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To improve Medicare beneficiary access by extending the 60 percent compliance threshold used to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility.

Bill: 110-hr-1459
Sponsor: Rep. Tanner, John S. [D-TN-8]
Introduced: 2007-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Hospital care
Hospital rates
Hospitals
Medicare
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Social Welfare
Standards

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: 
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to revise the classification criterion used to determine whether a hospital or hospital unit is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Eliminates the current schedule of applicable percentages. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, instead, to require in the classification criterion a compliance rate no greater than the 60% compliance rate that became effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2006.

Requires the Secretary, for cost reporting periods beginning on or after July 1, 2008, to include patients with comorbidity in the inpatient population that counts towards such 60% compliance rate.
 
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Medicare fiscal intermediaries, Medicare administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, and other government agents to use and apply the criteria established in HCFA Ruling 85-2, as issued on July 31, 1985, as the sole standard for determining the medical necessity of servivces provided by inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units to Medicare beneficiaries.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees: (1) an examination of the impact of the 75% rule on the Medicare program, and specifically on Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) alternatives to the 75% rule policy for determining exclusion criteria for inpatient rehabilitation hospital and unit designation under the Medicare program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1461
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Counseling
Credit cards
Education
Families
Fees
Finance charges
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Higher education
Interest
Interest rates
Law
Liability (Law)
Nonprofit organizations
Parent and child
Personal budgets
Social Welfare
Students
Youth

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: 
Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2007, or the Credit CARD Act of 2007 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require advance notice of any increase in the annual percentage rate (APR) of interest pertaining to a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan.
 
Imposes a freeze on interest rate terms and fees on canceled cards.
 
Prohibits: (1) penalties for on-time payments; (2) fees for non-use of credit card; (3) over-the-limit fees for creditor-approved transactions; and (4) use by a credit card issuer of adverse information unrelated to a cardholder's account with that issuer in order to increase the APR under an open-end consumer credit plan.
 
Requires disclosure of: (1) repayment information applicable to the outstanding balance; and (2) late payment deadlines, postmark dates, and any increase in interest rates for late payments.
 
Increases the civil penalty against any creditor who fails to comply with specified requirements in the case of an individual action relating to an open end credit plan that is not secured by real property or a dwelling.
 
Prohibits issuance of: (1) a credit card under an open end credit plan on behalf of a consumer who has not attained the age of 18, unless the consumer has submitted a written application meeting specified requirements; or (2) certain affinity cards to students unless certain requirements have been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E501-502)
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Federal Lands REPAIR Act

Bill: 110-hr-1463
Sponsor: Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Compensation for victims of crime
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Environmental law enforcement
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Law
Maintenance and repair
National forests
National parks
Restoration ecology
Victims of crimes
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: 
Federal Lands Restoration, Enhancement, Public Education, and Information Resources Act or Federal Lands REPAIR Act - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, the National Park Service Organic Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, and federal law relating to National Forest System lands, to make available any moneys received from fines or any moneys received from collateral payments in lieu of appearance for violations of rules and regulations applicable to federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture for certain restoration and public informational activities on such lands. Transfers any such excess funds to the Crime Victims Fund established under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2007-03-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E503-504)
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
To provide additional discretion to the Secretary of Homeland Security in designating countries eligible to participate in the visa waiver program under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1465
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2007-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Admission of nonimmigrants
Airports
Aliens
Business records
Commerce
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
International Affairs
International cooperation
Passports
Planning
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Standards
Terrorism
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Travel
Visas

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive visa waiver program requirements for a country seeking program designation if: (1) the country has a viable plan to meet such requirements within three years; (2) the country has made significant progress in reducing its nonimmigrant visa refusal rate in the previous two years; (3) such waiver would not compromise U.S. security or welfare; and (4) the country has fully cooperated in counterterrorism and information sharing initiatives. 
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress respecting plans for enhancing secure travel standards for program countries, including the feasibility of an electronic authorization travel system, additional passenger information exchanges, and enhanced airport security standards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1466
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child health services
Health insurance
Medicaid
Medically uninsured
Poor children
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: 
Children's Health Equity Technical Amendments Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying states to use up to 20% of their SCHIP allotment for any fiscal year (currently, only for FY1998-FY2007) for certain Medicaid expenditures for individuals under age 19 whose family income exceeds 150% of the poverty line.
 
