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United States · United States Congress · 8 March 2001
Organ Coordination Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to qualifying organ donation entities for the purpose of assisting such entities in carrying out programs to coordinate the activities of eligible hospitals that relate to seeking organ donations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2001
Influenza Vaccine Emergency Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act, as amended by Public Law 106-505, to subject influenza vaccine manufacturers and distributors in interstate commerce to specified emergency authorities regarding the supply and distribution of such vaccines in the case of an emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires payment by the Secretary to the parties as otherwise provided for by contract.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 2001
Comprehensive Long-Term Care Act of 2001- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) coverage of extended care services to chronically dependent individuals; and (2) provide for coverage of home care services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Global Access to AIDS Treatment Act of 2001 - Declares it is U.S. policy that the United States will not seek the revocation or revision of intellectual property or competition laws or policies that regulate pharmaceuticals or medical technologies used to treat HIV/AIDS in any foreign country undergoing an HIV/AIDS-related public health crisis (sub-Saharan Africa and any other country determined by the President to be going through such crisis) if such foreign country's laws or policies: (1) promote access to such pharmaceuticals or technologies for affected populations; and (2) provide intellectual property protection consistent with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. Urges the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to: (1) carry out HIV/AIDS activities in foreign countries that are undergoing an HIV/AIDS-related public health crisis; and (2) lead the international organization of the manufacture and distribution of pharmaceuticals or medical technologies for HIV/AIDS, and the global registration of such products. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to exempt, with respect to HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and medical technologies, any foreign country that is undergoing an HIV/AIDS-related public health crisis, and is implementing laws or policies that regulate pharmaceuticals or medical technologies used to treat HIV/AIDS, from certain provisions declaring that a foreign country may be determined to deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights even though it may be in compliance with the Agreement. Declares that such country shall be construed to provide adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights if its laws or policies promote access to such pharmaceuticals or technologies for their affected populations or within other countries undergoing an HIV/AIDS-related public health crisis. Directs the President to instruct the United States Trade Representative not to seek the revocation or revision of such laws or policies. Provides for the development and implementation of: (1) simplified and adapted protocols for the delivery of HIV/AIDS treatments in the resource-poor settings of the developing world; (2) programs to strengthen and broaden health care systems infrastructure, and the capacity of health care systems in developing foreign countries to deliver HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals; and (3) a database of HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals. Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Foreign HIV/AIDS Assistance Loan Repayment Program to encourage physicians and other specified health professionals to provide HIV/AIDS treatment and care in developing foreign countries. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pay or defer up to $5,000 for graduate education loans provided to an individual under such program for each year of the individual's obligated service in providing HIV/AIDS-related services in a developing foreign country.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Chiropractic Patients' Freedom of Choice Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare reimbursement for all physicians' services furnished by doctors of chiropractic within the scope of their license.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide for coverage under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of marriage and family therapist services generally, particularly services provided in rural health clinics and in hospice programs. Amends SSA title XVIII part D (Miscellaneous) to provide for the exclusion of such services from the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system. Authorizes marriage and family therapists to develop discharge plans for post-hospital services.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Medicare Education and Regulatory Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) concerning: (1) prospective application only of certain regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) certain requirements for judicial and regulatory challenges of regulations. Requires the Secretary, with respect to Medicare audits, except when clear and convincing evidence exists of fraud or similar fault, to give a physician, provider of services, or provider of ambulance services (physicians or providers) the option of entering into: (1) an arrangement to offset alleged overpayments against future payments; or (2) a repayment plan with its carrier or fiscal intermediary to recoup such an overpayment. Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action to recoup an overpayment or to impose a penalty during the period in which a physician or provider is appealing a determination that such an overpayment has been made or the amount of the overpayment. Prohibits carriers, absent cause, from demanding the production of records or documentation before paying a Medicare claim. Amends SSA title XI with respect to prohibited extensions of remuneration to a Medicare-eligible individual to influence a choice of provider, practitioner, or supplier. Excludes from the meaning of remuneration any waiver of copayment made in a written, mailed communication with existing patients. Amends SSA title XVIII with regard to: (1) construction of hearing rights related to decisions to deny or not renew a physician enrollment agreement; (2) the post-payment audit process; (3) definitions relating to physicians or providers; and (4) the right to appeal on behalf of deceased beneficiaries. Amends SSA title XVIII to require carriers, fiscal intermediaries, and contractors to conduct education programs (funded from the Medicare Integrity Program) for physicians and providers on billing, coding, cost reporting, and documentation regulations and procedures. Outlines provisions with regard to certain information requests from physicians and providers. Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for the inclusion of regulatory costs in the calculation of the sustainable growth rate with respect to the costs of physicians' services. Prohibits the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) from implementing any new evaluation and management documentation guidelines under Medicare, unless it: (1) has provided for an assessment of the proposed guidelines by organizations representing physicians; (2) has established a plan that contains specific goals, including a schedule, for improving use of such guidelines; (3) has completed a minimum of four pilot projects to test such guidelines; and (4) finds that specified objectives will be met in the implementation of such guidelines.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Conforming Amendments of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require group health plans to provide coverage for post-mastectomy reconstructive surgery.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2001
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that all citizens of the United States shall enjoy the right to health care of equal high quality.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2001
Medicare Education and Regulatory Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) concerning: (1) prospective application only of certain regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); and (2) certain requirements for judicial and regulatory challenges of regulations. Requires the Secretary, with respect to Medicare audits, except when clear and convincing evidence exists of fraud or similar fault, to give a physician, provider of services, or provider of ambulance services (physicians or providers) the option of entering into: (1) an arrangement to offset alleged overpayments against future payments; or (2) a repayment plan with its carrier or fiscal intermediary to recoup such an overpayment. Prohibits the Secretary from taking any action to recoup an overpayment or to impose a penalty during the period in which a physician or provider is appealing a determination that such an overpayment has been made or the amount of the overpayment. Prohibits carriers, absent cause, from demanding the production of records or documentation before paying a Medicare claim. Amends SSA title XI with respect to prohibited extensions of remuneration to a Medicare-eligible individual to influence a choice of provider, practitioner, or supplier. Excludes from the meaning of remuneration any waiver of copayment made in a written, mailed communication with existing patients. Amends SSA title XVIII with regard to: (1) construction of hearing rights related to decisions to deny or not renew a physician enrollment agreement; (2) the post-payment audit process; (3) definitions relating to physicians or providers; and (4) the right to appeal on behalf of deceased beneficiaries. Amends SSA title XVIII to require carriers, fiscal intermediaries, and contractors to conduct education programs (funded from the Medicare Integrity Program) for physicians and providers on billing, coding, cost reporting, and documentation regulations and procedures. Outlines provisions with regard to certain information requests from physicians and providers. Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for the inclusion of regulatory costs in the calculation of the sustainable growth rate with respect to the costs of physicians' services. Prohibits the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) from implementing any new evaluation and management documentation guidelines under Medicare, unless it: (1) has provided for an assessment of the proposed guidelines by organizations representing physicians; (2) has established a plan that contains specific goals, including a schedule, for improving use of such guidelines; (3) has completed a minimum of four pilot projects to test such guidelines; and (4) finds that specified objectives will be met in the implementation of such guidelines.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2001
Veterans Health Care Quality Assurance Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should: (1) require the directors of the Department of Veterans Affairs health care networks to systematically share information on maximizing resources and increasing efficiency without compromising quality of care and patient satisfaction; (2) require exchange and mentoring programs to facilitate such sharing; (3) provide incentives to increase efficiency and meet quality and patient satisfaction goals; and (4) institute a formal oversight process to meet such goals. Requires the Department's Inspector General, at least every three years, to audit the quality of health care furnished by each Department health care network and facility. Directs the Secretary to provide for the dissemination and sharing with Department health care networks of information designed to ensure efficiency in the provision of health care to veterans, including efficiency goals and quality and patient satisfaction standards. Establishes within the Department the Office of Health Care Quality Assurance to ensure the establishment and implementation of efficiency goals and quality and patient satisfaction standards throughout the Department. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Office director should act as an advocate for veterans in receiving quality health care.