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Bill· HRH.R. 4395 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2005
Medicare Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) as added by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to provide for: (1) no premium; (2) no deductible; (3) coinsurance at a rate of 10%; (4) a $1,500 annual limit on out-of-pocket spending on covered drugs; and (5) reduced cost-sharing for lower-income individuals. Revises the Medigap program and the membership and duties of the Medicare payment advisory commission. Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to: (1) repeal certain sections of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 relating to importation of prescription drugs from Canada; and (2) restore previous law, amended to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow qualifying individuals (in addition to pharmacists and wholesalers) to import covered products. Repeals the mandate that the Secretary require a foreign seller to specify the original source of the product and the amount of each product lot originally received. Amends requirements for the testing of imported covered products. Classifies prescription drugs as misbranded if they do not incorporate specified counterfeit-resistant technologies in packaging. Establishes a permanent bipartisan Quality Control and Cost Containment Blue Ribbon Task Force. Repeals the Comparative Cost Adjustment Program and prohibits the application of law in a manner that prevents a Medicare beneficiary from continuing to obtain benefits under a traditional fee-for-service Medicare program. Amends SSA title XVIII to repeal the Medicare Advantage Regional Plan Stabilization Fund. Repeals Health Savings Accounts. Provides for application of risk adjustment reflecting characteristics for the entire Medicare population. Directs the Secretary to make a specified phased-in adjustment of payment rates to Medicare+Choice payment organizations. Repeals the Medicare expenditure cap. Provides for continuous open enrollment in Medicare Advantage Plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 4410 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2005
Medicare Prescription Drug Flexibility for Seniors Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) specify extended periods of initial enrollment for the Medicare prescription drug benefit without incurring a late enrollment penalty; (2) permit Medicare beneficiaries enrolled under prescription drug plans that change their formularies to enroll under other plans; and (3) apply a civil monetary penalty to employers who provide false statements with respect to offering Medicare creditable prescription drug coverage.
Bill· HRH.R. 4429 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2005
Food and Drug Administration Safety Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish the Center for Postmarket Drug Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Requires the Director of the Center to conduct activities to ensure the safety and effectiveness of FDA-approved drugs and licensed biological products, including by: (1) conducting postmarket risk assessment and surveillance of such drugs and products; (2) determining whether a postmarket study is required; (3) contracting, or requiring the sponsor of such a drug or product to contract, with the holders of domestic and international surveillance databases to conduct epidemiologic and other observational studies; (4) determining whether a drug or product may present an unreasonable risk to the health of patients or the general public; (5) taking corrective action if such an unreasonable risk may exist; and (6) making information about the safety and effectiveness of such drugs and biological products available to the public and health care providers in a timely manner. Requires the Drug Safety and Risk Management Drug Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the Director on postmarket studies, drugs and biological products that may present an unreasonable risk, and appropriate corrective actions. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assess civil penalties for violations of this Act. Allows the Director to withdraw or suspend approval of a drug or license for a biological product using expedited procedures under certain circumstances. Transfers to the Center the functions and duties of the Office of Drug Safety.
Bill· HRH.R. 4403 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2005
Community and Rural Medical Residency Preservation Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the counting of time spent in outpatient settings by full-time-equivalent residents in approved medical residency training programs, for purposes of direct graduate medical education payments and indirect medical education payments. Defines all, or substantially all, of the costs for the training program in that nonhospital setting as the residents' stipends and benefits and other amounts, if any, as determined by the hospital and the entity (wholly owned or operated by the hospital) operating the nonhospital setting. Declares that the hospital is not required to pay the entity any amounts other than those determined by the hospital and the entity in order for the hospital to be considered to have incurred all, or substantially all, of the costs for ther training program in that setting.
Bill· HRH.R. 4396 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2005
National Vaccine Authority Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Vaccine Authority, under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Vaccines. Requires the Assistant Secretary to: (1) ensure that the Authority serves as the central clearinghouse for HHS with respect to federal and private contracts for the purchase or distribution of vaccines; (2) monitor the supply and distribution of vaccines under such contracts; (3) enter into contracts to increase production of vaccines when necessary; (4) oversee the identification of vaccine strains; (5) establish, periodically review, and revise timetables by which the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is required to identify the strains necessary to produce vaccines; (6) identify any delays in the production of vaccines; (7) ensure that such delays are accounted for as they occur; (8) oversee and monitor the distribution of vaccines; (9) develop, periodically review, and revise a vaccine emergency response and contingency plan; and (10) establish a commission to determine the current state of juvenile vaccines.
