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| 109-hr-6431 | 109 | hr | 6431 | To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve the Change In Scope Request submitted by Family HealthCare Network to the Bureau of Primary Health Care on December 8, 2005. | Health | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] | CA | R | N000181 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to approve the Change in Scope Request submitted to the Bureau of Primary Health Care on December 8, 2005, by Family HealthCare Network (requesting a change in the scope of a specific grant by adding surgical services for the Counties of Tulare and Kings, California). | 2019-11-15T21:17:39Z | |
| 109-s-4114 | 109 | s | 4114 | Generics First Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 0 | Generics First Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude from coverage under the Medicare part D prescription drug program all nongeneric (brand name) drugs unless no generic drug has been approved, and the brand name drug is determined to be medically necessary. | 2019-11-15T21:54:03Z | |
| 109-hr-6380 | 109 | hr | 6380 | Medication Safety Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7] | IN | D | C000191 | 1 | Medication Safety Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare), as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, with respect to requirements for payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt certain consensus-based measures, approved by national organizations with health care quality expertise, which are designed to reduce the likelihood of hospital medication errors. | 2019-11-15T21:49:33Z | |
| 109-hr-6394 | 109 | hr | 6394 | Telehealth and Medically Underserved and Advancement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Telehealth and Medically Underserved and Advancement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the type of originating sites allowed to offer telehealth services, including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and county or community health clinics; and (2) remove the requirement that such originating sites must be in rural areas. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to convene a conference of state licensing boards, local telehealth projects, health care practitioners, and patient advocates to promote interstate licensure for telehealth projects. Authorizes the Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth to award grants to: (1) demonstrate how telehealth technologies can be used to expand access to, coordinate, and improve the quality of health care services, and to improve and expand the training of health care providers, the quality of health information available, and efforts to eliminate health care disparities; and (2) provide oral health services to patients who reside in rural areas. Directs the Secretary to establish a Joint Working Group on Telehealth to: (1) identify, monitor, and coordinate federal telehealth projects, data sets, and programs in rural and urban areas; (2) analyze how telehealth systems are expanding access to health care services, education, and information; (3) analyze the clinical, educational, or administrative efficacy and cost-effectiveness of telehealth applications; (4) analyze the quality of the telehealth services delivered; (5) analyze how telehealth systems can advance the improve of health care quality and the elimination of health care disparities; (6) analyze the federal resources needed to accomplish the stated objectives of telehealth programs; and (7) make recommendations for coordinating federal and state efforts to increase access to health services, education, and information in rural and urban medically underserved areas. | 2019-11-15T21:49:33Z | |
| 109-hr-6395 | 109 | hr | 6395 | Expanding, Rebuilding, and Improving Access to Qualified Health Care Professionals in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Affected Areas Act | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Expanding, Rebuilding, and Improving Access to Qualified Health Care Professionals in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Affected Areas Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish: (1) the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Public Health Workforce Scholarship Program to ensure an adequate supply of public health professionals in state and local public health agencies in areas directly affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita; and (2) the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program for individuals agreeing to work at a public health agency. Provides for an additional loan repayment incentive amount for working in a Hurricane Katrina or Rita priority service area. Provides for grants to test, implement, and evaluate models of cultural competence training. Reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) assistance to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake education to enter a health profession; (2) assistance to schools for programs of excellence in health professions education for underrepresented minorities; and (3) a loan repayment program for qualified health professionals that agree to conduct certain prevention activities. Allows the Secretary to make grants for scholarships to individuals changing careers to a health profession. Gives priority to individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds and who seek to work in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita. Requires the Secretary to make additional payments under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to states directly affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita for: (1) health services; (2) health professional recruitment, training, and retention programs; and (3) repair, renovation, and construction of health facilities. | 2019-11-15T21:49:33Z | |
| 109-hr-6397 | 109 | hr | 6397 | Ensuring Mental Health Service Access Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Ensuring Mental Health Services Access Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support programs to promote mental health among all children and their families and to provide early intervention services to ameliorate identified mental health problems in children and adolescents. Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director, to make grants to provide mental health services in response to public health emergencies. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) establish the National Mental Health Crisis Response Technical Assistance Center; and (2) award grants to provide for the training of mental health professionals with respect to the treatment of individuals who are victims of disasters. Allows the Secretary to award grants to increase the coordination and development of disaster preparedness efforts relating to the needs of children. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for marriage and family therapist services. Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide for the training of officers and employees of the state juvenile justice system on access to mental health and substance abuse treatment programs and services in the state for juveniles who come into contact with the state juvenile justice system. Requires the Attorney General to make grants for the establishment and implementation of a program for juveniles who are confined to juvenile correctional facilities and who have mental health or substance abuse problems. Establishes the Federal Coordinating Council on Criminalization of Juveniles to study the criminal and juvenile justice and mental health and substance abuse activities of the federal government and report on legislation to improve the treatment of mentally ill juveniles confined in a juvenile correctional facility. | 2020-02-10T16:51:21Z | |
| 109-hr-6398 | 109 | hr | 6398 | Emergency Coverage During an Incident of National Significance Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Emergency Coverage During an Incident of National Significance Act of 2006 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to administer a health insurance program for certain individuals affected by an incident of national significance. Requires OPM to contract with three or more carriers to make available five or more federal health benefits plans (subject to the provisions of this Act) to eligible individuals. Allows an income-related tax credit for amounts paid by eligible individuals for coverage under the health insurance plan established by this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for making payments on behalf of certain individuals to such plan. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, other federal officers, and the Director of OPM to submit a plan that: (1) provides for the orderly implementation of the amendments made by this Act; and (2) includes a schedule of actions to be taken to provide for that implementation. | 2019-11-15T21:49:33Z | |
| 109-hr-6399 | 109 | hr | 6399 | Strengthening Public Health Protections in Major Disasters and Emergencies Act | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Strengthening Public Health Protections in Major Disasters and Emergencies Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, if one or more chemicals or substances associated with potential acute or chronic human health effects are being or have been released in a major disaster area, to carry out a program for the protection, assessment, monitoring, and study of the health and safety of workers or volunteers who responded to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita or who respond to a major disaster or emergency, residents in a disaster area, or persons who are employed in, or who attend school, child care, or adult day care in, a disaster area. Authorizes the President to carry out such a program through a cooperative agreement with a medical institution or consortium of medical institutions, especially those located near the disaster area and any other area in which there reside groups of individuals that worked or volunteered in response to the disaster. Requires such institution to have appropriate experience in the areas of environmental or occupational health, toxicology, and safety. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enter jointly into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study and report on disaster area health and environmental protection and monitoring. Amends: (1) the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to extend to September 30, 2010, the authority for the predisaster hazard mitigation program; and (2) the Public Health Service Act to authorize the use of preventive health services block grants for community outreach and education programs and other activities designed to address and prevent health and health care disparities. | 2020-02-14T19:14:24Z | |
| 109-hr-6400 | 109 | hr | 6400 | Extended Access to Medicare Benefits Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Extended Access to Medicare Benefits Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to add a new part E providing certain individuals between ages 21 and 65 with access to Medicare benefits, with the addition of prenatal care and family planning services. Creates in the Treasury the Medicare for the Uninsured Trust Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit equal to 85% of part E premiums paid for the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse and dependents; and (2) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program to make premium payments on behalf of individuals enrolled under part E to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. | 2020-02-10T16:51:21Z | |
| 109-hr-6403 | 109 | hr | 6403 | Bridges of Hope for Transitional Health Insurance Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Schwarz, John J.H. "Joe" [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S001161 | 0 | Bridges of Hope for Transitional Health Insurance Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to provide funds to eligible public health authorities for the provision of temporary assistance to individual workers who have suffered from permanent changes in a major segment of industrial production employment in a sector of the economy in an area through irreversible structural changes. Sets forth funding eligibility requirements, including that there is an economic dislocation in the area that results in the creation of an employment shortage for individuals in a particular segment of the industrial economy that is attributable to national treaties, statutes, policies, and objectives. Requires a program to: (1) provide assistance in paying for health care premiums for employees and former employees (and their family members) in the area served by the authority; and (2) provide such assistance on a sliding scale that does not take into account the value of an individual's homestead or other non-liquid assets. Allows an eligible public health authority to aggregate and assign individuals to various insurers and to negotiate on behalf of the authority and the federal government for health insurance opportunities that improve the range of coverage and plans or that result in a more reasonable premium or a greater mix of coverage and covered services. | 2019-11-15T21:17:37Z | |
| 109-hr-6405 | 109 | hr | 6405 | Long-Term Care Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] | NM | R | W000789 | 0 | Long-Term Care Improvement Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Own Your Own Future long-term care awareness campaign should be expanded and implemented in all states; and (2) the Administration on Aging should distribute the document entitled "Long-Term Care Planning Kit" published by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of such campaign. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate a day each year as the Day for a National Conversation on Long-Term Care. Establishes the Long-Term Care Financing Commission to conduct analyses of the financing of long-term care, including the financing of nursing facilities. Requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to consider the operating margins, government funding, and quality improvement efforts of skilled nursing facilities in making its payment rate recommendations for such facilities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individuals a tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums; (2) allow long-term care insurance to be offered in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements; and (3) make certain consumer protection provisions applicable to long-term care insurance contracts. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to repeal limitations on the eligibility of residents of certain small publicly-operated community residences for supplemental security income benefits. | 2019-11-15T21:49:32Z | |
