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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 388 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 2002
Declares the sense of the Congress that: (1) a National Minority Health and Health Disparities Month should be established to promote educational efforts on the health problems currently facing minorities and other health disparity populations; (2) the Secretary of Health and Human services should present public service announcements on health promotion and disease prevention among minorities and other health disparity populations in the United States, and educate the public and health care professionals about health disparities; (3) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality should continue to collect and report data on health care access and utilization on patients by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and, where possible, primary language to monitor the Nation's progress toward the elimination of health care disparities; and (4) the information gained should be disseminated to all health care professionals so that they may better communicate with all patients, regardless of race or ethnicity, without bias or prejudice.
Law· SS. 2237 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Veterans Hearing Loss Compensation Act of 2002 - Removes the requirement that a veteran's hearing loss must be total in order to qualify for disability compensation, as long as the combination of hearing loss in both ears was the result of service-connected disability. Considers hearing loss, tinnitus, or both of a veteran who, while on active military service, was assigned to an occupational specialty which likely exposed such veteran to a sufficiently high level of acoustic trauma so as to result in permanent hearing loss or tinnitus, to have been incurred or aggravated by military service (and therefore compensable under veterans' disability compensation), notwithstanding that there is no record of evidence of such hearing loss or tinnitus during such service. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: (1) in determining which occupational specialties qualify as having such acoustic trauma, to take into account a report required to be submitted by the National Academy of Sciences under this Act; and (2) to report to the congressional veterans' committees on claims submitted for disability compensation or health care based on hearing loss or tinnitus.
Bill· SS. 2244 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Prescription Drug Price Parity for Americans Act - Amends provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act set forth in the Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act of 2000 to: (1) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved prescription drugs from Canada (currently, from Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, South Africa, the countries in the European Union and the European Free Trade Association, or other countries designated by the Secretary); and (2) exclude an infused or intravenously injected drug or a drug that is inhaled during surgery. Prohibits discrimination in the sale of prescription drugs by manufacturers to pharmacists or wholesalers, requiring: (1) terms as favorable as those provided to foreign purchasers; and (2) full access to drugs permitted to be imported. Continues the requirement that exported donated prescription drugs may only be reimported by the manufacturer. Permits the Secretary to waive the prohibition against importing a prescription drug or device on a case-by-case basis, particularly those from Canada that are FDA-approved and for limited personal use. Requires a study and report by the: (1) Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences on the regulatory compliance of importers of drugs; and (2) Comptroller General on how drug prices were affected.
Bill· SS. 2240 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Seniors Safety Act of 2002 - Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if appropriate, amend Federal sentencing guidelines: (1) to include the age of a crime victim as an enhancement factor; and (2) with respect to health care benefit program fraud. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) provide increased penalties for fraud which results in serious injury or death; and (2) set penalties for fraud in relation to retirement arrangements. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to establish procedures regarding telemarketing fraud, including referrals of complaints for potential law enforcement action. Provides for the blocking or termination of telephone service associated with telemarketing fraud. Includes within Federal injunctive authority against fraudulent actions certain offenses under the Social Security Act relating to false claims and illegal kickback schemes involving Federal health care programs. Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to bring an action to enforce such authority; and (2) extend certain anti-fraud safeguards to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. Nursing Home Resident Protection Act of 2002 - Provides civil penalties for violations that affect the health, safety, or care of individuals in a residential health care facility and result in significant harm. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to state that a defendant may not use property subject to criminal forfeiture to satisfy a restitution order, with an exception. Prohibits: (1) the use of bankruptcy proceedings to shield illegal gains from false claims brought against the Government; and (2) the debt arising from such illegal gains from being discharged in bankruptcy proceedings.
Bill· SS. 2236 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Domestic Violence Screening and Services Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to Federally-qualified health centers to improve the treatment of and screening for domestic violence. Earmarks funds for grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Requires that National Health Service health care professionals receive training in screening and treating victims of domestic violence. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants for up to four years to State and local governmental and nonprofit entities currently working in the field of domestic violence. Requires that such funds be used to develop strategies to improve the response of the health care system to domestic violence and promote education and awareness through professional training, policies and procedures, on-site access to services, education materials, and evaluation of practice.