Bill· HRH.R. 4392 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2005
Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to inform the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the United States: (1) declares itself an eligible importing member for the purpose of being able to import pharmaceutical products pursuant to the Decision of the General Council of August 30, 2003, on "Implementation of paragraph six of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health;" and (2) withdraws its name from the list contained in the "General Council Chairperson's Statement" accompanying such Decision, of countries that voluntarily relinquished the right to import pharmaceutical products manufactured under compulsory licenses. Authorizes the President to import pharmaceutical products manufactured under a compulsory license to meet public health needs or to address situations of inadequate supply caused by insufficient domestic manufacturing capacity, in accordance with the Decision. Subjects such imported pharmaceutical products to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Bill· SS. 2045 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2005
Health Care for Hybrids Act - Requires the Secretaries of Energy, Health and Human Services, Transportation, and the Treasury to establish a task force to create a program to provide financial assistance to certain domestic automobile manufacturers for the annual health care coverage costs of their retired employees. Limits the amount of such assistance to 10% of the manufacturer's annual retiree health care costs. Requires such manufacturers to invest at least 50% of their health care cost savings in petroleum fuel reduction technologies, including alternative or flexible fuel vehicles and hybrids, and in the retraining of workers and retooling of manufacturing plants. Terminates such program on December 31, 2015. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) define economic substance for purposes of evaluating tax shelter transactions; (2) impose penalties for understatements of tax liability resulting from transactions lacking in economic substance; and (3) deny a tax deduction for interest assessed on underpayments of tax resulting from transactions lacking in economic substance.
Bill· SS. 2047 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2005
Healthy Communities Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Advisory Committee on Environmental Health to review environmental health data and studies to: (1) assess the impact of federal laws, policies, and practices on environmental health and justice; and (2) identify and recommend ways to change or ensure compliance with federal laws, address gaps in federal environmental health research, and prevent or mitigate harm from federal policies, programs, and practices that may adversely affect environmental health or justice. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prepare a biennial Environmental Health Report Card for the nation and for each state. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish the Health Action Zone Program to award grants to at-risk communities for comprehensive environmental health improvement activities; and (2) expand and intensify environmental health research. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to provide grants and technical assistance to enable states to develop or expand activities related to biomonitoring of exposure to environmental toxicants and pollutants. Requires the Secretary to: (1) promote translation and dissemination of findings; and (2) incorporate the data collected under this Act with existing data collection efforts. Requires the Director to expand training and educational activities relating to environmental health and justice for health professionals and public health practitioners.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 65 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2005
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Medicaid prospective payment system for the federally-qualified health center program is critical to ensuring that both Medicaid recipients and the nation's uninsured population have access to quality affordable primary and preventive care services. Recognizes the critical role of such health centers as an essential source of care for millions of Medicaid recipients and uninsured Americans, and supports continuation of the prospective payment system in helping to maintain this system of care.
Bill· HRH.R. 4371 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2005
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase from 85% to100% of the locality adjusted national average per resident amount the payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments under the Medicare program for cost reporting periods begining during or after FY2006.
Bill· HRH.R. 4358 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2005
Influenza Vaccine Emergency Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require influenza vaccine manufacturers to include a provision in any contract for the sale of the vaccine in interstate commerce expressing the policy that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has the authority to take title to necessary quantities of the vaccine if the Secretary declares a public health emergency by reason of an influenza vaccine shortage, and that the manufacturer will reimburse the purchaser for any vaccine not received. Requires the Secretary to pay the manufacturer or distributor the price the manufacturer or distributor would have received for any vaccine taken. Requires the Secretary to determine the extent of compliance with vaccine distribution guidelines and, before using the authority to take the vaccine, to publish notice that such compliance has not been an adequate response to the emergency. Allows the Secretary, in lieu of taking title to a vaccine, to order any vaccine manufacturer or distributor to honor its contracts with states or political subdivisions. Requires the Secretary to provide any influenza vaccine to states, political subdivisions, and such other public or private entities as appropriate as a response to the emergency. Allows the Secretary to make an emergency declaration if the delivery waiting time for states or political subdivisions to receive the vaccine constitutes a significant threat to children, adolescents, or adults.
Bill· HRH.R. 4370 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2005
Health Care for Hybrids Act - Requires the Secretaries of Energy, Health and Human Services, Transportation, and the Treasury to establish a task force to create a program to reimburse certain domestic automobile manufacturers for a portion (up to 10%) of the annual health care coverage costs for their retired employees. Requires such manufacturers to invest at least 50% of their health care cost savings in petroleum fuel reduction technologies, including alternative or flexible fuel vehicles and hybrids, and in the retraining of workers and retooling of manufacturing plants. Terminates such program on December 31, 2015. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) define economic substance for purposes of evaluating tax shelter transactions; (2) impose penalties for understatements of tax liability resulting from transactions lacking in economic substance; and (3) deny a tax deduction for interest assessed on underpayments of tax resulting from transactions lacking in economic substance.
Bill· HRH.R. 4362 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2005
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the prorating of Medicaid beneficiary contributions in the case of partial coverage of nursing facility services during a month.
Bill· HRH.R. 4367 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2005
Domestic Violence Screening, Treatment, and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to award grants for the development of interdisciplinary training and education programs that provide health professions students with an understanding of, and clinical skills pertinent to, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to strengthen the response of state, tribal, territorial, or local health care systems to such violence. Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to give preference in awarding maternal and child health services grant funds to applicants that provide training for service providers in how to identify and treat the health effects of such violence. Requires states to set aside a reasonable portion of such funds to provide for such violence services. Directs the Secretary to allot additional funds to enable states to provide for identification and treatment of such violence. Allows the Secretary to awards grants to federally qualified health centers to improve the identification and treatment of such violence. Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to require the Secretary, acting through the Directors of CDC and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), to fund research on effective interventions in the health care setting that: (1) prevent domestic violence, dating violence, and sexual assault across the lifespan; (2) prevent the health effects of such violence; and (3) improve the safety and health of individuals who are currently being victimized.