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2001 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing: (1) conversion of bankruptcy petitions; (2) abusive creditor practices; (3) debt reaffirmation and credit counseling; (4) domestic support obligations; (5) personal injury claims resulting from drug or alcohol-impaired operation of a motor vehicle or vessel; (6) Federal criminal law enforcement regarding abusive reaffirmations of debt; (7) fraudulent bankruptcy schedules; (8) education and retirement benefits; (9) privacy protection of debtor's nonpublic personal information; and (10) nondischargeability of debts resulting from civil restitution or damages for debtor's willful or malicious injury that caused personal injury or death of an individual, or violations of laws relating to the provision of lawful goods and services. Prescribes guidelines regarding: (1) discouragement of bankruptcy abuse; (2) general and small business bankruptcy; (3) bankruptcy data dissemination and bankruptcy tax provisions; (4) incorporation into the bankruptcy code of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency; and (5) financial contracts and transfers entered into with an insolvent insured depository institution before its conservatorship or receivership (including securities broker/commodity broker liquidation). Reenacts Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income. Prescribes guidelines for insolvent health care businesses and attendant patients' rights. Mandates appointments and extensions for certain additional temporary bankruptcy judgeships. Prescribes additional consumer credit disclosures.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Steel Revitalization Act of 2001 - Directs the President to impose quotas, tariff surcharges, or other measures on, and to negotiate enforceable voluntary export restraint agreements with respect to, imports of steel products in order to ensure that: (1) the tonnage of iron ore, coke and coke products, semifinished steel, and pig iron imported into the United States during any month does not exceed the average tonnage of each product that was imported monthly into the United States during the 36-month period preceding July 1997; and (2) the share of domestic consumption of any other applicable steel product in the United States derived from imports during any month does not exceed the average monthly share of domestic U.S. consumption of that steel product during any month in the 36-month period preceding July 1997. Authorizes the Customs Service to refuse entry into the U.S. customs territory for a five-year period of any steel products that exceed their allowable levels. Establishes: (1) the Steel Retiree Health Care Board in the Department of Labor; (2) the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; and (3) the Health Care Benefit Costs Assistance Program. Sets forth the functions of the Board, including to: (1) provide, under the Health Care Benefit Costs Assistance Program, for payments to designated steelworker group health plans to assist in the funding of qualified retiree health benefits under such plans; and (2) establish policies for the investment and management of the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund that provides for prudent investments and low administrative costs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on steel sold by the manufacturer, producer, or importer (such taxes to be deposited into the Steelworker Retiree Health Care Trust Fund). Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to increase the aggregate amount of loans guaranteed and outstanding (including additional costs of such loans) at any one time under Emergency Steel Guarantee Loan Program or with respect to a single qualified steel company. Requires the Loan Guarantee Board to approve or deny an application for a guarantee within 45 days after its receipt. Authorizes any person who acquires another person that produces any of the specified categories of steel products contained in this Act to apply to the Secretary of Commerce for a grant to defray the costs necessary to bring, and maintain, the resulting entity into compliance with U.S. environmental laws. Requires the Secretary to make a determination whether or not such mergers will promote the retention of at least 80 percent of the jobs of the steel workers and production of capacity of such steel products. Sets forth penalties for failure to achieve such retention levels.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Medicaid Safety Net Hospital Continued Preservation Act of 2001 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal specified reductions after FY 2000 and thereby extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments provided under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000. Increases the Medicaid DSH allotment for the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Medicare Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant Direct Reimbursement Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of surgical first assisting services furnished by certified registered nurse first assistants.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from approving the construction of a facility for the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) unless the construction is in the public interest and the facility's design, location, and operation will protect public health and the environment. Authorizes petitions to a court of appeals for review of approvals. Applies to approval of a PCB disposal facility Solid Waste Disposal Act requirements of public notice and participation for issuance of a permit regarding a hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility. Prohibits approval of construction of a PCB disposal facility unless a complete violations record is made publicly available.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Senior's Health Care Choice Act of 2001- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare coverage of the following preventive services: (1) counseling for cessation of tobacco use; (2) screening for hypertension; (3) counseling for hormone replacement therapy; (4) screening for diminished visual acuity; (5) screening for hearing impairment; (6) screening and counseling for osteoporosis; and (7) screening for cholesterol. Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for expansion of Medicare coverage of: (1) medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with a cardiovascular disease; and (2) glaucoma screening to cover individuals with myopia. Removes from exclusions from Medicare coverage for certain items and services (thus including in such coverage) routine annual physical checkups, routine annual dental examinations and cleaning, and routine annual eye examinations. Amends SSA to add a new title XXII (Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program) requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Prescription Drug and Supplemental Benefit Program under which an eligible beneficiary may voluntarily enroll and receive access to covered outpatient prescription drugs and other benefits through enrollment in a Medicare Prescription Plus plan offered by a private entity or a Medicare+Choice plan (under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice)) offered by a Medicare+Choice organization. Establishes a Medicare Prescription Drug Account in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Provides for prescription drug coverage under the Medicare+Choice program. Provides that no new Medicare supplemental health insurance (Medigap) policy that provides coverage of expenses for prescription drugs may be issued to an individual on or after January 1, 2003, unless it replaces a Medigap policy issued to that individual that provided some coverage of expenses for prescription drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for State accreditation of diabetes self-management training programs under the Medicare Program.