| 109-s-4083 | 109 | s | 4083 | Hospital Quality Reporting Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 1 | Hospital Quality Reporting Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare), as amended by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, with respect to requirements for payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt certain consensus-based measures, approved by national organizations with health care quality expertise, which are designed to reduce the likelihood of hospital medication errors. | 2019-11-15T21:54:02Z | |
| 109-s-4098 | 109 | s | 4098 | Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11346-11348) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 2 | Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require an application for the approval of a medical device or a product development protocol to include: (1) a description of any pediatric subpopulations that suffer from the disease or condition that the device is intended to treat, diagnose, or cure; and (2) the number of affected pediatric patients. Excludes a medical device distributed pursuant to the humanitarian device exemption from the prohibition that no device be sold for an amount that exceeds the cost of the device if: (1) the device is intended for the treatment or diagnosis of a disease or condition that occurs in pediatric patients; and (2) other specified requirements are met. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to designate a contact point to help innovators and physicians access funding for pediatric medical device development. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for demonstration projects to promote pediatric device development. Includes as a duty of the Office of Pediatric Therapeutics increasing pediatric access to medical devices. Allows the Secretary to require: (1) postmarket surveillance on certain devices that are expected to have significant use in pediatric populations; and (2) a prospective surveillance period of more than 36 months for such devices, as necessary. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to establish a publicly accessible database of all studies and surveillance of medical devices. Requires the Secretary to adopt voluntary national standards for medical device coding. | 2020-02-10T17:00:40Z | |
| 109-hr-6357 | 109 | hr | 6357 | To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the monthly amount of prescription drug cost-sharing for full-benefit dual eligible individuals and other lowest-income individuals under the Medicare Prescription Drug Program. | Health | 2006-12-05 | 2006-12-05 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] | NY | D | C001038 | 0 | Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to limit to $10, adjusted for inflation, the monthly amount of prescription drug cost-sharing for full-benefit dual eligible individuals (eligible for both part D and Medicaid under SSA title XIX) and other lowest-income individuals. | 2019-11-15T21:49:32Z | |
| 109-sres-617 | 109 | sres | 617 | A resolution designating November 2006 as "National Lung Cancer Awareness Month". | Health | 2006-11-16 | 2006-11-16 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11075) | Senate | Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] | GA | R | C000286 | 0 | Designates November 2006 as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Reaffirms the Senate's commitment to: (1) advancing lung cancer research and early detection, particularly the Lung Cancer Alliance of Georgia's goal of significantly increasing the 5-year survival rate of individuals diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States to 50% within 10 years; and (2) working with all federal agencies involved in cancer research to develop a coordinated road map for accomplishing that goal. | 2023-01-12T17:51:57Z | |
| 109-sres-619 | 109 | sres | 619 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Senator Paul Wellstone should be remembered for his compassion and leadership on social issues and that Congress should act to end discrimination against citizens of the United States who live with mental illness by making legislation relating to mental health parity a priority for the 110th Congress. | Health | 2006-11-16 | 2006-11-16 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11103; text as passed Senate: CR S11103; text of measure as introduced: CR S11076) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 10 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) on the fourth anniversary of his passing, Senator Paul Wellstone should be remembered for his compassion and leadership on social issues throughout his career; and (2) Congress should act to end discrimination against U.S. citizens who live with a mental illness by enacting legislation to provide for coverage of mental health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage. | 2018-02-03T18:51:00Z | |
| 109-sres-620 | 109 | sres | 620 | A resolution designating November 2006 as "National Lung Cancer Awareness Month". | Health | 2006-11-16 | 2006-11-16 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11103; text as passed Senate: CR S11103; text of measure as introduced: CR S11076-11077) | Senate | Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] | GA | R | C000286 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates November 2006 as National Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Reaffirms the Senate's commitment to: (1) advancing lung cancer research and early detection, particularly the Lung Cancer Alliance of Georgia's goal of significantly increasing the 5-year survival rate of individuals diagnosed with lung cancer in the United States to 50% within 10 years; and (2) working with all federal agencies involved in cancer research to develop a coordinated road map for accomplishing that goal. | 2018-02-03T18:51:05Z | |
| 109-s-4056 | 109 | s | 4056 | Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-11-15 | 2006-11-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] | GA | R | I000055 | 1 | Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytologic preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; and (2) maintain a record of program results. Requires the Secretary to terminate individual proficiency testing that was in effect before enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-12T17:51:58Z | |
| 109-hjres-99 | 109 | hjres | 99 | Health Protection Amendment | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] | MN | D | M001143 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Health Protection Amendment - Declares that health care, including care to prevent and treat illness, is the right of all U.S. citizens and necessary to ensure the strength of the nation. | 2023-01-12T17:52:22Z | |
| 109-hr-6257 | 109 | hr | 6257 | Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] | CA | D | W000215 | 1 | Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a process for the approval of a comparable biological product based on its similarity to a previously licensed biological product (the reference product). Allows a person to file an abbreviated comparable product application with the Secretary of Health and Human Services that includes: (1) data demonstrating that the product is comparable to the reference product; (2) information to show that the conditions or conditions of use prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling proposed for the comparable product have been previously approved for the reference product; and (3) information to show that the route of administration, the dosage form, and the strength of the comparable product are the same as those of the reference product. Sets forth conditions for approval of such an application by the Secretary. Allows an applicant to request that the Secretary make a determination as to the interchangeability of a comparable product and the reference product. Provides market exclusivity to such an interchangeable product. Requires the Secretary to establish requirements for the efficient review, approval, suspension, and revocation of comparable product applications. Sets forth provisions governing patent infringement claims against the license holder of a comparable product. Amends the Internal Review Code to allow a tax credit for qualified clinical testing expenses. | 2023-01-12T17:52:13Z | |
| 109-hr-6260 | 109 | hr | 6260 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare Program of certain medical mobility devices approved as class III medical devices. | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | B000220 | 6 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under Medicare of certain medical mobility devices approved as a class III medical device pursuant to a premarket approval application under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:13Z | |
| 109-hr-6275 | 109 | hr | 6275 | Health Equity and Justice Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] | VI | D | C000380 | 2 | Health Equity and Justice Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for: (1) establishment of the Robert T. Matsui Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Healthcare; (2) programs to improve language access to health care for individuals with limited English proficiency; and (3) programs to improve health care for patient populations that have low functional health literacy. Provides for the establishment of: (1) a national working group on workforce diversity; (2) a technical clearinghouse on health workforce diversity; (3) a health and healthcare disparities education program; and (4) an Advisory Committee on Health Professions Training for Diversity. Requires federal health-related programs to: (1) require the collection of data on the race, ethnicity, and primary language of each applicant for and recipient of health-related assistance; and (2) analyze such data to detect racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. Renames the Office of Minority Health as the Office of Minority Health Disparity Elimination. Requires the Indian Health Service (IHS) to be administered by an Assistant Secretary of Indian Health (in place of the Director of IHS), who shall report directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires four specified federal agencies to each establish an Office of Minority Health and Racial, Ethnic, and Primary Language Health Disparities Elimination. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) an Office of Minority Health within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and (2) an Office of Minority Affairs within the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Establishes the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice and the Federal Environmental Justice Advisory Committee. Provides for grants to establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care. | 2023-01-12T17:52:13Z | |
| 109-hr-6280 | 109 | hr | 6280 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of screening tests for human papillomavirus (HPV). | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of screening tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) associated with a higher risk of cervical cancer. | 2023-01-12T17:52:13Z | |
| 109-hr-6281 | 109 | hr | 6281 | Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors (Medicare Prescription Drug SOS) Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] | TX | D | D000399 | 43 | Medicare Prescription Drug Savings for Our Seniors (Medicare Prescription Drug SOS) Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) offer one or more Medicare operated prescription drug plans (PDPs) with a service area consisting of the entire United States; and (2) negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers to reduce the purchase cost of covered part D drugs. Requires the monthly beneficiary premium for qualified prescription drug coverage and access to negotiated prices to be uniform nationally. Provides for auto-enrollment of subsidy eligible individuals in Medicare operated PDPs. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide for the use of 2005 as base in computing the state clawback provision. Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to: (1) eliminate cost-sharing for certain full-benefit dual eligibles, and the indexing on the price sharing for dual-eligibles and qualifying low income beneficiaries; (2) expedite low-income subsidies under the Medicare PDP; (3) increase permitted resources to obtain low-income subsidies; and (4) waive the late enrollment penalty for subsidy eligible individuals for first 24 months of non-enrollment. Sets forth anti-fraud and abuse provisions. Provides for protection of Social Security benefits against a decrease owing to part D Medicare premium increases. Extends the annual enrollment periods of the Medicare PDP. Prohibits a PDP sponsor from removing a covered part D drug from the plan formulary, or otherwise introduce a barrier to access to covered part D drugs, without advance notice. Directs the Secretary to review benzodiazepine prescription policies to assure appropriateness and avoid abuse. Eliminates the MA Regional Stabilization Fund and certain Medicare Advantage overpayments. Requires prompt payment of clean claims by Medicare and Medicare Advantage PDPs. Prohibits co-branding. Provides for the: (1) payment of minimum disp… | 2023-01-12T17:52:13Z | |
| 109-hr-6289 | 109 | hr | 6289 | Personalized Health Information Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | K000113 | 0 | Personalized Health Information Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to provide financial incentives for the establishment of interactive qualifying personal health records for Medicare and other patients and their health care providers in order to: (1) provide patients access to and control over their personal health data and information and educational information; and (2) make available to authorized health care providers a more accurate minimum data set of patient information. Directs that under the program each qualified physician receives an incentive payment for each qualifying patient. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish a list of qualifying physicians who participate in Medicare and have received such payments; and (2) take steps to educate Medicare beneficiaries and providers and other patients about the benefits of qualifying personal health records. Sets forth requirements for a qualified personal health record, including that such record: (1) is controlled solely by the patient; (2) meets minimum security standards; (3) complies with interoperability data standards; (4) is capable of sending patient-specific patient education, reminders, and clinical messages to the patient; and (5) is capable of providing de-identified data for public health analysis and research purposes. Requires the Secretary to: (1) set minimum security, privacy, and data use standards for such health records; (2) establish a consumer protection board to recommend standards and procedures to the Secretary; and (3) establish a PHR Incentive Fund to make incentive payments. Provides that such Fund shall accept contributions from: (1) the Secretary for Medicare beneficiaries; (2) drug manufacturers for messages regarding medical adherence programs; and (3) other Fund partners. | 2023-01-12T17:52:12Z | |
