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| 99-hr-5732 | 99 | hr | 5732 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require payments for physicians' services under the medicare program be made on an assignment-related basis. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Donnelly, Brian J. [D-MA-11] | MA | D | D000416 | 1 | Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare payments for physicians' services be made on an assigned basis. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5740 | 99 | hr | 5740 | A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to reduce the need for emergency assistance payments to provide temporary housing for destitute families and homeless AFDC families, and the expense of such payments, by authorizing grants to States for the construction or rehabilitation of permanent housing that such families can afford with their regular AFDC payments. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the construction and rehabilitation of permanent housing for rental to AFDC recipients who would otherwise require AFDC emergency assistance in the form of temporary housing. Requires that such grants be used to provide permanent housing which is: (1) owned by the State, an instrumentality of the State, or a nonprofit organization; (2) available to families who have been unable to find decent nontemporary housing at rents that can be paid with AFDC aid for shelter; and (3) located in jurisdictions experiencing a critical shortage of such housing. Requires that: (1) the costs of providing permanent housing be lower than costs which would be incurred if, instead, the State made AFDC emergency assistance payments providing temporary housing; and (2) the most costly temporary housing be retired from use in the emergency assistance program as permanent housing becomes available for occupancy, unless temporary housing is demonstrably needed. Sets the State contribution to the cost of constructing or rehabilitating such housing at at least the current State AFDC share increased by ten percent. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5741 | 99 | hr | 5741 | A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting any medicare physician-and-hospital capitation demonstration project involving more than $10 million in waivered funds in any year without Congressional approval. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting a Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) physician-and-hospital capitation demonstration project expending more than $10,000,000 in a fiscal year without the enactment of a law approving the project. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2949 | 99 | s | 2949 | Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource and Education Demonstration Program Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 0 | Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource and Education Demonstration Program Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services, to make grants to States to support Family Caregivers Advocacy, Resource and Education (Family CARE) demonstration programs. Requires such a program to provide and coordinate, throughout the State, advocacy, education, information dissemination, and referral services for elderly and disabled individuals and members of their families who care for them. Specifies other requirements of such a program. Sets forth application requirements for a grant. Requires the Secretary to make grants for FY 1988 within six months after enactment of this Act. Sets the term of a grant at one year, renewable for two more consecutive one-year periods. Requires the Secretary to make grants to between five and eight States, assuring appropriate distribution among different geographic areas and urban and rural populations. Requires each State receiving a grant to provide for the evaluation of its program. Requires the Secretary to submit interim and final reports to the Congress on grant activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. | 2025-08-29T16:32:41Z | |
| 99-sjres-430 | 99 | sjres | 430 | A joint resolution to commemorate the United Way of America on its centennial. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-17 | 1986-10-17 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 46 | Honors the United Way on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Encourages the United Way to continue its fine work and achieve its goal of doubling its resources by 1991. | 2021-06-30T19:57:58Z | |
| 99-hr-5712 | 99 | hr | 5712 | Medicare Skilled Nursing Home Quality Care Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-10-15 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 1 | Medicare Skilled Nursing Home Quality Care Amendments of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to set forth requirements for skilled nursing facilities (other than facilities for the mentally retarded), including requirements that such facilities: (1) primarily engage in providing inpatients with nursing care or rehabilitation services directed toward inpatients' mental, psychosocial, and physical well-being; (2) create and revise written plans for patient care after assessing, upon the patient's admission and periodically thereafter, the patient's needs as well as the patient's social and familial resources available to meet those needs; (3) protect specified patient rights; (4) provide care to patients regardless of the source of payment for such care; (5) safeguard a patient's funds upon the patient's authorization; (6) require a physician's supervision of each patient's care, the maintenance of clinical records on all patients, and 24-hour nursing services; (7) adopt certain measures to preserve facility safety and sanitation; and (8) meet such other conditions which the Secretary of Health and Human Services deems necessary for patient health and safety. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate an instrument(s) for nursing facilities to use in assessing a patient's needs as well the patient's social and familial resources available to meet those needs; and (2) make appropriate modifications to and periodically report to the Congress regarding the assessment process. Makes the Secretary responsible for certifying that State nursing facilities comply, and States responsible for certifying that other nursing facilities comply with Medicare nursing facility requirements. Bases such certification on surveys to be conducted upon any change in the ownership of such a facility and, on an unannounced basis, at nine-to-15-month intervals. Subjects facilities with poor compliance records to extended surveys. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and test a protocol for conducting surveys; (2)… | 2025-08-29T16:30:04Z | |
| 99-s-2926 | 99 | s | 2926 | Federalism Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-10-15 | 1986-10-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Evans, Daniel J. [R-WA] | WA | R | E000236 | 1 | Federalism Act of 1986 - Title I: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Subtitle A: Benefits and Federal Participation - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to set a minimum monthly AFDC benefit amount at a level which, when added to the value of any food stamp allotment to which the family or its household is entitled, is equal to a specified percentage (set at 50 percent in FY 1989, but increasing by two percent in each subsequent fiscal year until it reaches 62 percent in FY 1995) of the Federal poverty level. Reimburses States for 90 percent of their expenses in providing the minimum benefit. Requires States to make AFDC payments with respect to dependent children of unemployed parents in two-parent families. Subtitle B: Work-Related Requirements - Requires, with certain exceptions, AFDC applicants and recipients to register with a State agency for employment counseling, training, and assignment. Authorizes AFDC recipients to refuse employment which results in a net loss in their income. Directs such State agency to: (1) determine the appropriate employment-related activities for each registered AFDC applicant or recipient; and (2) arrange for their participation in one or more of the employment-related programs established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law, while coordinating such programs to enhance the availability and efficiency of services provided. Requires the State agency to provide AFDC applicants and recipients assigned to employment, training, or education programs with child care and transportation services. Sets the Federal contribution to education, training, and assignment costs at 90 percent in FY 1989 and a percentage in subsequent years which is determined by use of a specified formula which takes into account a State's compliance with performance standards to be developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Provides that such standards shall measure a State's success in reducing welfare costs and h… | 2025-08-29T16:31:14Z | |
| 99-hr-5698 | 99 | hr | 5698 | Federalism Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-10-14 | 1986-10-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] | NY | D | D000471 | 8 | Federalism Act of 1986 - Title I: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Subtitle A: Benefits and Federal Participation - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to set a minimum monthly AFDC benefit amount at a level which, when added to the value of any food stamp allotment to which the family or its household is entitled, is equal to a specified percentage (set at 50 percent in FY 1989, but increasing by two percent in each subsequent fiscal year until it reaches 62 percent in FY 1995) of the Federal poverty level. Reimburses States for 90 percent of their expenses in providing the minimum benefit. Requires States to make AFDC payments with respect to dependent children of unemployed parents in two-parent families. Subtitle B: Work-Related Requirements - Requires, with certain exceptions, AFDC applicants and recipients to register with a State agency for employment counseling, training, and assignment. Authorizes AFDC recipients to refuse employment which results in a net loss in their income. Directs such State agency to: (1) determine the appropriate employment-related activities for each registered AFDC applicant or recipient; and (2) arrange for their participation in one or more of the employment-related programs established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law, while coordinating such programs to enhance the availability and efficiency of services provided. Requires the State agency to provide AFDC applicants and recipients assigned to employment, training, or education programs with child care and transportation services. Sets the Federal contribution to education, training, and assignment costs at 90 percent in FY 1989 and a percentage in subsequent years which is determined by use of a specified formula which takes into account a State's compliance with performance standards to be developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Provides that such standards shall measure a State's success in reducing welfare costs and h… | 2025-08-29T16:30:36Z | |
| 99-hr-5690 | 99 | hr | 5690 | Volunteer Service Promotion Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-10-10 | 1986-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 2 | Volunteer Service Promotion Act of 1986 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Commissioner on Aging to make annual grants over a five year period to no more than 15 and, if practicable, to no less than five eligible States for the creation and operation of volunteer service credit demonstration projects through which homemaker services, respite care for families, adult day care, educational services, and transportation and delivery services are provided by volunteers to older individuals in return for the receipt of similar services when they grow old. Requires each State seeking eligibility for a grant to submit an application describing its proposed program and providing certain assurances regarding the program's operation. Sets forth reporting requirements. | 2025-08-29T16:30:11Z | |
| 99-s-2920 | 99 | s | 2920 | A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide that a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist may, in collaboration with a physician, certify or recertify the need for certain services, to provide for coverage of certain items and services furnished by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-10 | 1986-10-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 0 | Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide that a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist may, in collaboration with a physician, certify and recertify a patient's need for skilled nursing or intermediate care facility services. Authorizes skilled nursing facilities to satisfy certain Medicare requirements by having such nurses, in collaboration with physicians, supervise patient care and be available for patient emergencies. (Currently a physician must make need certifications, supervise patient care, and be available for patient emergencies.) Provides Medicare coverage for 100 percent of the reasonable cost of items and services furnished by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist in a skilled nursing facility. Provides Medicaid coverage for services furnished by such nurses, in collaboration with a physician, in an intermediate care or skilled nursing facility. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hconres-408 | 99 | hconres | 408 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress regarding efficient and compassionate management of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-09 | 1986-10-09 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 56 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Social Security Administration should not take actions which impair the ability of the staff of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program to make eligibility determinations in accordance with the Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984. Urges the Social Security Administration to place a higher priority on assisting States in both complying with the 1984 reforms and improving the accuracy of SSDI eligibility determinations. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5680 | 99 | hr | 5680 | Homecare Quality Assurance Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-10-09 | 1986-11-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] | CA | D | R000485 | 26 | Homecare Quality Assurance Act of 1986 - Adds a new title XXI to the Social Security Act entitled "Homecare Quality Assurance." Defines "homecare services" to include home help services (i.e., homemaker, personal care, and sitter services) and Medicare (title XVIII of the Act) home health services. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate a homecare consumer's bill of rights which includes rights: (1) facilitating consumer participation in the planning and delivery of services; (2) requiring consumer notification regarding services, charges for services, and the termination or reduction of services; (3) protecting consumer dignity, privacy, and property; and (4) ensuring service from properly trained and competent individuals. Requires homecare providers to: (1) satisfy Medicare home care agency requirements, unless they provide only home help services; (2) provide consumers with copies of the homecare bill of rights; (3) implement grievance review procedures and provide copies of such procedures to consumers; (4) provide consumers with schedules of the services to be provided; (5) have methods for identifying and reviewing a homecare consumer's needs and coordinating the provision of services with other providers; and (6) receive training and disclose the extent of such training to consumers. Conditions coverage of durable medical equipment services on providers: (1) issuing written instructions to and training the homecare consumer and staff in the operation of such equipment; and (2) formulating an emergency plan for providing services to the consumer. Authorizes the Secretary to modify homecare requirements to meet the circumstances of individual providers, but prohibits modifications which exempt a provider from training requirements or infringe upon the consumers' bill of rights. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations, within one year of this Act's enactment, pursuant to which peer review organizations (PROs) shall monitor the provision of home health services, devotin… | 2025-08-29T16:31:33Z | |