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should make the benefits of chiropractic care available as a covered benefit in any Federal employees health plan.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Treatment of Children's Deformities Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to set standards requiring that group and individual health insurance and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Revises a demonstration project under which the Secretary of Defense provides health care for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries of current and former military personnel under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program to: (1) remove the requirement that such a beneficiary must reside within one of the areas covered by the project; (2) extend such project from three to five years; and (3) require a military medical facility providing health care to a covered beneficiary to be reimbursed by the applicable FEHB health plan.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Medicare Modernization and Solvency Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) part C (Medicare+Choice) of the Social Security Act to revise provisions on payments to Medicare+Choice organizations to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), with respect to monthly coverage of an individual in a Medicare+Choice payment area, to make separate monthly payments to each Medicare+Choice organization with respect to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) combined, and (as applicable) with respect to benefits under the new optional Medicare part D (Prescription Medicine Benefit for the Aged and Disabled) program established by this Act; (2) replace requirements for calculation of annual Medicare+Choice capitation rates with requirements for submission of monthly plan bids by Medicare+Choice organizations for the provision of benefits; and (3) provide for determination of monthly Medicare+Choice premium reductions. Amends SSA title XVIII to add provisions for: (1) coordinated care services; (2) provider and physician collaborations; (3) a program to improve outcomes and reduce patient morbidity and mortality; (4) increased flexibility in contracting for Medicare claims processing; and (5) funding of activities related to certain overpayment recoveries and provider enrollment and reverification of eligibility. Provides for: (1) promoting the use of cost-effective Medicare noninstitutional services through waiver of benefit limitations; (2) reducing Medicare capital payments in case of excess bed supply in hospitals without a plan of adjustment; (3) provision of Medicare outpatient prescription drug coverage under the Medicare+Choice program; (4) increasing access to Medicare supplemental health insurance for disabled and end stage renal disease beneficiaries; and (5) promoting provision of Medicare cost-sharing assistance under Medicaid for identified low-income Medicare beneficiaries. Amends SSA title XVIII to add a new part E (Purchase of Medicare Benefits by Certain Individuals Age 62 to 65 Years of Age). Provides access to Medicare benefits for displaced workers 55 to 62 years of age. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to provide COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985) continuation benefits for certain retired workers who lose retiree health coverage. Amends the IRC to provide for Medicare buy-in premiums and certain COBRA continuation coverage premiums. Outlines requirements for protecting and extending Medicare solvency.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 2001
Biomedical Revitalization Resolution of 2001 - Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that funding for the National Institutes of Health should be increased by $3.4 billion in FY 2002.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Veterans' Right to Know Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) provide information concerning eligibility for Department benefits and health care services and application requirements when a veteran or his or her dependent first applies for any such benefit; and (2) prepare an annual plan for the conduct of outreach activities to provide such veterans and dependents with such information.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2001 - Requires each participating manufacturer of a covered outpatient drug to make available for purchase by each pharmacy a covered outpatient drug: (1) in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the covered outpatient drug sold or distributed by the pharmacy to Medicare beneficiaries (including the amount sold or distributed to Medicare beneficiaries in a hospice program); and (2) at a price equal to the lower of either the lowest price paid for the drug by the Federal Government or the manufacturer's best price for the drug.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act of 2001 - Provides for coverage of qualified acupuncturist services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000) and under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 2001