Bill· SS. 2249 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Promoting Healthy Eating Behaviors in Youth Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to award research grants or make cooperative agreements for up to four years for the promotion of healthy eating behaviors in youth, specifically at-risk populations such as adolescent girls. Includes nutritional content, hunger and satiety, positive body image and self-esteem development, and life skills among the components of such a program. Requires the Director to evaluate the results and identify "Programs that Work" for dissemination to the public.
Bill· HRH.R. 4584 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend through FY 2003 the program of grants to States for transitional medical assistance.
Bill· HRH.R. 4585 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 2002
Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act to extend abstinence education funding through FY 2007.
Bill· SS. 2225 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY 2003 for: (1) armed forces procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases, as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military retirement and survivor benefit matters; (2) military health care; (3) acquisition policy and management, including the authority to waive domestic source or content requirements; (4) DOD organization and management, including the designation of departmental accountable officials; (5) DOD budget and financial matters; (6) the repeal of various DOD reporting requirements; (7) the conduct of an Arctic and Western Pacific military environmental cooperation program; (8) expansion of a military readiness and range preservation initiative; (9) the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; and (10) agreements with private organizations to address encroachment and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations. Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for military construction and military family housing.
Bill· SS. 2234 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Women's Autoimmune Diseases Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services to expand, intensify, and coordinate research and related activities of the Department with respect to autoimmune diseases in women. Requires such efforts to examine: (1) disease prevalence in women; (2) the etiology and causes of such diseases; (3) epidemiology and gender and ethnic differences; (4) diagnostic approaches; (5) new treatments; and (6) prevention and education programs.
Bill· SS. 2232 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Veterans Health Care Reimbursement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and of Veterans Affairs (VA), under a new Medicare Reimbursement Program for Veterans, to establish a program under which the HHS Secretary shall reimburse the VA Secretary from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for Medicare health care services furnished to targeted Medicare-eligible veterans who volunteer for such program. Directs the VA Secretary to establish and operate coordinated care health plans to provide benefits to the enrolled veterans consistent with the program under SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice). Expresses the sense of Congress that the amount of funds appropriated for the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical care in any fiscal year beginning after the enactment of this Act should not be reduced because of the implementation of the Medicare Reimbursement Program for Veterans.
Bill· SS. 2233 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Medicare Equity for Veterans Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize the Secretaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) and of Veterans Affairs (VA), under a new Medicare Subvention Project for Veterans, to establish a demonstration project under which the HHS Secretary shall reimburse the VA Secretary from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for Medicare health care services furnished to targeted Medicare-eligible veterans who volunteer for such project. Requires the demonstration project to be conducted at up to ten sites jointly designated by the Secretaries. Directs the VA Secretary to establish and operate coordinated care health plans to provide benefits to the enrolled veterans consistent with the program under SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice).
Bill· SS. 2227 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Revises the effective date of an amendment made under the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 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 of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to recompute the annuity of such individuals to conform with changes made under this Act.
Law· HRH.R. 4546 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense for FY 2003 for: (1) armed forces procurement, including aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and chemical agents and munitions destruction; (2) research, development, test and evaluation; (3) operation and maintenance, including defense working capital funds; (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and (5) active and reserve military personnel, including authorized end strengths. Increases as of January 1, 2003, the rates of military basic pay. Extends certain bonus and special and incentive pay authorities. Authorizes: (1) the payment of distribution incentive pay for service in less-than-desirable locations or in difficult-to-fill positions; and (2) certain travel and transportation allowances. Sets forth provisions or requirements concerning: (1) military spouse, retirement, and survivor benefit matters; (2) military health care; (3) acquisition policy and management, including the authority to waive domestic source or content requirements; (4) Department of Defense (DOD) organization and management, including the designation of departmental accountable officials; (5) general contracting and acquisition procedures and limitations; (6) the repeal of various DOD reporting requirements; (7) FY 2003 military construction and military family housing, including alternative authority for the acquisition and improvement of such housing; (8) the conveyance of military surplus real property for natural resource conservation purposes; and (9) the authority to carry out environmental response projects necessitated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 385 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, should conduct or support research on the effectiveness of medical screening techniques for ovarian cancer, including the use of proteomic patterns in blood serum in combination with other techniques. Requires a report to Congress and the inclusion of such technique in Federal health care programs and group and individual health plans if it proves effective.