Bill· SS. 2022 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2005
Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of remote patient management services for chronic health care conditions.
Bill· SS. 2026 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2005
Medicare Prescription Drug Gap Disclosure Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that a prescription drug plan or a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan with an initial coverage limit obtain a signed certification by an enrollee (or legal guardian), before enrolling, that acknowledges that: (1) a gap in coverage during a given year might occur; and (2) the enrollee, in such a case, will be responsible for paying 100% of the cost of his or her prescription drugs, in addition to the plan's monthly premium.
Bill· HRH.R. 4344 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2005
Student Health Assessment Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide grants to ten local educational agencies to develop and complete comprehensive health assessments for students. Requires the Secretary to take into consideration school size, socioeconomic status and ethnic composition of students, and location when awarding grants. Requires each grantee to: (1) notify parents of the availability and benefits of such assessments; (2) assist qualified parents to apply for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); (3) facilitate or provide such an assessment to each participating student; (4) make available the results of each assessment to the parents of participating children, upon request; and (5) consolidate statistical information, without including individually identifiable information, for the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to develop a checklist for physicians or health care workers authorized by the grantee to conduct such assessments. Requires each assessment to be performed by such an authorized physician or health care provider chosen by the student's parents and to include a physical evaluation and a psycho-social evaluation.
Bill· HRH.R. 4349 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2005
Patient Safety Act of 2005 - Requires any provider under the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act ), as a condition of continued participation in such program, to make publicly available information regarding nurse staffing and patient outcomes as specified by the Secretary. Requires the public availability of data regarding complaints filed with the state agency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or an accrediting agency, compliance with the standards of which have been deemed to demonstrate Medicare participation compliance, and data regarding investigations and findings as a result of those complaints and the findings of scheduled inspection visits. Requires the Secretary to provide for the auditing of such information for accuracy as a part of the process of determining whether a provider is eligible for continued participation in the Medicare program. Amends SSA title XVIII and XIX (Medicaid) to provide for public disclosure of accurate data on nursing facility staffing. Creates a staffing quality measure for consumers to compare nursing facilities. Prohibits adverse employment actions by Medicare providers against their employees for notifying the provider, or any federal or state agency or accreditation agency, of conditions which are dangerous or potentially dangerous to patients.
Bill· HRH.R. 4331 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 2005
Medicaid Access Project through Information Technology (MAP IT) Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a two-year project to demonstrate the impact of health information technology on chronic disease management under the Medicaid program of title XIX of the Social Security Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 298 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 2005
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Lung Cancer Awareness Month (November). Urges Congress to: (1) work to increase the federal commitment to lung cancer research and early detection to the amount necessary to bring the 5-year survival rate to 50 percent within 10 years; and (2) work with all relevant federal agencies to develop a coordinated road map for accomplishing that goal.
Bill· SS. 2002 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2005
BSE and Other Prion Disease Prevention and Public Health Protection Act - Prohibits the importation of a covered article that: (1) if containing animal-derived material, does not state in English that the covered article contains animal-derived material and the name of the derivative animal, and if a ruminant, identifies the country of origin and states whether specified risk material from the ruminant is or may be part of the covered article; (2) if not containing animal-derived material, does not state in English that the covered article does not contain animal-derived material; and (3) contains animal-derived material from a ruminant that was in any country at a time at which there was a transmission risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Prohibits the introduction into interstate or foreign commerce of a covered article that contains: (1) specified risk material from a ruminant, or any material from a ruminant that was in any foreign country when there was a BSE transmission risk; or (2) any material from a ruminant exhibiting signs of a neurological disease. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) develop an enforcement plan for the regulatory ban of certain animal proteins in ruminant feed; (2) promulgate regulations prohibiting same-farm admixing of ruminant and nonruminant feed; (3) in conjunction with the National Prion Disease Pathology Research Center at Case Western Reserve University, expand survey efforts for prion diseases in humans; and (4) monitor animal feed and provide for the registration of certain animal feed businesses. Directs the Secretary to accelerate the establishment of a ruminant identification program capable of tracing, within 48 hours, the movements of disease-exposed animals from birth to slaughter. Directs the Secretaries to: (1) jointly establish a prion disease task force; and (2) develop appropriate compliance standards. Defines: (1) covered article; (2) prion disease; and (3) specified risk material.
Bill· SS. 2007 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2005
National Commission on Health Care Act - Establishes in the legislative branch the National Commission on Health Care to conduct a study that investigates: (1) problems within the sphere of health care; (2) the rising costs of health care; (3) the impact of such rising costs on American businesses; (4) the provision of health care by state and local health care agencies; (5) the effects of increases in insurance premiums on health care coverage for businesses; (6) the private health insurance industry; (7) public health programs; (8) innovations and reforms necessary to increase the provision of affordable, quality health care to all Americans; (9) the role of congressional oversight and resource allocation; and (10) other relevant areas of the public and private sectors. Directs the Commission to identify, review, evaluate, and report on the lessons learned from past legislative structuring of health care, coordination, management policies, and procedures of the federal government and, when appropriate, state and local governments and nongovernmental entities relative to administering, representing, implementing, and receiving health care .
