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Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH]

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Bill· SS. 2547 (99th)referred

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.

United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1986

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.

Bill· SS. 2539 (99th)reported

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1986

Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act - Requires States to provide by law for elections for Federal office: (1) absentee registration and absentee voting for uniformed services voters and overseas voters; and (2) the use of alternative write-in absentee ballots by overseas voters when State absentee ballots are not available. Directs the President to designate the head of an executive department to have primary responsibility for the administrative functions of this Act, including: (1) prescribing an official postcard form containing a voter registration and an absentee ballot application; (2) prescribing an alternative write-in ballot for overseas voters; (3) prescribing forms and designs for balloting materials; (4) distributing election materials; (5) reporting to the Congress in the year immediately following a presidential election year on its effectiveness; and (6) consulting State and local election officials in carrying out this Act. Provides for the distribution of official postcards. Sets forth recommendations to the States in carrying out provisions of this Act. Provides for Federal and State write-in absentee ballots for overseas voters. Declares balloting materials under this Act free of postage. Establishes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Bill· SS. 2479 (99th)referred

Prompt Payment Amendments of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Prompt Payment Amendments of 1986 - Revises Federal law to deem the head of an agency to receive an invoice on the fifth day after the date on which a property is actually delivered, or final performance of a service is actually completed, unless the contract specifies otherwise. Makes Federal prompt payment provisions applicable to the United States Postal Service. Reduces the 15-day grace period for payment of interest penalties to eight days for solicitations issued before October 1, 1988. Requires an agency to pay a double interest penalty if it fails to meet such grace period and the business concern makes a written demand that the agency pay such penalty. Makes the interest penalty provisions applicable to construction contracts for progress payments and retained amounts. Specifies the calculation of time for interest penalties on discount payments. Revises agency reporting requirements on interest penalty payments to include a description of agency payment practices. Requires the modification of Government-wide procurement regulations to implement Federal prompt payment provisions.

Bill· SS. 2489 (99th)open

Geriatric Physicians Graduate Medical Education Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Geriatric Physicians Graduate Medical Education Act of 1986 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, various specified kinds of medical institutions to support geriatric medicine training projects for physicians who plan to teach geriatric medicine. Prescribes guidelines for such training projects. Increases from $8,000,000 to $12,000,000 the amounts authorized for FY 1987 and 1988 for health professions training programs. Earmarks 50 percent of the appropriations for each of the fiscal years 1987 and beyond for implementation of the geriatric physicians training program.

Bill· SS. 2494 (99th)referred

Medicare Home Health Care Improvement Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Medicare Home Health Care Improvement Act of 1986 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to set limits on Medicare payments for home health services, but requires that such limits be applied on an aggregate rather than a discipline-specific basis for home health agencies. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take all current cost data into account when computing costs to which payment limits are applied. Requires that Medicare regulations be open to public notice and comment to the same extent to which rulemaking is subject to such procedures by the Administrative Procedure Act. Directs hospitals to implement a discharge planning process which meets guidelines and standards, to be established by the Secretary, ensuring patients a timely and smooth transition to the most appropriate type of, and setting for, post-hospital or rehabilitative care.

Bill· SS. 2487 (99th)referred

Future Teacher Training Corps Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1986

Future Teacher Training Corps Act - Amends title V (Teacher Corps and Teacher Training Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a new part G program of Future Teacher Training Corps Fellowships. Directs the Secretary of Education to allot program grant funds to each State on the basis of school-age population. Directs State Governors to appoint Selection Review Panels to select fellowship recipients. Requires that recipients be interested in teaching careers and agree to teach in areas of the State where there is a shortage of elementary or secondary school teachers or in fields of study where there is a shortage of such teachers. Sets forth guidelines for selection procedures. Sets forth program grant application requirements for States. Limits each such fellowship to not more than: (1) $5,000 for each year of graduate education in preparation to become an elementary or secondary school teacher; and (2) two years of such graduate education. Sets forth fellowship conditions. Requires fellowship repayment in cases of noncompliance with fellowship agreements, with specified exceptions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1990 to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to award up to 5,000 fellowships during each of those fiscal years.

