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Bill· SS. 2794 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Homeland Security Act of 2002 - Establishes a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as an executive department of the United States, headed by a Secretary of Homeland Security who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. States that the primary mission of DHS is to: (1) prevent terrorist attacks within the United States; (2) reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism; and (3) minimize the damage, and assist in the recovery, from terrorist attacks that occur within the United States. Includes as DHS's primary responsibilities: (1) information analysis and infrastructure protection; (2) chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and related countermeasures; (3) border and transportation security; (4) emergency preparedness and response; and (5) coordination (including the provision of training and equipment) with other executive agencies, with State and local government personnel, agencies, and authorities, with the private sector, and with other entities. Creates: (1) a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, who shall be the Secretary's first assistant for purposes of details; (2) an Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; (3) an Under Secretary for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Countermeasures; (4) an Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security; (5) an Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response; (6) an Under Secretary for Management; and (7) not more than six Assistant Secretaries. Establishes an Inspector General (to be appointed under the Inspector General Act of 1978), and requires the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Director of the Secret Service as well, to assist the Secretary in the performance of his functions. Transfers to the Secretary the functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of specified entities, including: (1) the National Communications System of the Department of Defense; (2) the select agent registration enforcement programs and activities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (3) the Plum Island Animal Disease Center of the Department of Agriculture (DOA); (4) certain programs and activities of the Department of Energy, such as those specified for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; (5) the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury (DOT); (6) the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice (DOJ); (7) DOA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (8) the Coast Guard; (9) DOT's Transportation Security Administration; (10) the Federal Protective Service of the General Services Administration; (11) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; (12) the National Domestic Preparedness Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (13) HHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness; (14) HHS' Strategic National Stockpile; and (15) the United States Secret Service. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a human resources management system for DHS. Establishes in the Department of Defense a National Bio-Weapons Defense Analysis Center.
Bill· SS. 2795 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare pass-through payment under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services for certain new drugs or biologicals beginning on the first date on which such a drug or biological is furnished as an OPD service after its approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for marketing.
Bill· HRH.R. 5234 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Medicare Hospital Outpatient Department Fair Payment Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the Medicare hospital outpatient department (OPD) prospective payment system with regard to: (1) fee schedule amounts for clinic and emergency visits; (2) transitional pass-through for additional costs of innovative medical devices, drugs, and biologicals; (3) OPD fee schedule increase factor; (4) budget neutrality adjustment under requirements for periodic review and adjustments components of the prospective payment system; (4) outlier payments; (5) transitional adjustment to limit decline in payment; and (6) the requirement to increase relative payment weights in certain circumstances. Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to provide for permanent extension of provider-based status for any facility or organization that is treated as provider-based in relation to a hospital or critical access hospital under Medicare as of October 1, 2000.
Bill· HRH.R. 5224 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to establish or operate demonstration projects for increasing the supply of organs donated for human transplantation. Requires certain professional consultation. Allows such projects to establish appropriate financial incentives for organ donation, including the payment of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by individuals making living donations. Requires such incentives to include one or more projects to provide payments for the purchase of life insurance policies or annuities, payable to a donor's designee. Limits evaluation costs to five percent of authorized funds.
Bill· HRH.R. 5217 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Affordable Drugs Access Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require a waiver of prohibitions which would then permit an individual to import a prescription drug from Canada. Stipulates that the drug be: (1) imported in final form in limited quantities for personal use from a registered Canadian pharmacy; (2) approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and (3) accompanied by a valid prescription. Requires the Secretary to study the authenticity and quality of drugs imported into the United States from other countries for personal use. Authorizes the Secretary, based on whether study results indicate the presence or absence of a significant threat to public health, to: (1) condition the entry of drugs; (2) terminate the waiver; and/or (3) extend the waiver to other countries. Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to reduce the aggregate number of dosage units of a controlled substance a U.S. resident may import into the United States without a prescription. Regulates the Internet sale of prescription drugs. Requires Internet sites used for purposes of sales of a prescription drug to include a page (and links thereto) providing the identities of the seller and the persons serving as pharmacists or medical consultants and the States in which the seller and such persons are authorized to dispense drugs or provide consultations. Permits State enforcement of Internet prescription drug sale requirements, but retains the right of the Secretary to intervene.
