Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-983
Sponsor: Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]
Introduced: 2003-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Age
Authorization
Capitation (Medical care)
Case management
Case mix (Medical care)
Chronically ill
Community health services
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuum of care
Cost effectiveness
Demography
Department of Health and Human Services
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Federal aid to health facilities
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Health maintenance organizations
Health planning
Housing and Community Development
Internet
Kidney diseases
Law
Long-term care
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical statistics
Medicare
Nursing homes
Patient satisfaction
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Surveys

Summary:
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act of 2003 - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) consolidate and restate the Federal laws relating to the social health maintenance organization (SHMO) demonstration projects; and (2) make them permanent.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate a regulation that permits each SHMO demonstration project to expand its service area to include areas within the State served by the organization that are not contiguous to any other service area of the organization.
Permits the participation in the SHMO demonstration project program of: (1) the five organizations authorized under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to demonstrate the concept of SHMOs that were approved by the Secretary in 1995; and (2) each entity that received a planning grant in 1998 under the 1997 Grants Program for Reforming Service Delivery for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries to develop a Second Generation Social HMO Demonstration Program.
Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees before making any change to the benefits available under a SHMO demonstration project.
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to study and report to Congress on the cost-effectiveness of SHMO demonstration projects and their potential expansion.
Requires the Secretary to conduct, and report to Congress on, a comparative qualitative survey of the satisfaction of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in: (1) the original Medicare fee-for-service program under Medicare parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (2) a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice); and (3) an SHMO.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-02-27
text: Introduced in House