| 109-hr-6290 | 109 | hr | 6290 | Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies a voluntary policy to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools. Directs that such policy address: (1) a parental obligation to provide the school with information regarding a student's food allergy and anaphylaxis; (2) creation of an individual health care plan tailored to each student with a documented risk for anaphylaxis; (3) communication strategies between schools and emergency medical services; (4) strategies to reduce the risk of exposure in classrooms and common areas; (5) food allergy management training of school personnel; and (6) authorization and training of school personnel to administer epinephrine when the school nurse is not immediately available. Allows the Secretary to award grants to assist local educational agencies in implementing food allergy management guidelines contained in the policy. | 2023-01-12T17:52:12Z | |
| 109-hr-6296 | 109 | hr | 6296 | To amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to restore State authority to waive the application of the 35-mile rule to permit the designation of a critical access hospital in Cass County, Minnesota. | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 0 | Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to permit the designation of a critical access hospital in Cass County, Minnesota, by exempting it from the requirement that it be certified by the state before January 1, 2006, as being a necessary provider of health care services to residents in the area. (Thus restores to Minnesota state authority to waive the application of the 35-mile rule.) | 2023-01-12T17:52:12Z | |
| 109-hr-6302 | 109 | hr | 6302 | To remove the frequency limitation on Medicare coverage for intermittent catheterization. | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | R000574 | 0 | Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in making coverage determinations respecting intermittent catheterization under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, from denying coverage of a replacement catheter on the basis of frequency of use. | 2023-01-12T17:52:12Z | |
| 109-hr-6303 | 109 | hr | 6303 | ACCESS Act | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 0 | Access, Compassion, Care, and Ethics for Seriously Ill Patients Act or the ACCESS Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to replace the current fast track product approval process with a multi-tiered approval process for any investigational drug, biological product, or device. Provides for expedited approval for a drug, biological product, or device for a serious or life-threatening condition, with additional conditions such as additional studies, limits on advertising and promotional materials, and expedited withdrawal procedures. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish the Accelerated Approval Advisory Committee to issue recommendations to the Secretary on applications submitted by a sponsor of such a drug, product, or device; (2) prohibit placebo-only or no-treat-only concurrent controls in clinical investigations with respect to any life-threatening condition or disease where reasonably effective, approved, alternative therapies exist for the specific indication; (3) establish a program to encourage the development of surrogate endpoints and biomarkers that are reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit for serious or life-threatening conditions for which there exist significant unmet medical needs; (4) request that the Institute of Medicine undertake a study to identify validated surrogate endpoints and biomarkers, and recommend research to validate surrogate endpoints and biomarkers, that may support approvals for products intended for the treatment of serious or life-threatening conditions or diseases; and (5) give equal weight to clinical judgment and statistical analysis in the evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of new products and not disapprove a product application solely on the basis of a statistical analysis or the rigid use of the 95% confidence level convention. Requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a new program to expand access to investigation treatments for individuals with serious or life-threatening conditions and… | 2023-01-12T17:52:12Z | |
| 109-hr-6309 | 109 | hr | 6309 | Routine HIV/AIDS Screening Coverage Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 14 | Routine HIV/AIDS Screening Coverage Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage to provide coverage for routine HIV/AIDS screening under terms and conditions no less favorable than for other routine screenings. Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) denying eligibility or continued eligibility to enroll or renew solely to avoid these requirements; (2) denying coverage for such screening because there are no known risk factors present or because the screening is not clinically indicated, medically necessary, or pursuant to a referral, consent, or recommendation by any health care provider; (3) providing monetary payments, rebates, or other benefits to encourage individuals to accept less than the minimum protections available under this Act; (4) penalizing or otherwise reducing or limiting the reimbursement of a provider because such provider provided care to a participant or beneficiary in accordance with this Act; (5) providing incentives to induce the provision of care in a manner inconsistent with this Act; or (6) denying a participant or beneficiary continued eligibility to enroll or renew solely because of the results of an HIV/AIDS test or screening procedure. Applies such requirements to health insurance coverage offered in the individual market and coverage offered under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. | 2023-01-12T17:52:12Z | |
| 109-hres-1061 | 109 | hres | 1061 | Requesting the Department of Health and Human Services to outline the Federal Government's responsibilities, taking into account the responsibilities and actions of the State and local governments, to support a program for medically monitoring and treating all individuals who were exposed to the toxins of Ground Zero on 9/11. | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] | NY | R | F000440 | 1 | Requests Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) outline the federal government's responsibilities to support a program for medically monitoring and treating all individuals who were exposed to the toxins of Ground Zero on 9/11; and (2) submit the outline to Congress and the President as quickly as practical. | 2023-01-12T17:52:09Z | |
| 109-hres-1073 | 109 | hres | 1073 | Recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by designating funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how that disease affects African American men. | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] | NY | D | M001137 | 2 | Recognizes that prostate cancer has created a health crisis for African American men. Declares the critical importance of the designation of increased funding for: (1) research to address and attempt to end the health crisis; and (2) efforts relating to education, awareness, and early detection at the grassroots levels to end the health crisis. | 2023-01-12T17:52:09Z | |
| 109-s-4011 | 109 | s | 4011 | A bill to amend the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 to restore State authority to waive the application of the 35-mile rule to permit the designation of a critical access hospital in Cass County, Minnesota. | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] | MN | R | C001057 | 1 | Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to permit the designation of a critical access hospital in Cass County, Minnesota, by exempting it from the requirement that it be certified by the state before January 1, 2006, as being a necessary provider of health care services to residents in the area. (Thus restores to Minnesota state authority to waive the application of the 35-mile rule.) | 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z | |
| 109-s-4016 | 109 | s | 4016 | Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 3 | Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a process for the approval of a comparable biological product based on its similarity to a previously licensed biological product (the reference product). Allows a person to file an abbreviated comparable product application with the Secretary of Health and Human Services that includes: (1) data demonstrating that the product is comparable to the reference product; (2) information to show that the conditions or conditions of use prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling proposed for the comparable product have been previously approved for the reference product; and (3) information to show that the route of administration, the dosage form, and the strength of the comparable product are the same as those of the reference product. Sets forth conditions for approval of such an application by the Secretary. Allows an applicant to request that the Secretary make a determination as to the interchangeability of a comparable product and the reference product. Provides market exclusivity to such an interchangeable product. Requires the Secretary to establish requirements for the efficient review, approval, suspension, and revocation of comparable biological product applications. Sets forth provisions governing patent infringement claims against the license holder of a comparable product. | 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z | |
| 109-s-4017 | 109 | s | 4017 | Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Hospital Payment Improvement and Equity Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a process under which a hospital may appeal its wage index classification under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and select another area within the state (or, at the Secretary's discretion, within a contiguous state) to which to be reclassified. Prescribes special rules for: (1) a competitively disadvantaged hospital in a single-hospital Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) surrounded by rural counties; and (2) rehabilitation hospitals and rehabilitation units. | 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z | |
| 109-s-4021 | 109 | s | 4021 | 9/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 2 | 9/11 Comprehensive Health Benefits Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare-based eligibility and benefits for individuals with a 9/11 disaster-connected health condition. Makes Medicare the secondary payor for 9/11-related coverage. Prohibits a workers' compensation law or plan from discriminating against an individual by virtue of the individual's entitlement to such benefits. Prohibits an employer from discriminating against an individual regarding hiring, advancement, compensation, or other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment by virtue of the individual's entitlement to such benefits. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a consortium to conduct and coordinate screening, monitoring, treatment, and diagnostic research on the 9/11 disaster-connected health conditions. | 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z | |
| 109-s-4022 | 109 | s | 4022 | Remember 9/11 Health Act | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 2 | Remember 9/11 Health Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to deem certain emergency service, rescue and recovery, and law enforcement personnel and transit and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, residents of and individuals employed or attending school, child care, or adult day care in the declared disaster area (eligible recipients) to be civil employees under provisions relating to: (1) compensation to federal employees for work injuries; and (2) claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to federal service, except that such an eligible recipient shall not be responsible for the payment of any health care expenses that result from exposure to the adverse conditions after such attack. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award 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 and analysis for eligible recipients. Limits such monitoring to 20 years and 40,000 individuals. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct or support diagnostic or treatment research for adverse health conditions considered to be associated with the terrorist attacks. Allows the Secretary to establish similar compensation and health programs for those affected by the September 11, 2001, Pentagon attack. Requires the Secretary to convene a 9/11 Health Emergency Coordinating Council to examine and formulate recommendations on the adequacy of the: (1) responses by the federal, state, and local governments and the private sector to the attacks; (2) care and compensation for the victims; (3) federal tracking of the monitoring and treatment of individuals suffering health effects from the attacks; and (4) coordination among the Council members to the attacks. Allows the Council, upo… | 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z | |
| 109-s-4024 | 109 | s | 4024 | Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10697-10710) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 3 | Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) provide for the development of an Internet Clearinghouse within the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparity Elimination; (2) provide for programs of excellence in health professions education for underrepresented minorities in health professions; and (3) support demonstration projects designed to improve the health and health care of racial and ethnic minority and other health disparity populations through improved access to health care, patient navigators, and health literacy education and services. Provides for grants to: (1) design, implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically appropriate, science-based and community-driven sustainable strategies to eliminate racial and ethnic health and health care disparities; and (2) implement systems of primary care practices to eliminate disparities in the delivery of health care and improve the health care provided to all patients. Requires the Secretary to establish the Community Health Initiative demonstration program to support comprehensive state, tribal, or local initiatives to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority and other health disparity populations. Provides for grants or contracts for research to improve the health of racial and ethnic minorities and other health disparity populations. Requires the Secretary to ensure the collection of data from federally conducted or supported health programs by race, ethnicity, geographic location, socioeconomic position, primary language, and, when practicable, health literacy. Establishes an Office of Minority Health and Health Disparity Elimination and transfers to it functions of the Office of Minority Health. Requires the Secretary to establish the Advisory Committee on Minority Health and Health Disparities. | 2023-01-12T17:52:02Z | |