Bill· SS. 2221 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 2002
Declares that, if the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) for a State for FY 2002 is less than the FMAP for FY 2001, the FY 2001 FMAP shall be substituted for the State's FMAP for the last three calendar quarters of FY 2002. Declares similarly that: (1) if a State's FY 2003 FMAP is less than the FY 2002 FMAP, the FY 2002 FMAP shall be substituted for each calendar quarter of FY 2003; and (2) if a State's FY 2004 FMAP is less than the FY 2003 FMAP, the FY 2003 FMAP shall be substituted for each calendar quarter of FY 2004. Requires each eligible State for each calendar quarter for the last three calendar quarters of FY 2002 and each calendar quarter for FY 2003 through FY 2004 to be increased by 1.5 percentage points. Mandates specified FMAP increases for States with high unemployment rates, and a specified Medicaid payment cap increase for territories. Prohibits application of the FMAP increases for a State under this Act with respect to: (1) disproportionate share hospital payments under Medicaid; and (2) payments under SSA titles IV and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP).
Bill· SS. 2218 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 2002
Kidney Disease Educational Benefits Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide coverage for kidney disease education services furnished, upon the managing physician's referral, to an individual with kidney disease who will require dialysis or a kidney transplant. Requires such services to: (1) impart comprehensive information regarding management, prevention, and options regarding treatment of kidney disease; and (2) ensure that such individuals have the opportunity to participate actively in the choice of therapy.
Bill· SS. 2219 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 April 2002
Steve Grissom Relief Fund Act of 2002 - Establishes the Steve Grissom Relief Fund in the Treasury. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make single payments to individuals infected with HIV or diagnosed with AIDS as a result of HIV- contaminated blood, blood components, human tissue or organs. Includes lawful spouses, as specified. Sets forth documentation, petition, determination, and payment procedures. States that such payments do not create or admit any claim or constitute income for income tax, supplemental security income benefits, and other purposes. Prohibits the assignment or transfer of rights under this title. Limits petitions to one per victim. Terminates the program after five years. Excludes payments from consideration as compensation or reimbursement for a loss as it concerns insurance or worker's compensation.
Bill· SS. 2204 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Women in Trauma Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to award grants to build treatment interventions simultaneously addressing trauma, substance abuse and psychiatric disorders, including the integration of existing interventions. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to make grants and provide technical assistance for the provision of comprehensive community-based mental health and substance abuse services to women with a history of physical or sexual abuse or other trauma. Targets minority community services. Requires such services to be multidisciplinary and provide coordinated and simultaneous treatment for multiple issues, be individualized as well as gender- and culture-specific, and include services for children, if needed. Authorizes the use of grant funds for childcare to facilitate participation.
Bill· SS. 2202 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Perinatal Dental Health Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, to award grants for research and demonstration projects applying new scientific evidence about maternal and child oral health linkages related to adverse pregnancy outcomes and maternal transmission of dental caries.
Bill· SS. 2203 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Counseling in Shelters Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, to make grants for up to five years to eligible community-based entities to provide on-site mental health and substance abuse counseling and referral services for victims of domestic or sexual violence. Permits grant funds to be used for hiring professionals and staff and providing training in the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual assault. Requires the Secretary, in awarding such grants, to: (1) ensure equitable geographic and urban/rural distribution; (2) give preference to entities with high levels of cultural competence and strong ties to minority communities; and (3) provide technical assistance.
Bill· SS. 2207 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Access to Medical Treatment Act - Permits any individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any medical treatment that the individual desires (including a treatment that is not approved, certified, or licensed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) if: (1) the practitioner agrees to treat the individual; and (2) the administration of such treatment does not violate licensing laws. Authorizes health care practitioners to provide any method of treatment to such an individual if certain requirements are met. Requires a practitioner to report: (1) administering such treatment and discovering it to be a danger to an individual; and (2) the positive effects of an unconventional medical treatment for a life-threatening medical condition.
Bill· SS. 2199 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program Act of 2002 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) change from mandatory to discretionary a State's authority to adjust or recover medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of an individual who has received (or is entitled to receive) benefits under a long-term care insurance policy; and (2) repeal the grandfather date for cases to which such adjustment or recovery authority shall not apply. (Thus applies such exception to all State plans meeting specified requirements, and permits additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships to promote the use of long-term care insurance.)