Bill· HRH.R. 5236 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Makes enrollment in a prescription drug plan established under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act totally voluntary. Declares that no individual is required to enroll in such a plan as part of any contract with any employer or under any collective bargaining agreement or otherwise.
Bill· HRH.R. 5233 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
SCHIP Web-Based Enrollment Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to encourage the use of Internet web-based enrollment systems under SCHIP. Directs the Secretary to provide for grants to enable States to develop and implement web-based enrollment systems under their SCHIP child health plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 5218 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare pass-through payment under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services for certain new drugs or biologicals beginning on the first date on which such a drug or biological is furnished as an OPD service after its approval by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for marketing.
Bill· HRH.R. 5225 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Alien Child Organ Transplant Act of 2002 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicaid coverage of organ transplant procedures considered as an emergency medical procedure for certain alien children under age 18.
Bill· HRH.R. 5219 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Essential Medicines for Medicare Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare coverage of prescription drugs for treatment of certain chronic conditions. Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide for Medicaid coverage of Medicare prescription drug cost sharing for individuals who would be qualified Medicare beneficiaries but for the fact that their income exceeds the income level established by the State but is less than 110 percent of the official poverty line for a family of the size involved in 1993 and 1994, and 120 percent in 1995 and years thereafter. Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a program under which eligible individuals may receive disease management services; and (2) provide for coverage of such services as a part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) benefit.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 503 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2002
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Federal and State financial assistance for in-home care should be increased to an elderly patient once it is determined that the patient is in need of in-home nursing care; and (2) better treatment and guidelines are required for students and schools who train certified nurse assistants and home health aides.
Bill· SS. 2782 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act of 2002 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to consolidate and restate the Federal laws relating to the social health maintenance organization (SHMO) demonstration projects and to make the projects permanent. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate a regulation that permits each SHMO demonstration project to expand its service area to include areas within the State served by the organization that are not contiguous to any other service area of the organization. Permits the participation in the SHMO demonstration project program of: (1) the five organizations authorized under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to demonstrate the concept of SHMOs that were approved by the Secretary in 1995; and (2) each entity that received a planning grant in 1998 under the 1997 Grants Program for Reforming Service Delivery for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries to develop a Second Generation Social HMO Demonstration Program. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees prior to making any change to the benefits available under a SHMO demonstration project. Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to study and report to Congress on the cost-effectiveness of SHMO demonstration projects and their potential expansion. Requires the Secretary to conduct, and report to Congress on, a comparative qualitative survey of the satisfaction of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in: (1) the original Medicare fee-for-service program under Medicare parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (2) a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice); and (3) an SHMO.
Bill· HRH.R. 5204 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2002
Hormone Replacement Therapy Alternative Treatment Fairness Act - Amends the Social Security Act to include coverage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms under Medicare (title XVIII of the Act). Includes alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms under Medicaid (title XIX of the Act). Requires coverage of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms and alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms on the same basis as outpatient prescription drugs under: (1) the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (group health plans and group and individual health insurance); (2) the Internal Revenue Code (group health plans);and (3) Federal employee health benefit plans. Includes alternative treatments for hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms under veterans' benefits and the TRICARE program (a managed health care program of the armed forces).
Bill· HRH.R. 5191 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002
Oral Health Promotion Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add dental services to coverage provided. Allows States the option of using Federal SCHIP funds to cover dental expenses for a child who is eligible for Medicaid under targeted low-income child Medicaid guidelines when the child has medical coverage that does not include dental services. Allows States the option of covering dental services of adults receiving assistance under SCHIP. Alters the Medicaid matching rate for adult full coverage dental benefits. Establishes in the Treasury the Community Oral Health Expansion Fund to expand the availability of oral health services through community-based centers. Authorizes the use of funds for demonstration projects and demonstration partnerships with Head Start programs for identifying children at risk of dental disease and providing prevention measures. Requires States to contribute, directly or indirectly, up to ten percent of demonstration project costs. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give grant: (1) priority to States covering a Medicaid level of dental benefits under SCHIP; and (2) preference to States with market-based payment rates for dental services under both Medicaid and SCHIP.