| 109-s-4029 | 109 | s | 4029 | Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | Nursing Education and Quality of Health Care Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to, or enter into contracts with, schools of nursing, health care facilities, or partnerships of such schools and facilities to educate nurses to serve in rural areas, including by developing distance learning education. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants to such schools, facilities, or partnerships for the establishment of demonstration projects that will expand the number of nurse faculty within schools of nursing, including by developing recruitment programs and offering scholarships. Allows the Secretary, in the case of a nurse faculty shortage, to obligate more than 10% of traineeships for advanced nursing education programs to individuals in doctoral degree programs. Requires the Secretary to: (1) award grants to, and enter into contracts with, eligible entities to increase the nursing opportunities for individuals who reside in rural communities, including by increasing and expanding pipeline programs and supporting a web-based health care workforce development system; (2) award grants to entities for demonstration projects that advance the education, delivery, or measurement of quality and patient safety in nursing practice; and (3) award grants to collect data and study the potential benefits of basic and advanced nursing education levels or certification status in the efforts to promote quality improvement strategies and enhance patient outcomes and cost saving measures. | 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z | |
| 109-sres-594 | 109 | sres | 594 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Senator Paul Wellstone should be remembered for his compassion and leadership on social issues and that Congress should act to end discrimination against citizens of the United State who live with a mental illness by making legislation relating to mental health parity a priority for the 110th Congress. | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10749) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 9 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) on the fourth anniversary of his passing, Senator Paul Wellstone should be remembered for his compassion and leadership on social issues throughout his career; (2) Congress should act to help U.S. citizens who live with a mental illness by enacting legislation to provide for equal coverage of mental health benefits with respect to health insurance coverage unless comparable limits are imposed on medical and surgical benefits; and (3) mental health parity legislation should be a priority for consideration in the 110th Congress. | 2023-01-12T17:52:00Z | |
| 109-sres-605 | 109 | sres | 605 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Senator Paul Wellstone should be remembered for his compassion and leadership on social issues and that Congress should act to end discrimination against citizens of the United States who live with a mental illness by making legislation relating to mental health parity a priority for the 110th Congress. | Health | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-30 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10755) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 10 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) on the fourth anniversary of his passing, Senator Paul Wellstone should be remembered for his compassion and leadership on social issues throughout his career; (2) Congress should act to end the discrimination against U.S. citizens who live with a mental illness by guaranteeing equal status for mental and physical illness by health insurance companies; and (3) mental health parity legislation should be a priority for consideration in the 110th Congress. | 2023-01-12T17:52:00Z | |
| 109-hr-6227 | 109 | hr | 6227 | Kids Vision Care Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] | NY | R | F000440 | 6 | Kids Vision Care Act of 2006 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to states to: (1) provide comprehensive eye examinations by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist for children identified by a licensed health care provider or vision screener, with priority to children under age nine; (2) provide treatment or services to correct vision problems of such children; and (3) develop and disseminate educational materials on recognizing signs of visual impairment in children. | 2023-01-12T17:52:14Z | |
| 109-hr-6231 | 109 | hr | 6231 | Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | F000451 | 1 | Catalyst to Better Diabetes Care Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish an advisory group to examine and recommend best practices of chronic illness employee wellness incentivization and disease management programs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare, biennially, a diabetes report card for the nation and for each state that: (1) is adaptable by state and local agencies in order to rate or report local diabetes care, costs, and prevalence; and (2) includes trend analysis in order to track progress in meeting established national goals and objectives and to inform policy and program development. Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify existing efforts to increase awareness of the diabetes and screening benefit among Medicare beneficiaries and providers; and (2) maximize economies of scale, cost-effectiveness, and resource allocation in increasing utilization of the Medicare diabetes screening program. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to conduct, support, and promote the collection, analysis, and publication of data on the prevalence and incidence of type 1 and 2 diabetes and of pre-diabetes. Requires such activities to include an assessment of diabetes as a primary or underlying cause of death. Allows the Secretary to promote the addition to death certificates of language to improve the collection of diabetes mortality data. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the impact of diabetes on the practice of medicine in the United Sates and the level of diabetes medical education that should be required prior to licensure, board certification, and board recertification. | 2023-01-12T17:52:14Z | |
| 109-hr-6235 | 109 | hr | 6235 | FDA Scientific Fairness for Women Act | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 16 | FDA Scientific Fairness for Women Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish the Office of Women's Health within the Office of the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from finding that a reasonable assurance of safety has been shown for an application for premarket approval for a class III device for a breast implant unless the applicant involved has established the lifetime of the implant and demonstrates that safety has been demonstrated for the life of the implant. Requires the Secretary to determine appropriate clinical care and removal and replacement requirements for the implant, including appropriate coverage by government health care systems. Sets forth provisions governing any FDA advisory committee that considers issues concerning breast implants, including that the Secretary may not grant any exemption for conflicts related to personal financial interests. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide for a study on the ionization and levels of platinum in silicone breast implants; and (2) establish a panel of independent scientists for the purpose of designing and conducting the study. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to convene a scientific workshop to review and evaluate current scientific data on the use of emergency contraception by females of childbearing potential under the age of 18, including scientific questions identified in the recent limited approval of Plan B emergency contraception. | 2023-01-12T17:52:14Z | |
| 109-hr-6236 | 109 | hr | 6236 | Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] | PA | R | E000187 | 1 | Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe requirements for a long-term care hospital (LTCH) and patient criteria for prospective payment to an LTCH. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) determine the LTCH diagnosis related groups (LTCH-DRGs) associated with a high severity of illness for specified medical conditions; and (2) study and report to Congress on appropriate quality measures for Medicare patients receiving care in LTCHs. Directs the Secretary to choose three quality measures from the study for LTCHs to report. Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to require annual updates of LTCH base rates and wage indices and the reweighting of LTCH-DRGs. Prohibits the Secretary from extending application of the 25% (or applicable percentage) patient threshold payment adjustment to freestanding LTCHs. | 2023-01-12T17:52:14Z | |
| 109-hr-6247 | 109 | hr | 6247 | Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] | OH | R | P000555 | 1 | Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in connection with such a plan from: (1) denying an eligible participant or beneficiary participation in clinical trials related to the treatment of cancer that are federally funded or conducted under an investigational new drug application reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); (2) denying (or limiting or imposing additional conditions on) the coverage of routine patient costs for items and services furnished in connection with such participation; or (3) discriminating against an individual on the basis of such participation. Includes as routine patient costs all items and services provided in the clinical trial that are otherwise generally available to a qualified individual, with certain exceptions. Applies such prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study the impact on group health plans and health insurance issuers of requiring them to cover routine patient care costs for individuals with serious and life threatening diseases other than cancer. | 2023-01-12T17:52:14Z | |
| 109-s-3963 | 109 | s | 3963 | Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10460-10461) | Senate | Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] | WY | R | T000162 | 2 | Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) access to outpatient occupational and physical therapy services provided incident to a physician's professional services if furnished by an educated or credentialed therapist who does not have a license; and (2) coverage of certified athletic trainer services and lymphedema therapist services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare, including those provided in rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers. | 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z | |
| 109-s-3965 | 109 | s | 3965 | Latina Health Access Act | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10462) | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Latina Health Access Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for programs and activities that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas. Directs that grant funds be used to care for a full spectrum of preventable and treatable health care problems in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner, including through: (1) family planning services and information; (2) prenatal and postnatal care; and (3) assistance and services with respect to asthma, cancer, HIV disease and AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health, diabetes, and heart disease. Requires the Secretary to reserve a portion of grants and assistance awarded under the PHSA for entities that represent medically underserved areas or populations with a large number of uninsured low-income individuals. Directs the Secretary to award grants to research institutions to: (1) conduct research on the health status of populations for which there is an absence of health data, such as the Latina population; and (2) work with organizations that focus on such populations on developing participatory community-based research methods. Requires the Secretary to: (1) provide outreach, education, and delivery of comprehensive health services to uninsured and low-income individuals in a culturally competent manner; and (2) carry out a health education program targeted specifically to such individuals through community centered informational forums, public service announcements, and media campaigns. | 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z | |
| 109-s-3966 | 109 | s | 3966 | HOPE Youth Pregnancy Prevention Act | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10463) | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | HOPE Youth Pregnancy Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to state or local governments or private nonprofit entities for: (1) teenage pregnancy prevention activities targeted at areas with large ethnic minorities and other at-risk youth; and (2) related outreach and public awareness programs, with priority given to programs aimed at such youth. | 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z | |
| 109-s-3972 | 109 | s | 3972 | Fiscal Accountability, Integrity, and Responsibility in SCHIP Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10472-10473) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 5 | Fiscal Accountability, Integrity, and Responsibility in SCHIP Act of 2006, or FAIR-SCHIP Act of 2006 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) to set forth special rules to fund the FY2007 SCHIP allotment shortfalls, including through a redistribution of certain unused FY2005 allotments. Extends authority for qualifying states to use certain funds for Medicaid (SSA title XIX) expenditures. | 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z | |
| 109-s-3975 | 109 | s | 3975 | Community Health Workers Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10474-10475) | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 0 | Community Health Workers Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to promote positive health behaviors for women in target populations, especially racial and ethnic minority women in medically underserved communities. Permits such funds to be used to support community health workers to: (1) educate, guide, and provide outreach regarding health problems among women and especially among racial and ethnic minority women; (2) educate, guide, and provide experiential learning opportunities that target behavioral risk factors, including poor nutrition and tobacco use; (3) educate and guide regarding effective strategies to promote positive health behaviors within the family; (4) educate and provide outreach regarding enrollment in health insurance; (5) promote community wellness and awareness; and (6) educate and refer target populations to appropriate health care agencies and community based programs and organizations. Requires the Secretary to give priority to experienced applicants who propose to target geographic areas: (1) with a high percentage of uninsured or underinsured residents who are eligible for health insurance; (2) with a high percentage of families for whom English is not their primary language; and (3) that encompass the United States-Mexico border region. Requires the Secretary to: (1) encourage community health worker programs to collaborate with academic institutions; and (2) establish guidelines for assuring the quality of the training and supervision of community health workers under programs funded under this Act and for assuring the cost-effectiveness of such programs. | 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z | |
