | 108 | s | 2929 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the minimum medicare deadlines for filing claims to take into account delay in processing adjustments from secondary payor status to primary payor status. | Health | 2004-10-07 | 2004-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10714-10715) | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend for one year the minimum filing deadline for certain Medicare claims for items and services furnished between January 1, 1987, and August 11, 1993, to account for a delay in processing adjustments from secondary to primary payor status. | 2023-01-14T22:48:35Z | |
| 108-s-2933 | 108 | s | 2933 | Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-07 | 2004-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 3 | Fair Access to Clinical Trials Act of 2004 or the FACT Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish and operate a data bank of registry information on clinical trials for drugs, biological products, and devices. Requires the principal investigator or a responsible person to submit clinical trial information to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to: (1) seek a memorandum of understanding with the heads of other Federal agencies to include in the registry clinical trials sponsored by such agencies; and (2) establish procedures to allow voluntary submission of clinical trial information not involving drugs, biological products, or devices. Allows the Secretary to: (1) require that information from such other clinical trials be submitted to the registry in cases in which it is in the interest of public health; and (2) correct any information included in the registry that is factually and substantively inaccurate, false, or misleading. Extends requirements of this Act to clinical trials conducted outside of the United States under certain circumstances. Requires the responsible person for proposals submitted to the Secretary requesting financial assistance to conduct research to submit registry information to the Secretary. Prohibits a responsible person or a manufacturer from performing any act that prohibits, limits, or imposes unreasonable delays on the ability of an individual to discuss or publish the results of a clinical trial. Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to study the extent to which data submitted to the registry has impacted the public health. | 2023-01-14T22:48:35Z | |
| 108-hr-5236 | 108 | hr | 5236 | Let Parents Raise Their Kids Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-06 | 2004-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 2 | Let Parents Raise Their Kids Act of 2004 - Prohibits Federal funds from being used to establish or implement any universal or mandatory mental health screening program. Prohibits Federal education funds from being used to pay any local educational agency or other instrument of government that uses the refusal of a parent or legal guardian to provide consent to mental health screening as the basis of a charge of child abuse or education neglect until the agency or instrument demonstrates that it is no longer using such refusal as a basis of such charge. Defines universal or mandatory mental health screening as any mental health screening program in which a set of individuals is automatically screened without regard to whether there was a prior indication of a need for mental health treatment, including: (1) any program of State incentive grants to implement recommendations in the July 2003 report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health; and (2) any student mental health screening program that allows mental health screening of individuals under 18 years of age without the express, written, voluntary, informed consent of the parent or legal guardian of the individual involved. | 2023-01-14T22:48:42Z | |
| 108-s-2906 | 108 | s | 2906 | Affordability in Medicare Premiums Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-06 | 2004-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/7/2004 S10580-10581) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 8 | Affordability in Medicare Premiums Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for each year beginning with 2005, to reduce the monthly Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) premium rate for each month in the year for individuals not enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan and each individual enrolled under Medicare part B so that the aggregate amount of such reductions in the year equals an amount computed according to a specified formula involving reduced payments to Medicare Advantage organizations. Requires the Secretary, in applying risk adjustment factors to payments to Medicare Advantage organizations, to ensure that such payments are adjusted to reflect the enrollee's health status, including adjusting for the difference between the health status of the enrollee and individuals enrolled under the original Medicare fee-for-service program under Medicare parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B. Requires payments to such organizations, in the aggregate, to reflect such differences. Eliminates the MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund (Slush Fund). | 2023-01-14T22:48:36Z | |
| 108-s-2907 | 108 | s | 2907 | Information Technology for Health Care Quality Act | Health | 2004-10-06 | 2004-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Information Technology for Health Care Quality Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of Health Information Technology to: (1) improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through the use of health information technology; (2) provide national leadership relating to such technology; (3) direct all Federal health information technology activities; (4) facilitate the interaction between the Federal Government and the private sector relating to the development and use of such technology; and (5) develop a national strategy for improving the quality and enhancing the efficiency of health care through the use of such technology and the creation of a National Health Information Infrastructure. Requires the Director of the Office to approve or disapprove the policies of Federal departments or agencies that would significantly affect the use of such technology, and provide for the adoption and dissemination of Government standards that promote the efficient exchange of data between health information technology systems. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from purchasing any health care information technology system that is not in compliance with such standards. Requires the Director to guarantee payment of the principal and interest on loans made to eligible entities, and award competitive matching grants, to: (1) implement local health information infrastructure to facilitate the development of interoperability across health care settings; or (2) facilitate the purchase and adoption of health information technology. Requires the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish uniform health care quality measures and public reporting requirements across all federally supported health delivery programs. | 2023-01-14T22:48:36Z | |
| 108-hr-5213 | 108 | hr | 5213 | Research Review Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-05 | 2004-11-30 | Became Public Law No: 108-427. | House | Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] | FL | R | B000463 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 7, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Research Review Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to report to specified congressional committees on the methods by which the Roadmap for Medical Research has advanced the use of multidisciplinary research teams and consortia of research institutions to advance treatments, develop new therapies, and collaborate on clinical trials, including with respect to spinal cord injury and paralysis research. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to report to such committees on: (1) the epidemiological studies currently underway at such Centers, future planned studies, the criteria involved in determining what epidemiological studies to conduct, defer, or suspend, and the scope of those studies, including with respect to the inflammatory bowel disease epidemiological study; and (2) CDC activities to establish partnerships with research and patient advocacy communities to expand epidemiological studies. Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report to Congress on: (1) Medicare and Medicaid coverage standards that apply to patients with inflammatory bowel disease for specified therapies, taking into account appropriate outpatient or home health care delivery settings; and (2) the problems patients encounter when applying for disability insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act and recommendations for improving the application process for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. | 2023-01-14T22:48:42Z | |