| 99-sconres-167 | 99 | sconres | 167 | A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress regarding efficient and compassionate management of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-09 | 1986-10-09 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 12 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Social Security Administration should not take actions which impair the ability of the staff of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program to make eligibility determinations in accordance with the Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984. Urges the Social Security Administration to place a higher priority on assisting States in both complying with the 1984 reforms and improving the accuracy of SSDI eligibility determinations. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5671 | 99 | hr | 5671 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit payment for extended care services provided through home health agencies in underserved rural areas. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-08 | 1986-10-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | D000432 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover extended home health services provided to individuals who live in rural areas and would otherwise be unable to obtain extended care services. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2912 | 99 | s | 2912 | State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-10-07 | 1986-10-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Aging (Labor and Human Resources). | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 10 | State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Advocacy Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require States to establish an Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman (Office) encompassing any area or local ombudsman entity designated by the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman as a subdivision of the Office. Requires States to provide assurances that Office staff are not subject to conflicts of interest and that mechanisms are in place to identify and remedy such conflicts. Immunizes Office representatives from liability under State law for the good faith performance of official duties. Directs States to provide legal counsel to: (1) the Office for advice and consultation; and (2) Office representatives sued in connection with the performance of official duties. Requires States to provide appropriate sanctions against: (1) those willfully interfering with Office representatives in the performance of official duties; and (2) extended care facilities which retaliate against residents or employees who file a complaint with, or provide information to, the Office. Requires State licensure and certification agencies to provide the Office with inspection reports, notices of deficiencies, and sanctions issued with respect to extended care facilities as well as other data relevant to the Office's investigations of such facilities. Directs the Office to submit annual reports to State licensure and certification agencies, State agencies on aging, and the State legislature and Governor analyzing and suggesting resolutions to problems experienced by, and complaints received against, extended care facilities. Requires that office staff who do investigative work be trained in Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and policies regarding State extended care facilities as well as investigative techniques. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide technical assistance and training to State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs and Ombudsman representatives. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and X… | 2025-08-29T16:30:37Z | |
| 99-hr-5647 | 99 | hr | 5647 | A bill to require the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration and the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission to research and develop a method for taking into account complications and morbidity variations among discharges in making payments for inpatient hospital services under the medicare DRG-payment system. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-03 | 1986-10-03 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-At Large] | ND | D | D000432 | 0 | Requires the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration to: (1) research and develop a method which accounts for complications and morbidity variations among diagnosis-related groups in determining payments for inpatient hospital services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; and (2) report the results to the Congress by the close of FY 1987. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5648 | 99 | hr | 5648 | A bill to provide for a waiver of certain requirements of title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to care and services provided by the Medical University of South Carolina. | Social Welfare | 1986-10-03 | 1986-10-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Hartnett, Thomas F. [R-SC-1] | SC | R | H000302 | 5 | Waives the prohibition under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act of payments for care provided preceding a three-month period before the date an application is filed by a potential Medicaid beneficiary to authorize payments to the Medical University of South Carolina for care provided between October 1, 1984, and June 30, 1985, to children and pregnant women who, but for the lack of an application, would have been eligible for such care under Medicaid at the time it was provided. Requires eligibility determinations to be made within six months of enactment of this Act. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5641 | 99 | hr | 5641 | Alternative Care Facilities Assistance Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-10-02 | 1986-10-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development. | House | Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] | TX | D | G000272 | 1 | Alternative Care Facilities Assistance Act of 1986 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide financial assistance to eligible organizations for the development of nonresidential alternative care facilities for elderly and handicapped persons. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:31:06Z | |
| 99-hconres-399 | 99 | hconres | 399 | A concurrent resolution to give special recognition to America's centenarians on the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. | Social Welfare | 1986-09-30 | 1986-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14] | NJ | D | G000511 | 1 | Honors America's centenarians on October 28, 1986, the centennial of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 99-s-2892 | 99 | s | 2892 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979. | Social Welfare | 1986-09-30 | 1986-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 so that they are equal to the benefit levels of individuals who became eligible for benefits before 1979. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-s-2897 | 99 | s | 2897 | A bill to permit the State of New York to modify its agreement under section 218 of the Social Security Act to provide social security coverage for certain additional employees of Monroe County. | Social Welfare | 1986-09-30 | 1986-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Permits New York to modify its agreement entered into under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act for the provision of OASDI coverage to State and local employees so as to provide such coverage to certain additional employees of Monroe County, New York. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5595 | 99 | hr | 5595 | Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act | Social Welfare | 1986-09-25 | 1986-11-10 | Became Public Law No: 99-643. | House | Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9] | TN | D | F000261 | 14 | (House agreed to Senate amendments with amendments) Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act - Makes permanent the provisions of title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act which provide special benefits or Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) coverage to individuals who perform substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment. Removes SSI limitations for the first two months of an individual's stay in a health facility if such individual: (1) was eligible for the benefits made permanent by this Act during the month preceding admission to the facility; and (2) is permitted by the facility to retain such benefits. Requires State Medicaid plans to disregard such benefits in determining the recipient's required contribution to the cost of care. Sets forth provisions regarding the timing of medical determinations as to an individual's eligibility for SSI benefits or the benefits made permanent by this Act, including the provision that individuals whose income renders them ineligible for such benefits for less than one year may be reinstated without undergoing a disability determination. Specifies the factors which must be taken into account in determining whether a disabled individual's earnings provide a "reasonable equivalent" of SSI and Medicaid benefits and thereby disqualify the individual from Medicaid coverage under the SSI program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, when any individual receives SSI benefits on the basis of a disability, to notify such individual of his or her potential eligibility for the benefits available to those performing substantial gainful activity despite a severe medical impairment. Provides that when an individual becomes ineligible for SSI benefits upon entitlement to or an increase in child's insurance benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act, such individual shall be treated for Medicaid purposes as continuing to receive SSI benefits so long as he or she would otherwis… | 2024-06-21T16:27:26Z | |
| 99-s-2879 | 99 | s | 2879 | Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-09-25 | 1986-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Permanent Housing for Homeless Families Act of 1986 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the construction and rehabilitation of permanent housing for rental to AFDC recipients who would otherwise require AFDC emergency assistance in the form of temporary housing. Requires that such grants be used to provide permanent housing which is: (1) owned by the State, an instrumentality of the State, or a nonprofit organization; (2) available to families who have been unable to find decent nontemporary housing at rents that can be paid with AFDC aid for shelter; and (3) located in jurisdictions experiencing a critical shortage of such housing. Requires that: (1) the costs of providing permanent housing be lower than costs which would be incurred if, instead, the State made AFDC emergency assistance payments providing temporary housing; and (2) the most costly temporary housing be retired from use in the emergency assistance program as permanent housing becomes available for occupancy, unless temporary housing is demonstrably needed. Sets the State contribution to the cost of constructing or rehabilitating such housing at at least the current State AFDC share increased by ten percent. | 2025-08-29T16:29:20Z | |
| 99-hr-5587 | 99 | hr | 5587 | A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require hospitals participating in the medicare and medicaid programs to establish protocols for organ procurement, to establish standards for organ procurement agencies, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1986-09-24 | 1986-10-01 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | F000215 | 29 | Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to establish written protocols assuring that: (1) families of potential organ donors are informed of the option of organ donation; and (2) a certified organ procurement agency is notified of potential donors. Requires hospitals performing transplants to abide by the rules of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (Network). Conditions coverage under title XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Act of an organ procurement agency's organ procurement costs on the agency's being: (1) a "qualified organ procurement organization" under the Public Health Service Act or biennially certified as meeting the standards required of such organizations; and (2) a member of and in compliance with the rules of the Network. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from providing coverage to more than one organization per service area. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5569 | 99 | hr | 5569 | Social Security Earnings Test Limitation Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-09-22 | 1986-09-22 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Social Security Earnings Test Limitation Act of 1986 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits. | 2025-08-29T16:30:41Z | |
| 99-hr-5567 | 99 | hr | 5567 | Organ Transplantation Policy Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-09-19 | 1986-09-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 2 | Organ Transplantation Policy Act of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that before an organ is transplanted, exported for transplantation, or transferred to another hospital or organ procurement agency for transplantation, the hospital or agency determine whether the intended recipient of such organ is a nonresident alien. Provides that before the recipient can be a nonresident alien or the organ can be exported for transplantation: (1) such hospital or agency must contact the appropriate organ transplantation network and cooperate with such network in arranging for transplantation of the organ into a permanent resident or citizen, or at a hospital in the United States; and (2) the appropriate organ transplantation network must determine that there is no suitable recipient who is a permanent resident or citizen, or no suitable recipient at a hospital in the United States. Requires hospitals and agencies to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding: (1) the procedure followed for each organ transplant, transfer, or export with which such hospital or agency was involved; (2) the type of organ involved; (3) the status of the intended recipient; and (4) if such recipient was a nonresident alien, the date the appropriate organ transplantation network was contacted. Excepts an individual's donation of his or her organs for use in a specific individual from the requirements of this Act. Directs the Secretary to review the records of hospitals and agencies having a substantial involvement in providing organ transplants to nonresident aliens or exporting organs for transplantation to determine whether such hospitals and agencies have complied with the requirements of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:30:32Z | |