| 109-s-3980 | 109 | s | 3980 | Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 9 | Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies a voluntary policy to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools. Directs that such policy address: (1) a parental obligation to provide the school with information regarding a student's food allergy and anaphylaxis; (2) creation of an individual health care plan tailored to each student with a documented risk for anaphylaxis; (3) communication strategies between schools and emergency medical services; (4) strategies to reduce the risk of exposure in classrooms and common areas; (5) food allergy management training of school personnel; and (6) authorization and training of school personnel to administer epinephrine when the school nurse is not immediately available. Allows the Secretary to award grants to assist local educational agencies in implementing food allergy management guidelines contained in the policy. | 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z | |
| 109-s-3981 | 109 | s | 3981 | Citizen Petition Fairness and Accuracy Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10483-10484) | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 1 | Citizen Petition Fairness and Accuracy Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that any citizen petition or request for stay of action related to an abbreviated new drug application include a statement that the petition: (1) includes all information and views on which the petitioner relies; (2) is well grounded in fact and warranted by law; (3) is not submitted for an improper purpose; and (4) does not contain a materially false, misleading, or fraudulent statement. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to investigate any petition that does not comply. Allows the Secretary to impose penalties for knowingly and willfully submitting a petition for an improper purpose or that contains a materially false, misleading, or fraudulent statement. Provides that such penalties may include: (1) civil penalty; (2) suspension or revocation of the authority to submit a petition; and (3) dismissal of the petition. Requires the Secretary to refer such a violative petition to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for further action. Sets forth the factors that the Secretary shall consider in taking an enforcement action or determining the penalty. Permits any person aggrieved by a petition that may contain violations to request the Secretary to investigate. Subjects knowing and intentional violative requests to civil penalties. Requires the Secretary to take final agency action on such a petition within six months. | 2023-01-12T17:52:03Z | |
| 109-s-3982 | 109 | s | 3982 | Assured Compensation for First Responders Act | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-30 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 655. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Assured Compensation for First Responders Act - Repeals the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (Division C of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006). Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Biodefense Injury Compensation Program to provide compensation for death or any injury, illness, disability, or condition that is likely to have been caused by the administration of a covered countermeasure pursuant to a declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that an actual or potential bioterrorist incident or public health emergency makes such administration to a category of individuals advisable. Requires the Secretary: (1) after making such a declaration, to enter into a contract for the Institute of Medicine to provide its recommendations on the injuries, disabilities, illnesses, and conditions likely to have been caused by the countermeasure; and (2) after receiving such recommendations, to specify those injuries, disabilities, illnesses, and conditions deemed to be included in the Vaccine Injury Table. Sets the effective date for such Program as November 25, 2002. | 2018-02-04T01:45:33Z | |
| 109-s-3983 | 109 | s | 3983 | Responsible Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act | Health | 2006-09-28 | 2006-09-30 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 658. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 0 | Responsible Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act - Repeals the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (Division C of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006). Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Biodefense Injury Compensation Program to provide compensation for death or any injury, illness, disability, or condition that is likely to have been caused by the administration of a covered countermeasure pursuant to a declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that an actual or potential bioterrorist incident or public health emergency makes such administration to a category of individuals advisable. Requires the Secretary: (1) after making such a declaration, to enter into a contract for the Institute of Medicine to provide its recommendations on the injuries, disabilities, illnesses, and conditions likely to have been caused by the countermeasure; and (2) after receiving such recommendations, to specify those injuries, disabilities, illnesses, and conditions deemed to be included in the Vaccine Injury Table. Sets the effective date for such Program as November 25, 2002. Extends liability protection for health professionals administering small pox countermeasures to covered countermeasures under this Act. Excludes from such protection the administration by a qualified person of a covered countermeasure to an individual who was not within a category of individuals covered by the declaration where such qualified person did not have reasonable grounds to believe such individual was within such a category. Makes the United States liable for any claims arising out of the manufacture, distribution, or administration of a covered countermeasure, including claims brought by U.S. military personnel. | 2018-02-04T01:45:37Z | |
| 109-hr-6199 | 109 | hr | 6199 | Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-27 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . | House | Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] | FL | R | B001247 | 2 | Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2006 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Secretary Act to require states to establish a process for joint training and education for nursing home surveyors and providers at least annually as changes to regulations, guidelines, and policy governing nursing facility operations are implemented. Requires individuals newly hired as surveyors to be assigned full-time to a nursing facility to observe actual operations outside of the survey process before the individuals begins oversight responsibilities. Sets forth provisions related to resumption of nursing aid training program for skilled nursing facilities after correction of deficiencies. Permits: (1) split or shared Medicare billing by physicians and nurse practitioners in such facilities; and (2) nurse practitioners employed by such facilities to certify skilled care under Medicaid. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a condition-based system of physical therapy services based on medical necessity; and (2) utilize an area wage index for such facilities based on wage data from such facilities and not from hospitals to determine a federal per diem for such facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to exclude from the Medicare prospective payment system for such facilities: (1) high cost and low probability cancer treatment drugs; (2) all ambulance services; and (3) additional items and services that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Eliminates the hospital stay requirement for coverage of extended care services under Medicare. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to establish a national nursing database to be used to predict future nursing shortages. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a 10-year recovery period for qualified long-term care improvement property. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-hr-6214 | 109 | hr | 6214 | Prevention, Awareness, and Research of Autoimmune Disease Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-27 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] | RI | D | K000113 | 0 | Prevention, Awareness, and Research of Autoimmune Disease Act of 2006 - 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 award grants to eligible entities to conduct public and professional awareness activities regarding autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia. Defines an "eligible entity" as a nonprofit organization, a consumer group, an institution of higher education, a federal, state, or local government agency, or a media organization. Allows such an entity to use grant funds to: (1) promote increased awareness of early intervention and treatment to significantly improve the quality of life for people with autoimmune diseases; (2) target minority communities that may be underserved or disproportionately affected by such diseases; and (3) target women to help reduce the amount of time taken for correct diagnosis of such diseases. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to: (1) award grants to eligible entities for the education of health care providers on potential links between autoimmune diseases and cognitive and mood disorders, such as depression; and (2) establish an educational loan repayment program for physicians agreeing to conduct research on autoimmune diseases. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-hr-6224 | 109 | hr | 6224 | Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-27 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 7 | Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate federal programs intended to prevent and reduce the consumption of beverage alcohol by minors. Directs that a program not receiving a score that demonstrates effectiveness must be modified to be eligible for future funding. Allows the Secretary to make grants to states for activities to prevent and reduce underage drinking by reallocating funds from ineffective grants and programs. Sets forth eligibility requirements, including that the state has: (1) demonstrated coordination among agencies to prevent and reduce underage drinking and abuse; (2) implemented a comprehensive plan to improve enforcement and adjudication of existing underage drinking laws; and (3) penalties for specified underage drinking offenses that escalate with repeat offenses. Allows the Secretary to terminate ineffective programs and transfer the federal amounts involved for use for: (1) programs determined to be effective; (2) evidence-based programs; and (3) incentive grants for state measures. Requires the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking to require that federally funded surveys collect and report data in a consistent manner that allows users to compare survey results. Sets forth age categories to be used in such surveys. | 2023-01-12T17:52:14Z | |
| 109-s-3954 | 109 | s | 3954 | Honest Medicare Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-27 | 2006-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10303) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | Honest Medicare Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available to the public every month, starting February 2007, information on: (1) the number of individuals enrolled in a prescription drug plan (PDP) or a MedicareAdvantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan who have reached the plan’s initial coverage limit but who have not reached the annual out-of-pocket threshold (a gap in prescription drug coverage commonly known as the “donut-hole”); and (2) the amount such individuals are spending on covered part D drugs after they have reached such limit and before they have reached such threshold. | 2023-01-12T17:52:04Z | |
| 109-hr-6175 | 109 | hr | 6175 | Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-26 | 2006-10-02 | 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 | 20 | Medigap Access Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for guaranteed issue of replacement Medicare supplemental (Medigap) policies for beneficiaries under age 65 upon first enrolling under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare. | 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z | |
| 109-hr-6184 | 109 | hr | 6184 | Medicare Academic Anesthesiology and CRNA Payment Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-26 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] | PA | R | E000187 | 7 | Medicare Academic Anesthesiology and CRNA Payment Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to set forth a special payment rule for teaching anesthesiologists (TAs) and teaching certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). Requires payment of 100% of the fee schedule amount otherwise applicable for anesthesia services personally performed by the TA alone when the TA is training physician residents or student nurse anesthetists in a single anesthesia case or two concurrent anesthesia cases, if: (1) the TA is present during all critical or key portions of the anesthesia service or case involved; and (2) either the TA or an anesthesiologist or a CRNA with whom the TA has made special arrangements is immediately available to furnish anesthesia services during the entire case. States that this special payment rule shall not apply in the case of physician services furnished by an anesthesiologist who medically directs a CRNA involved in the training of student nurse anesthetists in a single anesthesia case or two concurrent anesthesia cases. Applies to a CRNA medically directed or medically supervised by a physician in the performance of anesthesia services the current fee schedule amount of one-half of the amount for a physician's medical direction of the performance of such services, regardless of whether or not the CRNA is involved in the training of student nurse anesthetists in a single case or two concurrent cases. Requires payment, however, of 100% of the fee schedule amount otherwise applicable for anesthesia services personally performed by a teaching CRNA alone when the teaching CRNA is not medically directed but is involved in the training of student nurse anesthetists in a single anesthesia case or two concurrent anesthesia cases, if: (1) the teaching CRNA is present during all critical or key portions of the anesthesia service or case involved; and (2) the teaching CRNA (or other CRNA or… | 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z | |