Bill· HRH.R. 5187 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002
Patient Navigator, Outreach, and Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration; and (2) the Director of the National Cancer Institute to make grants for model programs to provide services for cancer and chronic diseases to individuals of health disparity populations. Requires that these services: (1) be provided in a culturally competent way; (2) include patient navigators to help with finding services and follow-up care; and (3) include ongoing outreach activities. Conditions grants on the presence of a fee schedule consistent with prevailing rates and a fee discount schedule which provides fee adjustments based on ability to pay. Evaluates services according to a peer-reviewed model according to best practices. Limits the grants to five years.
Bill· HRH.R. 5186 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2002
Drug Importation Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to permit an individual who is not in the business of importing prescription drugs to import prescription drugs which appear to be approved, non-narcotic, and produced by a registered producer. Provides for a program where a pharmacist who is not otherwise permitted to import a prescription drug may do so when a drug meets the above standard. Excludes controlled substances and biological products. States that alternative labeling may be required.
Bill· SS. 2767 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002
Agriculture Security Preparedness Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations Security Council should include agroterrorism in the definition of a terrorist act involving a weapon of mass destruction. Amends Federal criminal law to include under the rubric of terrorism the use of a weapon of mass destruction against private property, including property used for agricultural or livestock operations. Directs the Attorney General to report on the feasibility of establishing a national agroterrorism and ecoterrorism incident clearinghouse. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) report on international agricultural disease surveillance; (2) develop farm and ranch biosecurity guidelines and related education outreach; (3) develop a pilot program of biosecurity grants and loans to assist agricultural producers comply with such guidelines; (4) provide grants to universities for plant and animal disease research and vaccine development; (5) provide grants to States for geographic information systems for disease emergency epidemiological assessments; (6) develop a national public awareness campaign; (7) conduct a feasibility study respecting establishment of a national plant disease laboratory; (8) conduct a study of expanding laboratory sample screening capacities; (9) improve terrorist-related agricultural inspection abilities; and (10) establish a grant program to facilitate establishment of regional agricultural emergency response networks which shall serve as the basis for Federal, State, and local response plans. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) establish a senior level position for agricultural disease emergency management liaison; (2) revise the Emergency Support Functions of the Federal Response Plan to include the economic, environmental, and medical impacts of naturally-occurring agricultural disease outbreaks and agroterrorist acts; (3) provide grants to small communities to facilitate participation of State and local animal health care officials in emergency planning; and (4) establish a task force to identify and distribute best practices for State regional agricultural disaster exercise programs. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation to establish guidelines for transportation restrictions in response to an agricultural emergency; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services a senior level position for animal health liaison.
Bill· SS. 2766 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Labor for: (1) the Employment and Training Administration, training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) administration of employment and training programs, including welfare-to-work grants; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (8) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (9) the Employment Standards Administration; (10) certain special benefits; (11) the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program; (12) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (13) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (14) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (15) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (16) the Office of Disability Employment Policy; (17) departmental management; (18) veterans employment and training; and (19) the Office of Inspector General. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) health education assistance loans; (3) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (4) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (5) the National Institutes of Health; (6) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (7) the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality; (8) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, for grants to States for Medicaid, payments to health care trust funds, and the Health Maintenance Organization Loan and Loan Guarantee Fund; (9) the Administration for Children and Families for payments to States for child support enforcement and family support programs, low income home energy assistance, refugee and entrant assistance, payments to States for child care and development block grants, social services block grants, children and families services programs, promoting safe and stable families, and payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance; (10) the Administration on Aging; (11) the Office of the Secretary, for general departmental management; (12) the Office of Inspector General; (13) the Office for Civil Rights; (14) policy research; (15) retirement pay and medical benefits for Public Health Service commissioned officers; and (16) the public health and social services emergency fund, for expenses related to countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations. Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the Department of Education for: (1) education for the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) Indian education; (5) English language acquisition; (6) special education; (7) rehabilitation services and disability research; (8) certain special institutions for persons with disabilities; (9) vocational and adult education; (10) certain student financial assistance programs; (11) specified higher education programs; (12) Howard University; (13) the college housing and academic facilities loans program; (14) the historically Black college and university capital financing program account; (15) education research, statistics, and improvement; (16) departmental management; (17) the Office for Civil Rights; (18) the Office of the Inspector General; and (19) student aid administration. Makes appropriations for FY 2003 to the: (1) Armed Forces Retirement Home; (2) Corporation for National and Community Service; (3) Corporation for Public Broadcasting; (4) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; (5) Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; (6) Institute of Museum and Library Services; (7) Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; (8) National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; (9) National Council on Disability; (10) National Labor Relations Board; (11) National Mediation Board; (12) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; (13) Railroad Retirement Board; (14) Social Security Administration; and (15) U.S. Institute of Peace. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5171 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002
Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prepare and make available to the public audit reports stating the Secretary's analysis and conclusions about the financial audits of Medicare+Choice organizations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5170 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 2002
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require home health agencies participating in the Medicare program to conduct criminal background checks through the Attorney General on all applicants for employment as patient care providers.
