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Bill· SS. 3180 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2002
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to revise the rule for redistribution and extended availability of FY1998 and 1999 allotments to States, permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2000 allotment, and permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2001 allotment.
Bill· SS. 15 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 2002
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 - Requires the President to establish a comprehensive, integrated, five-year strategy to combat the global spread of HIV and AIDS. Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a comprehensive plan to empower women to protect themselves against the spread of HIV/AIDS. Establishes within the Department of State a presidentially appointed Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally. Authorizes the United States to participate in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and increases financial assistance for vaccine contributions. Authorizes the President to provide assistance and coordination between international organizations for the global prevention, treatment, monitoring, and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Requires the President to establish a program to demonstrate the feasibility of facilitating services of American health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of USAID, to establish a program of assistance that would demonstrate the feasibility of providing care and treatment to orphans, other children, and young people affected by HIV/AIDS in foreign countries. Sets forth principles for U.S. firms operating in countries affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Bill· SS. 3173 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2002
Offering People True Insurance Options Nationwide Act of 2002 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management to administer a health insurance program that offers Federal employees health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees.
Bill· SS. 3178 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2002
Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products unless there is, in accordance with the specified requirements of this Act, a warning label on the upper portion of the front panel of the cigarette package (such as a carton) or on the principal display panel of the smokeless tobacco package. Lists, in the amendments to each Act, certain statements, at least one of which a warning label on a package must contain. Specifies label requirements for advertisements. Requires the rotation of labels for both packages and advertisements in accordance with a Federal Trade Commission approved plan.
Bill· SS. 3179 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2002
Caregivers Access to Health Insurance Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title, Health Care Coverage for Caregivers, the purpose of which shall be to provide funds to States to enable them to: (1) expand the availability of health insurance coverage to those individuals involved in providing care for children, the disabled, and the elderly; and (2) provide incentives to attract and retain quality caregivers. Makes a State ineligible for Federal payments under this Act unless it has submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary has approved a plan setting forth how the State will use the assistance to provide health insurance or health care assistance to eligible caregivers consistent with the provisions of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5761 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 2002
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 - Requires the President to establish a comprehensive, integrated, five-year strategy to combat the global spread of HIV and AIDS. Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a comprehensive plan to empower women to protect themselves against the spread of HIV/AIDS. Establishes within the Department of State a presidentially appointed Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally. Authorizes the United States to participate in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and increases financial assistance for vaccine contributions. Authorizes the President to provide assistance and coordination between international organizations for the global prevention, treatment, monitoring, and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Requires the President to establish a program to demonstrate the feasibility of facilitating services of American health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of USAID, to establish a program of assistance that would demonstrate the feasibility of providing care and treatment to orphans, other children, and young people affected by HIV/AIDS in foreign countries. Sets forth principles for U.S. firms operating in countries affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Bill· SS. 3162 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Nuclear Waste Transportation Security Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop and implement a program for the transportation safety of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel (waste and fuel) taking into consideration terrorist threats and other potential emergencies. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and local and tribal governments for activities to enhance the security of transporting nuclear waste, including emergency response. Directs the Secretaries of Transportation and Energy, in establishing routes for the transportation of nuclear waste through a State, to jointly consult with the State's chief executive officer regarding preferred or alternative routes. Requires the executive officer to be given 7 days' prior notice of any such transportation. Specifies requirements for particular shipments. Prohibits nuclear waste from being transported by vessel in the inland waters of the United States or the Great Lakes. Requires renewal every three years of a hazmat employee's certification of training to handle waste and fuel. Provides training grants for hazmat employees and instructors. Enhances civil penalties for violations in the transportation of waste and fuel. Requires: (1) a program of outreach regarding response to accidents, attacks, or other emergencies involving the transportation of waste and fuel; (2) a study regarding effects on public health of such transportation; and (3) a comprehensive program of testing the physical integrity and suitability of the packages used for such transportation. Requires the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board to evaluate the validity of any activities undertaken by the Secretary or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with respect to the transportation of waste or fuel.