Bill· HRH.R. 4313 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2005
TRUE Enforcement and Border Security Act of 2005 - Sets forth border security-related provisions, including provisions respecting: (1) construction of fencing and security improvements in the the Pacific Ocean-Gulf of Mexico border area; (2) increased availability of Department of Defense (DOD) equipment on the southern border; and (3) construction of additional ports of entry. Provides for increases in funding, personnel, and technology at the federal, state, and local level for immigration and border enforcement and visa security, worksite enforcement, document integrity, immigration fraud, and detention and removal of illegal aliens. Establishes in the Department of Justice a position of Assistant Attorney General for Immigration Enforcement. Revises provisions respecting: (1) the integrated entry and exit data system; (2) registration of aliens in the United States; (3) state and local enforcement of immigration laws; and (4) National Crime Information Center listing of immigration violators. Provides for: (1) construction or acquisition of additional alien detention facilities; (2) federal custody of, and state or local compensation for, state or locally apprehended illegal aliens; (3) immigration-related training for state and local personnel; (4) personal liability immunity to the same extent as corresponding federal immunity for state or local personnel enforcing immigration laws within the scope of their duties; and (5) civil rights money damage immunity for state or local agencies enforcing immigration laws unless their personnel violated criminal law in such enforcement. Authorizes grants to border-adjacent Indian tribes adversely affected by illegal immigration for law enforcement, health care, environmental restoration, and cultural preservation. Revises visa and alien status provisions, including: (1) visa waiver program suspension; (2) diversity immigrant program elimination; (3) family sponsored immigrant allocations; and (4) visa compliance bonds. Continues, and expands to all states, the institutional removal program (IRP). Restricts citizenship-by-birth provisions. Denies immigration benefits to alien terrorists or criminals. Revises temporary protected status provisions. Employment Security Act of 2005 - Revises the work eligibility verification program. Directs the Commissioner for Social Security to establish an alien work eligibility database. Revises social security card anti-fraud and related provisions. Sets forth Internal Revenue Service (IRS) work eligibility verification provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make an illegal alien ineligible for nonresident alien tax status; and (2) prohibit a deduction for compensation paid to an unauthorized worker. Increases alien smuggling penalties. Establishes criminal penalties and forfeiture for aliens unlawfully present in the United States. Increases criminal penalties for marriage fraud and immigration-related entrepreneurship fraud. Revises criminal and civil penalties for improper entry and related actions by an alien. Increases criminal penalties for illegal entry and failure to depart violations. Increases criminal and civil penalties for document fraud, benefit fraud, and false citizenship claims. Makes aliens participating in criminal street gangs inadmissible and deportable. Revises specified voluntary departure, detention, and removal provisions. Provides for: (1) expedited removal of criminal aliens; and (2) detention alternative pilot programs.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 304 (109th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 2005
Designates the period from November 1, 2005, through October 31, 2006, as the Year of Polio Education.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 302 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 2005
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the conferees for any budget reconciliation bill of the 109th Congress shall not report a reconciliation bill that would: (1) allow States to reduce coverage for medically necessary health care for poor or low-income children or impose premiums, deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance on them; (2) reduce coverage of, or payment for, medical case management services under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for children in foster care, including targeted case management services; or (3) allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to undertake any Health Opportunity Account demonstrations involving such children.
Bill· HRH.R. 4298 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 2005
Makes January 23, 2002, the effective date of the modification of treatment for retirement annuity purposes of part-time service performed before April 7, 1986, by certain health-care professionals of the Veterans Health Administration pursuant to the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001.
Bill· HRH.R. 4293 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 2005
Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2005 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate standards for minimum nurse staffing levels in nursing facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments. Reinstitutes (Boren amendment) payment methodology, providing for payment of Medicaid services through the use of rates determined pursuant to the criteria under state Medicaid plan requirements as in effect on August 1, 1997. Establishes safe harbor rates. Provides a permanent 1.5% increase of the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a state beginning with FY 2006. Authorizes inclusion of: (1) financial accountability requirements in the survey and certification process with respect to facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments; and (2) professionals trained in financial accounting and auditing in the multidisciplinary survey teams of professionals under Medicare and Medicaid.
Bill· SS. 1978 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 2005
Tim Fagan's Law or the Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented as an approved prescription drug and sells or trades the drug; or (2) purchases or trades for such drug knowing or having reason to know that the drug was knowingly adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented. Requires a manufacturer of a drug to notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services within 48 hours after first receiving or becoming aware of information that reasonably suggests that such a violation may have occurred. Deems a drug to be misbranded if it is not manufactured in accordance with the use of technologies that the Secretary determines are technically feasible and will assist in preventing such violations. Requires the Secretary to establish alternative requirements to the extent that such requirements provide greater certainty on the chain of custody and are economically and technically feasible. Increases funding for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections, examinations, and investigations. Requires the Secretary to educate the public and health care professionals on counterfeit drugs. Directs the Secretary: (1) upon a finding of reasonable probability that a drug intended for human use would cause serious health consequences or death, to issue an order requiring the appropriate person (including the manufacturers, importers, distributors, or retailers of the drug) to cease distribution of the drug and to notify and instruct health professionals to cease administering or prescribing the drug; and (2) amend the order to include a recall if necessary.