Bill· SS. 2763 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2002
Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production of Methamphetamines Act of 2002 (CLEAN-UP Meth Act) - Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to carry out environmental cleanup and remediation on Federal lands contaminated from illegal methamphetamine manufacture. Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate as hazardous byproducts of methamphetamine production; (2) the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration to list byproducts likely to cause long-term environmental harm; (3) the Secretary of Labor to provide grants to local law enforcement; (4) the EPA Administrator to study methamphetamine laboratory operation impacts on the environment; and (5) the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study contamination issues. Amends: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for educational programs and treatment, respectively; (2) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit hiring police personnel and purchasing equipment; (3) the Controlled Substances Act to eliminate the regulatory exemption for over-the-counter pseudoephedrine product sales; and (4) the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 regarding court consideration of good faith efforts to prevent sales violations. Urges the President to seek commitments from the Canadian Government regarding pseudoephedrine availability in Canada and its importation into the United States. Directs the Attorney General to study ephedrine product theft.
Bill· SS. 2752 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
Medicare Quality Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for a health care quality demonstration program under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall approve demonstration projects that examine health delivery factors that encourage the delivery of improved quality in patient care. Directs the Secretary to establish within HHS a national steering committee for medical excellence demonstration programs to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding program design, evaluation, and participation criteria.
Bill· SS. 2757 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
Prescription Drug Benefit Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs; and (2) require the revision of Medicare supplemental health insurance (Medigap) policy benefit packages to replace the currently available outpatient prescription drug coverage with coverage that complements but does not duplicate the coverage otherwise available under Medicare.
Bill· SS. 2750 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
Medicare Telehealth Validation Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services (professional services furnished via a telecommunications system, including the asynchronous transmission of health care information in single or multimedia formats) under the Medicare program: (1) beyond the demonstration program conducted in Alaska or Hawaii; (2) by increasing the types of originating sites, including skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities; and (3) by encouraging States to adopt provisions allowing for multistate practitioner licensure across State lines. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, to make grants to expand health care services in rural and medically underserved areas through the use of telehealth. Requires the Joint Working Group on Telehealth to include representatives of rural and medically underserved areas.
Bill· HRH.R. 5164 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
Community Protection and Response Act of 2002 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act) to include a terrorist attack, dispersion of radioactive or other contaminants, dispersion of hazardous substances, or other catastrophic event as a "major disaster" eligible for relief under the Act. Includes as a "private nonprofit facility" for purposes of damages coverage in a major disaster private for-profit telecommunications, phone services, and utilities when losses occur during a homeland security event and are not covered by insurance. Authorizes the President, at the request of a State governor, to declare that a major disaster constitutes a homeland security event and is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capacity of the affected State and local government. Provides specified Federal assistance under the Act upon such a declaration, including reimbursement and grant assistance for lost compensation, sustained losses, and required repairs. Includes as critical services under the Act education systems, providers of counseling, and providers of assistance to the homeless. Removes the $5 million limit on community disaster loans provided under the Act. Requires or provides for: (1) standards for reporting information concerning disasters involving homeland security events; (2) a special commission to review air quality following a homeland security event; (3) guidelines concerning health risks associated with the release of materials following a homeland security event and associated monitoring and analysis; and (4) grants for data collection during public health emergencies, research on assisting victims, and advance preparation for public health emergencies.