Bill· SS. 2205 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Requires the payment of veterans' disability compensation to a woman veteran for the anatomical loss of half or more of the tissue of (currently, all of the tissue of) one or more breasts suffered as a result of a service-connected disability. Makes permanent (currently expires December 31, 2004) a program requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide counseling to veterans to overcome psychological trauma resulting from a physical assault or battery of a sexual nature, or from sexual harassment, which occurred during active military service. Requires a report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees on the furnishing by the Veterans Health Administration of health care to women veterans.
Bill· HRH.R. 4515 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for establishment of the rural community hospital (RCH) program; (2) remove certain barriers to establishment of distinct part units by RCH and Medicare critical access hospital (CAH) facilities; and (3) revise the CAH program, making various specified payment-related changes.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 381 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the role played by national and community organizations and health care providers in promoting awareness of the importance of early diagnosis, testing, and ongoing screening for pulmonary hypertension should be recognized and applauded; (2) the Federal Government should raise awareness about the importance of the early detection of and proper treatment for pulmonary hypertension, increase funding for research, and improve access to quality health care services for early detection and treatment; (3) the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute should continue to take a leadership role through the expansion of basic, clinical, and genetic research; (4) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should give priority consideration to the establishment of a pulmonary hypertension awareness program aimed at the general public and health care providers; and (5) National Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month should be established.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 383 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2002
Commends the NephCure Foundation for its sponsorship of the National Kidney Cure Week. Encourages the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make more information available to the public concerning glomerular diseases and the developments made by researchers into their causes, including through public service announcements on kidney disease prevention and diagnosis.
Bill· SS. 2139 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Community Health Workers Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to promote positive health behaviors for women in target populations, especially racial and ethnic minorities in underserved communities. Permits the use of grant funds for the support of community health workers' education and outreach efforts concerning: (1) prevalent health problems; (2) learning opportunities targeting behavioral risk factors including poor nutrition, obesity, physical activity, and substance abuse; (3) health insurance enrollment, including the State Children's Health Insurance Program, Medicare, and Medicaid; and (4) health care agencies and community-based programs. Sets forth application procedures for State, local or tribal units, granting priority to experienced providers in geographic areas with high percentages of un-or under-insured families where English is the second language, and the U.S.-Mexico border region. Requires the Secretary to establish and monitor quality-control guidelines for community health workers.
Bill· HRH.R. 4476 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Dental Health Improvement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to States to help them develop and implement innovative programs to address the dental workforce needs of designated dental health professional shortage areas in a manner appropriate to the State's individual needs. Defines "designated dental health professional shortage area" to mean an area, population group, or facility that is designated by the Secretary as a dental health professional shortage area or designated by a State as having a dental health manpower shortage. Sets forth certain grant requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a plan for increasing the participation of dentists and dental hygienists in the National Health Service Corps' scholarship and loan repayment programs. Revises scholarship and loan repayment program requirements to allow periods of obligated service (period of time that a recipient must serve in a health professional shortage area in order to receive a scholarship or loan) to be served and fulfilled on a part-time basis if certain conditions are met. Sets forth requirements with respect to the dental health professional shortage area designation process.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 380 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2002
Expresses the sense of Congress that (1) physicians should screen all adolescents and all adult women presenting with severe menorrhagia for von Willebrand's disease; (2) hysterectomy for excessive menstrual bleeding should not be performed without the consideration of a bleeding disorder; (3) referral of women with bleeding disorders to a federally sponsored hemophilia treatment center is critical to comprehensive treatment; (4) physicians should be encouraged to conduct clotting factor assays for carrier diagnosis and to facilitate genotyping of the disorder and patients should be referred for genetic counseling when appropriate; (5) patient advocate organizations and medical specialty societies should continue to collaborate on public education campaigns to educate women about bleeding disorders; (6) the Federal Government has a responsibility to further research on von Willebrand's disease and improve access to hemophilia treatment centers for all individuals with bleeding disorders; (7) the Director of the National Institutes of Health should develop a 5-year research plan concerning women with bleeding disorders; and (8) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should continue to improve outreach, treatment, and prevention of the complications of women's bleeding disorders.