Bill· SS. 3158 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2002 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the purposes of: (1) providing comprehensive eye examinations for children, with priority to go to children under nine years old; and (2) developing and disseminating educational materials with regard to the need and benefits of comprehensive eye examinations for children. Directs the Secretary to coordinate the grant program, as appropriate, with other Federal and State programs that provide services to children. Prohibits a grant from being made unless the State involved agrees not to make payments from the grant for any item or service for which payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such item or service by an entity that provides health services on a prepaid basis or under any of the following: (1) any State compensation program; (2) an insurance policy; or (3) any Federal or State health benefits program. Requires a State to submit an annual evaluation of the operations and activities carried out under a grant to the Secretary. Requires a State to submit an application to the Secretary in order to receive a grant, which shall include a plan for the use of the grant.
Bill· HRH.R. 5747 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define " major food allergen" as any of the following: milk, eggs, fish, Crustacea, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, and soybeans. Includes spices, flavorings, colorings, or incidental additives that are or intentionally contain a major food allergen. Requires food that is not a raw agricultural commodity, and that is, or intentionally bears or contains, a major food allergen, to state that information on its label by January 1, 2006. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give priority to increasing the number of inspections under the Act to ensure that foods comply with practices to reduce or eliminate cross-contact with major food allergen residues and to ensure that major food allergens are properly labeled on foods. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a review of the science relating to glutens in food and celiac disease, and to issue a report to the Secretary and Congress on its findings. Directs the Secretary to issue a proposed rule followed by a final rule to define, and permit use of, the term "gluten-free" on the labeling of foods. Directs the Secretary, in the Conference for Food Protection, as part of its cooperative activities between the States under the Public Health Service Act, to pursue certain revisions of the Food Code to provide guidelines for preparing allergen-free foods in food establishments. Requires the Secretary to include assistance relating to the use of different modes of treatment for and prevention of allergic responses to foods when he or she provides technical assistance relating to trauma care and emergency medical services under the Public Health Service Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5740 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to revise the rule for redistribution and extended availability of FY1998 and 1999 allotments to States, permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2000 allotment, and permitting and extending retention of half of the FY 2001 allotment.
Bill· HRH.R. 5744 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing: (1) conversion of bankruptcy petitions; (2) abusive creditor practices; (3) domestic support obligations; (4) consumer protections, including protection of personally identifiable information; (5) measures to discourage bankruptcy abuse, including reduction of the homestead exemption for fraud; (6) guidelines for general and small business bankruptcies, including appointment of a committee of retired employees; (7) bankruptcy data dissemination and bankruptcy tax provisions; (8) ancillary and other cross-border cases to incorporate the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency; and (9) financial contracts and transfers entered into with an insolvent insured depository institution before its conservatorship or receivership. Reenacts Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income. Brings family fishermen within the purview of Federal bankruptcy protection. Prescribes guidelines for insolvent health care businesses and related patients' rights. Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Judicial Code to mandate appointments for additional temporary bankruptcy judgeships in designated States. (This provision does not appear in H.R. 5745, as inserted in H.R. 333). Prescribes additional consumer credit disclosures, including open end credit plans and introductory rates.
Law· HRH.R. 5738 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for the special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians through FY 2008. Extends until January 1, 2007, the date by which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit a final report to Congress evaluating such programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 5739 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Food Choking Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in collaboration with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish an Office of Choking Hazard Evaluation to require warning labels on food products primarily consumed by children that pose a demonstrably high choking risk to them. Grants the Office mandatory recall authority over food products determined to pose a significant and unacceptable choking hazard to the general public. Mandates establishment of a Choking Hazard Evaluation Task Force whose staff shall be designated jointly by such agencies to establish criteria for determining whether a food product poses a significant and unacceptable choking hazard, using age-differentiated criteria for choking hazards. Directs the FDA to: (1) establish a national database of unusual food choking incidents; and (2) provide for an adequate reporting system throughout its field offices, which members of the health care profession and the general public can readily access to report new incidents.