| 108-hr-5218 | 108 | hr | 5218 | Matt's Health Insurance Plan Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-05 | 2004-11-18 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2028-2029) | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 0 | Matt's Health Insurance Plan Act of 2004 - Requires each employer to offer health insurance coverage constituting qualified health care to employees, former employees, and their families. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit equal to 60 percent of the amount paid or incurred by an employer during the taxable year to provide qualified health care (directly or otherwise) to employees, former employees, and their families under a group health plan during the one year period ending January 1, 2005. Prescribes formulae for tax credits for other employers, including the self-employed, who provide qualified health insurance after such date. Allows a tax credit to certain low-wage workers for 25 percent of amounts paid for coverage under any subsidized health plan maintained by any employer of the taxpayer or of the taxpayer's spouse. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for payments to qualified nontaxpayer employers who provide qualified health care under this Act. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to provide for access to Medicare benefits for individuals 55 to 65 years of age. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable tax credit for employee costs of COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) coverage. Amends title XXI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) rename the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) the FamilyCare Program; (2) provide for automatic enrollment of children born to title XXI parents; and (3) allow optional family care coverage of parents of targeted low income children and low-income pregnant women under Medicaid (SSA title XIX). Revises the transitional medical assistance (TMA) program, allowing States to extend eligibility for low-income individuals for up to 12 additional months, and eliminating the sunset for TMA. Increases the SCHIP allotment for each of FY 2002 through 2004. Directs the Secr… | 2023-01-14T22:48:42Z | |
| 108-s-2892 | 108 | s | 2892 | Children and Family HIV/AIDS Research and Care Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-05 | 2004-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Children and Family HIV/AIDS Research and Care Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that recipients of certain grants related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) research and services for women, infants, and children agree to provide coordinated, family-centered care. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants to provide health care and other supportive services to youth with HIV designed to recruit and retain youth in care. Requires that chief elected officials in eligible areas and States allocate certain grant funds using HIV case data rather than acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) case data as soon as such data is adopted for other allocation purposes. Requires the Secretary to report on the status of using such HIV case data and the impact of this transition on the resources directed to women, infants, children and youth. Requires the Secretary to award demonstration grants to public and nonprofit private entities to conduct assessments of the effectiveness of certain strategies in reducing the mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Requires the Director of NIH, acting through the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, to report on activities related to the testing of potential HIV vaccine candidates in relevant pediatric populations. Requires the Commission of Food and Drugs to issue guidance on the minimum requirements for obtaining Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to test an HIV vaccine in pediatric populations and for a pediatric indication of an HIV vaccine. Requires the Director of NIH to invest in domestic and international research on specified topics related to HIV and pediatric populations. | 2023-01-14T22:48:36Z | |
| 108-s-2894 | 108 | s | 2894 | Prevention of Childhood Obesity Act | Health | 2004-10-05 | 2004-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Prevention of Childhood Obesity Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that the Federal Government coordinates efforts to develop, implement, and enforce policies to prevent obesity among children and youth. Requires the Secretary to establish within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a Federal Leadership Commission to Prevent Childhood Obesity. Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to assess the effect of Federal nutrition assistance programs and agricultural policies on the prevention of childhood obesity. Sets forth procedures to establish and enforce guidelines for nutritional food and physical activity advertising and marketing to prevent childhood obesity. Requires the Secretary, acting through the CDC Director, to award grants to: (1) implement a State children's obesity prevention and control plan; and (2) disseminate childhood obesity prevention evidence-based practices to individuals, families, schools, organizations and communities. Requires the Secretary to: (1) award grants to develop obesity prevention behavior change curricula for early childhood home visitation programs and afterschool programs; and (2) establish and implement activities to prevent obesity by encouraging healthy nutrition choices and physical activity in schools. Provides for grants to promote good nutrition and physical activity for students in schools and children in communities. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants to support the training of early childhood professionals about obesity prevention. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand and intensify research that addresses the prevention of childhood obesity. | 2023-01-14T22:48:36Z | |
| 108-s-2897 | 108 | s | 2897 | A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to lift the patient limitation on prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in group practices, and for other purposes. | Health | 2004-10-05 | 2004-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 3 | Amends the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the 30-patient limit for medical practitioners in group practices that may dispense specified narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment. | 2023-01-14T22:48:36Z | |
| 108-hr-5204 | 108 | hr | 5204 | To amend section 340E of the Public Health Service Act (relating to children's hospitals) to modify provisions regarding the determination of the amount of payments for indirect expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residency training programs. | Health | 2004-10-04 | 2004-12-23 | Became Public Law No: 108-490. | House | Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] | CA | D | E000215 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider the ratio of residents in children's hospitals' approved graduate medical residency training programs to beds (but excluding beds or bassinets assigned to healthy new born infants) when determining the amount of payments to such hospitals for indirect expenses associated with the treatment of more severely ill patients and the additional costs associated with teaching residents in such programs. | 2023-01-14T22:48:43Z | |
| 108-s-2880 | 108 | s | 2880 | Medical Device Competition Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-10-01 | 2004-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10264-10265) | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 1 | Medical Device Competition Act of 2004 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act with respect to competition in the medical device and hospital supply industries. Adds a new requirement to the criteria for exemption from criminal penalties for illegal remunerations accorded to any amount paid by a vendor of goods or services to a person authorized to act as a purchasing agent for a group of individuals or entities who are furnishing services reimbursed under a Federal health care program. Requires, in addition to a written contract specifying the amount to be paid, and service provider disclosure of the amount received from a vendor, that: (1) the contracting, business, and ethical practices of the purchasing agent be not inconsistent with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (2) the purchasing agent be certified to be in compliance with such regulations; and (3) the amount to be paid the purchasing agent does not exceed a total of three percent of the purchase price of the goods or services provided by that vendor. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations specifying the contracting, business, and ethical practices of an authorized purchasing agent that are contrary to antitrust law and competitive principles, to ethical standards, or to the goal of ensuring that products necessary for proper patient care or worker safety are readily available to physicians, health care workers, and patients. | 2023-01-14T22:48:36Z | |
| 108-hr-5189 | 108 | hr | 5189 | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare cost-sharing for the Medicare part B premium for qualifying individuals through September 2005. | Health | 2004-09-30 | 2004-11-19 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10054) | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] | NY | D | I000057 | 6 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend through September 2005 Medicare cost-sharing for the Medicare part B premium for qualifying individuals for additional low-income medicare beneficiaries. Revises requirements for the total allocation amount for three specified periods between January 1, 2004, and September 30, 2005. | 2023-01-13T22:01:44Z | |
