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Medicare Data Access and Research Act

Bill: 109-s-3897
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Research Service
Congressional agencies
Consumer education
Drug approvals
Drug utilization
Drugs
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Health information systems
Health surveys
Medicaid
Medical records
Medical research
Medicare
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Prescription pricing
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Research centers
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Vaccines
Vital statistics

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
Medicare Data Access and Research Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to: (1) enter into data release agreements with specified agencies to provide access to relevant data submitted by prescription drug (PD) plans and MedicareAdvantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare) and linked to hospital, physician, and other relevant medical claims, utilization, and diagnostic Medicare and Medicaid (SSA title XIX) data; and (2) permit such an agency to link such data with other relevant health data as needed to accomplish its research objectives. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into data use agreements with specified research centers and organizations to provide access to the same kind of data; (2) permit them to link it with other relevant health data for research purposes; and (3) prepare the linked sets of data for release not later than July 1, 2007. 
 
Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to provide a congressional support agency upon request with Medicare part D information for use in carrying out its functions and activities as mandated by Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9634-9636)
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9633-9634)
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
National Reportable Conditions Act

Bill: 109-s-3898
Sponsor: Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Animal diseases
Animals
Communication in medicine
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Food safety
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health information systems
Laboratories
Law
Local laws
Medical laboratories
Public health
Public records
Public utilities
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Terrorism
Toxicology
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
National Reportable Conditions Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Commission on National Reportable Conditions to review state and local regulations to determine the existence of conditions that represent a serious threat to the health of individuals in the United States, compile a list of national reportable conditions to be recommended for certifications, and advise the Secretary.
 
 Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, based upon the Commission's recommendations, to: (1) annually certify a list of national reportable conditions (i.e., diseases, conditions, and events that when identified by health practitioners, veterinarians, animal and food production specialists, state and local health professionals, environmental and public utility workers, and laboratory workers must be reported to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)); (2) establish an electronic National Reportable Conditions System, a data repository of records processed by the System, a process to enable commercial entities to transmit reports to a single government entity, and a process for the identification of obstacles or challenges to the achievement of the purposes of this Act (including a research program to identify or create solutions); and (3) award grants to state and local entities to enable them to conduct surveillance and timely reporting activities regarding the submission of reports.
 
 Requires the Secretary to establish a process that permits the simultaneous submission of reports to a state or local jurisdiction to achieve compliance with a state or local law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Balanced Trade Restoration Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3899
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Balance of payments
Department of Commerce
Energy
Exports
Government Operations and Politics
Import restrictions
Imports
Law
Natural gas
Petroleum

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
Balanced Trade Restoration Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Balanced Trade Certificate Program within the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce. Provides under such Program for the issuance of certificates to measure and control U.S. imports and exports to achieve a balance in the foreign trade of the United States. Exempts importers of oil or gas during the first five years of the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3900
Sponsor: Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH]
Introduced: 2006-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Data banks
Demography
Drugs
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Health information systems
Medical records
Medicare
Performance measurement
Prescription pricing
Quality of care
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: 
Medicare Quality Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to provide for the development of reports, based on Medicare and private data that is publicly available or is provided by the entity requesting the report, concerning national, regional, and service provider- and supplier-specific performance, which may be in a provider- or supplier-identifiable format. Requires specified reporting procedures to provide for disclosure of Medicare data to Medicare Quality Reporting Organizations meeting certain requirements under contract with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish a Quality Advisory Board to: (1) coordinate existing collaborative efforts identifying quality and efficiency health care measures; (2) provide the Secretary with recommendations for development of model quality health care measures; (3) request Medicare Quality Reporting Organizations for reports on existing recommended model quality and efficiency health care measures; and (4) examine how clinical registries can be linked to Medicare data in order to develop reports on the quality and efficiency of service providers and suppliers.
 
Directs the Secretary to permit researchers that meet existing criteria for appropriate release of Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services data to: (1) have access to all Medicare data; and (2) report on the performance of service providers and suppliers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9636-9637)
action_date: 2006-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Textile Negotiator Promotion Act

Bill: 109-s-3903
Sponsor: Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC]
Introduced: 2006-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Clothing
Congress
Diplomats
Executive reorganization
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Presidential appointments
Textile fabrics
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: 
Textile Negotiator Promotion Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to redesignate the Special Textile Negotiator of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as the Chief Textiles Negotiator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Makes it a function of the Chief Textiles Negotiator to conduct trade negotiations and enforce trade agreements regarding U.S. textile and apparel products and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Trade Program Extension Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3904
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2006-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Bolivia
Caribbean area
Clothing
Colombia
Commerce
Congress
Congressional hearings
Developing countries
Ecuador
Free trade
Imports
International Affairs
Latin America
Mauritius
Peru
Tariff
Tariff preferences
Textile fabrics
Trade negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: 
Emergency Trade Program Extension Act of 2006 - Extends: (1) the Generalized System of Preferences under the Trade Act of 1974; (2) the Andean Trade Preference Act; and (3) the preferential treatment of certain textiles and apparel from lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries (including Mauritius) under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
 
Requires congressional hearings on the future of trade preference programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9660-9661)
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Monument Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3905
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2006-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Boundaries
California
Concentration camps
Detention of persons
Executive orders
Government Operations and Politics
Historic sites
History
Idaho
Japanese Americans
Monuments and memorials
National monuments
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Washington State
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: 
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Monument Act of 2006 - Adjusts the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument located in Idaho to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni (&quot;Let it not happen again&quot;) memorial that commemorates the Japanese Americans of Bainbridge Island, Washington, who were the first to be forcibly removed from their homes and relocated to internment camps during World War II . 
 