Bill· SS. 1983 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 2005
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include a health care entity's refusal to provide coverage of, or pay for, induced abortions among the bases for which the federal government or any state or local government that receives federal financial assistance may not discriminate against such an entity. Expands the definition of "health care entity" to include a hospital, a provider sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, and any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 4268 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 2005
Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from conducting laboratory proficiency testing of individuals involved in screening or interpreting cytological preparations for one year. Requires the Secretary to revise such proficiency testing before resuming it in order to: (1) reflect the collaborative clinical decision-making of laboratory personnel involved; (2) revise grading or scoring criteria to reflect current practice guidelines; (3) provide for such testing to be conducted no more than every two years; and (4) make such other revisions as necessary to reflect changes in laboratory operations and practices since the standards were promulgated.
Bill· HRH.R. 4289 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 2005
HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health coverage from denying benefits or coverage otherwise provided under the plan for the treatment of an injury solely because it resulted from participation in a legal mode of transportation or recreational activity.
Bill· HRH.R. 4269 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 2005
Critical Access Hospital Ambulance Payment Reform Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to mandatory payment by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, under part B (supplementary medical insurance) benefits, of the reasonable costs of furnishing ambulance services incurred by an entity owned and operated by a critical access hospital. Extends such payment to services provided by such an entity under an arrangement with the hospital. Repeals the requirement that the critical access hospital or entity be the only provider or supplier of ambulance services within a 35-mile drive of the critical access hospital.
Bill· HRH.R. 4277 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 2005
Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and Resources Act - Allows a veteran enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs annual patient enrollment system to elect to receive covered health services through a non-Department facility. (Currently, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may contract for such services when Department facilities are not capable of furnishing economic hospital care or medical services because of geographical inaccessibility or are not capable of furnishing the care or services required.) Directs the Secretary to authorize such services pursuant to a contract with such facility.
Bill· HRH.R. 4256 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 2005
American Health Benefits Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish under a new title XXII (American Health Benefits Program) a program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage to all Americans who are: (1) not covered under certain federal health insurance programs; and (2) not eligible for employer-provided insurance coverage. Requires provision of such coverage in a manner similar to that in which coverage has been provided to Members of Congress, federal government employees, retirees, and their dependents under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Establishes in the Treasury an American Health Benefits Program Trust Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose on every employer an excise tax equal to the applicable percentage of the wages paid employees; and (2) allow a tax credit to certain individuals equal to the sum of the aggregate amount of premiums paid (other than government contributions) with respect to the individual's coverage, and the applicable premium subsidy for any eligible individual. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide for an increase in the federal Medicaid assistance percentage (FMAP) for American Health Benefits Program-covered services. Terminates the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) under SSA title XXI upon the initiation of the American Health Benefits Program.
Bill· HRH.R. 4249 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 2005
Living Well with Fatal Chronic Illness Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) carry out research, demonstration, and education programs with respect to fatal chronic illness through the Public Health Service; and (2) conduct studies on end-of-life care. Directs the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand activities with respect to epidemiology and public health in fatal chronic illness. Directs the Director of the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research on fatal chronic illness. Provides for Medicare pilot programs for the treatment of fatal chronic illnesses. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) develop and carry out programs to improve the delivery of appropriate health and support services for patients with fatal chronic illnesses; and (2) make grants to support volunteer and community support of veterans living at home who have fatal chronic illnesses. Provides for a study by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences on the: (1) level of care for the elderly provided by family members; and (2) coordination of such care with more formal care provided by health care providers.