| 108-hr-5197 | 108 | hr | 5197 | Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-30 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] | NE | R | T000459 | 13 | Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act of 2004 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide funds to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, to audit a sample from among the States in order to assess the effectiveness of progress made in reducing or eliminating the wage gap between targeted and reference direct support professionals through funds under this Act. Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the wage equalization and recruitment and retention of direct support professionals who are providing services and supports to individuals with disabilities. | 2023-01-13T22:01:43Z | |
| 108-s-2876 | 108 | s | 2876 | American Hospital Preservation Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-30 | 2004-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 2 | American Hospital Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to revise the indirect medical education adjustment percentage in order to eliminate reductions in payments to hospitals. | 2023-01-14T22:48:45Z | |
| 108-hr-5175 | 108 | hr | 5175 | Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-29 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Carson, Brad [D-OK-2] | OK | D | C001044 | 0 | Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2004 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cap the Medicare part B premium for each month in 2005 at the same rate for each month in 2004, adjusted for inflation. | 2023-01-13T22:01:44Z | |
| 108-hr-5155 | 108 | hr | 5155 | Free Market Drug Act | Health | 2004-09-28 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 9 | Free Market Drug Act - Establishes the National Institute for Biomedical Research and Development to provide for the development of drugs, biological products, and devices to: (1) increase the number and medical efficacy of drugs, biological products, and devices on the market; and (2) make the drugs, biological products, and devices available to the public at reasonable prices. Requires the Director of the Institute to: (1) monitor the results of certain research to identify discoveries that, if subjected to appropriate research and development activities, may be suitable for approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as drugs, biological products, or devices for use in humans (candidate discoveries); (2) identify candidate discoveries and carry out appropriate research and development regarding such discoveries; (3) establish, review, and revise a plan for the development, testing, and manufacture of candidate discoveries through the Institute; (4) establish priorities among candidate discoveries; and (5)) maintain an Internet site to make available to the public information on activities under this Act. Allows the Director to identify a discovery as a candidate discovery only if the Federal Government holds, or can reasonably be expected to obtain, a patent on the discovery. Prohibits the Director from transferring ownership of such patent to any non-Federal entity. Allows civil suits to protect Federal ownership of patents. Requires the Director to: (1) grant non-exclusive licenses for the commercial marketing of FDA-approved candidate discoveries; (2) establish Federal laboratories to carry out this Act; and (3) establish a fund to provide cash awards for making significant advances in knowledge regarding a disease, disorder, or other health condition. | 2023-01-13T22:01:45Z | |
| 108-hr-5156 | 108 | hr | 5156 | Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-28 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] | TX | D | G000410 | 0 | Ending the Medicare Disability Waiting Period Act of 2004 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) phase out the waiting period for disabled individuals to become entitled to Medicare benefits under SSA title XVIII (Medicare); and (2) eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions to become entitled. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to study the range of disability conditions that can be delayed or prevented if individuals receive access to health care services and coverage before the condition reaches disability levels. | 2023-01-13T22:01:45Z | |
| 108-hr-5157 | 108 | hr | 5157 | High Risk Pool Flexibility Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-28 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] | WA | R | N000051 | 1 | High Risk Pool Flexibility Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of "qualified high risk pool" for grant purposes to allow a State to meet the requirement to provide all eligible individuals with health insurance coverage by utilizing an acceptable alternative mechanism that includes a high risk pool as a component and: (1) that provides for risk adjustment, risk spreading, or a risk spreading mechanism (among issuers or policies of an issuer) or for some financial subsidization for eligible individuals, including through assistance to participating issuers; or (2) under which each eligible individual is provided a choice of all individual health insurance coverage otherwise available. | 2023-01-13T22:01:45Z | |
| 108-hr-5160 | 108 | hr | 5160 | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare cost-sharing for the Medicare part B premium for qualifying individuals through September 2005. | Health | 2004-09-28 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 2 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend through September 2005 Medicare cost-sharing for the Medicare part B premium for qualifying individuals for additional low-income medicare beneficiaries. Revises requirements for the total allocation amount for three specified periods between January 1, 2004, and September 30, 2005. | 2023-01-13T22:01:45Z | |
| 108-hr-5144 | 108 | hr | 5144 | Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-23 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Norwood, Charles W. [R-GA-9] | GA | R | N000159 | 43 | Cancer Care Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to allow the average sales price system to go into effect but also to ensure that Medicare payments for cancer drugs do not go below 95 percent of 2004 levels in 2005, and 95 percent of 2005 levels in 2006. Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 with respect to the transitional adjustment in practice expense relative value units in the physician fee schedule for drug administration services. Extends application of the transition adjustment through December 31, 2006. Increases from three percent to 27 percent during 2005 the applicable percentage of the fee schedule amount that shall be paid to a physician from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Reduces this applicable percentage during 2006 to 22 percent. (Current law reduces the 32 percent transitional payment for practice expenses in 2004 to 3 percent in 2005 and 0 percent in 2006.) | 2023-01-13T22:01:45Z | |
| 108-s-2837 | 108 | s | 2837 | Continuing Care for Recovering Families Act | Health | 2004-09-23 | 2004-09-24 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9670-9671) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 3 | Continuing Care for Recovering Families Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to allow an eligible individual to elect continuation coverage for group health benefits as provided for in the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) during the 120-day period that begins on the later of the date of enactment of this Act or the date on which the individual experiences a terrorism-related loss of coverage. Provides that: (1) the maximum period required for such coverage shall not be less than the period during which the individual is an eligible individual; and (2) the period between the loss of coverage and the first day of the election period shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the waiting period for coverage of preexisting conditions. Defines an "eligible individual" as an individual who: (1) is a child or spouse of an individual who suffered physical harm or death as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; (2) that has experienced a terrorism-related loss of health benefits coverage associated with the death, injury, or loss of employment of such an individual; and (3) is not otherwise covered under a health benefits plan or entitled to Medicare benefits. | 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z | |
| 108-hr-5116 | 108 | hr | 5116 | Dean Gallo Cancer Patient Compassion Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-21 | 2004-09-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | The Dean Gallo Cancer Patient Compassion Act of 2004 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to waive the 24 month waiting period for Medicare coverage of certain individuals with distant stage cancer. | 2023-01-13T22:01:46Z | |
| 108-hr-5095 | 108 | hr | 5095 | Medicare Equity Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-15 | 2004-10-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Medicare Equity Act of 2004 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that the monthly part B premium rates for any period after December 31, 2004, shall be the monthly premium rate in effect for a month in 2004. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from 35 to 36 percent the top rate of individual income tax. | 2023-01-13T22:01:47Z | |