| 99-hjres-731 | 99 | hjres | 731 | A joint resolution affirming the legislative intent under the Social Security Act to provide for increases in old-age insurance benefits with due regard to increases in the cost of living. | Social Welfare | 1986-09-17 | 1986-09-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Walker, Robert S. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | W000068 | 2 | Affirms the legislative intent that benefits under the old-age insurance program of title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act continue to be determined under a benefit formula which increases benefits with due regard to increases in the cost of living. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2825 | 99 | s | 2825 | A bill to provide for a waiver of certain requirements of title XIX of the Social Security Act with respect to care and services provided by the Medical University of South Carolina. | Social Welfare | 1986-09-16 | 1986-09-24 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 980. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | Waives the prohibition under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act of payments for care provided preceding a three-month period before the date an application is filed by a potential Medicaid beneficiary to authorize payments to the Medical University of South Carolina for care provided between October 1, 1984, and June 30, 1985, to children and pregnant women who, but for the lack of an application, would have been eligible for such care under Medicaid at the time it was provided. Requires eligibility determinations to be made within six months of enactment of this Act. | 2021-06-30T20:22:53Z | |
| 99-s-2808 | 99 | s | 2808 | A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require hospitals participating in the medicare and medicaid programs to establish protocols for organ procurement, to establish standards for organ procurement agencies, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1986-09-10 | 1986-09-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 5 | Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to establish written protocols assuring that: (1) families of potential organ donors are informed of the option of organ donation; and (2) a certified organ procurement agency is notified of potential donors. Requires hospitals performing transplants to abide by the rules of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (Network). Conditions coverage under titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Act of an organ procurement agency's organ procurement costs on the agency's being: (1) a "qualified organ procurement organization" under the Public Health Service Act or biennially certified as meeting the standards required of such organizations; and (2) a member of and in compliance with the rules of the Network. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from providing coverage to more than one organization per service area. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5450 | 99 | hr | 5450 | Medicaid Nursing Home Quality Care Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 9 | Medicaid Nursing Home Quality Care Amendments of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to establish a single set of requirements for skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities (other than facilities for the mentally retarded), and to refer to such facilities as "nursing facilities." Sets forth requirements for nursing facilities, including requirements that such facilities: (1) primarily engage in providing inpatients with nursing care or rehabilitation services directed toward inpatients' mental, psychosocial, and physical well-being; (2) create and revise written plans for patient care after assessing, upon the patient's admission and periodically thereafter, the patient's ability to perform daily life functions; (3) protect specified patient rights; (4) provide care to patients regardless of the source of payment for such care; (5) safeguard a patient's funds upon the patient's authorization; (6) require a physician's supervision of each patient's care, the maintenance of clinical records on all patients, and 24-hour nursing services; (7) adopt certain measures to preserve facility safety and sanitation; and (8) meet such other conditions which the Secretary of Health and Human Services deems necessary for patient health and safety. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate an instrument(s) for nursing facilities to use in assessing a patient's ability to perform daily life functions; and (2) make appropriate modifications to and periodically report to the Congress regarding the assessment process. Makes the Secretary responsible for certifying that State nursing facilities comply, and States responsible for certifying that other nursing facilities comply with Medicaid nursing facility requirements. Bases such certification on surveys to be conducted upon any change in the ownership of such a facility and, on an unannounced basis, at nine-to 15-month intervals. Subjects facilities with poor compliance records to extended surveys. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and test … | 2025-08-29T16:33:41Z | |
| 99-hr-5457 | 99 | hr | 5457 | Medicare Community Nursing and Ambulatory Care Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 19 | Medicare Community Nursing and Ambulatory Care Act of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare beneficiaries (other than those with end-stage renal disease) to enroll with eligible organizations with which the Secretary of Health and Human Services enters a contract for the provision of community nursing and ambulatory care on a prepaid, capitated basis. Lists the services and supplies which comprise community nursing and ambulatory care. Defines an "eligibile organization" as a public or private entity which: (1) primarily engages in the provision of community nursing and ambulatory care; (2) provides such care through or under the supervision of a registered nurse; (3) maintains clinical records on all patients; and (4) maintains procedures for referring cases to or consulting with other health care providers. Requires the Secretary to annually publish a per capita rate of payment for each class of enrollees equal to 95 percent of the adjusted average per capita cost for such class. Directs the Secretary to make monthly prepayments to such organizations in accordance with such rates. Authorizes retroactive payment adjustments to account for differences between the actual number of enrollees and the number of enrollees estimated for the purpose of determining the advance payment. Prohibits enrollee charges from exceeding charges for which they would be liable in the absence of their enrollment. Authorizes eligible organizations to provide enrollees with optional additional care. Requires the provision of additional care where the average of the per capita rates of payment to an organization exceeds the adjusted community rate for community nursing and ambulatory care, unless the organization elects to have such payments reduced or withheld. Makes certain Medicare provisions which are applicable to health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans applicable to organizations providing care pursuant to this Act, including provisions regarding: (1) enro… | 2025-08-29T16:32:02Z | |
| 99-hr-5474 | 99 | hr | 5474 | A bill to amend titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act to establish more realistic rules for determining the eligibility of individuals who have multiple sclerosis for benefits based on disability under the OASDI and SSI programs. | Social Welfare | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Sikorski, Gerry E. [D-MN-6] | MN | D | S000407 | 0 | Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to treat multiple sclerosis victims as permanently disabled and eligible for disability benefits under such titles regardless of their ability to engage in substantial gainful activity. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2776 | 99 | s | 2776 | Health Care Financing Reform Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 0 | Health Care Financing Reform Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Medicare - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase the deductible under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII to $100 plus the percentage increase in the economic index used to determine increases in the prevailing charge for physicians' services. Specifies that Medicare eligibility begins at age 65 and one month. Establishes a coinsurance amount for home health services of one percent of the inpatient hospital deductible for each home health visit, except for visits: (1) occurring after the 100th visit in a year; or (2) related to a recent hospital or nursing facility stay. Revises the formula for computing the supplementary medical insurance premium. Prohibits workers' compensation laws, insurance policies, or large group health plans (covering at least 20 employees) from taking an individual's status as a Medicare beneficiary into account in providing coverage. Prohibits group health plans from taking into account an individual's end stage renal disease benefits under Medicare. Makes Medicare the secondary payor for all Medicare beneficiaries covered by workers' compensation, insurance policies, and group health plans. Authorizes the Federal Government to bring an action and collect double damages from primary payors. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax equal to 25 percent of group health plan expenses if such a plan restricts its coverage of Medicare beneficiaries in violation of this Act. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act to reduce payments to a State contributing to group plans which provide such restrictive coverage. Specifies the benefits Medicare pays when other payors are primary but do not pay full charge. Eliminates Medicare part B payments for ambulatory surgery facility services furnished in a physician's office. Requires the payment of a deductible for services furnished in ambulatory surgical centers. Reduces the amounts paid to hospitals for the indirect costs… | 2025-08-29T16:31:52Z | |
| 99-s-2786 | 99 | s | 2786 | Cancer Center Reimbursement Reform Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-08-15 | 1986-08-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 1 | Cancer Center Reimbursement Reform Act of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt any institution (or subunit of an institution) recognized by the National Cancer Institute as a comprehensive cancer center or a clinical cancer research center from prospective payment system limitations on payments for inpatient hospital services. Provides for the reimbursement of such centers on a reasonable cost basis. | 2025-08-29T16:32:40Z | |
| 99-hr-5425 | 99 | hr | 5425 | Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Elder Abuse Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-08-14 | 1986-10-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Boner, William H. [D-TN-5] | TN | D | B000615 | 22 | Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Elder Abuse Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an office known as the National Clearinghouse on Elder Abuse to: (1) compile an annual summary of recently conducted research on elder abuse; (2) develop and maintain an information clearinghouse on all programs for the prevention and treatment of such abuse; (3) compile training materials for personnel engaged in elder abuse prevention; (4) provide technical assistance for the planning and implementation of programs relating to the problems of elder abuse; and (5) investigate the causes and national incidence of elder abuse. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or enter into contracts with public agencies or nonprofit organizations for demonstration projects designed to prevent and treat elder abuse. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the development and implementation of elder abuse prevention and treatment programs. Requires such States to have in effect a State elder abuse law with mandatory reporting provisions. Sets forth other requirements for eligibility. Prohibits the use of assistance for construction of facilities. Directs the Secretary to establish criteria to achieve equitable distribution of assistance among the States. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:31:27Z | |
| 99-hr-5360 | 99 | hr | 5360 | Medicare HMO/CMP Quality Improvement Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-08-07 | 1986-08-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-14] | FL | D | M000688 | 6 | Medicare HMO/CMP Quality Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject an individual who has an agreement with a health maintenance organization (HMO) or competitive medical plan (CMP) to furnish services to HMO or CMP enrollees to a civil monetary penalty and suspension from the Medicare program for knowingly charging such enrollees for amounts for which the HMO or CMP is liable. Requires HMOs and CMPs to provide Medicare beneficiaries with an explanation of their rights as HMO or CMP enrollees when they enroll and at least annually thereafter. Prohibits new waivers of the requirement that no more than 50 percent of HMO or CMP enrollees be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid (title XIX of the Act), unless more than 50 percent of the population in the area served by an organization consists of Medicare or Medicaid-eligible individuals. Provides that, where a waiver has already been granted for some other purpose, such waiver may only be extended if the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that the organization is making reasonable efforts to meet scheduled enrollment goals. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the enrollment of Medicare beneficiaries in organizations failing to comply with enrollment requirements. Requires HMOs and CMPs to pay providers' clean claims within 22 days of their receipt, except where the HMO or CMP is under contract with the provider. Assesses interest on clean claims paid beyond 22 days of their receipt. Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil monetary penalty on HMOs and CMPs which substantially fail to provide medically necessary items and services, provided such failure adversely affects HMO or CMP enrollees. Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Act to require peer review organizations (PROs) to review inpatient and outpatient services provided by HMOs and CMPs to determine whether the quality of such care meets professionally recognized standards of health care. Directs PROs to review and respond to all wr… | 2025-08-29T16:32:24Z | |