Bill· HRH.R. 5729 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Medicare Reimbursement Equity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to rural health care and: (1) enhanced disproportionate share hospital (DSH) treatment for rural hospitals and urban hospitals; (2) phased-in increase in the standardized amount in rural and small urban areas; (3) update in weights used in hospital market basket; (4) the critical access hospital program; and (5) a temporary increase for home health services. Amends SSA title XVIII provisions relating to: (1) part A (Hospital Insurance) and inpatient hospital services, covered skilled nursing facility services payments, and coverage of hospice services; and (2) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) and physicians' services. Revises requirements or provides for: (1) payment of ambulance services; (2) an extended moratorium on therapy caps; (3) renal dialysis; (4) coverage of an initial preventive physical examination; (5) modified payment for certain mammography services; (6) waiver of the part B late enrollment penalty for certain military retirees; and (7) part B coverage of cholesterol and other blood lipid screening tests. Amends SSA title XVIII provisions relating to parts A and B and home health services and direct graduate medical education. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and appoint an OASIS Task Force to examine the data collection and reporting requirements under the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS). Requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study and report to Congress on payment margins of home health agencies under the home health prospective payment system. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstration projects for: (1) the application of disease management to certain Medicare beneficiaries with diagnosed diabetes; and (2) medical adult day care services. Amends Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice) with respect to: (1) equalizing payments between fee-for-service and Medicare+Choice; (2) including Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs military facility service costs to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries in calculation of Medicare+Choice payment rates; and (3) providing specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries.
Bill· HRH.R. 5745 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2002
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2002 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law governing: (1) conversion of bankruptcy petitions; (2) abusive creditor practices; (3) domestic support obligations; (4) consumer protections, including protection of personally identifiable information; (5) measures to discourage bankruptcy abuse, including reduction of the homestead exemption for fraud; (6) guidelines for general and small business bankruptcies, including appointment of a committee of retired employees; (7) bankruptcy data dissemination and bankruptcy tax provisions; (8) ancillary and other cross-border cases to incorporate the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency; and (9) financial contracts and transfers entered into with an insolvent insured depository institution before its conservatorship or receivership. Reenacts Chapter 12, Adjustment of Debts of a Family Farmer with Regular Annual Income. Brings family fishermen within the purview of Federal bankruptcy protection. Prescribes guidelines for insolvent health care businesses and related patients' rights. Prescribes additional consumer credit disclosures, including open end credit plans and introductory rates.
Bill· HRH.R. 5727 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2002
Medicare Improvements for Special Needs Beneficiaries Act of 2002 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) allow specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries to be any type of coordinated care plan; (2) provide for specialized Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries; and (3) restrict enrollment for specialized Medicare+Choice plans to individuals within one or more classes of special needs beneficiaries.
Law· HRH.R. 5716 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2002
Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to extend mental health parity provisions through 2003.
Bill· HRH.R. 5726 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2002
Health Care for Working Families Act of 2002 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to establish a new title II, Health Benefits for Employees and Their Families. Requires each large employer to: (1) offer to each of its employees the opportunity to enroll in a qualifying health benefit plan that provides coverage for the employee and the employee's family; (2) contribute to the cost of such plan; and (3) withhold the employee share of the plan premium from the employee's wages. Defines a large employer as one that employed an average of at least 50 full-time employees (including contract workers) on business days during the preceding calendar year, and employs at least 50 employees on the first day of the plan year. Defines a qualifying health benefit plan as one that: (1) provides benefits for health care items and services actuarially equivalent to or greater in value than those offered as of January 1, 2002, under the Blue Cross-Blue Shield (BC-BS) Standard Plan provided under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP); and (2) meets applicable requirements under the Public Health Service Act. Sets the minimum required contribution by an employer at the same portion of the total premium as the Federal Government pays for such BC-BS Standard Plan under FEHBP. Requires any employee covered under a Federal health insurance program (including Medicare, Medicaid, FEHBP, and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services), with certain exceptions, to accept an employer's offer of health insurance coverage and agree to payroll withholdings, or request the Federal health insurance program to pay the employee share of the premium. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a health insurance issuer that offers employee health insurance coverage to an employer to ensure that it complies with requirements of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 5719 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 2002
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of certain self-administered intramuscular and subcutaneous drugs under the Medicare program.