| 109-hr-6186 | 109 | hr | 6186 | America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-26 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | H000413 | 0 | America's Partnership for Nursing Education Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to qualifying states to increase the number of faculty at collegiate schools of nursing to alleviate the shortage of nurses. Sets forth conditions to be a qualifying state, including that the state: (1) has a population increase of more than 50% between 1995 and 2005; (2) is projected to have fewer than 555 nurses per 100,000 residents by 2020; and (3) has a program in place, as of January 1, 2006, to assist in increasing the number of faculty at such schools of nursing. Allows such a grant to be used for collegiate school of nursing salaries, benefits, training, and related expenses. Prohibits such a grant from being expended for any capital expenses. | 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z | |
| 109-hr-6188 | 109 | hr | 6188 | Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-26 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9] | MO | R | H000948 | 4 | Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, with regard to a laboratory-furnished technical component of certain physician pathology services, to treat such component as a service for which payment shall be made to the laboratory, and not as an inpatient hospital or hospital outpatient service for which payment is made to the hospital. | 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z | |
| 109-hr-6191 | 109 | hr | 6191 | To amend title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a one-year extension of the program under such title, and for other purposes. | Health | 2006-09-26 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 49 | Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 to carry out title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (popularly known as the Ryan White Care Act). Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in determining the amounts of formula grants for FY2007, from using a methodology for counting the number of AIDS or HIV cases that is different than the methodology used by the Secretary for FY2006. | 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z | |
| 109-s-3939 | 109 | s | 3939 | RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act | Health | 2006-09-26 | 2006-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] | LA | R | V000127 | 3 | RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to modify the conditions of approval of the new drug application for mifepristone (commonly referred to as RU-486, marketed as Mifeprex) to establish the additional restriction that the drug may not be prescribed or administered by any person other than a licensed physician who: (1) is qualified to personally handle complications resulting from an incomplete abortion or ectopic pregnancy; (2) has been trained to perform surgical abortions and has met all current applicable legal requirements to perform such abortions; (3) is qualified for ultrasound dating of pregnancy and detecting of ectopic pregnancy; (4) has completed a program regarding the prescribing of such drug that uses a curriculum approved by the Secretary; (5) has admitting privileges at a hospital to which the physician can travel in one hour or less; and (6) has been trained to recognize and treat afebrile infections. Requires the Secretary to establish guidelines for the review and approval of such curriculum and for such training. Directs the Secretary to require that information provided to patients in connection with the prescription of the drug include additional strongly worded warnings: (1) regarding the nature of life-threatening afebrile infections and instructions on how to recognize such infections; and (2) against all possible deviations from FDA-approved methods of administration. Prohibits a physician from deviating from FDA-approved methods of administration of such a drug. | 2023-01-12T17:52:04Z | |
| 109-s-3944 | 109 | s | 3944 | A bill to provide for a one year extension of programs under title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act. | Health | 2006-09-26 | 2006-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10191) | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 7 | Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 to carry out title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (popularly known as the Ryan White Care Act). Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in determining the amounts of formula grants for FY2007, from using a methodology for counting the number of AIDS or HIV cases that is different than the methodology used by the Secretary for FY2006. | 2023-01-12T17:52:04Z | |
| 109-s-3945 | 109 | s | 3945 | Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act | Health | 2006-09-26 | 2006-09-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 10 | Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act - Prohibits any federal funds from being provided to a hospital unless the hospital meets certain conditions related to a woman who is a victim of sexual assault, including that the hospital: (1) provides the woman with accurate and unbiased information about emergency contraception; (2) offers emergency contraception to the woman; (3) provides the woman such contraception at the hospital on her request; and (4) does not deny any such services because of the inability of the woman to pay. Prohibits any federal funds from being provided to a hospital unless the hospital provides to survivors of sexual assault, regardless of ability to pay: (1) an assessment of the individual's risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections; (2) advice concerning significantly prevalent infections for which effective post-exposure prophylaxis exists and for which the deferral of treatment either would significantly reduce treatment efficacy or would pose substantial risk to the individual's health; and (3) such prophylactic treatment for infections, upon request. | 2023-01-12T17:52:04Z | |
| 109-hr-6161 | 109 | hr | 6161 | Senior Safety and Dignity Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-25 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . | House | Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] | FL | R | B001247 | 2 | Senior Safety and Dignity Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include in the nursing home patient's bill of rights the right to receive care from a creditable caregiver. Requires a skilled nursing facility (SNF), before hiring a worker, to conduct a background check on the applicant. Prohibits the hiring of abusive workers or workers convicted of a relevant crime. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act, including knowing retention of SNF workers who fail background checks. Applies such requirements and prohibitions to a long-term care facility or provider. Directs the Secretary to establish a national criminal background check program, after evaluation of the pilot program under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, in order to prevent abuse of nursing facility and SNF residents and individuals receiving home health care services and other long-term care services under the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct such criminal background checks. Requires the national criminal background check program to be made available to a long-term care facility or provider. Adds to the nursing home patient's bill of rights the right to a safe environment during an emergency or natural disaster. Requires a SNF under Medicare and Medicaid to: (1) have a clear and preestablished disaster plan; and (2) inform residents and next-of-kin about it and the location of possible evacuation in case of an emergency disaster. Applies the same requirement to other long-term care facilities. | 2023-01-12T17:52:17Z | |
| 109-hr-6164 | 109 | hr | 6164 | National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-25 | 2007-01-15 | Became Public Law No: 109-482. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 14 | National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006 - Title I: NIH Reform - (Sec. 101) Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and reorganize the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including by: (1) renaming NIH agencies as national research institutes or national centers; (2) establishing a Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (the Division); and (3) placing specified offices within the authority of the Division, including the Office of AIDS Research and the Office of Dietary Supplements. Allows the Director of NIH to establish additional offices or administrative units within the Division. Sets at 27 the maximum number of national research institutes and national centers that NIH may have. Authorizes the Director, with the approval of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to reorganize the offices within the Office of the Director if the Director determines that the management and operation of NIH programs and activities would be more efficiently carried out. Sets forth process for any future reorganization. Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory council within NIH to be known as the Scientific Management Review Board to: (1) provide advice not less than once every seven years regarding the use of the authority to reorganize NIH; (2) determine whether and to what extent the organizational authorities should be used; and (3) issue recommendations. Requires that changes recommended by the Board be made, unless the Director objects. Provides for congressional review of any reorganization of NIH, including the addition or elimination of any national research institutes or national centers. (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) be responsible for program coordination across NIH, including conducting priority-setting reviews, to ensure that NIH's research portfolio is balanced and free of unnecessary duplication and takes advantage of collaborative, crosscutting research; (2) assemble accurate data to be used to assess resea… | 2023-09-05T17:28:35Z | |
| 109-hr-6168 | 109 | hr | 6168 | Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act | Health | 2006-09-25 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] | UT | R | C000116 | 1 | Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a manufacturer, packer, or distributor whose name appears on the label of a nonprescription drug or dietary supplement marketed in the United States to: (1) submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services within 15 business days any report received of a serious adverse event associated with such drug or supplement when used in the United States; (2) submit within 15 business days any related medical information that is received within one year of the initial report; (3) maintain records related to each report for six years; and (4) permit inspection of such records. Requires the Secretary to develop systems to ensure that duplicate reports of a serious adverse event are consolidated into a single report. Allows the Secretary to establish an exemption from such reporting that would have no adverse effect on public health. Prohibits any state or local government from establishing or continuing any requirement related to a mandatory system for adverse event reports for nonprescription drugs or dietary supplements that is not identical to this Act. Prohibits the responsible person from: (1) refusing to permit access to any required record; or (2) failing to establish or maintain any record, or make any report, required under this Act. Deems a nonprescription drug or dietary supplement that is marketed in the United States to be misbranded, unless its label includes a domestic address or phone number for the reporting of a serious adverse event. Prohibits the importation of such a drug or supplement if the Secretary has credible evidence or information indicating that the responsible person has not complied with the requirements of this Act or has not allowed access to its records. | 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z | |
| 109-hr-6169 | 109 | hr | 6169 | Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act | Health | 2006-09-25 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | P000373 | 24 | Post-Abortion Depression Research and Care Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to expand and intensify NIMH research and related activities with respect to post-abortion depression and psychosis. Requires the Director of NIMH to: (1) conduct or support research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and to find a cure for, such post-abortion conditions; and (2) conduct a study to determine the incidence and prevalence of cases of post-abortion conditions and the symptoms, severity, and duration of such cases, toward the goal of more fully identifying the characteristics of such cases and developing diagnostic techniques. Requires the Secretary to make grants to establish, operate, and coordinate effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with such post-abortion conditions. | 2023-01-12T17:52:16Z | |
| 109-hr-6132 | 109 | hr | 6132 | Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-09-21 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] | PA | R | E000187 | 71 | Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the temporary process for obtaining an exception from the uniform dollar limitation on Medicare payment for medically necessary physical therapy services (Medicare therapy cap exceptions process). Extends the exceptions process period from the beginning of calendar 2006 through calendar 2007. | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-hr-6133 | 109 | hr | 6133 | Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] | GA | R | P000591 | 13 | Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to revise national quality assurance standards to assure consistent performance by laboratories of valid and reliable cytology services, to include requirements that each clinical laboratory: (1) ensure that all individuals involved in screening and interpreting cytological preparations participate annually in an approved continuing medical education program in gynecologic cytology that provides each participant with gynecologic cytologic preparations designed to improve locator, recognition, and interpretive skills; and (2) maintain a record of program results. Requires the Secretary to terminate individual proficiency testing that was in effect before enactment of this Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-hr-6135 | 109 | hr | 6135 | Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-3] | GA | D | M001146 | 41 | Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states to carry out: (1) prostate cancer prevention programs (including screening and referrals for treatment); and (2) demonstration projects to provide preventive health services with respect to prostate cancer (including blood pressure and cholesterol screenings). Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow states to provide medical assistance to individuals who have been screened for prostate cancer under this Act and who need treatment for prostate cancer. Applies provisions related to breast and cervical cancer programs to programs under this Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:17Z | |