| 99-hr-5344 | 99 | hr | 5344 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities that participate in the medicaid program to make available at least the average proportion of beds available in the State to medicaid patients. | Social Welfare | 1986-08-06 | 1986-08-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gallo, Dean A. [R-NJ-11] | NJ | R | G000025 | 0 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility from discriminating against Medicaid patients in the admission of patients when the proportion of Medicaid patients in such a facility is less than the average proportion of Medicaid patients in similar facilities within the State. Authorizes Medicaid beneficiaries who are denied admission to such facilities in violation of this Act to bring an action in an appropriate State court. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5320 | 99 | hr | 5320 | Supplementary Medical Insurance Improvements Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-08-01 | 1986-08-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Bonker, Don [D-WA-3] | WA | D | B000620 | 0 | Supplementary Medical Insurance Improvements Act of 1986 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide the following insurance options to an enrollee automatically, unless the enrollee specifically declines to be covered under this Act: (1) the elimination of the limitation on the number of days of inpatient hospital services provided under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII; (2) the elimination of coinsurance imposed for inpatient hospital services over 60 days under part A; and (3) payment for 100 percent, instead of 80 percent, of the reasonable charges for part B benefits. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually determine the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees under the above provisions and sets the premium for the above benefits at that rate. Provides part B enrollees with automatic coverage, unless specifically denied, of medical expenses for prescription drugs for the treatment of chronic illness. Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually establish a prospective payment schedule which establishes the payment to be made for such expenses; (2) establish, by therapeutic category, a formulary of the drugs and biologicals necessary for treatment of a chronic disease; and (3) annually determine the monthly actuarial rate for the coverage of such expenses. Sets the premium at such actuarial rate. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on alternatives for reducing the cost-sharing burdens placed by Medicare on individuals entitled to its benefits. | 2025-08-29T16:32:10Z | |
| 99-hr-5295 | 99 | hr | 5295 | A bill to amend the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to authorize grants to university graduate programs which provide training in the care of elderly developmentally disabled persons. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-30 | 1986-09-02 | Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to provide grants to colleges and universities for graduate level training in the provision of services for developmentally disabled elderly persons. Outlines the eligibility criteria for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-hr-5285 | 99 | hr | 5285 | A bill entitled: "The Public Employees Social Security Equity Act of 1986". | Social Welfare | 1986-07-29 | 1986-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 0 | Amends the Social Security Act Amendments of 1983 to repeal provisions which reduce the old-age and disability benefits of individuals who reach age 62 after 1985 and who are eligible for a pension based on employment which is not covered under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5287 | 99 | hr | 5287 | Medicare and Medicaid Budget Reconciliation Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-07-29 | 1986-07-29 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] | CA | D | W000215 | 0 | Medicare and Medicaid Budget Reconciliation Amendments of 1986 - Title I: Medicare - Part 1: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to count, for the purpose of reimbursing hospitals for direct costs of medical education, all the time a resident spends in patient care activities regardless of the setting of those activities, provided the hospital is incurring costs for such training. Reduces the weighting factor used to compute the costs of training fifth-year residents. Requires that limitations on Medicare payments for home health services be applied on an aggregate rather than a discipline-specific basis for home health agencies. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in establishing such limitations, to take into account: (1) recent cost data; and (2) changes in costs resulting from changes in billing and verification procedure requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a program providing for research regarding outcomes of selected medical treatments and surgical procedures so as to assess their appropriateness, necessity, and effectiveness. Places a priority on the selection of procedures and treatments with significant costs, risks, hospitalization periods, and utilization patterns. Authorizes appropriations from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1989 to carry out such research. Requires that at least 90 percent of the funds available in any fiscal year be used to fund grants to, and cooperative agreements with, non-Federal research entities. Directs that the program be administered by the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (Center). Requires the Center to: (1) report its findings to the Congress within 18 months of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter; and (2) disseminate its findings as widely as possible. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act and the Medicare program to exempt amounts paid by … | 2025-08-29T16:29:23Z | |
| 99-hr-5264 | 99 | hr | 5264 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit certain individuals with physical or mental impairments to continue medicare coverage at their own expense. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-28 | 1986-08-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. McMillan, J. Alex [R-NC-9] | NC | R | M000566 | 1 | Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to continue the part A eligibility of physically or mentally impaired individuals who were eligible for such benefits by reason of their entitlement to disability benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act, but whose title II benefits have been terminated because they engaged in substantial gainful activity. Sets forth enrollment, special enrollment, and coverage periods as well as the contingencies terminating one's enrollment. Conditions such continued part A eligibility upon the payment of a monthly premium. Requires individuals who are entitled to part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) Medicare benefits only by reason of their continued part A eligibility provided by this Act to pay a monthly premium set at four times the amount otherwise required under part B. Prohibits such part A and B premiums from exceeding a specified percentage of the individual's adjusted gross income, unless the premium thereby sinks below 25 percent of the premium determined without income restraints. Prohibits the benefits provided by this Act from supplanting employer group health plan benefits. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hjres-684 | 99 | hjres | 684 | A joint resolution calling for recognition of United Way's 100th Anniversary. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-24 | 1986-11-06 | Became Public Law No: 99-612. | House | Rep. Michel, Robert H. [R-IL-18] | IL | R | M000692 | 262 | Honors the United Way on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Encourages the United Way to continue its fine work and achieve its goal of doubling its resources by 1991. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 99-hr-5235 | 99 | hr | 5235 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require State medicaid plans to provide coverage of pregnant women whose income falls below the Federal poverty guidelines. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-24 | 1986-07-31 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1] | MI | D | C000714 | 4 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to extend coverage to women in need of pregnancy-related medical services whose family income does not exceed the Federal poverty level. Prohibits the application of a resource standard in determining the eligibility of such women. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 99-hr-5239 | 99 | hr | 5239 | A bill to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt programs authorized by the Older Americans Act of 1965 from sequestration. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-24 | 1986-08-04 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] | FL | R | B000463 | 0 | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt programs authorized by the Older Americans Act of 1965 from presidential sequestration orders. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 99-s-2686 | 99 | s | 2686 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit certain individuals with physical or mental impairments to continue medicare coverage at their own expense. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-24 | 1986-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC] | NC | R | B000966 | 0 | Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to continue the part A eligibility of physically or mentally impaired individuals who were eligible for such benefits by reason of their entitlement to disability benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act, but whose title II benefits have been terminated because they engaged in substantial gainful activity. Sets forth enrollment, special enrollment, and coverage periods as well as the contingencies terminating one's enrollment. Conditions such continued part A eligibility upon the payment of a monthly premium. Requires individuals who are entitled to part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) Medicare benefits only by reason of their continued part A eligibility provided by this Act to pay a monthly premium set at four times the amount otherwise required under part B. Prohibits such part A and B premiums from exceeding a specified percentage of the individual's adjusted gross income, unless the premium thereby sinks below 25 percent of the premium determined without income restraints. Prohibits the benefits provided by this Act from supplanting employer group health plan benefits. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-s-2688 | 99 | s | 2688 | Developmental Disabilities Training Assistance Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-07-24 | 1986-07-24 | Committee on Labor and Human Resources requested executive comment from Health and Human Services Department, OMB. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 4 | Developmental Disabilities Training Assistance Act of 1986 - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to provide grants to colleges and universities for the development and operation of at least ten regionally distributed university affiliated facilities which shall offer graduate programs providing interdisciplinary training to professionals in the health care and social service fields relating to aging and developmental disabilities so as to improve the care provided to elderly persons with developmental disabilities. Requires schools applying for such grants to: (1) offer graduate-level training in a field concerned with aging or developmental disabilities; and (2) propose a program of study providing interdisciplinary training in those subjects. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-29T16:31:23Z | |
| 99-hr-5226 | 99 | hr | 5226 | Social Security Due Process Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-07-23 | 1986-07-23 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-8] | CA | D | D000222 | 0 | Social Security Due Process Amendments of 1986 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require that an application for benefits include a statement notifying applicants of: (1) the 60-day period (or any longer period authorized by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) for commencing court review of a final decision or determination of the Secretary rendered after a hearing; and (2) the consequences of failing to commence an action within such period. | 2025-08-29T16:30:21Z | |
| 99-hr-5214 | 99 | hr | 5214 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the limitations of payment for home health services under the medicare program. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-22 | 1986-07-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-3] | CA | D | M000249 | 16 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that limitations on Medicare payments for home health services be applied on an aggregate rather than a discipline-specific basis for home health agencies. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in establishing such limitations, to take into account: (1) recent cost data; and (2) changes in costs resulting from changes in billing and verification procedure requirements. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2670 | 99 | s | 2670 | Ambulatory Care Training Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-07-22 | 1986-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 2 | Ambulatory Care Training Act of 1986 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress by 1990 on the findings of a study into the need for, and the means of financing the costs of, increasing and improving graduate medical education in ambulatory care settings. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to reimburse the costs of graduate medical education in ambulatory care settings, regardless of the location of such care (currently, to be reimbursed such care must occur at hospital cost centers), to the same extent to which inpatient training costs are reimbursed. Increases funding, up to July 1, 1990, for medical residency training programs which spend greater than 25 percent of the resident's time in an ambulatory care setting. Increases funding, up to July 1, 1990, for geriatric residency or fellowship programs. Requires the Secretary to annually publish data on payments made to hospitals for their medical residency training programs and the number of full-time equivalent residents in such hospitals. Requires, as of June 1, 1987, that foreign medical graduates pass the Foreign Medical Graduate Examinations (FMGEMS) and receive certification from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates as prerequisites to their employer's receipt of Medicare payments for their direct and indirect graduate medical education costs. Prohibits Medicare coverage of the costs of more than one foreign graduate for each four U.S. graduates in a residency training program or for each six U.S. graduates in a fellowship program. Excludes from the latter ratio, foreign medical graduates in geriatric fellowship programs. Directs the Secretary to waive such ratio requirements for certain resident training programs if the foreign medical graduates in such programs provide medical care for indigent patients which would not otherwise be available to such patients. Requires the Secretary to carry out demonstration projects: (1) authorizing hospitals to utilize graduate medical… | 2025-08-29T16:30:03Z | |