Bill· HRH.R. 5705 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 2002
Health Care Freedom of Choice Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow as a deduction any medical expenses not compensated by insurance.
Bill· HRH.R. 5703 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 October 2002
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Associate Administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants for newborn screening education and training, including followup.
Bill· HRH.R. 5701 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 2002
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2002 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award non-renewable grants to eligible applicants to prepare a comprehensive plan for and implement an adult or juvenile collaboration program, which targets adults or juveniles with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders in order to promote public safety and public health. Directs that grants be used to create or expand: (1) mental health courts; (2) programs that offer specialized training to the officers and employees of a criminal or juvenile justice agency and mental health personnel in procedures for identifying the symptoms of mental illness; and (3) programs that support cooperative efforts by criminal, juvenile justice, and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health and substance abuse treatment services. Requires the Attorney General: (1) to develop a procedure under which applicants may apply simultaneously for a planning grant and an implementation grant; (2) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an interagency task force to identify policies which hinder or facilitate local collaborative initiatives; and (3) to develop a list of best practices for appropriate diversion from incarceration of adult and juvenile offenders. Requires applicants for an implementation grant to meet specified requirements, including ensuring individualized, needs-based assessments and access to community-based mental health services.
Bill· SS. 3147 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2002
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2002 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to award non-renewable grants to eligible applicants to prepare a comprehensive plan for and implement an adult or juvenile collaboration program, which targets adults or juveniles with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders in order to promote public safety and public health. Directs that grants be used to create or expand: (1) mental health courts; (2) programs that offer specialized training to the officers and employees of a criminal or juvenile justice agency and mental health personnel in procedures for identifying the symptoms of mental illness; and (3) programs that support cooperative efforts by criminal, juvenile justice, and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health and substance abuse treatment services. Requires the Attorney General: (1) to develop a procedure under which applicants may apply simultaneously for a planning grant and an implementation grant; (2) and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an interagency task force to identify policies which hinder or facilitate local collaborative initiatives; and (3) to develop a list of best practices for appropriate diversion from incarceration of adult and juvenile offenders. Requires applicants for an implementation grant to meet specified requirements, including ensuring individualized, needs-based assessments and access to community-based mental health services.
Bill· SS. 3142 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2002
State Prescription Drug Discount Act of 2002 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to State prescription drug discount programs as a condition of participation in a rebate agreement for outpatient prescription drugs under the Medicaid program; and (2) provide for enhanced rebates for State prescription drug discount programs of States with rebate agreements.
Bill· SS. 3130 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2002
Safe Reprocessed Medical Devices Act of 2002 - Classifies as misbranded a device that is reprocessed and intended for use on a single patient, unless such product meets certain requirements, including that it: (1) is labeled with the number of times it has been reprocessed; and (2) prominently and conspicuously bears an identification of the reprocessor and the original manufacturer. Allows the Secretary to waive the latter requirement. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review, according to specified criteria, a Class I or Class II reprocessed device whose producer is exempt from having to report preceding the device's introduction into state commerce. Requires the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a list of such devices that are no longer exempt. Declares that the termination of an exemption from reporting requirements for a reprocessed device shall not terminate the exemption for the original device. Directs the Secretary to perform specified duties with respect to those reprocessed single-use devices that require reports, including to require validation data. Prohibits the Secretary from determining that such a device is misbranded or adulterated or from taking action against the device for a failure to provide certain required information unless one of specified conditions are met, including that the device is not substantially equivalent to a predicate device. Prohibits marketing the device if it is not substantially equivalent.