Revises the eligibility requirements for such allowable expenditures to reduce the family income threshold from a minimum of 150% of the poverty line to a minimum of 125% of the poverty line.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-09
text: Introduced in House
Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act

Bill: 110-hr-1468
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2007-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alabama
Business education
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Entrepreneurs
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Government procurement
Hurricanes
Louisiana
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Mississippi
Small business
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: 
Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act - Permits any small business that was participating in a Small Business Administration (SBA) business development program located in a Louisiana parish designated by the SBA Administrator as a disaster area by reason of Hurricane Katrina to continue participation and eligibility in such program for an additional 18 months.

action_date: 2007-03-26
text: 
Disadvantaged Business Disaster Eligibility Act - Permits any small business that was participating in a Small Business Administration (SBA) business development program located in a Louisiana parish or Mississippi or Alabama county designated by the SBA Administrator as a disaster area by reason of Hurricane Katrina to continue participation and eligibility in such program for an additional 18 months.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3029-3030)
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3029-3030)
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate of H.R. 1468.
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3029-3031)
action_date: 2007-03-26
text: Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep our Veterans Healthy Act (BACK Veterans Health Act)

Bill: 110-hr-1471
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2007-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Chiropractic and chiropractors
Health
Medical tests
Preventive medicine
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: 
Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep our Veterans Healthy ( BACK Veterans Health) Act - Includes chiropractic services and counseling, as well as periodic and preventative chiropractic examinations and services, among the medical, rehabilitative, and preventive health services available to veterans.
 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit eligible veterans to receive medical, rehabilitative, and preventative health services from a licensed doctor of chiropractic on a direct access basis at the election of the veteran, if such services are within the State scope of practice of such doctor. Prohibits the Secretary from discriminating among licensed health-care providers in the determination of needed services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E524)
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Fairness Act

Bill: 110-hr-1472
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2007-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Access to health care
Disabled
Government Operations and Politics
Government travel
Health
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: 
Disabled Veterans Fairness Act - Eliminates a $3 per round trip deductible charged by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in connection with the veterans beneficiary travel program (a program authorizing a travel allowance or reimbursement for beneficiaries providing transportation for veterans to obtain medical care).
 
Directs the Secretary, in determining the amount of such allowance or reimbursement, to use the mileage reimbursement rates for the use of privately owned vehicles by government employees traveling on official business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1474
Sponsor: Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Claims
Commerce
Deceptive advertising
Drugs
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Intellectual property
Interest
Managed care
Marketing
Medicare
Pharmacies
Prescription pricing
Social Welfare
Trademarks

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: 
Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require prompt payment of clean claims to pharmacies by prescription drug plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans (MA-PD Plans). Defines &quot;prompt payment&quot; as within 14 calendar days from submission for claims submitted electronically, and within 30 calendar days for claims submitted otherwise. Requires payment of interest, also, if a payment is not issued, mailed, or otherwise transmitted within the applicable number of calendar days.

Makes it unlawful for a PDP sponsor to display on any explanatory prescription drug information and enrollee cards the name, brand, or trademark (co-branding) of any pharmacy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1475
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2007-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Federal employees
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Labor and Employment
Tax exclusion
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: 
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $200, with a modified cost-of-living adjustment, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. Extends such benefits to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act

Bill: 110-hr-1477
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2007-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disabled
Families
Post exchanges
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: 
Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act - Permits a veteran with any compensable service-connected disability (and the veteran's dependents) to use commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a member of the Armed Forces entitled to retired or retainer pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to provide funds for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-1478
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2007-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Environmental Protection
Environmental education
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-Indian relations
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Higher education
Indian education
Indian medical care
Leadership
Management
Medical education
Minorities
Policy sciences

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: 
Amends the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environment and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for training in tribal leadership, management, and policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-03-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-12
text: Introduced in House