Law· SS. 2460 (99th)enacted

A bill to extend until June 30, 1986, the date on which certain limitations become effective with respect to obligations that may be made from the Military Personnel accounts of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1986.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986

Extends until June 30, 1986, the date on which certain limitations become effective with respect to obligations that may be made from the Military Personnel accounts of the Department of Defense for FY 1986.

Bill· SS. 2455 (99th)referred

A bill entitled the National Organ and Tissue Donor Act.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1986

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage and assist States in enacting and implementing State laws requiring hospitals to establish protocols for identifying and assisting potential human organ and tissue donors. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within one year on such activities.

Bill· SS. 2450 (99th)open

Cost-of-Living-Adjustment-Reform Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1986

Cost-of-Living-Adjustment-Reform Act of 1986 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to replace the requirement that there be at least a three-percent rise in the Consumer Price Index before a cost-of-living adjustment of benefits is made with a requirement that such an adjustment be made whenever the cost of living increase is greater than zero.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 336 (99th)enacted

A joint resolution to express the sense of Congress on recognition of the contribution of the seven Challenger astronauts by supporting establishment of a Children's Challenger Center for Space Science.

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that a Children's Challenge Center for Space Science should be established in conjunction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the Johnson Space Center as a memorial to the seven Challenger astronauts and others who gave their lives exploring space.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 134 (99th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Army should place an appropriate memorial marker in Arlington National Cemetery honoring members of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger who died during the launch of the spacecraft on January 28, 1986.

United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1986

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Army should place an appropriate memorial marker in Arlington National Cemetery honoring the seven crew members of the space shuttle Challenger.

Bill· SS. 2331 (99th)open

Medicare Quality Protection Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1986

Medicare Quality Protection Act of 1986 - Title I: Quality Assurance in Inpatient Hospital Settings - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and submit to the Congress a legislative proposal to improve the prospective payment system established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act so that it more accurately approximates the costs of inpatient hospital services and accounts for variations in case complexity. Amends the Medicare program to require a hospital to give Medicare beneficiaries, upon their admission to the hospital, a written statement explaining: (1) the individual's rights to benefits for inpatient hospital and post-hospital Medicare services; (2) the circumstances under which such individual will be liable for charges for a continued hospital stay; (3) the individual's right to appeal denials of continued hospital services; and (4) the individual's liability for payment for services if such a denial of benefits is upheld on appeal. Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Act to require peer review organizations receiving a hospital inpatient's request for review of a hospital's decision that the patient no longer needs inpatient care to inform the patient of its decision within two days of receiving the request. Prohibits hospitals from charging patients for inpatient hospital services provided while patients wait for a peer review organization to respond to their timely review requests. Imposes a civil money penalty on hospitals which make payments to physicians and on physicians who knowingly receive payments which constitute an inducement to curtail the stay of, or services provided to, an identifiable patient. Directs the Secretary to study the adequacy of standards used for hospital compliance with Medicare participation conditions in assuring the quality of hospital services. Requires the Secretary to study the adequacy with which the prospective payment system compensates hospitals, and distributes such compensation among hospitals, for costs attributable to patients' extended hospital stays necessitated by delays in patient placement in skilled nursing facilities. Title II: Access to Appropriate Post-Hospital Care - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program to require hospitals to implement a discharge planning process which meets guidelines and standards, to be established by the Secretary, ensuring patients a timely and smooth transition to the most appropriate type of, and setting for, post-hospital or rehabilitative care. Extends the limitations on beneficiary liability for disallowed Medicare claims to cover home health services provided to certain unqualified individuals. Provides that skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies which keep their services for which Medicare coverage is denied below specified percentages and comply with certain administrative requirements shall not subsequently be denied payment for care provided. Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop a uniform needs assessment instrument enabling health care providers and fiscal intermediaries to evaluate an individual's need and ability to pay for post-hospital extended care, home-health, and long-term care services. Requires the Secretary to develop procedures to expedite fiscal intermediaries' determinations as to whether provider claims for post-hospital extended care and home health services may be reimbursed under the Medicare program. Directs the Secretary to provide for prompt response (within 24 hours) to beneficiary requests as to whether the beneficiary's Medicare coverage for post-hospital extended care services has been exhausted. Authorizes providers to represent beneficiaries on appeals of benefit determinations. Permits beneficiary appeals of the Secretary's denials of claims for home health service benefits. Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983 to extend, through 1989, the annual report on the impact of the prospective payment system and require the inclusion of information in such reports regarding the quality, and accessibility to Medicare beneficiaries, of post-hospital services. Title III: Improved Review of Quality by Peer Review Organizations - Amends part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Act to require hospitals to submit data to peer review organizations on a monthly basis. Requires peer review organizations to review selected cases where individuals are readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of their most recent hospital discharge to determine if the previous inpatient hospital services and post-hospital services met professionally recognized health care standards. Directs each peer review organization to commit a reasonable proportion of its activities to review of the quality of services provided in cases and settings where potential quality problems have been identified. Requires the Secretary to identify methods facilitating the discovery of such cases. Requires each peer review organization to have at least one consumer representative on its board of directors. Directs such organizations to investigate all written beneficiary complaints about the quality of Medicare services which are filed with the organization. Requires peer review organizations to share data with organizations responsible for accrediting providers or State officials responsible for assuring quality care if such data reflects a substantial failure by providers or practitioners to provide quality care. Title IV: Study to Develop a Strategy for Quality Review and Assurance - Directs the Secretary to arrange a study which will serve as the basis for establishing a strategy for reviewing and assuring the quality of care provided under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the study within two years of enactment of this Act.