| 99-hr-5206 | 99 | hr | 5206 | Medicare Patient Home Oxygen Protection Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 2 | Medicare Patient Home Oxygen Protection Act of 1986 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish monthly capitation fee schedules on a regional, Statewide, or carrier service area basis for Medicare oxygen therapy services. Requires payments to be made on the basis of the number of units of oxygen prescribed for a patient per month. Prohibits payments for oxygen therapy services prescribed by a physician who has a significant ownership in, or a significant financial or contractual relationship with, the entity furnishing oxygen therapy services, unless such entity is the sole supplier of such services in a community. Requires the Secretary to pay, or notify the entity providing such services of a defect in, a payment claim within 22 days of its receipt. Imposes interest penalties on late payments. Bases the oxygen therapy fee schedules on the reasonable charge level for oxygen therapy services determined for the 12-month period ending June 30, 1986. Provides Medicare coverage for 80 percent of the fee schedule amount. Directs the Secretary to provide a minimum monthly amount to assure the availability of oxygen therapy services for individuals requiring only small amounts of oxygen. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation and effects of these provisions by July 1, 1988. | 2025-08-29T16:29:29Z | |
| 99-hr-5207 | 99 | hr | 5207 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the limitations of payment for home health services under the medicare program. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-28 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3] | OR | D | W000779 | 1 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that limitations on Medicare payments for home health services be applied on an aggregate rather than a discipline-specific basis for home health agencies. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in establishing such limitations, to take into account: (1) recent cost data; and (2) changes in costs resulting from changes in billing and verification procedure requirements. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5212 | 99 | hr | 5212 | A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to permit a State at its option, under the AFDC program, to require registration for WIN purposes in the case of parents and relatives of children under the age of six. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-21 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1] | OK | D | J000232 | 4 | Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to permit States to require parents and relatives of a child under six years of age who are personally providing care for the child to register for work incentive programs. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2657 | 99 | s | 2657 | Work Incentive Block Grant Act | Social Welfare | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Work Incentive Block Grant Act - Revises part C (Work Incentive Program) of title IV of the Social Security Act. States that the purpose of part C is to promote the establishment, by any State with a State plan approved under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of such Act, of a work incentive program to furnish incentives, opportunities, and necessary services to individuals receiving aid under such plan in order to promote: (1) the employment of such individuals in the regular economy; and (2) the training of such individuals for work in the regular economy. Authorizes amounts to be appropriated. Prohibits more than 15 percent of the funds from being spent by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to administer part C. Provides that the amount remaining shall be allotted in accordance with a formula under which each State receives an amount that bears the same ratio to such total as the average number of individuals in such State who, during the month of January last preceding the beginning of the fiscal year, were registered for employment programs under part A. Authorizes a State to transfer any portion of its allotment for use under the adult and youth training services for the disadvantaged program of the Job Training Partnership Act. Requires a State to use its allotment to maintain its work incentive program for individuals who are required to register for employment programs under part A. Requires a State program to include: (1) a program placing as many such individuals as is possible in employment, which may include intensive job search services and participation in group job search activities; (2) a program utilizing on-the-job training positions; (3) a program of institutional and work experience training for those individuals for whom such training is likely to lead to regular employment; and (4) a program of testing, counseling, and referral that is designed to promote the participation by individuals in activities included in the State program that are most likely t… | 2025-08-29T16:33:37Z | |
| 99-s-2658 | 99 | s | 2658 | Pro-Family Preservation and Demonstration Program Act | Social Welfare | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | Pro-Family Preservation and Demonstration Program Act - Authorizes States to elect to operate demonstration programs providing assistance to dependent children of unemployed parents as an alternative to the program providing such assistance under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act. Requires the Governor of a State which desires to operate such a program to submit a State program plan to the Secretary of Health and Human Services which: (1) specifies the agency which will conduct the program; (2) sets forth State objectives; (3) describes the techniques to be used to achieve program objectives; and (4) sets forth the format and frequency of reports regarding program operations. Lists acceptable program techniques which include: (1) providing assistance to dependent children for a limited time rather than on a continuing basis; (2) requiring and rewarding parental participation in training and employment programs; (3) providing child-care benefits for parents actively seeking employment; and (4) providing training and employment programs through cooperative arrangements with the private sector. Deems a State program to have been approved unless the Secretary gives the State written notice of dispproval within 45 days of the State's submission of its plan and an opportunity to resubmit its plan. Provides that such programs shall operate for three years and be extended for such periods as the Secretary deems appropriate. Requires the Secretary to evaluate a State's program after one and after three years of operation. | 2025-08-29T16:31:53Z | |
| 99-s-2667 | 99 | s | 2667 | Infant Mortality Reduction and Child Health Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-07-21 | 1986-07-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 7 | Infant Mortality Reduction and Child Health Act of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of extending coverage to women in need of pregnancy-related medical services and children up to age six whose family income exceeds current income eligibility thresholds, but does not exceed a State maximum income level to be established at or below the Federal poverty level. Leaves to each State's discretion the decision as to whether a resource standard shall be applied in determining the eligibility of such women and children. Prohibits States which provide coverage pursuant to this Act from reducing Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) payment levels after enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:31:08Z | |
| 99-hr-5193 | 99 | hr | 5193 | A bill to insure the payment in 1986 and future years of cost-of-living increases under the Social Security Act without regard to the 3 percent threshold requirement. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-17 | 1986-07-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11] | PA | D | K000008 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that there be at least a three-percent rise in the Consumer Price Index before a cost-of-living adjustment is made in 1986 OASDI and Supplemental Security Income (title XVI of the Act) benefits. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5197 | 99 | hr | 5197 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the administration of the end stage renal disease program and to clarify the responsibilities of end stage renal disease networks. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-17 | 1986-07-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-16] | NY | D | R000053 | 2 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consolidate existing renal disease network areas into no fewer than 17 areas, giving existing network organizations the first opportunity to perform network functions in a newly designated area. Requires that the network council and medical review board established by each network organization have at least one patient representative. Expands the list of network organization responsibilities to include the: (1) encouragement of patient and provider participation in vocational rehabilitation programs; (2) implementation of a procedure for evaluating and resolving patient grievances; (3) necessary on-site review of facility and provider compliance with standards of care; and (4) collection of data for specified reports. Requires the Secretary to establish a national end-stage renal disease registry for the purpose of collecting uniform and comprehensive data on all dialysis and transplant patients. Alters the methods of funding network organizations by requiring the Secretary to supply such organizations with 50 cents from each payment otherwise made to a dialysis facility for dialysis services. (Currently, organization funds are provided from the Medicare trust funds.) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish conditions on the reuse of dialyzer filters by facilities and providers which voluntarily reuse such filters; and (2) consider establishing standards for the reuse of other dialysis supplies. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2655 | 99 | s | 2655 | Better Health Care Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-07-17 | 1986-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 4 | Better Health Care Act of 1986 - Title I: Continuing Care Reforms - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Continuing Care Policy Council composed of members with expertise in geriatrics or rehabilitative practices. Requires the Council to make recommendations to the Secretary concerning the administration of continuing care services under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act and as such services are affected by title I of this Act. Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program to require the Secretary to establish medical claims standards which are to be applied uniformly and take into account a patient's medical profile, condition, and other practical considerations in determining the medical reasonableness and necessity of claims for continuing care services (defined to include extended care and home health services). Requires the Secretary to annually review and, if necessary, revise the standards. Authorizes a fiscal intermediary which has initially determined that some or all of a continuing care services claim may be denied, but has not yet officially denied the claim, to consult with the service provider, patient, and patient's physician to review the determination and approve a modified claim if the services are appropriate and the patient concurs in the modification. Directs the Secretary, in determining whether payments to home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities should be denied, to continue certain presumptions of compliance with reasonable and necessary services requirements until a system providing for case-by-case determinations of authorizations for continuing care services is implemented. Requires system implementation within 30 months of enactment of this Act. Requires a fiscal intermediary to reimburse a provider of continuing care for services provided to an individual for whom there was reasonable evidence of entitlement if the pro… | 2025-08-29T16:29:51Z | |
| 99-hr-5182 | 99 | hr | 5182 | A bill to insure the payment in 1987 of cost-of-living increases under the OASDI program in title II of the Social Security Act. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-16 | 1986-07-16 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34] | CA | D | T000316 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that there be at least a three-percent rise in the Consumer Price Index before a cost-of-living adjustment is made in 1987 OASDI and Supplemental Security Income (title XVI of the Act) benefits. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2646 | 99 | s | 2646 | A bill to provide that no change may be made in the prospective payment rates established under section 1881(b)(7) of the Social Security Act with respect to outpatient maintenance dialysis services until certain requirements are satisfied. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-16 | 1986-07-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 5 | Prohibits any change in the prospective payment rates established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, for outpatient maintenance dialysis services until 60 days after: (1) audited information concerning the costs of such services is available and utilized in determining payment rates; (2) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs implements safety standards for the reuse of dialysis devices and supplies; and (3) specified studies have been completed. Requires that such studies consider: (1) the effects of rate reductions on the quality of dialysis care and on the reuse of dialysis devices and supplies; (2) the safety, efficacy, and patient outcomes of the reuse of such devices and supplies; and (3) the differing effects of rate reductions on urban and rural dialysis facilities and providers. Sets forth reporting requirements. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-s-2649 | 99 | s | 2649 | Children's Health Care Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-07-16 | 1986-07-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 2 | Children's Health Care Act of 1986 - Title I: Medicaid - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to give States the option of providing Medicaid coverage to children from age one to 18 whose family income does not exceed the higher of the income eligibility threshold under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act or the Federal poverty level. Authorizes States to extend Medicaid eligibility to the parents of children rendered eligible pursuant to this Act. Prohibits States which provide coverage pursuant to this Act from establishing more stringent AFDC eligibility tests or reducing AFDC payment levels after enactment of this Act. Requires States which opt to provide such coverage to maintain their income test for AFDC eligibility at no less than 50 percent of the Federal poverty level and provide Medicaid coverage for women and infants in accordance with the Medicaid Maternal and Infant Amendments of 1986. Directs States to refer any individual under age 18 who becomes ineligible for Medicaid to a low or no-cost provider of medical services. Requires States to submit annual reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries under age 21 who receive periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services. Requires that such services be provided in accordance with recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Title II: Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant - Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration projects testing the effectiveness of using integrated case management services in providing services under title V (Maternal and Infant Welfare) of the Act to children with special health care needs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1989. | 2025-08-29T16:32:00Z | |