| 108-hres-776 | 108 | hres | 776 | Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services provide certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to estimates and analyses of the cost of the Medicare prescription drug legislation. | Health | 2004-09-15 | 2004-10-08 | Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 250. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Requests the President and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to furnish the House of Representatives all documents, including telephone and electronic mail records, logs and calendars, and records of internal discussions in the possession of the Secretary, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Director of the Office of the National Economic Council relating to: (1) estimates and analyses made by the Department of Health and Human Services or OMB relating to the cost of any version of the Medicare prescription drug legislation; or (2) communications (whether written or electronic) relating to such cost estimates or analyses or their release to Members of Congress between employees within the executive branch, between such employees and Members of Congress or their staff, or such employees and persons other than employees of the executive branch or legislative branch. | 2023-01-14T22:48:38Z | |
| 108-s-2798 | 108 | s | 2798 | Health Promotion FIRST Act | Health | 2004-09-14 | 2004-09-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 9 | Health Promotion Funding Integrated Research, Synthesis, and Training Act or Health Promotion FIRST Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for health promotion that includes coordinating the health promotion activities of the Department of Health and Human Services and addressing how best to: (1) develop the basic and applied science of health promotion; (2) disseminate health promotion research; (3) support the health promotion community; and (4) modify or develop policies, structure, and legislation to integrate health promotion into all health professions and sectors of society. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), acting through the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, to: (1) develop a plan on how best to develop the basic science of health promotion through NIH agencies; and (2) conduct or support early research programs and research training regarding health promotion. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a plan to establish a research agenda regarding health promotion for CDC. Requires the Director of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to award grants to develop Health Promotion Research Centers. Requires the Director of CDC to: (1) make an effort to attract grant applications from groups experienced in providing programs; (2) fund research to develop the applied science of health promotion for specified settings; and (3) develop a research agenda for workplace health promotion. Requires the Secretary to modify the application process for grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded under this Act to attract the most qualified individuals and organizations, rather than those most experienced with the application process. | 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z | |
| 108-hr-5048 | 108 | hr | 5048 | Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-09 | 2004-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] | TX | D | G000410 | 1 | Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2004 - 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. | 2023-01-13T22:01:48Z | |
| 108-s-2780 | 108 | s | 2780 | Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-09-08 | 2004-09-21 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9409-9411) | Senate | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | MI | D | S000770 | 11 | Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2004 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cap the Medicare part B premium for each month in 2005 at the same rate for each month in 2004, adjusted for inflation. | 2023-01-14T22:48:47Z | |
| 108-hr-4898 | 108 | hr | 4898 | Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-08-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] | OH | D | B000944 | 13 | Medicare Preventive Services Coverage Act of 2004 - Amends part E (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, to provide for additional preventive services (including mental health services) under Medicare. Eliminates coinsurance in outpatient department (OPD) hospital settings and application of deductible with respect to additional preventive services. | 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z | |
| 108-hr-4899 | 108 | hr | 4899 | Sustainable Drug Pricing Act | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] | OH | D | B000944 | 1 | Sustainable Drug Pricing Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into agreements with the manufacturers of brand name prescription drugs for four-year terms to establish a maximum wholesale price for such drugs. Defines brand name prescription drugs as FDA-approved prescription drugs with market exclusivity. Requires such agreements to specify a liquidated penalty that is sufficient to deter violations for failure to maintain substantial compliance. Allows the Secretary to notify the Secretary of the Treasury that there is no longer an effective agreement in place if such a penalty is not paid. Requires the Secretary to monitor prices to ensure compliance. Allows the Secretary to require manufacturers entering into such agreements to cooperate with such monitoring and to allow the Secretary access to relevant financial records. Requires the Secretary to establish the Advisory Panel on Drug-Price Negotiations to advise the Secretary on establishing prices. Requires the Panel to provide the Secretary with recommended drug prices for 25 drugs that the Panel considers important to the public health and for an additional 25 drugs that are the most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow: (1) a deduction for advertising, promotion, or marketing of brand name prescription drugs without a qualified pricing agreement in effect for the entire taxable year; and (2) a foreign tax credit for such drugs manufactured by the taxpayer without a qualified pricing agreement in effect for the entire taxable year. | 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z | |
| 108-hr-4902 | 108 | hr | 4902 | Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-11-20 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2107) | House | Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] | OR | R | W000791 | 42 | Medicare Rural Home Health Services Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to provide for a two-year extension of the temporary Medicare payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area. | 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z | |
| 108-hr-4903 | 108 | hr | 4903 | Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Accountability Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-08-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] | OH | D | B000944 | 4 | Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Accountability Act of 2004 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require the contract with a Medicare Advantage (MA) organization to provide for a minimum loss ratio and a maximum administrative cost ratio both to be established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) provide for the audit of administrative costs and compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Applies all the requirements of this Act, with appropriate adaptations, to contracts with prescription drug sponsors and prescription drug plans under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of SSA title XVIII. Amends part C of SSA title XVIII to require each MA organization to provide annually to the Secretary information on each MA plan it offers to establish financial transparency, including a functional listing of the organization's administrative costs, profits, and investment income. Provides that an election to enroll with an MA plan shall not be effective unless the election form is signed by the individual and specifically acknowledges: (1) that premiums, cost sharing requirements, and benefits under the plan may change at the beginning of each 12-month contract period; (2) the individual may lose coverage of the individual's physician or other provider at the beginning of each such period; (3) the plan may be terminated at the beginning of any such period; and (4) premiums and benefits under the plan may vary based on the county or other MA area in which the plan is offered. Directs the Secretary to transmit to Congress annual Medicare Advantage accountability and prescription drug reports that include, among other things, a detailed analysis of geographic variation in cost-sharing and premiums. Requires the HHS Inspector General to audit periodically a representative sample of determinations made by the Secretary regarding MA plans that provide for an actuarially equivalent level of benefits to ensur… | 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z | |
| 108-hr-4905 | 108 | hr | 4905 | Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] | MI | R | U000031 | 10 | Healthy Start Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider certain criteria in making grants under the Healthy Start Initiative, including: (1) factors that contribute to infant mortality, such as low birthweight; and (2) the extent to which applicants for grants facilitate a community-based approach to the delivery of services and a comprehensive approach to women's health care to improve perinatal outcomes. Eliminates authority for the Secretary to make additional grants to: (1) assist communities with technical assistance, replication of successful projects, and State policy formation to reduce infant and maternal mortality and morbidity; and (2) conduct and support research and to provide additional health care services for pregnant woman and infants. | 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z | |