Bill· SS. 1969 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 2005
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the conferees for any budget reconciliation bill of the 109th Congress shall not report a reconciliation bill that would with respect to low-income children, pregnant women, disabled individuals, elderly individuals, individuals with chronic illnesses like HIV/AIDS, cancer, and diabetes, individuals with mental illnesses, and other Medicaid beneficiaries: (1) impair access to Medicaid services; (2) undermine eligibility for such beneficiaries; (3) make Medicaid services unaffordable, hence unavailable, to them; or (4) cut health care services them. Expresses the sense of the Senate, also, that the conferees shall not report a reconciliation bill that would undermine the federal guarantee of health insurance coverage that the Medicaid program provides, which would threaten not only the health care safety net of the United States, but the entire health care system of the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 4241 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 2005
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 - Provides for reconciliation of the budget for FY2006 pursuant to H.Con.Res. 95 (congressional budget resolution) by the House Committees on: (1) Agriculture; (2) Education and the Workforce; (3) Energy and Commerce; (4) Financial Services; (5) the Judiciary; (6) Resources; (7) Transportation and Infrastructure; and (8) Ways and Means. Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005 - Prescribes or revises requirements for: (1) reduction of covered commodities and peanuts program payments; (2) reduction in advance direct payments; (3) cotton competitiveness; (4) reduction in the use of Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for watershed rehabilitation programs; (5) reductions in funds for the conservation security program; (6) limitations on use of CCC funds for agricultural management assistance programs; and (7) termination of the use of CCC funds for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements programs. Terminates funding for enhanced access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas, valued-added agricultural product market development grants, rural business investment programs, rural business strategic investment grants, rural firefighters and emergency personnel grants, and for initiative for future food and agriculture systems. Revises requirements for the food stamp program, commodities for the emergency food assistance program, and food stamp residency requirements with respect to qualified aliens. Authorizes federal payments to states for 100% of administrative costs relating to disaster food stamp programs in effect during the presidentially declared emergency in response to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2005 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require universal engagement and family self-sufficiency plans with respect to block grants to states for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); and (2) revise work participation requirements and work-related performance improvement. Promotion and Support of Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Act of 2005 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to establish a fatherhood program. Amends the SSA to provide state option to make TANF programs mandatory partners with one-stop employment training centers. Expresses the sense of Congress that a state welfare-to-work program should include a mentoring program. Places a prohibition on offshoring for states who receive block grants for TANF. Caring for Children Act of 2005 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 with respect to child care and a waiver of authority to expand the availability of services under such Act. Establishes program coordination demonstration projects. Higher Education Budget Reconciliation Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 with respect to: (1) student loans; (2) unsubsidized Stafford loans; (3) elimination on termination dates from Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004; (4) loan fees from lenders; and (5) higher education relief. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums. Medicaid Reconciliation Act of 2005 - Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) regarding: (1) prescription drugs under Medicaid; (2) revision of asset transfer rules; (3) expanded access to certain benefits; (4) managed care organization provider tax reform; (5) Medicaid transformation grants; (6) modified enforcement of documentation requirements; (7) emergency services furnished by noncontract providers for Medicaid managed care enrollees; (8) adjustment in computation of Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to disregard an extraordinary employer pension contribution; (9) Health Opportunity Accounts; (10) Hurricane Katrina health care relief; and (11) Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Energy Relief. Digital Television Transition Act of 2005 - Provides for: (1) additional deadlines for the analog spectrum recovery; (2) auction of recovered spectrum; (3) revision of the Digital Television Conversion Fund; (4) establishment of a digital-to-analog converter box program and a Public Safety Interoperable Communications Fund; (5) low-power television transition and digital-to-analog conversion; (6) consumer education regarding analog televisions; and (7) deployment of broadband wireless technologies. Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 - Requires merger of the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund into the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF). Revises requirements for deposit insurance coverage, reserve ratio and reserve range, and DIF restoration plans. Requires studies of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) structure, expenses, certain activities, and further possible changes to the deposit insurance system. FHA Asset Disposition Act of 2005 - Provides for Federal Housing Administration asset disposition. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require fees with respect to immigration services for intracompany transferees. Federal Judgeship Act of 2005 - Provides for: (1) circuit judges for the circuit courts of appeals; (2) district judges for the district courts; (3) establishment of a judicial district in the Virgin Islands; and (4) revisions of the jurisdiction of the Virgin Islands court and its jurisdiction over income tax matters. Enhanced Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2005 - Provides for: (1) additional bankruptcy judgeships; (2) temporary bankruptcy judgeships; and (3) conversion of existing temporary bankruptcy judgeships. Judicial Administration and Improvements Act of 2005 - Modifies: (1) the number and composition of circuit courts; (2) the number of circuit judges; (3) places of circuit courts; and (4) requirements for judicial assignments. Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2005 - Provides for: (1) a leasing program for lands within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; and (2) national mining and minerals policy. Northern Nevada Sustainable Development in Mining Act - Provides for disposal of certain public lands in Nevada. Central Idaho Sustainable Development in Mining Act - Provides for disposal of certain public lands in Idaho. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify requirements for commercial leasing of oil shale and tar sands. Ocean State Options Act of 2005 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act regarding: (1) determination of adjacent zones and planning areas; (2) administration of leasing, including natural gas leases; (3) reservation of lands and rights; (4) environmental studies; and (5) review of OCS development and production plans. Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Fund Act of 2005 - Establishes the Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Fund. Terminates the effect of all existing federal law prohibiting the spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities for OCS areas. Renames the Minerals Management Service as the National Ocean Energy and Royalty Service. Rigs to Reefs Act of 2005 - Authorizes use of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms and other facilities for mariculture, artificial reef, and scientific research, or other uses. Establishes the Federal Energy and Mineral Resources Professional Development (FEMRPD) Fund. Energy and Mineral Schools Reinvestment Act - Requires use of FEMRPD funds to maintain and restore historic and existing petroleum and mining engineering education programs. Establishes a Committee on Petroleum, Mining, and Mineral Engineering and Energy and Mineral Resource Education. Prohibits new OCS onshore and offshore mineral lease fees after January 1, 2005. Establishes the Atlantic OCS Region and the Pacific OCS Region headquarters. National Geologic Data and Mapping Fund Act of 2005 - Establishes the National Geological Data and Mapping Fund. Prescribes requirements for: (1) leases for areas located within 100 miles of California or Florida; (2) the sale and conveyance of certain federal lands; and (3) extension of vessel tonnage duties. Work, Marriage, and Family Promotion Reconciliation Act of 2005 - Amends the SSA to modify requirements relating to: (1) the TANF program; (2) child (foster) care; (3) child support; (4) child welfare; and (5) supplemental security income (SSI). Promotion and Support of Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Act of 2005 (sic) - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to establish a fatherhood program. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to repeal requirements for the annual distribution of the continued dumping and subsidy offset.