Recognizes the importance of: (1) substantially increasing U.S. investment in international tuberculosis control within the foreign aid budget for FY 2002; and (2) supporting and expanding domestic efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States. Calls upon local, national and global leaders, including the President, to commit to putting an end to the worldwide tuberculosis epidemic.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act (as amended by the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999), and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a health care plan or health insurance issuer from restricting enrollment or adjusting premium or contribution amounts for a group on the basis of predictive genetic information concerning an individual in the group or a family member of the individual (including information about a request for or receipt of genetic services). Prohibits a plan or issuer from requesting or requiring predictive genetic information concerning an individual or a family member of the individual (including information about a request for or receipt of genetic services). Permits a plan or issuer to request, but not require, such information for diagnosis, treatment, or payment purposes only. Sets forth confidentiality provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual an income tax deduction for qualified home health care and adult day and respite care expenses with respect to a dependent who: (1) resides with the taxpayer; (2) is a dependent of the taxpayer; and (3) suffers from Alzheimer's disease (or a related organic brain disorder) and is physically or mentally incapable of self-care.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Medicare Preservation and Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Medicare Competitive Premium System), outlining new parts A (Medicare Plans; Combining Parts A and B), B (Competitive Premium System), C (Medicare Board Charter), D (Unified Medicare Trust Fund); and E (Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) Duties and Responsibilities). Limits Medicare beneficiaries to those who are both entitled (or enrolled) under part A and enrolled under part B. Requires entities to offer both standard and high option Medicare plans, confining an outpatient prescription drug benefit and stop-loss coverage to high option plans. Prescribes requirements for computation of core benefit premiums and national average premiums, which shall be subject to geographic and risk adjusters. Establishes a Medicare Board to govern the program and approve proposed Medicare plans. Places a limitation on beneficiary obligations in certain areas and provides protection for areas with no contract with a private entity in effect. Provides for Medicare plans for low-income Medicare beneficiaries. Requires the Medicare Board to establish a Medicare beneficiary education program to provide timely, readable, accurate, and understandable information to Medicare beneficiaries regarding Medicare plan options. Directs the Medicare Board to establish Medicare Consumer Coalitions to inform Medicare beneficiaries about enrollment in Medicare plans. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2004, only Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in the HCFA-sponsored standard plan established under new part E may purchase or renew Medicare supplemental insurance policies.
United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2001
Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2001 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXII (Medicare Competition and Prescription Drugs) to establish a Medicare Competition Agency, headed by a Commissioner, to administer the Medicare Prescription Drug and Supplemental Benefit Program (program) created under a new SSA title XXIII part B by this Act and the Medicare+Choice program under part C (Medicare+Choice) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare). Amends SSA title XXII to add a new part B (Medicare Prescription Drug and Supplemental Benefit Program) requiring the Commissioner to establish the Medicare Prescription Drug and Supplemental Benefit Program under which an eligible beneficiary may voluntarily enroll in, and receive access to covered outpatient prescription drugs and other benefits through, a Medicare Prescription Plus plan offered by a private entity or by a Medicare+Choice plan. Amends SSA title XVIII part C to prohibit a Medicare+Choice organization from offering prescription drug coverage to a Medicare+Choice plan enrollee except as specified. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to require a State, as a condition for receiving Federal financial assistance for its Medicaid plan, to make Medicare prescription drug benefit eligibility determinations for low-income premium and cost-sharing subsidies. Provides for phased-in Federal assumption of Medicaid prescription drug costs. Prohibits: (1) any new Medigap policy covering prescription drugs from being issued, on or after January 1, 2004, to an individual unless it replaces a Medigap policy issued to that individual which provided some coverage of prescription drug expenses; and (2) a Medigap policy issuer from denying or conditioning Medigap coverage for certain individuals. Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to establish Medigap protections for individuals who lose Medicare prescription plus plan coverage. Amends Medicare part C to establish a Medicare+Choice Competition Program. Amends SSA title XXII to add a new part C (Medicare Consumer Coalitions) authorizing the Commissioner of the Competitive Medicare Agency to establish Medicare Consumer Coalitions to conduct information programs comparing the original Medicare fee-for-service program, available Medicare+Choice plans, and available Medicare Prescription Plus plans.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Breast Reconstruction Implementation Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan that provides mastectomy-related medical and surgical benefits to ensure that, if a mastectomy patient elects breast reconstruction, coverage is provided for: (1) all stages of reconstruction of the affected breast; (2) surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical appearance; and (3) prostheses and physical complications of mastectomy, including lymphedemas, as determined appropriate by attending physician and patient. States that such coverage may be subject to deductible and coinsurance provisions consistent with other benefits of the plan. Prohibits a plan from: (1) denying a patient new or renewed enrollment in order to avoid such requirements; or (2) limiting reimbursement or providing incentives to induce an attending provider to provide care inconsistent with such requirements. States that in the case of a group health plan maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, any plan change to comply with such requirements shall not be treated as terminating the agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a multistate comparative study for a report to Congress on mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients by providers of anesthesia services and by type of such providers. Requires the Secretary to revise any regulations establishing conditions of Medicare participation for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers relating to anesthesia services to provide that nurse anesthetists may furnish such services under: (1) the medical direction of an immediately available anesthesiologist; (2) the supervision of an immediately available physician; or (3) a written collaboration agreement with an immediately available physician or physician group experienced in anesthesia administration and credentialed by the hospital and ambulatory surgical center to participate in such collaboration.