| 99-s-2650 | 99 | s | 2650 | Medicaid Maternal and Infant Health Care Enhancement Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-07-16 | 1986-07-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | Medicaid Maternal and Infant Health Care Enhancement Act of 1986 - Title I: Medicaid - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to cover comprehensive services provided to women with high risk pregnancies. Defines such a woman as one who is eligible for Medicaid benefits and meets at least two of the following conditions: (1) she is under age 18 or over age 35; (2) she left school prior to high school graduation; (3) she is dependent upon cigarettes, alcohol, or drugs; (4) her family income is below the Federal poverty level; or (5) she has had a previous poor birth outcome. Lists the comprehensive services to be provided to such women. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint an Advisory Group on High-Risk Pregnancies to advise the Secretary regarding other items and services meriting inclusion on such list. Requires States to cover pregnancy-related services provided to eligible women without limiting the amount, duration, or scope of such services. Requires that the determination regarding an individual's eligibility for pregnancy-related services be made within ten days of her application for such services. Provides full Medicaid reimbursement to title V (Maternal and Child Health of the Act) health clinics for outpatient services furnished to Medicaid-eligible pregnant women. Title II: Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant - Amends title V of the Act to require States to submit annual reports to the Secretary relating to: (1) women and children in the State, including information regarding the availability of pregnancy-related and pediatric services; and (2) children with special health care needs in the State and the services provided to such children. | 2025-08-29T16:30:18Z | |
| 99-s-2644 | 99 | s | 2644 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide that the Federal medical assistance percentage shall be 100 percent with respect to amounts expended as medical assistance for illegal aliens. | Social Welfare | 1986-07-15 | 1986-07-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to set the Federal assistance percentage for the Medicaid costs of illegal aliens at 100 percent. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5130 | 99 | hr | 5130 | Federal Health Care Auditing and Quality Control Improvement Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 15 | Federal Health Care Auditing and Quality Control Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1967 to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to test and measure the cost effectiveness of having audits and medical reviews under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act performed by contractors other than the fiscal intermediaries and carriers which process claims under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary, within one year of this Act's enactment, to recommend to the Congress the optimum level and type of Medicare audit expenditures. Directs the Secretary to review the quality control program under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act and, within one year of this Act's enactment, develop procedures and guidelines for such program which require States to implement corrective action plans and management information systems to prevent errors in the provision of services. | 2025-08-29T16:31:45Z | |
| 99-hr-5133 | 99 | hr | 5133 | Food Assistance for the Homeless Act | Social Welfare | 1986-06-26 | 1986-07-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition. | House | Rep. Leland, Mickey [D-TX-18] | TX | D | L000237 | 4 | Food Assistance for the Homeless Act - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize food stamp program outreach activities for the homeless. Amends the definitions of "food," "household," and "retail food store" to permit the homeless to use food stamps to buy prepared meals from government-approved nonprofit shelters or eating establishments. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to increase FY 1987 authorizations of appropriations for surplus commodity storage and distribution. | 2025-08-29T16:32:14Z | |
| 99-hr-5139 | 99 | hr | 5139 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to establish a national right to shelter for the homeless, to provide assistance for the homeless under the AFDC and SSI programs, and to modify such programs to aid in the prevention of homelessness among families, children, and disabled and institutionalized persons. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-26 | 1986-06-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Leland, Mickey [D-TX-18] | TX | D | L000237 | 1 | Title I: Emergency Relief for the Homeless - Subtitle A: Emergency Shelter for the Homeless - Declares that the homeless are entitled to decent overnight shelter. Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to furnish emergency assistance to the homeless without regard to the durational and eligibility requirements otherwise imposed on such assistance. Includes within such assistance: (1) adequate food and shelter; and (2) social services, such as child care counseling, job search assistance, and the location of permanent housing. Subtitle B: Social Security Assistance to the Homeless - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish and conduct an ongoing program to inform the homeless of, and assist them in securing, benefits available under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act; and (2) periodically review Social Security Administration procedures so as to remove technical and bureaucratic barriers the homeless face when filing benefit claims. Amends the SSI program to extend SSI eligibility to residents of halfway houses. (Currently, such assistance is provided to those in public emergency shelter.) Eliminates the three-month per year limit on the eligibility of halfway house and emergency shelter residents. Subtitle C: Entitlement Eligibility for the Homeless - Prohibits the lack of a permanent address from affecting a family's or an individual's eligibility for AFDC or SSI benefits. Requires the development of methods for processing claims and providing benefits to homeless AFDC and SSI beneficiaries. Title II: Prevention of Homelessness - Subtitle A: Prevention of Homelessness of Disabled and Institutionalized Persons Under SSI Program - Amends the SSI program to consider chronically mentally ill individuals as presumptively disabled and thus eligible for immediate SSI payments. Provides full SSI benefits to chronically mentally ill individua… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2602 | 99 | s | 2602 | A bill to provide for two additional members of the Physician Payment Review Commission. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-26 | 1986-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR] | AR | D | P000556 | 4 | Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the appointment of two additional members to the Physician Payment Review Commission. (Currently, there are 11 Commission members.) | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-s-2604 | 99 | s | 2604 | Nursing Home Quality Reform Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-26 | 1986-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 2 | Nursing Home Quality Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require intermediate care facilities (other than mental health institutions) to meet skilled nursing facility requirements established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Act. Makes changes in the conditions placed upon skilled nursing facilities' Medicare participation relating to: (1) the quality and fairness of care; (2) patient participation in facility decision-making; (3) the extent to which care approximates a patient's particular needs; (4) facility reprisals against patients or employees utilizing complaint procedures; and (5) the access of patients, their guardians and relatives, and the public to information regarding patients' rights and facility policies and procedures. Substantiates such objectives by providing a nonexclusive list of patients' rights at such facilities. Prohibits State agencies which have agreed to survey nursing facilities' compliance with Medicare participation conditions from providing such facilities with consultation services regarding such conditions. Requires that nursing facility survey results be posted in a place accessible to patients. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make provider performance reports available to the public after giving the provider 30 days (currently, 60 days) to review and comment on such reports, but removes time restrictions on the release of such information to ombudsmen. Amends the Medicare program to require that nursing facility surveys be: (1) unannounced; (2) conducted by a multidisciplinary team of professionals tranined and tested for their duties; (3) focused on the quality of care provided to patients; and (4) performed for each facility on a regular basis, the frequency of such surveys depending upon the facility's record. Directs State agencies to provide for the investigation of complaints against nursing faciliti… | 2025-08-29T16:30:43Z | |
| 99-s-2608 | 99 | s | 2608 | Homeless Persons' Survival Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-26 | 1986-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 1 | Homeless Persons' Survival Act of 1986 - Title I: Emergency Relief for the Homeless - Subtitle A: Emergency Shelter for the Homeless - Declares that every homeless individual is entitled to decent overnight shelter. Amends the Social Security Act to make emergency assistance mandatory for needy families with children and for homeless persons. Subtitle B: Social Security Assistance to the Homeless - Amends the Social Security Act to provide for an outreach program to homeless persons who may be eligible for OASDI and SSI benefits. Extends SSI eligibility to public shelter residents. Subtitle C: Health and Mental Health Care for the Homeless - Provides health and mental health care services to homeless persons. Subtitle D: Emergency Food for the Homeless - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for food stamp outreach to homeless persons. Makes establishments that feed homeless persons eligible to redeem food stamps. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to increase FY 1987 authorization of appropriations and extend funding through FY 1989. Subtitle E: Emergency Assistance to Homeless Families and Children - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to require a State or local educational agency to provide free public education to homeless children in order to receive Federal assistance. Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to define "providing temporary shelter" as providing shelter until permanent shelter can be provided elsewhere. Provides for grants for the establishment or expansion of shelters for homeless parents and infants. Subtitle F: Job Training for the Homeless - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to include homeless persons in the definition of economically disadvantaged. Subtitle G: Entitlements Eligibility for the Homeless - States that the lack of a permanent address shall not make a person ineligible for assistance under: (1) the AFDC program; (2) the SSI program; (3) Medicaid; or (4) veterans' pension programs. Title II: Prevention of Homelessness … | 2025-08-29T16:31:33Z | |
| 99-s-2625 | 99 | s | 2625 | Federal Health Care Auditing and Quality Control Improvement Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-26 | 1986-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 6 | Federal Health Care Auditing and Quality Control Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1967 to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to test and measure the cost effectiveness of having audits and medical reviews under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act performed by contractors other than the fiscal intermediaries and carriers which process claims under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary, within one year of this Act's enactment, to recommend to the Congress the optimum level and type of Medicare audit expenditures. Directs the Secretary to review the quality control program under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act and, within one year of this Act's enactment, develop procedures and guidelines for such program which require States to implement corrective action plans and management information systems to prevent errors in the provision of services. | 2025-08-29T16:33:15Z | |
| 99-sres-435 | 99 | sres | 435 | A resolution to recognize the I Have A Dream Foundation for its contributions to the education and lives of disadvantaged young people. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-26 | 1986-10-03 | Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 30 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Recognizes the I Have a Dream Foundation for assisting in the replication of an innovative and successful approach to keeping disadvantaged teen-agers in high school and enabling them to attend college. Encourages others to give such young people educational opportunities they do not normally have. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 99-hr-5085 | 99 | hr | 5085 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for two additional members of the Physician Payment Review Commission. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-25 | 1986-07-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Anthony, Beryl, Jr. [D-AR-4] | AR | D | A000213 | 0 | Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the appointment of two additional members to the Physician Payment Review Commission. (Currently, there are 11 Commission members.) | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5090 | 99 | hr | 5090 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit certain individuals with physical or mental impairments to continue medicare coverage at their own expense. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-25 | 1986-07-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000966 | 0 | Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to continue the part A eligibility of physically or mentally impaired individuals who were eligible for such benefits by reason of their entitlement to disability benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act, but whose title II benefits have been terminated because they engaged in substantial gainful activity. Sets forth enrollment, special enrollment, and coverage periods as well as the contingencies terminating one's enrollment. Conditions such continued part A eligibility upon the payment of a monthly premium. Requires individuals who are entitled to part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) Medicare benefits only by reason of their continued part A eligibility provided by this Act to pay a monthly premium set at four times the amount otherwise required under part B. Prohibits such part A and B premiums from exceeding a specified percentage of the individual's adjusted gross income, unless the premium thereby sinks below 25 percent of the premium determined without income restraints. Prohibits the benefits provided by this Act from supplanting employer group health plan benefits. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2600 | 99 | s | 2600 | A bill to amend section 201(g) of the Social Security Act to modify the manner in which payment is made from the Social Security Trust Funds for the costs of printing and mailing checks for benefits payable under titles II, XVI, XVIII and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-25 | 1986-06-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA] | CA | R | W000607 | 3 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require that stationery, printing, and postage costs estimated to be incurred by the Financial Management Service (FMS) of the Department of the Treasury in issuing benefit checks under titles II, XVI (Supplemental Security Income), and XVIII (Medicare) of the Act be paid directly from the social security trust funds. (Currently, FMS must seek an appropriation from the Congress to cover such costs; the trust funds then reimburse the General Fund of the Treasury for amounts expended.) | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5080 | 99 | hr | 5080 | A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to reduce the need for emergency assistance payments to provide temporary housing for destitute and homeless AFDC families, and the expense of such payments, by authorizing grants to States for the construction or rehabilitation of permanent housing that such families can afford with their regular AFDC payments. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-24 | 1986-06-24 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10] | NY | D | S000148 | 13 | Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the construction and rehabilitation of permanent housing for rental to AFDC recipients who would otherwise require AFDC emergency assistance in the form of temporary housing. Requires that such grants be used to provide permanent housing which is: (1) owned by the State, an instrumentality of the State, or a nonprofit organization; (2) available to families who have been unable to find decent nontemporary housing at rents that can be paid with AFDC aid for shelter; and (3) located in jurisdictions experiencing a critical shortage of such housing. Requires that: (1) the costs of providing permanent housing be lower than costs which would be incurred if, instead, the State made AFDC emergency assistance payments providing temporary housing; and (2) the most costly temporary housing be retired from use in the emergency assistance program as permanent housing becomes available for occupancy, unless temporary housing is demonstrably needed. Sets the State contribution to the cost of constructing or rehabilitating such housing at the greater of 50 percent or the current State AFDC share increased by ten percent. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-5070 | 99 | hr | 5070 | USHealth Program Act | Social Welfare | 1986-06-23 | 1986-07-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] | CA | D | R000485 | 21 | USHealth Program Act - Title I: Eligibility and Enrollment - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish the USHealth Program (Program) for the provision of comprehensive medical care, without regard to age or disability status to: (1) permanent U.S. residents; and (2) aliens who are employed with a foreign government or international organization and reside in the United States, provided an executive agreement can be arranged with such government or organization for payments into the Program. Provides for the possibility of incorporating foreign visitors into the program. Repeals title XIX (Medicaid) of the Act and provisions of various other benefit programs rendered superfluous by the comprehensive nature of the USHealth Program. Title II: Benefits and Providers - Lists Program benefits which comprise: (1) inpatient hospital and inpatient psychiatric hospital services; (2) medical and other health services; (3) comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility services; (4) extended care services; (5) home health services; (6) hospice care; (7) respite care; (8) alcohol and drug abuse rehabilitation services; and (9) outpatient mental health services. Amends the Medicare program to expand covered medical and other health services to include: (1) periodic screening and diagnosis of individuals under age 21 to ascertain their physical or mental defects and the care necessary to correct or ameliorate discovered defects; (2) family planning services and supplies for individuals of child-bearing age; (3) private duty nursing services; (4) State authorized nurse-midwife services; (5) eyeglasses and dental services, with specified conditions; (6) prescribed drugs and prosthetic devices; (7) physical therapy; (8) other diagnostic, preventive, and rehabilitative services; and (9) other medical or remedial care furnished by licensed practitioners within the scope of their practice or as specified by the USHealth Board. Expands extended care services to include services furnished to inpat… | 2025-08-29T16:29:41Z | |
| 99-s-2586 | 99 | s | 2586 | A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a respite care demonstration project. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-23 | 1986-06-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act which shall be administered by a State health agency and which provides respite care services, including: (1) short-term sitter, homemaker, and personal-care services, adult day care, inpatient care, and emergency respite; and (2) peer support and training for family caregivers. Provides such services to elderly and disabled Medicaid-eligible individuals and to other elderly and disabled individuals, for a reasonable fee, who would otherwise require institutional care. Provides that priority, among the latter group, shall be given to those who would be eligible for Medicaid benefits upon institutionalization. Provides that the State and Federal governments shall each cover one-half of project costs, but sets a fiscal year limit on Federal outlays. Limits the duration of the project to four years, plus an additional period of up to six months for final evaluation and reporting. Sets forth reporting requirements. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5053 | 99 | hr | 5053 | Medicare Timely Payment Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Gradison, Willis D., Jr. [R-OH-2] | OH | R | G000349 | 34 | Medicare Timely Payment Amendments of 1986 - Amends parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require fiscal intermediaries and carriers to pay the claims of Medicare providers and beneficiaries, and give such providers and beneficiaries notice of improperly submitted claims, within 22 days of receiving such claims (unless payment is made on a periodic interim payment basis). Requires the Federal Government to pay the interest accruing on such claims for the period during which the payment or notice is past due. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from modifying certain regulations relating to the periodic interim payment method of reimbursing providers. | 2025-08-29T16:33:06Z | |
| 99-hr-5054 | 99 | hr | 5054 | Medicare Hospital and Physician Timely Payment Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-26 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 12 | Medicare Hospital and Physician Timely Payment Amendments of 1986 - Amends parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require intermediaries and carriers to pay the claims of Medicare providers and beneficiaries, and give such providers and beneficiaries notice of improperly submitted claims, within 22 days of receiving such claims (unless payment is made on a periodic interim payment basis). Requires the Federal Government to pay the interest accruing on such claims for the period during which the payment or notice is past due. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from modifying certain regulations relating to the periodic interim payment method of reimbursing providers. Directs the Secretary to develop an optional interim periodic payment system for participating physicians who have at least one year of claims experience. | 2025-08-29T16:31:34Z | |
| 99-hr-5065 | 99 | hr | 5065 | Aid to Families and Employment Transition Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-24 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. | House | Rep. Kemp, Jack [R-NY-31] | NY | R | K000086 | 19 | Aid to Families and Employment Transition Act of 1986 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that AFDC beneficiaries making the transition to unsubsidized employment by participating in employment preparation programs established pursuant to the Employment Preparation Act of 1986 shall have their salary excluded from the AFDC eligibility determination for one year following the initial placement. Continues Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) coverage of individuals making such a transition to unsubsidized employment until the individual either becomes eligible for an employer health plan, or 15 months elapse since his or her placement in unsubsidized employment. Provides AFDC benefits to two-parent families if at least one parent participates in an employment preparation program. | 2025-08-29T16:32:02Z | |
| 99-hr-5067 | 99 | hr | 5067 | Long-Term Care Patient Advocacy Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 25 | Long-Term Care Patient Advocacy Act of 1986 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize ombudsmen to designate agents to perform ombudsman functions. Directs the State agency administering the programs under such Act to establish a mandatory training program for ombudsmen and their agents, providing instruction on investigative techniques and the laws and regulations pertaining to long-term care facilities. Protects ombudsmen and their agents from liability if they exercise reasonable care in pursuit of their duties. Directs the State agency to establish: (1) a statewide register which lists information relating to reported incidents of abuse in skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities; and (2) a procedure by which an employee of such facilities or an ombudsman may enter a report in the statewide register detailing alleged incidents of abuse. Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require ombudsmen access to patient records in skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities upon the patient's consent and the establishment of reasonable cause. Imposes civil fines and other sanctions upon skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities failing to satisfy Medicare skilled nursing facility requirements. Grants skilled nursing facilities a hearing before the imposition of sanctions. Prohibits the reinstatement of skilled nursing or intermediate care facility participation in the Medicare or Medicaid program earlier than two years from the termination of their participation by reason of their failure to satisfy program requirements. Requires the administrative staff of skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities to clear a criminal background check. Prohibits such facilities from employing individuals within 12 months of their having been dismissed from a facility and cited in a report to the statewide register as suspected abusers of patients in such a facility. Requires skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities to consider only the severity … | 2025-08-29T16:32:44Z | |
| 99-s-2576 | 99 | s | 2576 | Medicare Timely Payment Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 18 | Medicare Timely Payment Amendments of 1986 - Amends parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require intermediaries and carriers to pay the claims of Medicare providers and beneficiaries, and give such providers and beneficiaries notice of improperly submitted claims, within 22 days of receiving such claims (unless payment is made on a periodic interim payment basis). Requires the Federal Government to pay the interest accruing on such claims for the period during which the payment or notice is past due. | 2025-08-29T16:30:13Z | |
| 99-s-2579 | 99 | s | 2579 | Aid to Families and Employment Transition Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-19 | 1986-06-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 1 | Aid to Families and Employment Transition Act of 1986 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide that AFDC beneficiaries making the transition to unsubsidized employment by participating in employment preparation programs established pursuant to the Employment Preparation Act of 1986 shall have their salaries excluded from the AFDC eligibility determination for one year following the initial placement. Continues Medicaid (title XIX of the Act) coverage of individuals making such a transition to unsubsidized employment until the individual either becomes eligible for an employer health plan, or 15 months elapse since his or her placement in unsubsidized employment. Provides AFDC benefits to two-parent families if at least one parent participates in an employment preparation program. | 2025-08-29T16:31:29Z | |
| 99-hr-5050 | 99 | hr | 5050 | Social Security Administrative and Investment Reform Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-18 | 1986-07-24 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Jones, James R. [D-OK-1] | OK | D | J000232 | 190 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #235 (401-0)) Social Security Administrative and Investment Reform Act of 1986 - Title I: Establishment of the Social Security Administration - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to establish as an independent executive agency a Social Security Administration, headed by a Social Security Board. Provides that it shall be the duty of the Administration to administer the programs established by titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Board to study and make recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy. Establishes in the Administration: (1) a Commissioner of Social Security; (2) a Deputy Commissioner of Social Security; (3) a General Counsel; (4) an Inspector General; and (5) an Office of the Beneficiary Ombudsman, to be headed by a Beneficiary Ombudsman who shall represent the interests of beneficiaries under the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program and the Supplemental Security Income Program within the Administration. Requires the annual report of the Board to include a description of the activities of the Beneficiary Ombudsman. Requires the Board to make annual budgetary recommendations relating to the Administration. Requires that appropriations requests by the Administration for staffing and personnel be based upon a comprehensive workforce plan as established by the Board. Provides for the apportionment of administrative costs. Requires the annual report of the Board to include a section reflecting the use of budget authority provided to the Administration. Requires that authority for automated data processing procurement and facilities construction be provided in the form of contract authority covering the total cost of such acquisitions. Makes amounts needed for the liquidation of contract authority so provi… | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-5041 | 99 | hr | 5041 | Family Assistance and Child Support Enforcement Administrative Improvements Act | Social Welfare | 1986-06-17 | 1986-06-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. | House | Rep. Frenzel, Bill [R-MN-3] | MN | R | F000380 | 0 | Family Assistance and Child Support Enforcement Administrative Improvements Act - Title I: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to reduce the Federal matching rate for statewide development of mechanized claims processing and information retrieval systems from 90 to 75 percent for FY 1987 through 1989 and to 50 percent of the administrative costs of such systems in subsequent years. Reduces from 50 to 25 percent the matching rate for those State per recipient administrative costs which exceed 175 percent of the national median for such costs. Title II: Child Support Enforcement - Amends part D (Child Support) of title IV of the Act to gradually reduce the Federal matching rate for the State automated child support information retrieval system from the current rate of 90 percent to 66 percent in FY 1990 and beyond. Accelerates the reduction in the matching rate for the administrative costs of child support enforcement programs to achieve a four percent reduction (to 66 percent) in FY 1987 rather than in FY 1990. | 2025-08-29T16:29:31Z | |