| 108-hr-4910 | 108 | hr | 4910 | Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-08-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | H001037 | 116 | Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit increases in the monthly Medicare premium, including the Medicare Advantage prescription drug program premium, to 25 percent of any Social Security cost of living increase. | 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z | |
| 108-hr-4919 | 108 | hr | 4919 | Medicare Drug Card Guaranteed Savings Act | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-08-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | A000357 | 1 | Medicare Drug Card Guaranteed Savings Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the offering of a Federal national prescription drug discount card program. Charges a $30 fee for the card under the program. Provides for direct negotiations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with prescription drug manufacturers to obtain discount prices that are to be less than prices otherwise available in the retail market. Provides that: (1) for periods beginning with January 1, 2005, the only discount card program in which an individual may be enrolled shall be the Federal national prescription drug discount card program; and (2) individuals enrolled in another program as of December 31, 2004, who do not affirmatively disenroll from all discount card programs are deemed to be enrolled in such Federal national prescription drug discount card program. | 2023-01-14T22:48:20Z | |
| 108-hr-4923 | 108 | hr | 4923 | Safe IMPORT Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Bradley, Jeb [R-NH-1] | NH | R | B001246 | 1 | Safe Importation of Medical Products and Other Rx Therapies Act of 2004 or Safe IMPORT Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow individuals to import Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drugs from Canada for personal use. Permits the importation of prescription drugs from Canada by registered Internet pharmacies, pharmacies, or wholesalers in one year under specified conditions, including meeting proper labeling on all dispensed drugs to indicate that the drug has been imported. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate additional countries from which to allow importation in three years. Requires the Secretary to give high priority to improving the information management systems of the FDA to improve the detection of intentionally adulterated prescription drugs. Sets forth Internet pharmacy licensing requirements and procedures. Makes providers of interactive computer and advertising services liable for violations under this Act if such providers accept advertising: (1) for a prescription drug from an unlicensed Internet pharmacy; or (2) stating that an individual does not need a prescription to obtain a prescription drug. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations requiring designated payment systems, including credit card companies, to prevent sales by unlicensed Internet pharmacies. Allows the FDA to detain or temporarily hold prescription drug shipments based on credible information that a drug presents a risk to the public health. Allows the Secretary to: (1) suspend or debar importation of a particular drug or dosage that poses such a risk or by a particular importer who violates Act requirements; (2) require owners of prescription drugs that have been refused admission into the United States to indicate that information on the drug containers; and (3) authorize other Federal and State officials to conduct inspections to enforce compliance with this Act Deems to be misbranded a prescription drug offered for importation that has pr… | 2023-01-14T22:48:20Z | |
| 108-hr-4927 | 108 | hr | 4927 | ESRD Modernization Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-08-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] | MI | R | C000071 | 23 | ESRD Modernization Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to provide for an annual update mechanism under the Medicare end stage renal disease (ESRD) program to adjust the payment rates for changes in input prices and inflation. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration projects to: (1) increase public awareness about the factors that lead to chronic kidney disease, and how to prevent and treat it; and (2) enhance chronic kidney disease surveillance systems and research. Requires the Secretary to establish demonstration projects to enable individuals with ESRD to develop self-management skills. Provides for Medicare coverage of kidney disease patient education services. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish demonstration projects to evaluate how blood flow monitoring affects care for Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD; (2) provide appropriate incentives to improve the home dialysis benefit; (3) arrange with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate the barriers to increasing the number of individuals with ESRD who elect to receive home dialysis services under Medicare; (4) cover surgical procedures the full range of dialysis access procedures for Medicare-entitled individuals with ESRD; and (5) establish demonstration projects evaluating methods that improve the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the impact of the temporary codes for nephrologists' services applicable under the fee schedule for physicians' services. | 2023-01-14T22:48:20Z | |
| 108-hr-4935 | 108 | hr | 4935 | Medicaid and CHIP Safety Net Preservation Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | D000355 | 3 | Medicaid and CHIP Safety Net Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct research and demonstration projects under several programs, including Medicaid and SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance) under SSA title XXI; and (2) waive certain statutory requirements for conducting these projects without congressional review. Prohibits the Secretary from imposing or approving under such authority: (1) a cap, limitation, or other restriction on payment to a State for amounts expended as medical assistance under the Medicaid program; (2) an elimination of, or modification limiting, the entitlement of an individual to receive any medical assistance for which Federal financial participation is claimed under Medicaid; (3) an elimination or modification of the amount, duration, or scope of early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services; or (4) an elimination or modification of the amount, duration, or scope of certain safety-net services, including those of a rural health clinic and a federally-qualified health center. Amends SSA title XI to establish public notice and comment requirements for States and the Secretary with respect to any State proposal for an experimental, pilot, or demonstration project (or project modification) to assist in promoting Medicaid or SCHIP objectives that would result in a substantive change in eligibility, enrollment, benefits, financing, or cost-sharing under a State program. | 2023-01-14T22:48:19Z | |
| 108-hr-4936 | 108 | hr | 4936 | Children's Health Protection and Improvement Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | D000355 | 82 | Children's Health Protection and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the extended availability through FY 2004 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2001. Specifies formulae for amounts to be used in computing redistributions for FY 2003, 2003, and 2004. Provides for reallocation of 70 percent of the expiring FY 1998, 1999, and 2000 funds to States that have fully expended their annual allotments. Extends the availability of the remaining 30 percent of such expiring funds with the States that currently have them. Permits 50 percent of the total amount of a State's unexpended FY 2002 SCHIP allotments to remain available through FY 2006. Permits 50 percent of the total amount of a State's unexpended FY 2003 and 2004 SCHIP allotments to remain available through the end of FY 2007. Requires redistribution of the other 50 percent of such funds to States that have fully spent their allotments during the three-year period they were available. Requires a second redistribution according to the same 70-30 formula of any retained or redistributed funds still unexpended at the end of the two-year extention or redistribution. Provides for continued authority for qualifying States to use certain funds for Medicaid expenditures. | 2023-01-14T22:48:19Z | |
| 108-hr-4961 | 108 | hr | 4961 | Medicaid Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] | NY | R | K000210 | 19 | Medicaid Act of 2004 - Amends the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 to extend the temporary freeze of the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) for certain States (continuing the FY 2003 FMAP through each calendar quarter of FY 2004, and the FY 2004 FMAP for each calendar quarter of FY 2005 if the FY 2005 FMAP would otherwise be less than the FY 2004 FMAP). Amends the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 to increase the FMAP: (1) by 2.95 percentage points for the last two calendar quarters of FY 2003 and the first three calendar quarters of FY 2004; and (2) by 1.60 percentage points for the last calendar quarter of FY 2004 and each calendar quarter of FY 2005. Increases by 5.9 percent the ceiling on Medicaid payments to specified territories for the last two calendar quarters of FY 2003 and the first three calendar quarters of FY 2004. Increases such ceiling by 2.52 percent for the last calendar quarter of FY 2004 and each calendar quarter of FY 2005. . | 2023-01-14T22:48:21Z | |