Bill· SS. 3148 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2002
Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Weapons Countermeasures Research Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to make available to manufacturers of terror weapons countermeasures, and to publish, a list of materials that may be used as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Requires the Secretary to determine countermeasures that diagnose, treat, or prevent infection from biological agents or toxins ("countermeasures") for each item on the list. Requires private sector entities that are engaged in certain research to register with the Department of Homeland Security if they wish to benefit from various tax, patent, procurement, liability limitations, and other incentives established under this Act. Classifies such research as: (1) countermeasures; (2) diagnostics to detect, identify, or analyze biological agents or toxins ("diagnostics"); and (3) research tools used in the laboratory ("research tools") that enable the rapid and effective development of countermeasures. Establishes in the Treasury of the United States a "Terror Weapon Countermeasure Purchase Fund (TWCPF)" to purchase, and provide adequate payment for, countermeasures, diagnostics, and research tools. Extends market exclusivity for new drugs that are countermeasures. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements to indemnify and defend persons or entities: (1) involved in the research, development, and production of countermeasures, diagnostics, or research tools purchased under the TWCPF; or (2) who face civil actions arising from human trials and research, development, and production of countermeasures certified under this Act.
Bill· SS. 3136 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2002
Libby Health Care Act - Establishes in the Treasury of the United States the "Montana Asbestos Related Disease Health Care Trust Fund" (the "Trust Fund"), to be administered by the Secretary of the Treasury. States that the Trust Fund shall consist of: (1) appropriated sums; (2) transfers from certain payments to the United States; and (3) contributions from individuals, businesses, or non-profit organizations. Permits funds to be disbursed from the Trust Fund only for medical benefit payments. Declares as eligible to receive funds an individual who: (1) has an asbestos-related disease or illness and an expense related to services for the diagnosis or treatment of such disease or illness; and (2) either was a worker at the vermiculite mining and milling facility in Libby, Montana, or lived, worked, or played in Libby, Montana, for at least 6 consecutive months before December 31, 1990. Limits to $100,000 the aggregate amount that can be disbursed to an individual from the Trust Fund. Allows individuals who obtain medical benefits payments under this Act to receive other benefits, including specified benefits under the Social Security Act.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 347 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 2002
Resolution for the Tripling of Biomedical Research - Expresses the sense of the Senate that appropriations for the National Institutes of Health should be tripled over the ten-year period from FY 1999 to 2008.
Bill· SS. 3119 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Health Insurance Fairness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit health insurance issuers that provide individual coverage or coverage through an association from: (1) reclassifying an individual from the class such individual was in at the time of issuance of the contract for a health related factor; or (2) increasing the premiums assessed an individual for coverage for a health related reason. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a health insurance issuer from terminating or discontinuing coverage or a class of coverage in line with specified provisions of the Act, or from raising premium rates for all policy holders based on clams experience.
Bill· HRH.R. 5674 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Healthy Early Education Workforce Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make an annual allotment to each State that submits an application for formula grants to provide access to affordable health benefits coverage for: (1) eligible child care providers and the staff of center-based child care providers; and (2) certain relatives of such providers and staff, at the discretion of the State involved. Sets forth the following permissible activities for such grants: (1) to reimburse an employer or other individual specified under this Act for premiums or other costs for coverage under group or individual plans; (2) to offset the cost of enrolling individuals in public health benefits plans; and (3) to otherwise subsidize the cost of health benefits coverage to individuals specified under this Act. Requires a State to match at least 50 percent of the costs of the activities for which it receives a grant. Specifies portions of the funds appropriated under this Act to go to U.S. territories and possessions and Indian tribes. Sets forth a formula for calculating the amount to be received by each State (including the District of Columbia). Directs the Secretary to conduct an evaluation of several State programs representing various approaches to raising the rate of child workers with health benefits coverage.
Bill· HRH.R. 5682 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Health Insurance Fairness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit health insurance issuers that provide individual coverage or coverage through an association from: (1) reclassifying an individual from the class such individual was in at the time of the issuance of the contract for a health related factor; or (2) increasing the premiums assessed an individual for coverage for a health related reason. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a health insurance issuer from terminating or discontinuing coverage or a class of coverage in line with specified provisions of the Act, or from raising premium rates for all policy holders based on clams experience.