Bill· SS. 2288 (99th)open

Infant Mortality Prevention Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1986

Infant Mortality Prevention 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 infants up to age one 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. Requires the State maximum income level for eligibility under this program to be no less than the payment level applicable to a family with no income under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act. Prohibits States which provide coverage pursuant to this Act from reducing AFDC payment levels after enactment of this Act.

Bill· SS. 2281 (99th)passed

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1986

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 - Amends the Federal criminal code to change the scienter requirement from "knowingly" to "intentionally" for certain offenses regarding accessing the computer files of another. Revises the definition of "financial institution" to which the financial record provisions of computer fraud law apply. Applies such provisions to any financial records (including those of corporations and small businesses), not just those of individuals and certain partnerships. Revises the criminal liability of persons who exceed authorized access to Federal computers. (Makes the basic offense trespass. Removes the coverage of authorized accessors who exceed their authorizations, but without "intent to defraud.") Creates new Federal criminal offenses of: (1) property theft by computer occurring as part of a scheme to defraud; (2) altering information in, or preventing the authorized use of, a Federal interest computer; and (3) trafficking in computer access passwords. Eliminates the special conspiracy provisions for computer crimes. (Such conspiracies shall be treated under the general Federal conspiracy statutes.) Amends penalty provisions to remove the cap on fines for certain computer crimes. Exempts authorized law enforcement or intelligence activities.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 374 (99th)passed

A resolution limiting the amount that may be expended by Senators for mass mailings during the remainder of fiscal year 1986.

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1986

Prohibits any Senator from mailing or delivering to any postal facility any mass mailing from the date this resolution is adopted to seven days after such date. Establishes a formula for determining the amount that may be expended by Senators for mass mailings for the period beginning seven days after enactment of this resolution and ending September 30, 1986. Urges the House of Representatives to place similar limitations on its Members during such period.