Bill· SS. 2135 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002
Rural Hospital Access and Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend the authorization for appropriations through FY 2007 for rural hospital flexibility grants with respect to rural health care plans, rural health networks, critical access hospitals, rural emergency medical services, and assistance to eligible small rural hospitals in meeting the costs of implementing Medicare-required data systems.
Bill· HRH.R. 4452 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2002
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend for five years and to increase the authorization of appropriations for certain Medicare rural grants.
Bill· SS. 2122 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 April 2002
Uterine Fibroids Research and Education Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for National Institutes of Health uterine fibroid research. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a related public awareness program.
Bill· SS. 2110 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002
Declares that, if the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) for a State for FY 2002 is less than the FMAP for FY 2001, the FY 2001 FMAP shall be substituted for the State's FMAP for the last three calendar quarters of FY 2002. Declares similarly that, if a State's FY 2003 FMAP is less than the FY 2002 FMAP, the FY 2002 FMAP shall be substituted for each calendar quarter of FY 2003. Requires each eligible State for each calendar quarter for the last three calendar quarters of FY 2002 through FY 2003 to be increased by 1.5 percentage points. Prohibits application of the FMAP increases for a State under this Act with respect to: (1) disproportionate share hospital payments under Medicaid; and (2) payments under SSA titles IV and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP).
Bill· SS. 2115 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002
Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a National Center for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response. Requires the Director of such Center to: (1) administer grants to State and local public health entities to upgrade public health core capacities including surveillance, epidemiology, laboratory diagnosis, the workforce, and information systems; (2) manage and deploy when necessary the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile; (3) ensure States have Stockpile use plans; (4) establish and revise a list of biological, chemical, and radiological agents and toxins that could pose a severe threat to public health and safety; (5) regulate and track listed agents and toxins; (6) train and equip bioterrorism emergency response teams; (7) expand and improve the Laboratory Response Network; (8) organize and carry out simulation exercises; (9) develop and implement disease surveillance measures which include a nationwide electronic network; and (10) develop contingency response plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 4170 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002
State Cooperative Health Care Access Plan Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth requirements for the cooperative governing of health insurance policies across States, including the establishment of high risk pools. Requires a health insurance issuer to follow the laws of the State of its primary business location (primary State) for a policy: (1) when filed and approved by such State; and (2) even when it is offered in a secondary State (all other States). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund: (1) mechanisms for enforcement, including consumer fraud, and information exchange; and (2) matching grants to States according to a specified formula for the creation of qualified high risk pools. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to exclude small employer reimbursements to employees for the purchase of health insurance coverage in the individual market from the definition of "group health plan." Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide a refundable credit for specified qualified health coverage costs; (2) establish a program for making advance payments for health care coverage on behalf of eligible individuals; (3) allow full deductibility of health care coverage costs, subject to specified limitations; (4) allow carryover of unused benefits from cafeteria plans or flexible spending arrangements; and (5) treat amounts paid under a flexible spending plan for qualified health coverage as employer-provided coverage.
Bill· HRH.R. 4215 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2002
Medicare Access Equity Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to geographic adjustment factors in the determination of payments for physicians' services, to revise the formula for the physician fee schedule wage index. Terminates the requirement that the index reflect 1/4 of the difference between the relative value of physicians' work effort in each of the different fee schedule areas and the national average of such work effort. Makes the index equal to 1 for relative value of physicians' work effort in all fee schedule areas, without regard to specified limitations otherwise applicable.
Bill· SS. 2085 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2002
Home Health Modernization Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to provisions regarding conditions on payments for services and payments of claims of service providers, as amended by Federal law commonly referred to as the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act. Declares that no individual shall be disqualified from being considered confined to the home for any non-medical absence (including, as currently, any absence to attend a religious service), without regard to whether the absence is infrequent or of relatively short duration.
Bill· HRH.R. 4154 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2002
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage for compression sleeves or stockings for the treatment of lymphedema, including replacements if necessary.
Bill· HRH.R. 4134 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2002
Provides additional funding for translation and interpretation services for patients with limited English-speaking ability at community and other health centers funded under the rural health services outreach demonstration grant program under the Public Health Service Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that such funds are expended to increase and not supplant amounts already expended by such centers.