Bill· HRH.R. 5667 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Medicare Disability Eligibility Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 5662 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Children First SCHIP Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) extending the availability through FY 2003 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2000; and (2) SCHIP coverage of children whose family income exceeds the Medicaid applicable income level for eligible States.
Bill· HRH.R. 5648 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Children's Vision Improvement and Learning Readiness Act of 2002 - Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States for the purposes of: (1) providing comprehensive eye examinations for children, with priority to go to children under nine years old; and (2) developing and disseminating educational materials with regard to the need and benefits of comprehensive eye examinations for children. Directs the Secretary to coordinate the grant program, as appropriate, with other Federal and State programs that provide services to children. Prohibits a grant from being made unless the State involved agrees not to make payments from the grant for any item or service for which payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such item or service by an entity that provides health services on a prepaid basis or under any of the following: (1) any State compensation program; (2) an insurance policy; or (3) any Federal or State health benefits program. Requires a State to submit an annual evaluation of the operations and activities carried out under a grant to the Secretary. Requires a State to submit an application to the Secretary in order to receive a grant, which shall include a plan for the use of the grant.
Bill· HRH.R. 5666 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Access to Diabetes Screening Services Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of diabetes screening tests and services.
Bill· HRH.R. 5656 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
SCHIP Allotment Extension Availability Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide for extending the availability through FY 2006 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2002.
Bill· HRH.R. 5659 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Obesity Prevention Act - Amends the National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to State educational agencies to assist in creating model nutrition education and physical fitness programs. Lists activities that grant funds may be used for, including the development and implementation of State standards in health. Directs the Secretary to award grants to educational agencies, at least one per State, for the establishment of pilot projects for purposes of promoting healthy eating habits and increasing physical fitness. Lists activities that grant funds may be used for, including the development and implementation of nutrition education programs and curricula. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a program that encourages States to implement plans to carry out activities to assist obese children or children at risk of becoming obese. Sets forth a matching requirement for Federal grants of at least 15 percent of the costs of such activities. Establishes a Commission on Obesity Treatment and Prevention to oversee research, policy formation, and other activities of the Federal Government regarding the prevention and treatment of obesity. Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education to establish the "President's Health and Fitness Awards" for elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Secretaries to establish "President's Health and Fitness Teacher Achievement Awards" for teachers, coaches, or related personnel and for local educational agencies. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to include nutrition and health education programs in authorized local activities under 21st century community learning centers.
Bill· HRH.R. 5646 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Stop Taking Our Health Privacy (STOHP) Act of 2002 - Declares that modifications made by an August 14, 2002, final rule affecting medical privacy to a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) section concerning consent for uses or disclosures to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations shall have no force or effect. Directs that such CFR section shall be construed and applied to permit a health care provider to use or disclose an individual's protected health information without prior consent under specified circumstances, provided that the provider obtains written consent from the individual as soon as practicable. Declares that a CFR section dealing with uses and disclosures for which an authorization is required shall be construed and applied so that an authorization shall be invalid unless it meets specified criteria, including that it describes the specific marketing uses and disclosures authorized. States that the modifications made by the August 14 final rule dealing with permitted disclosures for public health activities shall have no force or effect.
Law· HRH.R. 5651 (107th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a new program that subjects, beginning on October 1, 2002, each medical device manufacturer to a medical device fee for certain applications, reports, application supplements, and submissions sent to the Food and Drug Administration for evaluation. Grants exceptions. Restricts the medical device user fees collected to being used to defray increases in the costs of the resources allocated for the review of device applications. Exempts certain entities submitting premarket reports from being subject to a fee. Directs the Secretary to accredit persons who are not Federal employees to conduct the inspections required under the Act for establishments that manufacture, prepare, propagate, compound, or process class II or class III devices. Considers it a violation of the Act for an accredited inspector to: (1) breach the standards of accreditation of this section; (2) pose a threat to public health; or (3) fail to act in accordance with this section. Requires the Secretary to establish within the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs an Office to perform various functions, including to ensure the timely premarket review of combination products. Directs the Secretary to provide guidance on ensuring safety of pediatric devices and providing protections for pediatric subjects in clinical investigations into the safety and effectiveness of such devices. Requires reprocessed single-use devices to carry prominently on the label a statement identifying the product as such, along with the name of the person responsible for reprocessing and the manufacturer.
