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Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Education Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-61
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to health facilities
Health planning
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Rural health
Urban affairs
Urban areas

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Education Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to physical and occupational therapy programs for planning and implementing projects to recruit and retrain physical and occupational therapy faculty and students, develop curricula, support distribution of practitioners in underserved areas, or support professional development.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S60-61)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S60)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-62
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Government Operations and Politics
Medicare
Psychologists
Social Welfare
Social work
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the restriction that a clinical psychologist or clinical social worker provide services in a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility to a patient only under the care of a physician.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S61)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S61)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Nursing School Clinics Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-63
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Clinics
Education
Higher education
Medicaid
Nurse practitioners
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Nursing School Clinics Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for State Medicaid program coverage of nursing school clinic services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S61)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S61)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-64
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of covered clinical social worker services according to a new reimbursement methodology similar to the one currently used for other health care professionals. Provides for coverage and reimbursement under the new methodology for supplies furnished incident to such services. Excludes the services of clinical social workers from the definition of "inpatient hospital services" for Medicare purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S62)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S61-62)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-65
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to health facilities
Graduate education
Higher education
Psychologists
Scholarships

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for grants to and contracts with eligible individuals and institutions to encourage the provision of psychological training and services in underserved treatment areas. Requires individuals to already possess a doctoral degree in psychology and agree to provide services in a medically underserved population during the grant and at least one year thereafter. Requires institutions to use amounts provided for fellowships to such individuals.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S62)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S62)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to require the issuance of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilian employees of the Federal Government who are forcibly detained or interned by an enemy government or a hostile force under wartime conditions.

Bill: 108-s-66
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Awards, medals, prizes
Commemorations
Ex-prisoners of war
Federal employees
Hostages
International Affairs
Prisoners of war

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Provides for the issuance by the President of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilian employees of the Federal Government who are forcibly detained or interned by an enemy government or a hostile force during war, or by a foreign government or hostile force during periods determined comparable to wartime conditions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S63)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S63)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Jim K. Yoshida.

Bill: 108-s-67
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Veterans' benefits

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Deems Jim K. Yoshida to be a veteran for purposes of all laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Deems his service as a volunteer member of the U.S. Army during a specified period to be active military service from which he was discharged under honorable conditions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S63)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S63)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Filipino Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-68
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Asians
Clinics
Disabled
East Asia
Families
Guerrilla warfare
Health
History
Hospital care
Labor and Employment
Long-term care
Nursing homes
Philippines
Social Welfare
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions
Widowers
Widows
Women
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Filipino Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act of 2003 - Authorizes: (1) payment of the full rate of compensation (currently, 50%) for the service-connected disability of members of the New Philippine Scouts (and their survivors) who served with U.S. armed forces during World War II and who now are U.S. citizens or lawfully reside in the United States; (2) full dependency and indemnity compensation for the surviving spouses of Filipino veterans who became U.S. citizens or lawfully resided in the United States; and (3) hospital and nursing home care and medical services for such veterans and new Philippine Scouts in the same manner as U.S. veterans. Limits the disability pension to $100 per month for such veterans who reside in the Philippines.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish care and services to veterans of World War II, Commonwealth Army veterans, and new Philippine Scouts for the treatment of service-connected disabilities and non-service connected disabilities of such veterans and scouts residing in the Philippines on an outpatient basis at the Manila VA Outpatient Clinic. Limits to $500,000 the amount to be expended during a fiscal year for such services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S64)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S63-64)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II.

Bill: 108-s-69
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asians
East Asia
Families
History
Labor and Employment
Philippines
Survivors' benefits
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' pensions
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue a certificate of service to Filipino nationals who the Secretary determines have performed any military service in the Philippine Islands during World War II which qualifies such a person or a survivor to receive any military, veterans', or other benefits under U.S. laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S67)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S67)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to restore the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-s-70
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Memorial Day

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Restores the observance of Memorial Day from the last Monday in May to May 30th of each year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S67-68)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S67)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Ricke Kaname Fujino of Honolulu, Hawaii.