Bill· HRH.R. 4245 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 2005
Influenza Preparedness and Prevention Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to stockpile antivirals, pandemic influenza vaccines, and essential supplies for a pandemic influenza. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit any cause of action for liability related to a qualified pandemic or epidemic product or a security countermeasure, with an exception for willful misconduct. Requires the Secretary to establish a buyback protocol to purchase excess stocks of influenza vaccine. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop a regulatory roadmap to address issues surrounding emergency use authorization of influenza vaccine. Establishes the Office of Safety Evaluation and Pandemic Preparedness. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a public education campaign about pandemic influenza and preparedness. Requires the United States Geological Survey to carry out an interagency effort to detect avian influenza in wild birds. Provides for the expansion and intensification of influenza research. Requires the Director of CDC to expand and intensify Global Disease Detection Initiative efforts. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) a proposal to study the feasibility of establishing a Pandemic Fund to support pandemic influenza control and relief activities. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to expand and intensify efforts to prevent pandemic influenza. Requires states, as a condition of receiving funds from CDC or the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to have a Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan.
Bill· SS. 1956 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 2005
Access, Compassion, Care, and Ethics for Seriously Ill Patients Act or the ACCESS Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to replace the current fast track product approval process with a multi-tiered approval process for any investigational drug, biological product, or device. Provides for expedited approval for a drug, biological product, or device for a serious or life-threatening condition, with additional conditions such as additional studies, limits on advertising and promotional materials, and expedited withdrawal procedures. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish the Accelerated Approval Advisory Committee to issue recommendations to the Secretary on applications submitted by a sponsor of such a drug, product, or device; (2) prohibit placebo-only or no-treat-only concurrent controls in clinical investigations with respect to any life-threatening condition or disease where reasonably effective, approved, alternative therapies exist for the specific indication; (3) establish a program to encourage the development of surrogate endpoints and biomarkers that are reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit for serious or life-threatening conditions for which there exist significant unmet medical needs; (4) request that the Institute of Medicine undertake a study to identify validated surrogate endpoints and biomarkers, and recommend research to validate surrogate endpoints and biomarkers, that may support approvals for products intended for the treatment of serious or life-threatening conditions or diseases; and (5) give equal weight to clinical judgment and statistical analysis in the evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of new products and not disapprove a product application solely on the basis of a statistical analysis or the rigid use of the 95 percent confidence level convention. Requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a new program to expand access to investigation treatments for individuals with serious or life-threatening conditions and diseases.
Bill· HRH.R. 4229 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 2005
Plan B for Plan B Act of 2005 - Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to approve or disapprove within 30 days the supplemental new drug application submitted by Women's Capital Corporation for Plan B (defined as .75 mg levonorgestrel tablets [commonly referred to as the morning-after pill]), as amended by a formal response to the Food and Drug Administration's non-approvable determination, that would switch the drug from prescription-only to nonprescription status for women 16 years or older. Deems the Commissioner as having approved the application if the deadline is not met and continues such approval unless the Commissioner publishes in the Federal Register a determination to approve or disapprove the application.
Bill· HRH.R. 4223 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 2005
Medicaid Preservation Act of 2005 - Prohibits reductions in authorized federal funding under the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act until full consideration has been given to the recommendations of the Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid. Establishes the Bipartisan Commission to review and make recommendations about: (1) each of Medicaid's major functional responsibilities; (2) issues that either threaten or could improve the long-term financial condition of Medicaid; (3) the way Medicare payment policies impact Medicaid, and ways to address specific payment problems that such policies may create in service delivery to populations typically not covered by Medicare, such as children and pregnant women; and (5) payments to safety net providers. Requires each recommendation to include an analysis of its effect under Medicaid and, if applicable, Medicare and other federal health programs, on: (1) federal and state expenditures; (2) provider payment rates; (3) beneficiary out-of-pocket expenditures; (4) beneficiary access to covered items and services; and (5) coverage of items and services.
Bill· HRH.R. 4218 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 2005
Affordable Health Care for Americans Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction from gross income for the health insurance costs of an individual taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents (available whether or not a taxpayer itemizes deductions).
Bill· SS. 1955 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 2005
Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the establishment and governance of small business health plans, which are group health plans sponsored by trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce or similar business associations that meet ERISA certification requirements. Requires the Secretary of Labor to consult with the state regarding the Secretary's exercise of authority over such plans. Allows other plans to be treated as small business health plans under certain circumstances. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate National Interim Model Rating Rules that apply to the small group insurance market. Requires the Secretary to issue the State Benefit Compendium of harmonized descriptions of the benefit, service, and provider mandates that are required to be provided by health insurance issuers in at least 45 states. Requires the Compendium to provide that any laws relating to benefit, service, and provider mandates other than those described in the Compendium shall not be binding in any state adopting the Compendium. Prohibits all states that fail to adopt the Compendium from: (1) prohibiting an eligible insurer from offering health insurance coverage consistent with the Compendium; or (2) discriminating against eligible insurers offering or seeking to offer such coverage. Requires the Secretary to establish the Commission on Health Insurance Standards Harmonization to develop recommendations that harmonize inconsistent state health insurance laws in accordance with the laws adopted in a plurality of the states. Provides that any harmonized standards adopted by the Secretary will supersede state laws related to the areas covered by the harmonized standards.
