Long-Term Care Improvement Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-6405
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2006-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Commerce
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Demography
Employee health benefits
Excise tax
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Flexible benefit plans
Government Operations and Politics
Government publications
Governmental investigations
Health care industry
Income tax
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Long-term care
Long-term care insurance
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medicare
Nursing homes
Public service advertising
Social Welfare
Supplemental security income program
Tax deductions
Tax penalties
Taxation
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: 
Long-Term Care Improvement Act of 2006 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Own Your Own Future long-term care awareness campaign should be expanded and implemented in all states; and (2) the Administration on Aging should distribute the document entitled &quot;Long-Term Care Planning Kit&quot; published by the Department of Health and Human Services as part of such campaign.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate a day each year as the Day for a National Conversation on Long-Term Care.
 
Establishes the Long-Term Care Financing Commission to conduct analyses of the financing of long-term care, including the financing of nursing facilities. Requires the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to consider the operating margins, government funding, and quality improvement efforts of skilled nursing facilities in making its payment rate recommendations for such facilities.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individuals a tax deduction for long-term care insurance premiums; (2) allow long-term care insurance to be offered in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements; and (3) make certain consumer protection provisions applicable to long-term care insurance contracts.
 
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act to repeal limitations on the eligibility of residents of certain small publicly-operated community residences for supplemental security income benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-06
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: 2006-12-06
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: 2006-12-06
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: 2006-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Introduced in House