| 99-sres-430 | 99 | sres | 430 | A resolution to commend Dorothy S. Ridings for her outstanding service to the nation. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-17 | 1986-06-17 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY] | KY | D | F000268 | 1 | Commends Dorothy S. Ridings for her outstanding service to the Nation. | 2021-06-30T19:53:16Z | |
| 99-s-2554 | 99 | s | 2554 | Medicare Information Act | Social Welfare | 1986-06-13 | 1986-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] | MN | R | D000566 | 4 | Medicare Information Act - Title I: Information for Evaluation of and Maintenance of Quality Under the Prospective Payment System - Requires that the Medicare Automated Data Retrieval System, which is to provide integrated information on beneficiaries' claims under parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, include information for all fiscal years following FY 1979. Extends Medicare hospital cost reporting through FY 1993 (currently, required through FY 1988). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress, within a year of enactment of this Act, recommendations for revising hospital cost reporting so that information is provided which is appropriate for the timely evaluation of the prospective payment system. Makes the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for coordinating and overseeing the evaluation of the prospective payment system. Requires hospitals, by July 1, 1987, to use the HCFA Common Procedure Coding System to code the procedures performed in their outpatient departments on the bills they submit to Medicare's fiscal intermediaries. Title II: Research on Outcomes of Specific Medical Treatments and Surgical Procedures - Amends the Medicare program to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program providing for research regarding outcomes of selected medical treatments and surgical procedures so as to assess their quality and effectiveness. Places a priority on the selection of procedures and treatments with significant costs, risks, hospitalization periods, and utilization patterns. Authorizes appropriations from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for FY 1987 through 1993 to carry out such research. Requires that at least 90 percent of the funds available in any fiscal year be used to fund grants to, and cooperative agreements with, non-Federal research entities. Directs that the program … | 2025-08-29T16:31:23Z | |
| 99-hr-5029 | 99 | hr | 5029 | A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish, statistical data relating to the incidence of adoptions. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-12 | 1986-06-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. | House | Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2] | NM | R | S000463 | 37 | Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to annually furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually publish, statistical data on adoptions finalized in the States during the preceding calendar year. Requires that such data include: (1) the number of adoptions finalized; (2) information pertaining to the adopted children as well as their biological mothers and adoptive parents; and (3) the manner in which such children were placed for adoption. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2547 | 99 | s | 2547 | A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require renal dialysis facilities and other providers of dialysis-related services, devices, and supplies to obtain informed, written consent from medicare patients with respect to the use of reprocessed dialysis devices and supplies. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-12 | 1986-06-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 6 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit providers or facilities from providing or using reprocessed dialysis devices for the dialysis of a Medicare patient without having obtained the informed, written consent of the patient or the patient's legal guardian. Requires the provider or facility to furnish such patient or guardian with information regarding the use and risks of reprocessed devices and assuring the patient or guardian that a refusal of consent will not result in the denial of access to dialysis devices. Authorizes patients or guardians to terminate prior consent by providing written notification of such termination to the provider or facility. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |
| 99-hr-4986 | 99 | hr | 4986 | Work Incentive Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | H000367 | 12 | Work Incentive Amendments of 1986 - Amends part C (Work Incentive Programs) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the allocation of funds to States which establish comprehensive programs of education, training, and job search assistance, enabling recipients of benefits under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act to achieve long-term self-sufficiency. Directs the Secretary of Labor to promulgate program performance standards which: (1) measure a State's success in reducing welfare dependency, while taking into account differing conditions faced by different States; and (2) provide the basis for awarding incentive grants to States which satisfy such standards. Requires each participating State to develop a State plan which: (1) identifies the State agency responsible for administering education, training, and job search assistance programs within the State; (2) assures that services will be provided in an efficient and coordinated manner, including the coordination of services with existing programs where appropriate; (3) identifies State resources available for the satisfaction of this Act's matching requirements; and (4) assures that necessary support services will be available to program participants. Sets forth the State review and approval procedure to which a State plan must be subject before the Secretary approves or rejects the plan. Requires services to be organized so that each participant will: (1) have his or her abilities and prior training evaluated during an intake process; (2) be notified of the evaluation's results and the education, training, job, and support services available; and (3) select one or more service(s), service resources being allotted first to those participants who are most difficult to place in unsubsidized employment. Includes certain temporary employment of those whose participation in a program has not resulted in unsubsidized employment as a service provided under this Act. Deems individuals who are making satisfactory progres… | 2025-08-29T16:31:25Z | |
| 99-hr-5008 | 99 | hr | 5008 | Medicare Fair Hospital Deductible Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19] | NY | D | B000432 | 0 | Medicare Fair Hospital Deductible Act of 1986 - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the method of determining the inpatient hospital deductible, extended care services coinsurance amount, and monthly premium. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional excise tax on cigarettes. Deposits revenues raised by the additional tax into the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. | 2025-08-29T16:29:45Z | |
| 99-hres-471 | 99 | hres | 471 | A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding prompt payment of Medicare claims. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-19 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. MacKay, Buddy [D-FL-6] | FL | D | M000023 | 51 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that unless the Health Care Financing Administration allocates sufficient funds and takes other action to ensure prompt payment of Medicare claims, the House of Representatives should adopt legislation ensuring prompt claims payment. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2542 | 99 | s | 2542 | Social Security Trust Funds Management Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-11 | 1986-06-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 16 | Social Security Trust Funds Management Act of 1986 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Managing Trustee of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (OASDI trust funds) to immediately invest such portion of the OASDI trust funds as is not required for current withdrawals. Prohibits the sale and redemption of OASDI trust fund assets or the exenditure of OASDI trust fund amounts for purposes other than those specified in title II of the Act. Requires members of such trust funds' Board of Trustees to faithfully execute their duties, but does not impose a fiduciary duty. Requires that, in consideration of the public debt limit, required investments of trust fund amounts occur prior to the issuance of other obligations. Directs that the tax receipts earmarked for the OASDI program be immediately transferred (currently, monthly transfers are made) from the general fund of the Treasury to the OASDI trust funds. Requires the Board of Trustees of the OASDI trust funds to meet at least twice each year. Sets forth provisions requiring reports by the Board of Trustees and the Managing Trustee to the Congress regarding the operation and status of the OASDI trust funds. | 2025-08-29T16:31:37Z | |
| 99-hres-468 | 99 | hres | 468 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding Medicare payment processing. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-10 | 1986-06-18 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Chappell, Bill, Jr. [D-FL-4] | FL | D | C000321 | 71 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that unless the Health Care Financing Administration allocates sufficient funds and and takes other action to ensure prompt payment of Medicare claims, the House of Representatives shall adopt legislation ensuring prompt claims payment. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-s-2527 | 99 | s | 2527 | Medicaid AIDS Amendments of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-06 | 1986-06-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 3 | Medicaid AIDS Amendments of 1986 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide home and community-based Medicaid services to individuals diagnosed as having acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-related conditions. Authorizes States to limit Medicaid case management services to individuals with AIDS or AIDS-related conditions. | 2025-08-29T16:32:02Z | |
| 99-hr-4951 | 99 | hr | 4951 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to prevent disinvestment of the social security trust funds. | Social Welfare | 1986-06-05 | 1986-06-16 | Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the expenditure of amounts from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, or Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for purposes other than those specified in titles II or XVIII of the Act. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 99-hr-4929 | 99 | hr | 4929 | Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-04 | 1986-06-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. | House | Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-17] | MI | D | L000263 | 47 | Work Opportunities and Retraining Compact of 1986 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require AFDC applicants and recipients to register with a State agency for employment counseling, training, and assignment. Authorizes AFDC recipients to refuse employment which results in a net loss in their income. Directs an agency of each State to: (1) establish a single intake and registration process for AFDC applicants and recipients; (2) determine whether training or education is needed to prepare registered applicants and recipients for employment and then provide counseling regarding prospects and needs; (3) arrange for participation in one or more of the work-related programs established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law, while coordinating such programs to enhance the availability and efficiency of services provided; and (4) develop an employment plan for each AFDC applicant or recipient. Requires the State agency to provide AFDC applicants and recipients assigned to employment, training, or education programs with child care and transportation services. Sets the Federal contribution to education, training, and assignment costs at 70 percent and the Federal share of administrative and support service costs at 50 percent. Increases, by five percent in any fiscal year after FY 1987, the Federal share of education, training, and assignment costs, provided a State meets certain performance standards to be developed by the Office of Technology Assessment. Provides that such standards shall measure a State's success in reducing welfare costs and helping AFDC recipients achieve self-sufficiency, while accounting for differing conditions among the States. Requires the publication of such standards within two years of enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-29T16:30:40Z | |
| 99-hr-4936 | 99 | hr | 4936 | Social Security Disability Determination Act of 1986 | Social Welfare | 1986-06-04 | 1986-06-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Tauke, Thomas Joseph [R-IA-2] | IA | R | T000053 | 2 | Social Security Disability Determination Act of 1986 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to establish a sequential disability evaluation process culminating in the determination as to whether an individual who is not engaged in substantial gainful activity has impairments which are of such severity that the individual should be deemed disabled for medical reasons alone or whether such individual lacks the residual functional capacity to engage in substantial gainful work anywhere in the economy. Codifies standards regarding the consideration of disability evidence. Requires the Congress to be given notice of, and the opportunity to comment on, proposed regulations governing disability determinations. | 2025-08-29T16:31:24Z | |
| 99-hr-4938 | 99 | hr | 4938 | Emergency Aid to Homeless Families Act | Social Welfare | 1986-06-04 | 1986-06-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation. | House | Rep. Weiss, Ted [D-NY-17] | NY | D | W000258 | 20 | Emergency Aid to Homeless Families Act - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide emergency assistance to needy families by purchasing, constructing, renovating, or renting emergency shelter for such families. | 2025-08-29T16:30:04Z |
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