Bill· HRH.R. 5678 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 2002
Airline Worker Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to certify a group of workers as eligible to apply for Federal employment adjustment assistance if the Secretary determines that a significant number or proportion of such workers have become totally or partially separated from employment with an air carrier or airport facility as a result of: (1) reductions in service by an air carrier, or closure of an airport, because of a terrorist action or security measure; or (2) a military conflict with Iraq. Includes among such adjustment assistance benefits continued health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) and other Federal employee health care programs. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program under which 75 percent of the premium for COBRA continuation coverage is provided for such individuals (with certain coverage limits and program requirements). Authorizes States to elect to provide temporary coverage under Medicaid programs for: (1) uninsured individuals who experience such separation from employment; or (2) the unsubsidized portion of COBRA continuation premiums for such individuals. Provides temporary extended unemployment compensation coverage for such individuals. Directs the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security to: (1) provide a preference for the hiring of such individuals as security screeners; and (2) carry out a program of performance incentive awards to Federal Security Managers to encourage the hiring of such employees.
Bill· SS. 3092 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Children's Health Protection and Eligibility Act of 2002 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for the retention and redistribution through FY 2003 of SCHIP allotments for FY 1998 through 2000; and (2) authorize qualifying States to use SCHIP funds for Medicaid expenditures.
Bill· SS. 3091 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Patient Abuse Prevention Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for the screening of skilled nursing facility and nursing facility employee applicants with criminal background checks to prevent abuse of recipients of long-term care services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Amends SSA title XVIII part D (Miscellaneous Provisions) to provide for application of skilled nursing facility abuse prevention requirements to any provider of services or any other entity that is eligible to be paid under Medicare for providing home health services, hospice care, or long-term care services to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) or enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Amends SSA title XI to provide for inclusion of abusive workers in the database established as part of the national health care fraud and abuse data collection program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program to provide grants to develop information on best practices in patient abuse prevention training for managers and staff of hospital and health care facilities.
Bill· SS. 3098 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Medicare Competitive Acquisition Act of 2002 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement programs and demonstration projects to purchase, on behalf of individuals enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), from entities under contract with the Secretary certain competitively priced items and services in competitive acquisition areas for which payment is made under such part. Provides for continuation of current demonstration projects for competitive acquisition of items and services. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees on Medicare coverage of new and innovative durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, supplies, and equipment and the coding of such items for Medicare payment purposes.
Bill· SS. 3105 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
West Nile Virus and Arboviral Disease Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a temporary program for West Nile Virus and related arboviral diseases, which may include grants by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to States for the prevention and control of such diseases. Directs grant funds to be used for: (1) the development, implementation, and evaluation by States and localities of community-based, comprehensive mosquito control plans; and (2) the development and implementation of programs on medical entomology, arbovirology, and other vector-borne diseases. Includes a 50 percent matching requirement for such grants. Requires 85 percent of grant funds to any State to be expended locally. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and with appropriate consultation, to develop a plan, together with standard operating procedures, to serve as a guideline for State and local mosquito control programs. Sets forth elements that such plan should include, including programs to: (1) identify new human cases of disease; and (2) provide laboratory support for testing. Sets a termination date of September 30, 2004, for the temporary program. Directs the President to expand, intensify, and enhance research for various activities, including to: (1) identify and develop methods of controlling the population of insects that transmit to humans diseases that have significant adverse health consequences (including the West Nile Virus); and (2) develop rapid screening tools for West Nile Virus in blood or organs.
Bill· HRH.R. 5607 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Hallucinogen Control Act of 2002 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains salvinorin A or salvia divinorum to Schedule I (drugs or other substances with a high potential for abuse, with no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and with respect to which there is a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision) unless specifically exempted or listed in another schedule.