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Home Health Payment Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to eliminate a specified 15 percent reduction in cost and per beneficiary limits with respect to payment rates for home health services under the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase payment by ten percent for home health services furnished in a rural area on or after April 1, 2001; but prohibits the Secretary from reducing the standard PPS amount (or amounts) applicable to such services furnished during a period to offset the payment increase resulting from such requirement.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Building Health Promotion and Disease Prevention into the National Agenda Resolution of 2001 - Calls on the Federal Government to: (1) increase resources to enhance the science base required to further develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention; and (2) explore strategies to integrate life-style improvement programs into national policy, health care, schools, workplaces, families, and communities in order to promote health and prevent disease.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Childhood Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2001, or the DMD CARE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health to: (1) expand and intensify programs of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (the National Institutes) with respect to research and related activities concerning Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); (2) award grants or contracts to public or nonprofit entities for at least three DMD research centers of excellence; and (3) provide for donation, collection, and preservation of tissues and genetic materials for such research. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee to coordinate all Federal DMD health programs and activities. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants and cooperative agreements for the collection, analysis, and reporting of DMD data. Requires the establishment through the CDC of at least three regional centers of excellence in DMD epidemiology. Directs the Secretary to establish a DMD education and information program.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Men's Health Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services an office to be known as the Office of Men's Health. Requires a report.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Veterans Comprehensive Hepatitis C Health Care Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during the first year after the enactment of this Act, to provide a blood test for the Hepatitis C virus to: (1) each veteran who served on active military duty during the Vietnam era, or who is considered to be "at risk," and who is enrolled to receive veterans' medical care and requests such care or is otherwise receiving a physical examination or any other care or treatment from the Secretary; and (2) any other veteran who requests such test. Requires the Secretary, after such period, to provide such test to any veteran who requests it. Requires the Secretary to provide followup tests and appropriate treatment for any veteran who tests positive. Prohibits a copayment from being charged for such treatment. Provides funding for Department Hepatitis C detection and treatment programs, beginning with FY 2001. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a standardized Department policy with respect to such virus; and (2) annually take appropriate outreach actions to notify untested veterans. Directs the Secretary to establish at least one and no more than three additional Hepatitis C centers of excellence within the Department health care network. Provides funding.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Prescription Reimportation, Improvement, Correction, and Enhancement Act - Amends Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act provisions concerning the importation by pharmacists and wholesalers of certain prescription drugs with respect to: (1) testing and labeling; (2) nondiscrimination; and (3) a study and report. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a multistate comparative study for a report to Congress on mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients by providers of anesthesia services and by type of such providers. Requires the Secretary to revise any regulations establishing conditions of Medicare participation for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers relating to anesthesia services to provide that nurse anesthetists may furnish such services under: (1) the medical direction of an immediately available anesthesiologist; (2) the supervision of an immediately available physician; or (3) a written collaboration agreement with an immediately available physician or physician group experienced in anesthesia administration and credentialed by the hospital and ambulatory surgical center to participate in such collaboration.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
National Center for Social Work Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center for Social Work Research (and a related advisory council) to conduct, support, and disseminate targeted research on social work methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern. Sets forth reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