| 108-hr-4964 | 108 | hr | 4964 | American Health Benefits Program Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-08-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] | RI | D | L000559 | 0 | American Health Benefits Program Act of 2004 - Amends the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to establish an American Health Benefits Program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage to all Americans (and permanent resident aliens) who are not covered under certain Federal health insurance programs. States that the coverage is provided in a manner similar to the manner in which coverage has been provided to Members of Congress and Federal Government. Allows for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for lower income individuals. Allows for certain tax credits with respect to the amount of premiums paid, and imposes an excise tax on employers to finance this new benefit. Directs the Comptroller General to provide for certain studies concerned with the integration of this new program with other public health insurance coverage and with the growth of prescription drug costs. | 2023-01-14T22:48:21Z | |
| 108-hr-4967 | 108 | hr | 4967 | Nursing Home Fire Safety Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-08-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | L000557 | 12 | Nursing Home Fire Safety Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require automatic fire sprinkler systems in all Medicare and Medicaid funded nursing facilities and provide for reimbursement of the additional costs incurred with respect to installing such systems. | 2023-01-14T22:48:21Z | |
| 108-hr-4974 | 108 | hr | 4974 | Post 9/11 Health Protection Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] | NY | D | M001137 | 0 | Post 9/11 Health Protection Act of 2004 - Establishes in the Treasury the September 11 Emergency Personnel Trust Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase by one percent the tax imposed on adjusted gross income that exceeds $1,000,000 for married individuals filing jointly or that exceeds $500,000 in any other case. Appropriates amounts equal to the taxes received because of such increase to the Fund. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to award from such Fund grants or cooperative agreements to specified programs, including one established by the New York City Fire Department, to carry out screening and clinical examinations and long-term health monitoring for covered individuals, including emergency service personnel, clean up workers, and residents affected by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in New York City. Limits such monitoring to 20 years and 40,000 individuals. Allows the Secretary to establish a similar program for those affected by the September 11, 2001, Pentagon attack. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health to conduct or support diagnostic or treatment research for certain adverse health conditions considered to be associated with the terrorist attacks. | 2023-01-14T22:48:21Z | |
| 108-hr-4978 | 108 | hr | 4978 | Prescription Plan Preservation Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-08-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 23 | Prescription Plan Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to condition the payment of Medicare employer prescription drug subsidies on the maintence of current prescription drug benefits. Requires the actuarial value of prescription drug coverage to be at least equal to the greater of actuarial value of: (1) standard prescription drug coverage (as under current law); or (2) the employment-based retiree health coverage in effect as of December 8, 2003. | 2023-01-14T22:48:20Z | |
| 108-hr-4979 | 108 | hr | 4979 | Women's Pelvic Floor Health Education and Awareness Act | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] | WA | R | N000051 | 6 | Women's Pelvic Floor Health Education and Awareness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to educate health professionals and the public on bladder and bowel dysfunction (including incontinence), pelvic organ prolapse, and other pelvic floor disorders. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director should establish a national registry for surgical treatment of such disorders. Requires the Directors of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to: (1) expand and intensify the activities of such Institutes with respect to women's pelvic floor disorders, including developing proposals for research on such disorders; and (2) provide for the continuing operation of the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network and the Clinical Trials Network for Female Pelvic Disorders. Commends such Institutes for their support of such Networks and such Networks for their research toward improving women's pelvic health. Expresses the sense of Congress as to efforts that such Institutes should undertake, including increasing their research, recruiting established scientists, and developing a national data registry and tissue bank of people suffering from incontinence. | 2023-01-14T22:48:20Z | |
| 108-hr-4992 | 108 | hr | 4992 | Ensuring Access to Emergency Rooms Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | S000275 | 3 | Ensuring Access to Emergency Rooms Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem hospitals, emergency rooms, physicians, and physicians groups that provide emergency care to uninsured individuals employees of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to items and services furnished and post-stabilization services provided to such individuals. Requires the Attorney General to make separate estimates as to the cost of claims expected to arise under this Act and to establish separate funds for such claims. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to limit the total amount of payments under this Act to the amounts appropriated in advance for such purposes. | 2023-01-14T22:48:20Z | |
| 108-hr-4993 | 108 | hr | 4993 | Emergency Care Liability Relief Act | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] | AZ | R | S000275 | 4 | Emergency Care Liability Relief Act - Limits noneconomic and punitive damages for injuries arising from the provision of uncompensated care by emergency care providers. Authorizes the award of attorney's fees and costs in actions in which a party's liability or such damages are contested. Requires liability for such awards to be allocated to the nonprevailing party personally, the attorney or law firm representing such party if representation was on a contingent fee basis, or both, taking into account specified factors. Requires the court, in actions in which liability or noneconomic or punitive damages described in this Act are contested, to instruct the jury that it must take into account the effect of the amount to be awarded in damages on the price and availability of health care liability insurance. | 2023-01-14T22:48:20Z | |
| 108-hr-5000 | 108 | hr | 5000 | Radioprotectant Procurement Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-08-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness and Response. | House | Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] | PA | R | W000268 | 3 | Radioprotectant Procurement Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Defense to utilize and expend funds necessary for rapidly developing, bringing to market, and procuring whole-body radioprotectants. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security: (1) to report to Congress on the threat of a nuclear or radiological attack against the United States and the availability of effective radioprotectant medical countermeasures; and (2) upon determining that an effective radioprotectant is available or may become available within a reasonable time, to enter into agreements with private companies for the procurement of enough effective, safe, stable, and low-cost radioprotectants to protect the people of the United States, including in a multi-location attack scenario. | 2023-01-14T22:48:20Z | |
| 108-s-2718 | 108 | s | 2718 | STOP Underage Drinking Act | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8692-8695) | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 8 | Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act or STOP Underage Drinking Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish an interagency coordinating committee to guide policy and program development across the Federal Government on underage drinking; (2) issue an annual report card to rate the performance of each State in enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and programs to prevent or reduce underage drinking; (3) develop a set of outcome measures to prepare report cards, including the strictness of the minimum drinking age laws and the number of compliance checks conducted; (4) fund and oversee the Ad Council's national adult-oriented media public service campaign; (5) award grants to reduce the rate of underage alcohol use and binge drinking among students at institutions of higher education; and (6) collect data on, and conduct or support research on, underage drinking, including the impact alcohol use and abuse has upon adolescent brain development, the scope of the underage drinking problem, and progress in preventing and treating underage drinking. Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to award grants to design, test, evaluate, and disseminate strategies to maximize the effectiveness of community-wide approaches to preventing and reducing underage drinking. Requires the Secretary to carry out activities toward the objectives of: (1) testing every unnatural death of persons ages 12 to 20 for alcohol involvement; (2) obtaining new epidemiological data that identifies alcohol use and attitudes about alcohol use during pre- and early adolescence; and (3) developing or identifying successful clinical treatment for youth with alcohol problems. | 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z | |