Bill· HRH.R. 4153 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2002
Amends Title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program to examine the clinical and cost effectiveness of providing medical adult day care center services to Medicare beneficiaries.
Bill· HRH.R. 4136 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2002
Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage Funding Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to transfer certain Federal estate tax revenues to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (FHI). Establishes within FHI a separate "Outpatient Prescription Drug Account" to be used for outpatient prescription drug benefits. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent, as of 2007, a 45 percent maximum estate tax rate. Repeals the repeal of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (thus restoring such taxes).
Bill· SS. 2076 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2002
Human Cloning Prohibition Act - Prohibits any person from conducting or attempting to conduct human cloning (defined as implanting the product of somatic cell nuclear transfer or any other cloning technique into a uterus or the functional equivalent of a uterus).
Bill· HRH.R. 4122 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2002
Amends: (1) title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend the abstinence education funding through FY 2007; and (2) SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to extend grants to States for the transitional medical assistance program through FY 2003.
Bill· HRH.R. 4112 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2002
Medicare Rural Access Preservation Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to covered outpatient department (OPD) services furnished in sole community hospitals during 2003 or 2004, to require that the payment due be increased by the difference between the two amounts whenever the prospective payment system (PPS) amount is less than the pre-BBA amount (the amount determined before enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997). Increases by 20 percent the Medicare payment for home health care furnished in a frontier area during 2003 through 2006. Permits hospitals to increase temporarily above 15 the number of acute care inpatient beds, provided the hospital will maintain an annual average daily inpatient census of not more than 12 beds. Increases by 15 percent the Medicare payment for hospice care furnished in a frontier area during 2003 through 2006. Prohibits the Secretary of Human Services and a fiscal intermediary from taking action to deny payment for hospice care for an individual on the basis that the individual is not terminally ill if the individual dies within six months of the date admitted into the hospice program. Directs the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to evaluate the standards used by fiscal intermediaries in denying a physician certification that an individual is terminally ill.
Bill· HRH.R. 4100 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2002
National Vaccine Authority Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish within the Department of Health and Human Services the National Vaccine Authority, under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Vaccines. Requires the Assistant Secretary to: (1) make the Authority the clearinghouse for Federal and private contracts for the purchase or distribution of vaccines; (2) oversee the identification of vaccine strains; (3) identify and ensure accountability for delays in vaccine production; (4) supervise vaccine distribution; (5) develop an emergency response and contingency plan regarding vaccines; and (6) establish a commission to determine the current state of juvenile vaccines.
Bill· HRH.R. 4113 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2002
Compassionate Care for Female Sexual Assault Survivors Act - Requires hospitals, as a condition of receiving Federal funds, to provide emergency contraception to a woman who is a victim of sexual assault.
Bill· HRH.R. 4086 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 2002
Floyd D. Spence Organ Coordination Improvement Act- Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to assist qualified organ procurement entities in carrying out programs to coordinate the activities of eligible hospitals that relate to seeking organ donations, in order to increase the rate of organ donations.
Bill· SS. 2072 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2002
Medicaid Intensive Community Mental Health Treatment Act of 2001 (sic) - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option of covering intensive community mental health treatment under the Medicaid program.
Bill· SS. 2067 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2002
Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the payment for certain Federally qualified health center (FQHC) services furnished to an individual enrolled with a Medicare+Choice organization under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice), allowing for supplemental reimbursement, among other changes. Amends Medicare+Choice to add additional Medicare+Choice contract requirements. Amends SSA title XI with respect to criminal penalties for acts involving Federal health care programs, particularly illegal remunerations (kickbacks). Exempts from the prohibition against such remunerations any remuneration: (1) between a FQHC (or an entity controlled by such a health center) and a Medicare+Choice organization pursuant to a specified written agreement; and (2) between a certain kind of public or nonprofit private health center entity and any individual or entity providing goods, items, services, donations, loans, or a combination, to such health center entity pursuant to an agreement, if such agreement produces a community benefit that will be used by the health center entity to maintain or increase the availability or accessibility, or enhance the quality, of services provided to a medically underserved population served by the health center entity. Amends Medicare to provide for coverage of additional FQHC services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish standards relating to the exception for health center entity arrangements to specified anti-kickback penalties.