Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act

Summary

Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to identify efficient, effective, and economical procedures for long-term care facilities or providers to conduct background checks on prospective direct patient access employees on a nationwide basis under similar terms and conditions as the pilot program established under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. Sets forth requirements for states wishing to participate in the program, including requiring: (1) searches of neglect registries and databases; (2) searches of any proceedings that may contain disqualifying information; (3) searches of federal criminal history records, including a fingerprint check; and (4) methods that reduce duplicative fingerprinting. Sets forth program requirements. Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to evaluate the program under this Act. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state claims processing and information retrieval systems to incorporate compatible methodologies of the National Correct Coding Initiative administered by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to identify and notify states as to which methodologies should be incorporated.

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Timeline

1. 18 March 2009

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 March 2009

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3375-3376)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 March 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 18 March 2009 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 March 2009

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 18 March 2009

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 18 March 2009

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Sponsors

• Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
• Amy Klobuchar · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] · D · Sponsor
• Ron Wyden · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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