Bill· HRH.R. 5167 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2002
Medicare Market Acquisition Drug Price Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise payment for drugs and biologicals under Medicare. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in computing the practice expense component of the Medicare physician fee schedule with respect to payment for services of oncologists, to make adjustments to an oncologist's reported medical supply expenses in order to ensure that they better reflect the actual supply costs of providing such services.
Bill· SS. 2747 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2002
Breast Cancer Prescription Drug Fairness Act of 2002 - 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.
Bill· SS. 2737 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2002
Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements with respect to: (1) agreements between the United States and cooperating States or State agencies for the petition and provision of certain services and benefits for workers adversely affected by import competition; (2) eligibility certification of a group of adversely affected workers for trade adjustment assistance; (3) payment of, and limitations on, trade adjustment allowances to such workers; (4) job training programs for them; and (5) the maximum amount of job search and relocation allowances payable to an adversely affected worker. Provides for the eligibility certification of adversely affected secondary workers, employed at a downstream producer or a supplier, for trade adjustment assistance. Reauthorizes and revises the trade adjustment assistance program for firms adversely affected by import competition. Reestablishes trade adjustment assistance programs for communities adversely affected by import competition. Community Workforce Development and Modernization Partnership Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make competitive matching grants to eligible partnerships to: (1) help workers improve job skills necessary for employment by businesses in the pertinent industry; (2) help dislocated workers find employment; and (3) upgrade the operating and competitive capacities of businesses belonging to the partnership. Sets forth partnership program requirements and authorized activities for workforce development and business modernization. Authorizes a group of agricultural commodity producers to petition the Secretary of Agriculture for a certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance. Authorizes a group of producers (persons who are engaged in commercial fishing or who are U.S. fish processors) to petition the Secretary of Commerce for a certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual eligible for trade adjustment assistance a tax credit for 75 percent of the cost of health care insurance coverage. Establishes a program for making payments to providers of health insurance on behalf of workers eligible to receive trade adjustment assistance. Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to authorize grants to States to provide workers eligible to receive trade adjustment assistance: (1) temporary health insurance coverage; and (2) transportation, child care, dependent care, and income assistance. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to charge and collect customs user fees.
Bill· SS. 2748 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2002
National Emergency Telemedical Communications Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program for the development of statewide and regional telehealth network testbeds that securely link existing State and local telehealth initiatives to regional consortiums of States in the southeastern and the northern central United States. Requires participating States to develop standardized statewide telehealth networks that link established telehealth initiatives to provide medical services in cooperation with health care facilities. Requires the network to test its ability to prepare for and respond to a biological terrorist attack and related medical disasters. Directs the Secretary to establish the National Emergency Telehealth Network Task Force to inventory and improve telehealth networks.
Bill· SS. 2738 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2002
South Dakota Tribal Nursing Facilities Act of 2002 - Makes a nursing facility in South Dakota that is owned or operated by an Indian tribe or tribal organization, and is unable to obtain a State license only because of a State-imposed moratorium on the issuance of such licenses, eligible for reimbursement for medical assistance provided under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Deems such a facility to be an Indian Health Service (IHS) facility with the Federal medical assistance percentage set at 100 percent if it meets all applicable conditions and requirements and has a plan approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services that indicates that the facility is licensed by the Indian tribe or tribal organization.
Bill· HRH.R. 5154 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2002
Declares that any individual who is entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance), or enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act shall be eligible to obtain prescription drugs at the prices specified in the Federal Supply Schedule.