Bill· SS. 2242 (99th)referred

Public Housing Resident Management Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1986

Public Housing Resident Management Act of 1986 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to public housing resident management. Grants comprehensive improvement assistance priority to public housing projects managed by resident management corporations. Provides, with regard to such projects, for: (1) retention of excess revenues; and (2) resident management technical assistance and training.

Bill· SS. 2226 (99th)open

Unfair Trade Concessions Requirements Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1986

Unfair Trade Concessions Requirements Act - Requires the President to seek commitments in trade agreement negotiations to remove existing, and avoid future use of, unfair trade concessions requirements. Permits such commitments to provide for the temporary use of unfair trade concessions requirements by certain developing countries. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to define "unfair trade concessions requirements" to mean any practice or policy of a foreign government that requires, as a condition for allowing U.S. imports into such country or for carrying on businesses in such country, that: (1) substantial investment be made in such country; (2) intellectual property be licensed to such country; or (3) other collateral concession be made. Makes countries that impose unfair trade concessions requirements on U.S. products covered by bilateral trade agreements ineligible for designation as beneficiary developing countries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and under the Generalized System of Preferences of the Trade Act of 1974.

Bill· SS. 2213 (99th)referred

A bill to amend section 406 of title 37, United States Code, to authorize transportation for the dependents and household effects of a member of a uniformed service who receives a punitive discharge, is dismissed from service, or is sentenced to a certain period of confinement; and to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize certain medical and dental care for certain dependents of members of the uniformed services who receive a punitive discharge or are dismissed for abuse of dependents.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1986

Amends Federal military pay and allowances provisions to authorize transportation for the dependents and household effects of a member of the armed forces serving outside the United States who receives a punitive discharge, is dismissed from service, or is sentenced to a certain period of confinement. Amends Federal law relating to medical and dental care for military dependents to authorize such care for abused dependents of members of the armed forces who receive a punitive discharge or are dismissed from service for an offense involving abuse of dependents. Limits the amount and length of the medical and dental care furnished. Limits the medical and dental care so furnished to care for symptoms which are a result of abuse.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 368 (99th)referred

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Federal funding to States for Cooperative Extension Service programs for fiscal year 1987 be restored to at least the level approved in the 1986 budget resolution, except for reductions required in such programs by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1986

Expresses the sense of the Senate that Federal funding for FY 1987 Cooperative Extension Service Programs should be restored to at least the level approved in the FY 1986 concurrent budget resolution, except for reductions in such programs required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 365 (99th)referred

Senate Fair Employment Relations Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1986

Senate Fair Employment Relations Resolution - Title I: Fair Employment Relations Board - Establishes the Senate Fair Employment Relations Board to: (1) make policies and guidelines to implement and enforce rule XLII (employment practices) of the Standing Rules of the Senate; (2) supervise the operation of the Senate Fair Employment Relations Office; and (3) hear and determine complaints alleging violations of such rule. Title II: Senate Fair Employment Relations Office - Establishes the Senate Fair Employment Relations Office, headed by a Director (appointed by the Board), to: (1) develop procedures to implement the policies and guidelines of the Board; and (2) report to the Senate on information maintained on each category of individuals afforded equal employment opportunity by such rule. Requires the Office, upon request, to recommend to Senate committees improvements in their employment practices. Directs the Office to report to the Senate by January 3, 1987, on the continuation or improvement of the procedures for settling complaints. Title III: Complaints of Violations of Equal Employment Opportunity - Sets forth procedures for individuals who allege discrimination in violation of rule XLII, including counseling and conciliation, formal complaints and hearings, and appeals to the Select Committee on Ethics. Requires the cooperation of committees and offices with the Board, the Office, and the Select Committee on Ethics.