| 108-s-2725 | 108 | s | 2725 | Closing the Coverage Gap Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 3 | Closing the Coverage Gap Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to eliminate: (1) the initial standard prescription drug coverage limit of $2,250 (adjusted for inflation); and (2) the MedicareAdvantage regional plan stabilization fund. Repeals the Premium Support Demonstration Program. Eliminates Health Savings Accounts under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. | 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z | |
| 108-s-2730 | 108 | s | 2730 | Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of: (1) counseling for cessation of tobacco use; and (2) tobacco cessation pharmacotherapy. Provides for similar benefits under SSA titles V (Maternal and Child Health Services) and XIX (Medicaid). | 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z | |
| 108-s-2739 | 108 | s | 2739 | Investing in America's Future Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8715-8720) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | Investing in America's Future Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop public service announcements to promote the allied health professions. Requires the Secretary to award grants to promote the allied health professions, including by: (1) increasing education opportunities; (2) expanding enrollment into allied health programs; and (3) developing retention strategies. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to provide for faculty loan funds to increase the number of qualified allied health faculty. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide scholarships to individuals seeking allied health education who agree to provide service in rural and other medically underserved areas with personnel shortages; (2) develop a system for collecting and analyzing workforce data to determine practitioner shortages and project future needs; and (3) include allied health schools among the schools eligible to receive grants to support Centers of Excellence in health professions education for underrepresented minority individuals. Directs the Comptroller General to establish a Health Workforce Advisory Commission to review the impact Federal workforce policies have on the health care system, analyze the implications of an internationally trained workforce, and make recommendations concerning health workforce policy issues. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a Rural States Physician Recruitment and Retention Demonstration Program for ameliorating physician shortage, recruitment, and retention problems in rural States; and (2) a State-specific health professions database to track the licensing and training of health professionals in each demonstration State. | 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z | |
| 108-s-2740 | 108 | s | 2740 | Dental Health Provider Shortage Act | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8721-8723) | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 3 | Dental Health Provider Shortage Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants to: (1) health centers to increase the number of dental providers and to increase dental health care capabilities by constructing or renovating building space; and (2) eligible individuals in dental health professional shortage areas to increase dental health care capabilities by constructing or renovating building space in exchange for an agreement to practice for five years in such an area and to provide care for certain patients receiving assistance or unable to pay. Allows the Secretary to award grants to health centers to establish accredited dental residency training programs. Requires the Secretary to award grants to: (1) simplify and automate the procedures applicable to Medicaid providers to encourage providers to participate in the dental component of the program; and (2) develop, disseminate, and assist with the implementation of a model contract for States to use to enroll dentists as Medicaid providers. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to carry out a program to repay any outstanding student loans of full-time faculty members of a school of dentistry or an accredited dental education program. Allows the Director of the Indian Health Service to authorize a retention bonus for an eligible dental officer of the Indian Health Service. Sets forth provisions regarding dentists and dental hygienists in the National Health Service Corps. | 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z | |
| 108-s-2741 | 108 | s | 2741 | Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-09-09 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8980) | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 3 | Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a research agenda for the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and facilitate surveillance and prevention of such disorders. Requires the Secretary to award grants for individuals with FASD, including to: (1) establish programs of surveillance, prevention, and treatment for such individuals; (2) identify best practices for educating affected children, educating officials in the criminal justice system on coping with such individuals, and educating adoption or foster care agency officials about services for children with FASD; and (3) provide for transitional services for such individuals and for respite care for their caretakers. Requires the Secretary to issue public service announcements to raise awareness of the risks associated with alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Requires the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders to identify and describe the ten most important actions that must be taken to reduce prenatal alcohol exposure and all its adverse outcomes. Requires the Secretary of Education to direct the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to take certain actions with regard to individuals with FASD, including implementing screening procedures and introducing curricula on how to educate children with such disorders. Requires the Attorney General to direct the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to take certain actions with regard to individuals with FASD, including educating officials on how to treat such individuals, studying the inadequacies of the current system for dealing with such individuals, and developing transition programs for such individuals who are released from incarceration. | 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z | |
| 108-s-2743 | 108 | s | 2743 | Veterans Eye Treatment Safety (VETS) Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8728-8729) | Senate | Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL] | IL | R | F000442 | 4 | Veterans Eye Treatment Safety (VETS) Act of 2004 - Allows eye surgery at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility or under contract with the Department to be performed only by a licensed medical doctor, licensed doctor of osteopathy, or licensed dentist whose practice is limited to oral or maxillofacial surgery. | 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z | |
| 108-s-2749 | 108 | s | 2749 | Children's Access to Vision Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] | MD | D | S000064 | 1 | Children's Access to Vision Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to make grants to States for: (1) comprehensive eye examinations for children needing such services, with priority for children under nine years old; (2) subsequent vision treatment or services; and (3) educational materials on recognizing signs of visual impairment in children. Directs the Secretary to coordinate the grant program with appropriate Federal and State child services programs. Requires an annual State program evaluation. | 2023-01-14T22:48:25Z | |
| 108-s-2754 | 108 | s | 2754 | Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8740-8741) | Senate | Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] | SD | D | D000064 | 11 | Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit increases in the monthly Medicare premium, including the Medicare Advantage prescription drug program premium, to 25 percent of any Social Security cost of living increase. | 2023-01-14T22:48:25Z | |