Bill· SS. 2736 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Medicare Rx Drug Discount and Security Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Voluntary Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Discount and Security Program). Establishes, within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a Center for Medicare Prescription Drugs, headed by a Director of Medicare Prescription Drugs, to administer the Voluntary Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Discount and Security Program. Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish this Program, under which an eligible beneficiary may voluntarily enroll in a prescription drug card plan offered by an eligible entity and endorsed by the Secretary and receive specified benefits, including a catastrophic benefit. Outlines enrollee protections. Makes the costs of providing program benefits payable from the Medicare Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Establishes a Medicare Competition and Prescription Drug Advisory Board. Amends SSA title XVIII part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) to provide for the exclusion of new part D costs from the determination of the Medicare part B monthly premium. Revises Medicare supplemental health insurance (Medigap) requirements with respect to revision of the 1991 National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model Regulation to accord with this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5139 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Living Well with Fatal Chronic Illness Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Purchase of Medicare Benefits by Certain Caregivers Age 55-to-65 Years of Age). Makes eligible for both part A and part B Medicare benefits during a specified period certain individuals 55 or older who are caring on a full-time basis for family members who are Medicare beneficiaries requiring substantial supervision due to severe cognitive impairment or are unable to perform at least two activities of daily living. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine and to provide for payment and collection of a monthly premium. Creates in the Treasury the Medicare Caregiver Trust Fund to hold collected premiums. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an annual long-term care credit of $3000 per applicable person for whom a taxpayer is an eligible caregiver. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to carry out research, demonstration, and education programs toward improving the delivery of appropriate health and support services for patients with fatal chronic illnesses. Requires the Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of the National Institutes of Health to expand activities with respect to fatal chronic illness. Requires the Secretary to develop pilot programs for the treatment for fatal chronic illness. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the delivery of appropriate treatment services to patients with fatal chronic illness under health care programs of the Department of Veterans Services.
Bill· HRH.R. 5141 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
ESRD Quality Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a mandatory continuous quality improvement (CQI) program and a mandatory quality assurance (QA) program under Medicare for services to individuals who have end stage renal disease (ESRD). Requires the Secretary to conduct a coordinated QA program with the ESRD network administrative organizations (NAOs) and State survey agencies. Requires the Secretary to establish, and appoint a Work Group to define, ESRD clinical performance measures (CPMs). Requires NAOs to use CPMs to: (1) collect and analyze data on processes and outcomes of care; (2) coordinate CQI and QA programs; and (3) provide technical assistance for quality improvements to patient care. Requires that ESRD providers, facilities, networks, and State survey agencies participate in CQI and QA programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 5140 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2002
Federal Medical Malpractice Insurance Stabilization Act of 2002 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide a program of automatic reinsurance from a national fund for medical malpractice insurance coverage claims in excess of $250,000. Directs the Secretary to establish the terms and conditions of such a program, including the premium amount to be charged for such reinsurance.
Bill· SS. 2729 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2002
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Bill· SS. 2 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2002
21st Century Medicare Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish: (1) a Voluntary Prescription Drug Delivery Program under a new part D; and (2) a Prescription Drug Account in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish: (1) within the Department of HHS the Medicare Competitive Agency, headed by an Administrator charged with carrying out Medicare parts D and C (Medicare+Choice); and (2) within the Agency an Office of Beneficiary Assistance to carry out functions relating to Medicare beneficiaries. Creates a Medicare Ombudsman in such Office. Establishes within the Medicare Competitive Agency the Medicare Competitive Policy Advisory Board. Directs the Administrator of the Medicare Competitive Agency to study and report to Congress on the need for rules relating to permitting individuals who are enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) but are not entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) to buy into the Medicare voluntary prescription drug delivery program. Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to require the Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund to submit to Congress a combined report on the operation and status of the Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, including the Prescription Drug Account within such Trust Fund. Expands the membership and duties of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC). Directs the Secretary to establish procedures under which each eligible beneficiary shall be entitled to elect to receive enhanced Medicare benefits under a new Medicare part E (Enhanced Medicare Benefits) instead of the benefits under Medicare parts A and B. Sets forth rules relating to Medicare supplemental insurance (Medigap) policies that provide prescription drug coverage, such as prohibiting the sale, issuance, and renewal of policies that provide prescription drug coverage to part D enrollees. Amends SSA title XVIII part C to provide for competition under the Medicare+Choice program and part D and E benefits under competitive Medicare+Choice plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 5124 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 2002
Darlene's Law - Amends the Public Health Services Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain the National Organ Donor Registry. Provides for an opt-in organ donation checkoff on income tax forms. Sets forth notice and disclosure requirements. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer the name and taxpayer identification number of individuals opting for organ donation to the Registry, exempting such disclosure from otherwise applicable prohibitions on the non-tax use of tax form information. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to qualified organ procurement organizations to establish programs coordinating organ donation activities with hospitals to increase the rate of organ donation for such hospitals. Directs the Secretary to establish an interagency task force on organ donation and research. Requires the Secretary to: (1) award peer-reviewed grants for studies and demonstration projects to increase organ donation and recovery rates, including removing financial disincentives; (2) establish an organ donation public awareness program; (3) support model curricula in relevant issues; (4) develop scientific evidence to support increased donation and improve recovery, transportation, and preservation of organs and tissues; and (5) support research to develop a uniform vocabulary, apply information technology, and enhance the skills and technologies used in organ procurement.