Bill· HRH.R. 5633 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Federal Asthma Assessment and State Tracking Act of 2002 - Amends the Head Start Act to authorize early Head Start and Head Start programs to carry out asthma screening programs. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to local educational agencies for asthma screening programs for public school children. Amends the Social Security Act to state that nothing under such Act or other law shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting Medicaid or school-based assistance for children receiving asthma screening tests. Requires the Secretary to develop, in conjunction with State medicaid programs under the Social Security Act, a demonstration program for model asthma treatment centers. Directs that the centers be based on the treatment models developed by the Inner City Asthma Program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Secretary to give priority in developing the program to communities where the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma is high.
Bill· HRH.R. 5613 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Children's Mental Health Screening and Prevention Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, and the Attorney General (the "Secretaries"), in consultation with various other officials, to make a grant to one "demonstration facility" in each of ten areas to be selected by the Secretaries to implement screening to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth. Defines "demonstration facility" as a facility serving at-risk youth or performing outreach to school-age youth. Requires the selected areas to include various areas, including one that has a shortage of mental health professionals and one located in an Indian reservation. Prohibits grants from going to applicants that do not agree to report certain information to the Secretaries, including on: (1) demographics of the youth in the project; (2) the outcomes of the screening; (3) referrals based on outcomes; (4) treatment based on referrals; (5) suicide, including suicide attempts and rates, to the extent practicable. Prohibits the Secretaries from discriminating against an applicant due to the applicant's inability to collect information on suicide. Directs the Secretaries to convene an advisory panel to advise each of the Secretaries regarding the use or improvement of the screening methods to detect mental illness and suicidal tendencies in school-age youth.
Bill· HRH.R. 5606 (107th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Recruitment and Diversity in Nursing Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program in which nontraditional nursing students shall contract to serve at least two years at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses after attending an accredited school of nursing on a Federal scholarship. Requires the program to run from FY 2003 to 2004, and permits the Secretary to extend the program thereafter. Sets a maximum figure of 25 percent of the number of scholarships that may be used for training in advanced degree programs. Allows a recipient to complete a period of service on a part-time basis under certain conditions. Applies certain provisions applicable to the National Health Service Corps Program to the nursing scholarship program. Directs the Secretary to give preference in entering into contracts in such program to individuals in financial need. Requires the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to carry out nursing awareness and recruitment programs in elementary schools and secondary schools. States that the program shall run from FY 2003 to 2004, and permits the Secretary to extend the program thereafter. Requires that of the schools in which a beneficiary conducts awareness and recruitment programs, at least half must have a high percentage of nontraditional students. Prohibits any grant for nursing awareness and recruitment programs from lasting for a period of more than three years.
Bill· HRH.R. 5601 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002 - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to modify guidelines governing: (1) national clearinghouse dissemination of information on child abuse programs, including community-based programs; (2) related research and assistance activities; (3) grants for additional demonstration projects, including enhanced linkage between child protective service agencies and public health, mental health, and developmental disabilities agencies; (4) additional discretionary grants; and (5) development and operation grants to the States. Repeals the authority for existing grants to: (1) the Community-based Family Resource programs; (2) the Family Support Center programs; (3) the Emergency Child Abuse Prevention Services grant program; and (4) programs under the Temporary Child Care for Children with Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries act of 1986. Includes parents with disabilities within the eligibility and performance guidelines governing community-based grants for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to provide for the implementation of programs that increase the number of older foster care children placed in adoptive families, with a special emphasis on child-specific recruitment strategies, including a grants program to eliminate barriers to placing children for adoption across jurisdictional boundaries. Amends the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 to prohibit the Secretary from making a grant unless the grantee agrees to give priority to abandoned infants and young children who: (1) are infected with, or have been perinatally exposed to, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or have a life-threatening illness or other special medical need; or (2) have been perinatally exposed to a dangerous drug.
Bill· HRH.R. 5636 (107th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 2002
Nurse Loan Forgiveness Act of 2002 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to include, under HEA student loan forgiveness and cancellation programs, nurses who serve three consecutive complete years in an approved health care facility or setting.