Bill: 108-s-71
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Real property

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Mandates payment of a specified sum to Ricke Kaname Fujino in full satisfaction of all of his claims against the United States for the taking of his property pursuant to a specified order issued under the Trading with the Enemy Act on December 3, 1943.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a special application of section 1034 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Bill: 108-s-72
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation
Subjects: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Provides for extension of the period allowed for rollover of gain on the sale of a principal residence of a named individual.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
National Center for Social Work Research Act

Bill: 108-s-73
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child abuse
Chronically ill
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Day care
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Executive reorganization
Families
Family services
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health education
Higher education
Preventive medicine
Research centers
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Social work
Sociological research
Youth violence

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: National Center for Social Work Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center for Social Work Research as an agency of the National Institutes of Health. Authorizes the Center to establish research traineeships and fellowships, provide stipends and allowances, and make grants. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an advisory council for the Center.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S68-69)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3101-3102)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S68)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthen the Public Health Service Act

Bill: 108-s-74
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Discrimination in education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational statistics
Federal aid to education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Graduate education
Higher education
Medical education
Medical statistics
Psychologists
Sex discrimination
Student loan funds
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Strengthen the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make certain graduate programs in professional psychology eligible to participate in various health professions loan programs.
Revises provisions concerning the collection of health professions data, sex discrimination in medical education programs, and definitions to make these applicable to "professional" (rather than "clinical") psychologists.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S69)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S69)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-75
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community colleges
Curricula
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Federal aid to education
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Medical education
Mental health services
Preventive medicine
Rural education
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into contracts for preventive health care training of rural health care practitioners.
Authorizes appropriations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introducd: CR S70)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S69-70)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Paycheck Fairness Act

Bill: 108-s-76
Sponsor: Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Apprenticeship
Awards, medals, prizes
Business records
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Civil rights enforcement
Class actions (Civil procedure)
Commemorations
Commerce
Conferences
Damages
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Employee training
Employers' liability
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Expert witnesses
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Labor unions
Law
Legal fees
Pay equity
Personnel records
Punitive damages
Sex discrimination
Supervisors
Wages
Whistle blowing
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Paycheck Fairness Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to revise remedies for and enforcement of prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages (such FLSA provisions are also known as the Equal Pay Act) to: (1) add nonretaliation requirements; (2) increase penalties; and (3) authorize the Secretary of Labor to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages.
Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to train EEOC employees and affected individuals and entities on matters involving wage discrimination.
Directs the Secretary to provide for certain studies, information, national summit, and guidelines, awards, and assistance for employer evaluations of job categories based on objective criteria.
Establishes the Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace.
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC to collect certain pay information.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-77
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: College teachers
Economics and Public Finance
Education of the disadvantaged
Federal aid to education
Geriatrics
Government Operations and Politics
Graduate education
Health
Health maintenance organizations
Higher education
Hospitals
Minorities
Minorities in medicine
Minority education
Psychologists
Scholarships
Social Welfare
Social work
Teacher education
Teachers

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Strengthen Social Work Training Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make disadvantaged students enrolled in social work programs eligible for scholarships. Makes schools offering social work programs eligible for assistance for certain disadvantaged faculty programs, programs to support excellence in health profession education for minorities, and programs to support geriatric training projects.
Authorizes grants to, or contracts with, hospitals, schools offering programs in social work, or other entities for the development of social work training programs and financial assistance to participants and teachers of such programs.
Authorizes grants to, or contracts with, schools offering programs in social work to meet the costs of projects to establish or maintain administrative units to provide clinical instruction in social work.
Authorizes and allocates appropriations.
Adds "clinical social worker" to specified profession definitions under health maintenance organization provisions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S70-71)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S70)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Veteran's Health Administration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-78
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accreditation (Medical care)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Labor and Employment
Part-time employment
Psychologists
Recruiting of employees
Temporary employment
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Veteran's Health Administration Act of 2003 - Removes the requirement that psychologists appointed to the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs hold degrees in psychology from an approved accrediting authority.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to employ such psychologists on a temporary, full, or part-time basis, or on a fee basis.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S71)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S71)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Psychiatric and Psychological Examinations Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-79
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Disabled
Health
Insanity defense
Law
Mental health services
Mental illness
Physical examinations
Psychiatry
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Social Welfare
Social work

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Psychiatric and Psychological Examinations Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the psychiatric or psychological examinations required for the determination of mental capacity to stand trial and the determination of the existence of insanity at the time of the an offense to be conducted by clinical social workers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S71-72)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S71)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
National Academies of Practice Recognition Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-80
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commerce
Federal incorporation
Health
Medical associations

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: National Academies of Practice Recognition Act of 2003 - Grants a Federal charter to the National Academies of Practice (a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S72)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S72)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act of 2003

Bill: 108-s-81
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disability evaluation
Disabled
Federal employees
Health
Job stress
Labor and Employment
Social Welfare
Social work
Workers' compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law concerning Federal workers' compensation to authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S72-73)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S72)
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in Senate