Bill· HRH.R. 5113 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2002
Rural Health Training Incentive Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to award grants to accredited schools of medicine or nursing for demonstration programs to encourage more health professionals to practice in rural areas. Makes grants available on a matching basis for three years to five schools. Requires grants to address youth recruitment, training, and the expansion of the network of rural training tracks in the health professions. Earmarks one grant for a program for physicians in family medicine that includes a regional consortium of family medicine residency programs with a residency rural training program and one grant for nurses. Gives priority to schools with on-site rural training residencies or rotations and rural recruitment and placement programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 5106 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Alopecia Fairness Expansion Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare), title XIX (Medicaid), and title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to include coverage of scalp hair prosthesis for individuals who have scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata. Amends Federal civil service law with respect to the Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan, as well as Federal law relating to armed forces and veteran benefits, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act with respect to Native Americans, to include coverage of scalp hair prosthesis for individuals who have scalp hair loss as a result of alopecia areata.
Bill· HRH.R. 5104 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to instruct the Autoimmune Disease Coordinating Committee for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to include in the plan for NIH activities: (1) research concerning the etiology and causes of autoimmune diseases in all women, with priority given to environmental factors; (2) the development of information and education programs on risk factors for women, such as genetic, hormonal, and environmental factors; and (3) outreach programs at community health centers to historically underserved populations of women.
Bill· HRH.R. 5098 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2002
Children's Access to Oral Health Act of 2002- Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to improve dental services to children enrolled in a State plan under title XIX (Medicaid) or title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP). Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program for eligible entities and individuals (including Indian tribes) to expand the availability of primary dental care services where necessary. Offers retention bonuses for eligible dental officers of the Indian Health Service. Revises the process for designating dental health professional shortage areas. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) demonstration projects to increase access to dental services for children in underserved areas; (2) an oral health initiative to reduce disparities in oral health, targeting low-income children and including community water fluoridation and dental sealants; and (3) a Chief Dental Officer for the Medicaid and State children's health insurance programs. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to annually collect data on the dental, craniofacial, and oral health of residents of at least one State and one Indian tribe from each region. Requires the Secretary to identify populations at high risk for early childhood caries and provide for the development of prevention programs. Revises the eligibility requirements for the school-based dental sealant program to include Indian tribes.
Bill· HRH.R. 5087 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2002
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a pilot program to assess providing health care and services for veterans in the State of Washington through outreach clinics. Requires: (1) each clinic to provide basic health services, including diagnosis and referral to other VA health care facilities; and (2) the Secretary to provide services at each selected clinic at least one day each week.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 478 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 2002
Urges the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement the Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act of 2000.