Authorizes the Secretary, for the purposes of developing the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial, to enter into agreements with: (1) the city of Bainbridge Island; (2) the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park Camp Recreational District; (3) the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Memorial Committee; (4) the Bainbridge Island Historical Society; and (5) successor and other appropriate individuals or entities. 
 
Requires the Secretary to coordinate the development of interpretive and educational materials and programs for the Memorial and the Monument with the Manzanar National Historic Site in California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to make individuals employed by the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission eligible to obtain Federal health insurance.

Bill: 109-s-3906
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2006-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Federal employees
Government employees' health insurance
Health
History
Maine
Parks
Presidential residences
Roosevelt Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: 
Makes a U.S. citizen employed by the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission eligible to obtain federal health insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9660)
action_date: 2006-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
New Mexico Aquifer Assessment Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3907
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2006-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquifers
Congressional reporting requirements
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Geology
Groundwater
Hydrology
New Mexico
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Saline waters
Science, Technology, Communications
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: 
New Mexico Aquifer Assessment Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), to conduct a study of water resources in New Mexico, to include: (1) a survey of groundwater resources and a characterization of surface and bedrock geology; and (2) the Estancia Basin, Salt Basin, Tularosa Basin, Hueco Basin, and middle Rio Grande Basin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9681-9682)
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9681)
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Oil Independence, Limiting Subsidies, and Accelerating Vehicle Efficiency (OILSAVE) Act

Bill: 109-s-3908
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2006-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Automobiles
Commerce
Energy
Fuel consumption
Income tax
Oil well drilling
Petroleum industry
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Transportation and Public Works
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: 
Oil Independence, Limiting Subsidies, and Accelerating Vehicle Efficiency (OILSAVE) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the purchase of a new qualified fuel-efficient motor vehicle. Defines &quot;new qualified fuel-efficient motor vehicle&quot; as a passenger automobile with a fuel economy rating of not less than 34.5 miles per gallon or a light truck with a 27.5 miles per gallon rating which are manufactured for model years 2007-2011.

Denies major integrated oil companies (companies with an average daily production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels and gross receipts in excess of $1 billion for a taxable year) the option to expense intangible drilling and development costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9683-9684)
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9682-9683)
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Education for All Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3909
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-09-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational accountability
Educational innovations
Educational planning
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Executive reorganization
Extremist movements in politics
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Human immunodeficiency viruses
International agencies
International cooperation
Literacy programs
Nongovernmental organizations
Performance measurement
Poverty
Preschool education
Preventive medicine
Scholarships
Secondary education
Social Welfare
Teacher education
Violence
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: 
Education for All Act of 2006
 
- Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
 
to
 
state that it is U.S. policy to work with foreign countries and international organizations
 
to: (1) assist developing countries committed to serious reforms to provide all children with quality elementary and secondary education; and (2) provide incentives to encourage educational system reform and educational service improvement in countries lacking such commitment.
 
Requires the President to establish an Education for All Task Force to carry out such policy and to develop a unified strategy to promote universal basic education. 
 
Authorizes the President to provide funds or other assistance to eligible entities to assist a foreign country in developing and implementing a comprehensive national education plan that allows its citizens to access and complete basic education. Sets forth plan requirements.
 
Authorizes the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to establish an education fellowship program to increase the expertise of agency personnel in promoting universal basic education and to carry out this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9684-9685)
action_date: 2006-09-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the Capitol.

Bill: 109-s-3910
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2006-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Blacks
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional tributes
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Minorities
Monuments and memorials
Sculpture
Slavery
Voting rights
Women
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: 
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and display it in a suitable permanent location in the the Capitol.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9726)
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act

Bill: 109-s-3911
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2006-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Deceptive advertising
Labeling
Wool

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: 
Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act - Amends the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to declare that specified wool products, including cashmere, are misbranded if their average diameter of wool fiber does not meet certain standards of fineness.
 
Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to adopt additional standards or deviations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9726-9727)
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3912
Sponsor: Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]
Introduced: 2006-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Ambulatory care
Medicare
Physical therapy
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: 
Securing Effective and Necessary Individual Outpatient Rehabilitation Services (SENIORS) Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the temporary process for obtaining an exception from the uniform dollar limitation on Medicare payment for medically necessary physical therapy services (Medicare therapy cap exceptions process).
 
Extends the exceptions process period from the beginning of calendar 2006 through calendar 2007. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9727)
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep Children Covered Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-3913
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2006-09-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health insurance
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: 
Keep Children Covered Act of 2006 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to: (1) establish a special rule for redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments; (2) provide for additional allotments to eliminate FY2007 funding shortfalls remaining after redistribution of unspent FY2004 allotments; and (3) extend authority through FY2006 for qualifying states to use certain SCHIP funds for Medicaid expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9727-9728)
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9727)
action_date: 2006-09-19
text: Introduced in Senate