| 108-s-2759 | 108 | s | 2759 | Children's Health Protection and Improvement Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-10-01 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10259-10260) | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 37 | Children's Health Protection and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the extended availability through FY 2004 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2001. Specifies formulae for amounts to be used in computing redistributions for FY 2003, 2003, and 2004. Provides for reallocation of 70 percent of the expiring FY 1998, 1999, and 2000 funds to States that have fully expended their annual allotments. Extends the availability of the remaining 30 percent of such expiring funds with the States that currently have them. Permits 50 percent of the total amount of a State's unexpended FY 2002 SCHIP allotments to remain available through FY 2006. Permits 50 percent of the total amount of a State's unexpended FY 2003 and 2004 SCHIP allotments to remain available through the end of FY 2007. Requires redistribution of the other 50 percent of such funds to States that have fully spent their allotments during the three-year period they were available. Requires a second redistribution according to the same 70-30 formula of any retained or redistributed funds still unexpended at the end of the two-year extention or redistribution. Provides for continued authority for qualifying States to use certain funds for Medicaid expenditures. | 2023-01-14T22:48:25Z | |
| 108-s-2766 | 108 | s | 2766 | Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Prescription Drug and Health Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, with respect to prescription drug plans, to repeal the prohibition against interference by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) with negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors, and against the Secretary's requiring a particular formulary or instituting a price structure for the reimbursement of covered part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drugs. Grants the Secretary authority similar to that of other Federal entities that purchase prescription drugs in bulk to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of covered part D drugs. Directs the HHS Secretary report regularly to Congress a comparison of the prices for covered part D drugs with the average price a retail pharmacy would charge an individual who does not have health insurance coverage for purchasing the same strength, quanity, and dosage form of such drugs. Amends SSA title XVIII to eliminate the initial standard prescription drug coverage limit of $2,250 (adjusted for inflation). Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the HHS Secretary to make grants available to States to establish reporting systems designed according to guidelines developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to reduce medical errors and improve health care quality. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency, to establish a program funding at least 15 demonstration projects to determine the causes of medical errors and develop specified methods to reduce them. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for establishment of a national database of medical errors; (2) educate patients and family members about their role in reducing medical errors; (3) develop programs that encourage patients to take a more active role in their medical treatment; and (4) make grants to h… | 2023-01-14T22:48:25Z | |
| 108-s-2771 | 108 | s | 2771 | Quality of Care for Individuals With Cancer Act | Health | 2004-07-22 | 2004-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8760-8766) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 1 | Quality of Care for Individuals with Cancer Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the development of core sets of quality of cancer care measures to be used in Federal programs. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to : (1) award grants to expand the ability of State cancer registries to monitor and evaluate the quality of cancer care; (2) establish the Cancer Surveillance System to monitor State cancer registries; and (2) provide for the development, expansion, and evaluation of such registries. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to: (1) conduct and support research pertaining to the quality of cancer care; and (2) award grants to develop or adopt model systems of cancer care. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to establish a National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program to improve the quality of cancer care. Requires the Secretary to award grants regarding quality of cancer care, including grants to develop: (1) cancer case management programs; (2) model programs for the delivery of palliative care; (3) programs for cancer survivorship; (4) end-of-life programs; and (5) curricula for health care provider training. Requires the Director of the National Cancer Institute to: (1) establish and support programs to assure an adequate and diverse cancer care workforce; and (2) support multidisciplinary, translational cancer research. Sets forth conditions for the waiver of certain requirements for making grants to States for breast cancer and cervical cancer programs. Requires the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to evaluate State and Federal comprehensive cancer control programs and the quality of care received by Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. | 2023-01-14T22:48:25Z | |
| 108-hr-4880 | 108 | hr | 4880 | Quality, Efficiency, Standards, and Technology for Health Care Transformation Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-21 | 2004-09-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | K000113 | 1 | Josie King Act of 2004 or Quality, Efficiency, Standards, and Technology for Health Care Transformation Act of 2004 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to award grants and offer loans to health information infrastructure organizations and States to develop, implement, and maintain health information exchanges. Requires the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Defense, and Veteran Affairs to: (1) adopt data standards for the interoperability of health information technology systems; and (2) incorporate measures of health care practitioner performance into their health care programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a methodology for adjusting Medicare payments for providers who participate in a health information exchange or use other such technology. Requires the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Resources and Quality to enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine to establish the Consortium for Health Outcomes Research Priorities to: (1) establish priorities for research relating to the effectiveness and efficiency of health care; and (2) identify priorities for developing standardized measures of health care provider performance. Allows the Director to award grants for scholarships to health care professionals to earn advanced degrees in the field of health care quality and patient safety. Requires the Secretary to establish a claims-based and a clinical-based practitioner performance database. Allows group health plans to submit data to the claims-based database in exchange for Medicare claims data. Requires such contributions to the database after 4 years. Allows health care practitioners to submit data to the clinical-based database. Allows the Secretary to provide for Medicare payment adjustments based on performance measurements of physicians and institutions. | 2023-01-14T22:48:19Z | |
| 108-hr-4888 | 108 | hr | 4888 | STOP Underage Drinking Act | Health | 2004-07-21 | 2004-07-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-34] | CA | D | R000486 | 18 | Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act or STOP Underage Drinking Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish an interagency coordinating committee to guide policy and program development across the Federal Government on underage drinking; (2) issue an annual report card to rate the performance of each State in enacting, enforcing, and creating laws, regulations, and programs to prevent or reduce underage drinking; (3) develop a set of outcome measures to prepare report cards, including the strictness of the minimum drinking age laws and the number of compliance checks conducted; (4) fund and oversee the Ad Council's national adult-oriented media public service campaign; (5) award grants to reduce the rate of underage alcohol use and binge drinking among students at institutions of higher education; and (6) collect data on, and conduct or support research on, underage drinking, including the impact alcohol use and abuse has upon adolescent brain development, the scope of the underage drinking problem, and progress in preventing and treating underage drinking. Requires the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to award grants to design, test, evaluate, and disseminate strategies to maximize the effectiveness of community-wide approaches to preventing and reducing underage drinking. Requires the Secretary to carry out activities toward the objectives of: (1) testing every unnatural death of persons ages 12 to 20 for alcohol involvement; (2) obtaining new epidemiological data that identifies alcohol use and attitudes about alcohol use during pre- and early adolescence; and (3) developing or identifying successful clinical treatment for youth with alcohol problems. | 2023-01-14T22:48:18Z | |
| 108-s-2704 | 108 | s | 2704 | Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2004 | Health | 2004-07-21 | 2004-07-23 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 668. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 0 | Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to grant States the option of covering certain categories of eligible women and child resident aliens under the Medicaid and SCHIP programs. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to provide for an extension of conveyance and passenger customs user fees. | 2021-09-29T22:24:13Z |
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