Bill· SS. 2170 (99th)open

Labor Productivity Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1986

Labor Productivity Assistance Act - Establishes a program of loans for individuals who are unemployed, underemployed, displaced homemakers, or dislocated workers to upgrade job skills, learn new job skills, better their employment opportunities, and increase overall labor productivity. Establishes in the Treasury a Labor Productivity Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, as Trustee of the Fund, to issue to the Federal Financing Bank notes or other obligations in an amount not to exceed specified total and fiscal year limits. Sets forth requirements for the issuance of obligations and the deposit of proceeds from their sale or redemption. Directs the Trustee (the Secretary of the Treasury) to transfer funds in each fiscal year out of the Fund to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) in amounts necessary to carry out this Act, subject to the specified limitations. Provides that such transferred funds shall be available for making loans and for payment of administrative expenses under this Act. Directs the Trustee to make such expenditures from the Fund as are necessary for the redemption of notes and obligations issued pursuant to this Act. Directs the Secretary to allocate funds from the Fund among the States, to the maximum extent possible, on the basis of the allocation set forth under specified provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) relating to the allocation of assistance to dislocated workers. Sets forth individual eligibility requirements for loans under this Act. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations for the certification of eligible individuals identified in a specified manner. Authorizes the Secretary to use the local offices of the U.S. Employment Service in each State or in the private industry councils (PICs) established under JTPA to identify and certify any individual eligible to receive such a loan. Makes an individual eligible to receive such a loan if the individual is at least 25 years old and is: (1) a dislocated worker; (2) a displaced homemaker; (3) employed in a declining industry; or (4) underemployed. Requires each certified individual to comply with specified provisions before a PIC may approve a loan to such individual. Permits PICs, in reviewing loan applications, to modify eligibility requirements and certify individuals in five percent of the loan applications, notwithstanding specified eligibility requirements set forth in this Act. Requires each certified individual desiring to receive a loan to: (1) receive counseling from the appropriate PIC regarding the loan program; (2) develop a written plan, with PIC assistance an including specified contents, for the use of a loan designed for the individualized need of such individual; and (3) submit an application fully disclosing household income and assets. Requires a PIC to: (1) approve the loan application and written plan of any certified individual upon determination that the application and plan are in compliance with such requirements and that such approval would further the purposes of this Act; and (2) monitor the progress of an individual receiving a loan in accordance with the plan on at least a semiannual basis. Provides that an individual's unemployment benefits shall not be reduced or suspended because such individual receives a loan under this Act. Sets forth provisions relating to the terms of labor productivity assistance loans. Limits the amount of such loan to $10,000 in aggregate per household, whether received as a single loan or as an additional loan to any other loan made under this Act. Provides for repayment of the principal in installments over a period of not more than 12 years, beginning the later of: (1) one year after the date of completion of the authorized activity approved in a recipient's plan, unless the recipient requests repayment to begin earlier; or (2) one month after the date on which such individual has an income in an amount equal to or exceeding 150 percent of the poverty line established under specified provisions of the Community Services Block Grant Act. Limits the annual interest rate on such loans and sets forth other requirements relating to loan repayment. Sets forth the following authorized activities for which a certified individual may be approved for a loan under this Act: (1) employment search assistance; (2) job skills training, including any two-year college program; (3) relocation assistance; (4) a subsistence allowance; and (5) participation in any program, approved by a PIC, which is conducted by or in cooperation with an employer or labor union to provide early assistance to any individual who is adversely affected in employment because of plant closures or labor force reductions by an employer. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with PICs to administer the labor productivity assistance loan program authorized by this Act. Sets forth specified powers of the Secretary under this Act. Provides that collection of loan repayments be made in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of the Treasury, utilizing the Internal Revenue Service.

Bill· SS. 2122 (99th)open

Medicare Beneficiary Access Protection Act of 1986

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1986

Medicare Beneficiary Access Protection Act of 1986 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in determining whether payments to a home health agency should be denied under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, to apply a presumption of compliance until 12 months after certain regional intermediaries have begun to service such agencies. Requires the Secretary to apply a similar presumption of compliance to skilled nursing facilities for 30 months following enactment of this Act.