| 109-hr-6143 | 109 | hr | 6143 | Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-12-19 | Became Public Law No: 109-415. | House | Rep. Bono, Mary [R-CA-45] | CA | R | B001228 | 11 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 6, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 - Title I: Emergency Relief for Eligible Areas - (Sec. 101) Amends provisions of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (popularly known as the Ryan White Care Act [RWCA]) concerning emergency relief grants for metropolitan areas to assist in delivering and enhancing HIV-related services. Continues an eligible metropolitan area's (EMA) eligibility to receive such a grant until such area does not, for three consecutive years, have: (1) 2,000 cases of reported and confirmed cases of AIDS during the most recent period of 5 calendar years for which such data is available; and (2) a cumulative total of 3,000 or more living cases of AIDS as of December 31 of the most recent calendar year. Sets as the boundaries for an EMA as either: (1) the boundaries that were in effect for FY1994; or (2) the boundaries that are in effect when such area initially receives funding. Amends the definition of "metropolitan area" to require a population of 50,000 or more individuals. (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to disburse 66 2/3% (currently, 50%) of the amount made available for emergency relief grants based on the number of reported and confirmed living names-based cases of HIV/AIDS. Provides for: (1) a transition for reporting living names-based non-AIDS cases of HIV; and (2) exemptions for states that have a plan for making such a transition. Requires the Secretary to modify the number of cases reported for states using code-based reporting to adjust for duplicative reporting in and among systems. Requires the Secretary to carry out a program to monitor names-based reporting. Limits the increase in grants for EMAs using code-based reporting. Requires the Secretary to increase the amount of the grant for EMAs using code-based reporting to ensure that the amount of the grants for FY2007-FY2009 do n… | 2023-01-31T21:11:36Z | |
| 109-hr-6145 | 109 | hr | 6145 | Pregnant Women Support Act | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4] | TN | D | D000599 | 27 | Pregnant Women Support Act - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states for collecting and reporting abortion surveillance data. Requires health facilities that perform abortions to obtained informed consent from a pregnant woman seeking an abortion, except in a medical emergency. Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow states to extend health care coverage to an unborn child. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a health insurance issuer offering individual coverage from imposing a preexisting condition exclusion or a waiting period or otherwise discriminating against a woman on the basis that she is pregnant. Allows the Secretary to make grants for the purchase of ultrasound equipment for examinations of pregnant women. Provides for the collection and dissemination of information on Down syndrome and other prenatally diagnosed conditions. Provides for services to pregnant women and mothers who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking. Requires states to have a pregnant "box check" on homicide death certificates. Allows the Secretary to make grants to public institutions of higher education to assist pregnant and parenting students in continuing their studies and graduating. Requires the Secretary to provide for programs to work with pregnant or parenting teens to finish high school. Requires group homes for pregnant and parenting women to provide counseling on adoption and parenting skills. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and make refundable the tax credit for adoption expenses. Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to increase the eligibility threshold for food stamps. | 2023-01-12T17:52:17Z | |
| 109-hr-6147 | 109 | hr | 6147 | GEDI Act | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] | NY | R | F000440 | 11 | Gestational Diabetes Act of 2006 or the GEDI Act - 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 convene a Research Advisory Committee. Requires the Director of CDC, in consultation with such Committee, to develop a multisite research project to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations or state health agencies for demonstration projects that test specified hypotheses about interventions designed to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and obesity among young women and implement relevant activities. Requires the Director of CDC and the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, in collaboration with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, to conduct and support basic, clinical, and public health research regarding gestational diabetes and obesity during pregnancy. Requires the Director of CDC to encourage screening for gestational diabetes within state-based diabetes prevention and control programs to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its related complications. | 2023-01-12T17:52:17Z | |
| 109-hr-6154 | 109 | hr | 6154 | Enhanced Options for Rural Health Care Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-09-25 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1826-1827) | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 0 | Enhanced Options for Rural Health Care Act of 2006 - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide that nothing in such title shall be construed as preventing a critical access hospital from using any of its designated number of beds to provide assisted living or from accepting private payments for related services. Declares that such use shall not increase the total number of beds that the facility may have and maintain its designation as such a hospital. | 2023-01-12T17:52:17Z | |
| 109-hres-1031 | 109 | hres | 1031 | Requesting the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for a comprehensive and permanent program to medically monitor individuals who were exposed to the toxins of 9/11 Ground Zero in New York City and to provide medical treatment for all such individuals who are sick as a result of exposure to the toxins. | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] | NY | R | F000440 | 35 | Requests the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and submit to Congress by December 1, 2006, a plan for a comprehensive and permanent program to: (1) medically monitor all individuals who were exposed to toxins of the 9/11 Ground Zero in New York City; and (2) provide medical treatment for all such individuals who are sick as a result of the toxins. | 2023-01-12T17:52:10Z | |
| 109-s-3918 | 109 | s | 3918 | 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-09-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 3 | 9/11 Heroes Health Improvement Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to eligible entities to provide medical and mental health monitoring, tracking, and treatment to individuals whose health has been directly impacted as a result of the attacks on New York City and at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Includes as eligible individuals firefighters, police officers, paramedics, workers, volunteers, residents, and any other individual who worked at Ground Zero, Fresh Kills (recovery site on Staten Island), or the Pentagon or lived or worked in the vicinity of such areas, whose health has deteriorated as a result of the attacks, and who has been evaluated by a physician or mental health professional for 9/11-related health conditions and needs treatment for such conditions. Sets the order of priority for individuals covered under this Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:05Z | |
| 109-s-3920 | 109 | s | 3920 | Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Access Act of 2005 | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-09-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 3 | Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Access Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from awarding any contracts under the competitive durable medical equipment items and services acquisition program unless: (1) the quality standards have been implemented; and (2) the Secretary has received advice from the program oversight committee. Requires the Secretary (who currently is authorized), in carrying out competitive acquisition programs, to exempt: (1) rural areas and areas with low population density within urban areas that are not competitive, unless there is a significant national market through mail order for a particular item or service; and (2) items and services for which the application of competitive acquisition is not likely to result in significant savings. Adds to such exemptions smaller metropolitan statistical areas. Modifies requirements for the protection of small suppliers in bidding and contracting. Requires the Secretary to permit suppliers classified as small businesses to continue to participate as suppliers at the selected award price so long as they submit bids at less than the fee schedule amount otherwise applicable to the items and they otherwise comply with applicable program requirements. Provides for appeal rights (currently denied). Requires the Secretary to exempt from competitive acquisition requirements items and services for which the application of competitive acquisition is not likely to result in significant savings of at least 10%. Prohibits the Secretary from implementing a program with respect to an item or service unless the Secretary demonstrates a probability of achieving significant savings of at least 10%, compared to the fee schedule in effect on January 1, 2006, by including the item or service in the program. Prohibits the Secretary from implementing certain requirements for the payment basis for covered items furnished after January 1, 2009, with respect to the application of rates … | 2023-01-12T17:52:05Z | |
| 109-s-3924 | 109 | s | 3924 | A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to allow qualifying States to use all or any portion of their allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program for certain Medicaid expenditures. | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-09-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9902-9903) | Senate | Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] | WA | D | C000127 | 3 | Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow qualifying states to use all or any portion (currently, up to 20%) of their allotments under SCHIP for certain Medicaid (SSA title XIX) expenditures. Requires qualifying states to meet at least three of certain policies and procedures, including: (1) a simplified application process; (2) elimination of any asset test; (3) twelve-month continuous eligibility; and (4) easy access to enrollment staff. | 2023-01-12T17:52:05Z | |
| 109-sres-578 | 109 | sres | 578 | A resolution recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by designating funds for education, awareness outreach, and research specifically focused on how that disease affects African American men. | Health | 2006-09-21 | 2006-09-21 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9906-9907) | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Recognizes that prostate cancer has created a health crisis for African American men. Declares the critical importance of the designation of increased funding for: (1) research to address and attempt to end the health crisis; and (2) efforts relating to education, awareness, and early detection at the grassroots levels to end the health crisis. | 2023-01-12T17:52:00Z | |
| 109-hr-6117 | 109 | hr | 6117 | Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act | Health | 2006-09-20 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 14 | Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require the seller to provide the prescriber with a toll-free telephone number and email address for questions relating to a contact lens prescription verification request. Revises the verification event in which a prescription is verified if the prescriber fails to communicate with the seller within eight business hours, or a similar time as defined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after receiving required patient and prescription information from the seller. States that if a prescriber communicates a question or concern to a seller through such toll-free telephone service or dedicated email address before such eight-hour period has ended, the seller must obtain affirmative confirmation of the accuracy of the prescription from the prescriber before the prescription is considered verified. Authorizes a prescriber to make a written request to a seller that all contact lens prescription verification requests be communicated by a preferred method of communication, including telephone, facsimile, or email. Authorizes fines for violations of this Act in amount up to $100,000 per violation. Directs the FTC to examine and report to Congress on the potential and actual adverse effects on consumers of seller violations of the requirements of this Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-hr-6118 | 109 | hr | 6118 | Medicare Physician Assistant Continuity of Care Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-20 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . | House | Rep. Hayworth, J. D. [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | H000413 | 4 | Medicare Physician Assistant Continuity of Care Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit a physician assistant, when delegated by a physician, to: (1) certify that inpatient psychiatric hospital services or post-hospital extended care services are required; (2) establish and review a plan for home health services; and (3) certify a terminal illness with respect to hospice care. Covers as hospice care any legally authorized services of a physician assistant performed under a physician's supervision. | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-hr-6123 | 109 | hr | 6123 | Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-20 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] | NJ | D | H001032 | 0 | Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act of 2006 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to the annual out of pocket threshold, to count costs incurred in providing prescription drugs by the Indian Health Service, a federally-qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program. Amends SSA title XI, with respect to criminal penalties for certain illegal remunerations, to exclude from prohibited remunerations (provide safe harbor for) any remuneration paid by a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program, either in cash or through the distribution or donation of covered Part D drugs, to an individual enrolled in a Part D plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan under SSA title XVIII part C. | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-hr-6124 | 109 | hr | 6124 | Remember 9/11 Health Act | Health | 2006-09-20 | 2006-10-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 14 | Remember 9/11 Health Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to deem certain emergency service, rescue and recovery, and law enforcement personnel and transit and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City, residents of and persons employed or attending school, child care, or adult day care in the declared disaster area, and persons employed at the Fresh Kills recovery site on Staten Island between September 11, 2001, and August 31, 2002 (eligible recipients) to be civil employees under provisions relating to: (1) compensation to federal employees for work injuries; and (2) claims relating to damage to, or loss of, personal property incident to federal service, except that such an eligible recipient shall not be responsible for the payment of any health care expenses that result from exposure to the adverse conditions after such attack. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award 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 and analysis for eligible recipients. Limits such monitoring to 20 years and 40,000 individuals. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a similar program for those affected by the September 11, 2001, Pentagon attack. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct or support diagnostic or treatment research for adverse health conditions considered to be associated with the terrorist attacks. Requires the Secretary to convene a 9/11 Health Emergency Coordinating Council to examine and formulate recommendations on the adequacy of the: (1) responses by the federal, state, and local governments and the private sector to the attacks; (2) care and compensation for the victims; (3) federal tracking of the monitoring and treatment of individuals sufferin… | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-hr-6125 | 109 | hr | 6125 | Taxpayer Protection from Genetic Discrimination Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-20 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 0 | Taxpayer Protection from Genetic Discrimination Act of 2006 - Prohibits a group health plan sponsored by a covered entity or a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage in connection with such a plan from: (1) adjusting premiums or contribution amounts for a group on the basis of genetic information concerning an individual in the group or a family member of the individual, including information about a request for or receipt of genetic services by such an individual or family member; and (2) requesting or requiring an individual or family member to undergo a genetic test. Defines "covered entity" as any agency or part of the federal government, any state or local entity that receives federal funds, or a federal contractor. Makes it an unlawful employment practice for any covered entity to discriminate against an individual or deprive such individual of employment opportunities because of genetic information. Prohibits the collection and disclosure of genetic information, with certain exceptions. Establishes a federal cause of action for any employee or family member of an employer of a covered entity who has been adversely effected by a violation of this Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z | |
| 109-s-3914 | 109 | s | 3914 | Gestational Diabetes Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-20 | 2006-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 2 | Gestational Diabetes Act of 2006 or the GEDI Act - 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 convene a Research Advisory Committee. Requires the Director of CDC, in consultation with such Committee, to develop a multisite research project to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of CDC, to award competitive grants to nonprofit organizations or state health agencies for demonstration projects that test specified hypotheses about interventions designed to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and obesity among young women and implement relevant activities. Requires the Director of CDC and the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, in collaboration with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, to conduct and support basic, clinical, and public health research regarding gestational diabetes and obesity during pregnancy. Requires the Director of CDC to encourage screening for gestational diabetes within state-based diabetes prevention and control programs to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its related complications. | 2023-01-12T17:52:05Z | |
| 109-s-3915 | 109 | s | 3915 | Smoke Free Mothers and Babies Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-20 | 2006-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 6 | Smoke Free Mothers and Babies Act of 2006 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require coverage, without cost-sharing, of counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use by pregnant women. Provides for an increased federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for tobacco cessation counseling services and medications. | 2023-01-12T17:52:05Z | |
| 109-hr-6098 | 109 | hr | 6098 | Keep Kids Covered Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-19 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] | GA | D | B001252 | 22 | Keep Kids Covered Act of 2006 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to: (1) establish a special rule for redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments; (2) provide for additional allotments to eliminate FY2007 funding shortfalls remaining after redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments; and (3) extend authority through FY2006 for qualifying states to use certain SCHIP funds for Medicaid expenditures. | 2023-01-12T17:52:19Z | |
| 109-hr-6099 | 109 | hr | 6099 | Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-19 | 2006-12-06 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 250 - 162 (Roll no. 526). | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 120 | Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an abortion provider who knowingly performs an abortion of a pain-capable unborn child (defined as an unborn child who has reached a probable stage of development of 20 weeks or more after fertilization), to first: (1) inform the woman of the probable age of the child; (2) provide to the woman an Unborn Child Pain Awareness Brochure (unless she waives receipt); (3) provide information that pain medicine administered to the mother may not prevent pain in the child, but in some cases anesthesia or pain-reducing drugs can be administered directly to the child; (4) give the woman the provider's best medical judgment of the risks and costs of such anesthesia or analgesic; and (5) obtain the woman's signature on the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Decision Form and her explicit request for or refusal of the administration of drugs to the child. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Brochure that includes a statement that there is substantial evidence that the process of being killed in an abortion will cause the unborn child pain and that the mother has the option of having pain-reducing drugs administered directly to the child. Creates an exception for certified medical emergencies. Establishes civil penalties for willfully failing to comply with this Act. Authorizes: (1) the Attorney General to bring a civil action under this Act; and (2) private rights of action for violations of this Act. | 2023-01-12T17:52:19Z | |
| 109-s-3912 | 109 | s | 3912 | Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-19 | 2006-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] | NV | R | E000194 | 12 | Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the temporary process for obtaining an exception from the uniform dollar limitation on Medicare payment for medically necessary physical therapy services (Medicare therapy cap exceptions process). Extends the exceptions process period from the beginning of calendar 2006 through calendar 2007. | 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z | |
| 109-s-3913 | 109 | s | 3913 | Keep Children Covered Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-19 | 2006-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9727-9728) | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 19 | Keep Children Covered Act of 2006 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to: (1) establish a special rule for redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments; (2) provide for additional allotments to eliminate FY2007 funding shortfalls remaining after redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments; and (3) extend authority through FY2006 for qualifying states to use certain SCHIP funds for Medicaid expenditures. | 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z | |
| 109-hr-6070 | 109 | hr | 6070 | Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Act | Health | 2006-09-14 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] | NY | R | K000078 | 1 | Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a public information and educational campaign to inform the public, new parents, child care providers, and other care givers of young children about: (1) brain injuries and other harmful effects that may result from shaking infants and children under five years of age; and (2) healthy strategies to cope with a crying baby and related frustrations. Directs that such campaign include dissemination of effective prevention practices and techniques to parents, care givers, maternity hospitals, child care centers, organizations providing prenatal and postnatal care, and organizations providing parenting education and support services. Requires the Secretary to establish biannual meetings with Shaken Baby Syndrome advocacy groups, parenting support communities, organizations involved in child protection and child maltreatment prevention, and other federal and state agencies involved in prevention activities. Directs the Secretary and such entities to provide support for the parents of surviving children who suffer serious brain injuries as the result of shaking. | 2023-01-12T17:52:20Z | |
| 109-hr-6077 | 109 | hr | 6077 | To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for funding of the shortfalls in State allotments for fiscal year 2007 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). | Health | 2006-09-14 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-10] | GA | R | D000168 | 1 | Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to provide for funding of the shortfalls in state allotments for FY2007 in the same manner that shortfall funding requirements apply to FY2006. | 2023-01-12T17:52:19Z | |
| 109-s-3897 | 109 | s | 3897 | Medicare Data Access and Research Act | Health | 2006-09-14 | 2006-09-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9634-9636) | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 1 | Medicare Data Access and Research Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to: (1) enter into data release agreements with specified agencies to provide access to relevant data submitted by prescription drug (PD) plans and MedicareAdvantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare) and linked to hospital, physician, and other relevant medical claims, utilization, and diagnostic Medicare and Medicaid (SSA title XIX) data; and (2) permit such an agency to link such data with other relevant health data as needed to accomplish its research objectives. Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into data use agreements with specified research centers and organizations to provide access to the same kind of data; (2) permit them to link it with other relevant health data for research purposes; and (3) prepare the linked sets of data for release not later than July 1, 2007. Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to provide a congressional support agency upon request with Medicare part D information for use in carrying out its functions and activities as mandated by Congress. | 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z | |
| 109-s-3900 | 109 | s | 3900 | Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-14 | 2006-09-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 5 | Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to provide for the development of reports, based on Medicare and private data that is publicly available or is provided by the entity requesting the report, concerning national, regional, and service provider- and supplier-specific performance, which may be in a provider- or supplier-identifiable format. Requires specified reporting procedures to provide for disclosure of Medicare data to Medicare Quality Reporting Organizations meeting certain requirements under contract with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to establish a Quality Advisory Board to: (1) coordinate existing collaborative efforts identifying quality and efficiency health care measures; (2) provide the Secretary with recommendations for development of model quality health care measures; (3) request Medicare Quality Reporting Organizations for reports on existing recommended model quality and efficiency health care measures; and (4) examine how clinical registries can be linked to Medicare data in order to develop reports on the quality and efficiency of service providers and suppliers. Directs the Secretary to permit researchers that meet existing criteria for appropriate release of Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services data to: (1) have access to all Medicare data; and (2) report on the performance of service providers and suppliers. | 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z | |
| 109-hr-6063 | 109 | hr | 6063 | Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] | MS | R | P000323 | 4 | Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of remote patient management services for chronic health care conditions. | 2023-01-12T17:52:20Z | |
| 109-hr-6066 | 109 | hr | 6066 | Vision Care for Kids Act of 2006 | Health | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | P000096 | 21 | Vision Care for Kids Act of 2006 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to states to: (1) provide comprehensive eye examinations by a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist for children identified by a licensed health care provider or vision screener, with priority to children under age nine; (2) provide treatment or services to correct vision problems of such children; and (3) develop and disseminate educational materials on recognizing signs of visual impairment in children. | 2023-01-12T17:52:20Z |
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