Bill· SS. 1951 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 2005
Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act or the CLASS Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a national, voluntary disability insurance program (CLASS program) under which: (1) all employees are automatically enrolled, but are allowed to waive enrollment; (2) payroll deductions pay monthly premiums; and (3) two-tiered benefits are provided, based on the level of disability, to purchase nonmedical services and supports that the beneficiary needs to maintain independence. Establishes the Independence Fund within the Treasury. Requires the CLASS program to be treated for tax purposes in the same manner as a qualified long-term care insurance contract. Amends the Social Security Act to require each state to: (1) assess the extent to which personal care services providers are serving or able to serve as fiscal agents, employers, and providers of employment-related benefits for personal care attendant workers, who provide personal care services to individuals receiving benefits under this Act; (2) designate or create entities to serve such purposes; and (3) ensure that such entities will not impede the ability of individuals to retain, manage, or dismiss such workers or inhibit individuals from relying on family members for such services. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Personal Care Attendants Workforce Advisory Panel to examine and advise the Secretary and Congress on workforce issues related to personal care attendant workers. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a deduction for premiums paid for the CLASS program; (2) a credit for low-income CLASS program enrollees; and (3) a credit for employers for the cost incurred to automatically enroll employees and withhold monthly premiums.
Bill· SS. 1952 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 2005
Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to states to increase access to health care in rural areas by improving health information technology. Requires a state that receives such a grant to designate a lead agency to: (1) administer the grant; (2) develop the state plan for use of grant funds; and (2) coordinate the expenditure of funds and provision of services under the grant with other federal and state health care programs. Directs the lead agency to award local grants on a competitive basis based on the extent to which an entity: (1) demonstrates a need to improve its health information reporting and health information technology; and (2) will serve a community with a significant low-income or other medically underserved population. Requires each grant recipient to be a government-owned or private nonprofit hospital located in a rural area. Requires the lead agency to annually report to the Secretary on: (1) the amounts received under the grant; (2) the amounts allocated to state grant recipients; and (3) the types of expenditures made by local grant recipients. Requires the Secretary to review and monitor state compliance with the requirements of this Act. Directs the Secretary to promulgate a final rule concerning the replacement of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification with the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision, Clinical Modification and Clinical Modification Coding System. Authorizes the Secretary to adopt specified standards for electronic health care transactions that are recommended in relation to such replacements.
Bill· HRH.R. 4212 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 2005
Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a research agenda for the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and facilitate surveillance and prevention of such disorders. Requires the Secretary to award grants for individuals with FASD, including to: (1) establish programs of surveillance, prevention, and treatment for such individuals; (2) identify best practices for educating affected children, educating officials in the criminal justice system on coping with such individuals, and educating adoption or foster care agency officials about services for children with FASD; and (3) provide for transitional services for such individuals, for respite care for their caretakers, and for increased awareness and identification of FASD at community health centers. Requires: (1) the Secretary to provide for continuation of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; and (2) the Comptroller General to evaluate and make recommendations regarding appropriate federal FASD activities. Requires the Secretary to issue public service announcements to raise awareness of the risks associated with alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Requires the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders to identify and describe the ten most important actions that must be taken to reduce prenatal alcohol exposure and all its adverse outcomes. Requires the Secretary of Education to direct the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to take certain actions with regard to individuals with FASD, including implementing screening procedures and introducing curricula on how to educate children with such disorders. Requires the Attorney General to direct the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to take certain actions with regard to individuals with FASD, including educating officials on how to treat such individuals, studying the inadequacies of the current system for dealing with such individuals, and developing transition programs for such individuals who are released from incarceration.
Bill· HRH.R. 4206 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 2005
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to permit Puerto Rico to qualify for federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.
Bill· HRH.R. 4207 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 2005
Puerto Rico Hospitals Medicare DSH Equity Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe a formula for the calculation of Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments for prospective payment system hospitals in Puerto Rico.
Bill· HRH.R. 4188 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 2005
Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance for voluntary family planning programs in developing countries, including activities to: (1) improve public knowledge of voluntary family planning programs; (2) support public and private voluntary family planning programs, including networks for community-based and subsidized commercial distribution of contraceptives; (3) expand training for health care providers and educators; (4) provide improved coordination between voluntary family planning programs and programs that receive U.S. assistance for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections; and (5) strengthen supply chain logistics for the procurement and distribution of safe contraceptives, including coordination with the supply chain for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment. Gives priority to developing countries with acute family planning and maternal health needs. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4173 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 2005
Health Care COBRA OffSet Tax Savings Act of 2005 or the Health Care COSTS Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for 50% of the premium for COBRA continuation coverage under a group health plan. Requires notice of the availability of this tax credit to individuals entitled to COBRA continuation coverage.