WISEWOMAN Expansion Act of 2001- Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through a competitive review process, to award grants to States to provide additional specified preventive health services, screenings, education, and referrals under PHSA provisions concerning preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2001 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants or contracts to States, transplant centers, qualified organ procurement organizations, or other public or private entities for the purpose of providing payment for: (1) travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals toward living donations of their organs; and (2) such incidental nonmedical expenses that are so incurred as the Secretary determines to be appropriate. Sets forth payment eligibility criteria and limitations, including that payments may be made for the qualifying expenses of a donating individual only if: (1) the State in which the donating individual resides is a different State than the State in which the intended recipient of the organ resides; and (2) the annual income of the intended recipient of the organ does not exceed $35,000. Directs the Secretary to (directly or through grants or contracts) carry out a program to educate the public with respect to organ donation, including the need to provide for an adequate rate of such donations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the purpose of carrying out studies and demonstration projects with respect to providing for an adequate rate of organ donation. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the purpose of assisting States in carrying out organ donor awareness, public education and outreach activities and programs designed to increase the number of organ donors within the State, including living donors. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
California Reclaimed Water Act for the 21st Century - Amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) coordinate projects for the reclamation and reuse of water under such Act with projects and programs under the CALFED Bay-Delta Program; and (2) take into account Federal expenditures for projects under such Act in making determinations under the CALFED Program relating to the equitable implementation of ecosystem restoration and water management. Requires project compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Castaic Lake Water Agency reclaimed water project, the Clear Lake Basin water reuse project, the Inland Empire regional water recycling project, the San Pablo Baylands water reuse projects, the Lower Chino Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project, the West Basin Comprehensive Desalination Demonstration Program in Los Angeles County, and the City of Los Angeles Water Recycling Program (replaces existing provisions authorizing the Secretary's participation in the Los Angeles area water reclamation and reuse project); (2) provide design and construction assistance for the East Bay Municipal Utility District/Dublin San Ramon Services District advanced wastewater reuse treatment project; (3) provide assistance to California in carrying out projects under the California water recycling program; and (4) carry out programs to assist agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines in the San Francisco Bay and Santa Clara Valley areas and to export the salinity imported from the Colorado River to the Pacific Ocean. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program in cooperation with the Water Reuse Foundation to conduct research concerning water reuse in relation to public health, water quality, new technology, salt management, economics, and ecosystem restoration. Adds a separate Federal cost share limitation with respect to the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Declares that Federal funding for diabetes research should be increased in accordance with the recommendations of the Diabetes Research Working Group so that a cure for juvenile diabetes can be found.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2001
Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to promoting long-term care coverage.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Family Opportunity Act of 2001 or Dylan Lee James Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) give States the option of allowing families of disabled children to purchase Medicaid coverage for such children; and (2) provide for treatment of inpatient psychiatric hospital services for individuals under age 21 under waivers allowing for payment of part or all of the cost of home or community-based services. Authorizes a State to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for approval of a demonstration project to provide Medicaid coverage of up to a specified maximum number of children with a potentially severe disability. Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) to make appropriations to the Secretary for special projects of regional and national significance for development and support of family-to-family health information centers. Amends SSA title XIX to provide for the restoration of Medicaid eligibility to certain SSI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSA title XVI) beneficiaries under age 21.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (regarding a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group insurance through a group plan) the Public Health Service Act (regarding such a plan or issuer, and with regard to an issuer offering health insurance in the individual market), the Internal Revenue Code (regarding a group health plan), and title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (regarding Medicare supplemental policies) to prohibit, with respect to genetic information: (1) discriminating in individual enrollment; (2) discriminating in group eligibility or group premium or contribution rates; (3) requesting or requiring test performance; and (4) requesting, requiring, collecting, purchasing, or disclosing information, unless authorized by the individual. Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or training program to discriminate because of protected genetic information, including making it unlawful to request, require, collect, or purchase such information. Allows an employer to request, require, collect, or purchase such information: (1) where used for genetic monitoring of biological effects of workplace toxic substances; or (2) with consent of the employee, if results are received only by the employee.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Biomedical Revitalization Resolution of 2001 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that funding for the National Institutes of Health should be increased by $3.4 billion in FY 2002.
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2001
Genetic Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance and Employment Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act , the Internal Revenue Code, and Medicare supplemental policy provisions to prohibit health plans and insurers, with respect to protected genetic information, from discriminating in enrollment, eligibility, contribution rates, and premium rates based on such information. Makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer, employment agency, labor organization, or training program to discriminate because of protected genetic information.