Bill· SS. 2711 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Indian Programs Reauthorization and Technical Amendments Act of 2002 - Reauthorizes appropriations for specified programs under the following Acts: (1) the Bosque Redondo Memorial Act; (2) the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 (relocation housing); (3) the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (including youth, urban Indians, and substance abuse programs); (4) the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 (including training, education, emergency shelters, and source eradication); (5) the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Detention Act; (6) the Native American Programs Act of 1974; (7) Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (including health scholarships); and (8) the Four Corners Interpretive Center Act (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah). Allows any restricted lands on the reservation of, and held in trust for, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation to be leased by the Indian owners, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, for terms of not to exceed 99 years for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, or certain other purposes. Amends the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Recognition Act concerning the treatment of land for trust purposes. Amends the Navaho-Hopi Relocation Settlement Act of 1974 to require an impact study. Amends the Ponca Restoration Act to designate Douglas and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie County, Iowa, as the Ponca Health and Wellness Clinic Service Unit. Changes the report which identifies which lands are declared to be held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Modifies the Pueblo de Cochiti settlement concerning the Cochiti Wetlands Solution. Amends the Chippewa Cree Tribe of The Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999 to extend from three to five years the period during which court approval must be final before the Compact by the United States is declared null and void. Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 concerning the disposal of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2. Prohibits the transfer of specified lands in Riverside County, California, held in fee by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, until the Secretary of the Interior renders a final decision on a specified fee-to-trust application. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a water feasibility study for the Quinault Indian Nation, Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Waives repayment of expert assistance loans to the Pueblo of Santo Domingo. Declares that the Trinity River Mainstream Fishery Restoration record of decision, concurred to by the Hoopa Valley Tribe, is legally compliant. Revises the powers of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board concerning trademarks for Indian arts and crafts. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to specify an exemption for tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions. Amends the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act concerning its relationship to the Equal Access to Justice Act. Revises the Indian Land Consolidation Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5078 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Children's Mental Health Service Expansion Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish programs of educational loan forgiveness and scholarships to encourage qualified individuals to provide mental health services to children and adolescents. Sets forth qualifications, including education and licensing requirements. Limits the program to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents. Grants priority according to financial need, methodology, and willingness to work with high priority populations in the public sector. Treats such grants as equivalent to those of the National Health Service Corps Programs. Authorizes additional grants for clinical and graduate and paraprofessional training to accredited schools and State-licensed mental health organizations, respectively. Gives priority to applicants with the demonstrated ability to collect data on the numbers trained, certain methodology, and programs to increase the numbers of professionals and paraprofessionals serving high priority populations. Requires training to prioritize cultural competency. Amends the Social Security Act to increase the number of child and adolescent psychiatry residents permitted to be paid under the Medicare Graduate Medical Education Program. Extends the Medicare Board eligibility period for residents and fellows in child and adolescent psychiatry. Directs the Administrator to study and report to Congress on the distribution and need of child mental health service professionals.
Bill· HRH.R. 5077 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2002
Positive Aging Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, to make grants for evidence-based demonstration projects to integrate mental health services for geriatric patients into primary care settings. Requires the inclusion of collaborative care, screening services, referrals, and protocols for prevalent mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety, dementia, and substance abuse. Requires the Director to make grants to community-based providers of geriatric mental health services for multi-disciplinary health outreach teams. Authorizes cooperative agreements with senior centers, adult day care programs, assisted living facilities, and other places providing services to senior citizens under the Older Americans Act. Requires the Director to designate a Deputy Director for Geriatric Mental Health Services to develop and implement research programs, demonstration projects, models, and model training programs. Revises the membership of the Advisory Council for the Center for Mental Health Services to include representatives of older Americans, their families, and geriatric mental health specialists. Revises the criteria for State plans under Community Mental Health Services Block Grants to include goals and initiatives for improving access to services for geriatric patients.
Bill· HRH.R. 5067 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2002
Compact of Free Association Children's Health Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to grant States the option of covering under the Medicaid and SCHIP programs certain categories of eligible women and child resident aliens who are citizens covered under the Compact of Free Association.
Bill· HRH.R. 5068 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2002
Ovarian and Uterine Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2002 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow State plans for medical assistance the option to provide medical treatment for ovarian or uterine cancer to certain individuals who have been screened for such cancer under an appropriate program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 435 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 2002
Candace Newmaker Resolution of 2002 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the therapeutic technique known as rebirthing, an attachment therapy used to try to forge new bonds between adoptive parents and their adopted children, is dangerous and harmful and that each State should enact a law that prohibits such technique.