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Vaccines for the Uninsured Adult Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2466
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Accreditation (Medical care)
Coinsurance
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government employees' health insurance
Governmental investigations
Health education
Health maintenance organizations
Health planning
Influenza
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical personnel
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Performance measurement
Quality of care
Social Welfare
Standards
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Vaccines for the Uninsured Adult Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program for the free distribution of adult vaccines through states to adults who do not have health insurance coverage, who receive such vaccines at federally-qualified health centers or federal, state, or local correctional institutions, and who are uninsured with respect to such vaccines; (2) require the Secretary to develop and maintain a plan to respond to vaccine shortages and to implement a plan to educate the public about adult immunization; and (3) allocate funds for state programs to provide free adult immunization and to require states receiving federal funding to develop plans to respond to vaccine shortages.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit co-payments and cost-sharing charges for adult vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish standards for the measurement of use by Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries of routinely recommended adult immunizations; and (2) study including adult immunization by Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries as a performance measure under quality initiatives; (3) establish standards for the measurement of use by health care workers of adult immunizations for influenza; (4) study the best practices of health insurers and managed care organizations to encourage the use of adult immunizations; and (5) study the feasibility and advisability of including health care worker immunization rates as a performance measure for accreditation under Medicare.

Requires coverage of adult immunization services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008

Bill: 110-s-2467
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Business records
Child health
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Communication in medicine
Drug industry
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Governmental investigations
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Vaccine Shortage Preparedness Act of 2008 - Amends the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sell to public health departments or back to the manufacturers such quantities of the six-month supply of pediatric vaccines acquired for unanticipated needs as the Secretary determines appropriate. Makes proceeds of such sales available only for purposes of procuring pediatric vaccine stockpiles.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require: (1) a manufacturer of an approved vaccine to notify the Secretary 12 months prior to discontinuing manufacture of the vaccine, with exceptions; and (2) the Secretary, promptly after receiving such notice and after determining that a reduction applies, to inform the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to declare a public health emergency if there is: (1) a shortage of an approved vaccine for an infectious disease; and (2) a significant risk of a significant outbreak of such disease. Requires: (1) each manufacturer or distributor of such vaccine to then provide the Secretary with the location of vaccine supplies; and (2) the Secretary, upon request, to provide such information to a state, provided the state agrees to restrict use of the information to facilitating access to vaccines and to otherwise keep such information confidential.
 
Requires the Secretary to study successful models and alternatives for tracking and facilitating reallocation of vaccine at the local level in times of shortage or emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Wyoming Forest and Watershed Restoration Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2468
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Fire prevention
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Forest health
Forest management
Habitat conservation
National forests
Pests
Tree diseases
Water Resources Development
Watersheds
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Wyoming Forest and Watershed Restoration Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service and until September 30, 2017, to enter into a cooperative agreement with Wyoming to allow Wyoming to conduct certain forest and watershed restoration services, including the treatment of insect-infected trees and the reduction of hazardous fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15462-15463)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15462)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act

Bill: 110-s-2469
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Telecommunication industry

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
 Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant or deny, within one year, a petition by one or more telecommunications carriers or classes of carriers requesting that the FCC forbear from applying any regulation or provision under the Act. (Current law deems such a petition granted if not denied within one year.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Dehydroepiandrosterone Abuse Reduction Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2470
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Commerce
Department of Justice
Drug abuse
Drugs and youth
Electronic commerce
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Grocery trade
Hormones
Identification devices
Internet
Law
Pharmacies
Retail trade
Science, Technology, Communications
Steroids

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Dehydroepiandrosterone Abuse Reduction Act of 2007 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose civil penalties for knowingly selling, causing another to sell, or conspiring to sell a product containing dehydroepiandrosterone to an individual under the age of 18 years, including any such sale using the Internet. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2471
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Disabled
Employee rights
Employment of the disabled
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Labor and Employment
Labor statistics
Law
State employees
Veterans' employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends provisions concerning uniformed services members' employment or reemployment rights or benefits to: (1) require complainants to be notified of their rights within five days after receipt of the complaint by the Secretary of Labor; (2) require investigation and resolution of complaints to be completed no later than 90 days after receipt of the complaint; and (3) impose a 15-day deadline on referral to the Attorney General or to the Office of Special Counsel of an unsuccessful effort to resolve a complaint against a state or private employer or a federal executive agency, respectively. Requires the Attorney General or the Special Counsel, as appropriate, to make a decision and provide notification concerning representation of a complainant within 45 days of a referral.

Modifies requirements for annual case reporting by the Secretary to include data of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and data concerning those with disabilities.

Requires the Comptroller General to make quarterly reports on claims processing.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that: (1) report information is categorized in a uniform way; and (2) the Secretary and the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, the Attorney General, and the Special Counsel each have electronic access to case files reviewed under the uniformed services employment and reemployment rights provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15463-15464)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Pediatric HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Act

Bill: 110-s-2472
Sponsor: Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Child health
Economic assistance
Epidemics
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Maternal health services
Mothers
Orphans
Preventive medicine
Women
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Global Pediatric HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Act - States that the U.S. government's response to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic should place high priority on: (1) prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS; and (2) care and treatment of all children affected by HIV/AIDS, including children orphaned by AIDS.
 
Requires that the global strategy under the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003: (1) establish a target for prevention of mother-to-child transmission efforts; (2) integrate prevention, care, and treatment with prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs; and (3) expand programs for children orphaned by AIDS.
 
Directs the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally to establish the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Panel which shall: (1) review activities to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV that receive financial assistance under this Act; and (2) provide recommendations to the Coordinator and to the appropriate congressional committees for of mother-to-child transmission prevention services under this Act. Terminates the Panel 60 days after submission of a report required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15465-15467)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15464-15465)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2473
Sponsor: Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Auditing
Commerce
Contracts
Defined contribution plans
Fees
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Investments
Pension funds
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit an administrator of an individual account plan that includes a qualified cash or deferred arrangement from contracting for services to the plan unless the administrator has received in advance a written statement that describes the services to be provided, identifies any other entity performing such services, provides the expected total annual service charges allocated among specified components, and discloses financial relationships with, or free or discounted services provided by, other parties. Limits applicability of such requirements to contracts for services with a total cost that equals or exceeds $5,000 per plan year or .01% of the value of plan assets at the end of the preceding plan year.

Requires an individual account plan administrator that permits a participant or beneficiary to exercise control over account assets to provide to the participant or beneficiary a notice containing specified information on investment options 15 days prior to the participant's initial investment and the effective date of any material change in such options.

Requires the Secretary of Labor to prescribe a model statement and a model notice.

Requires the Secretary to make available to small employers: (1) educational and compliance materials concerning service providers; and (2) services to assist in finding and understanding affordable investment options. 

Requires the Secretary to: (1) annually survey and publish data on plan investment options; (2) notify the applicable regulatory authority about any service provider engaged in a pattern or practice that precludes compliance; (3) annually audit a representative sampling of individual account plans; and (4) recommend ways to simplify employee pension plan reporting and disclosure requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15467-15468)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2474
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Authorization
Border patrols
Canada
Caribbean area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Customs administration
Department of Homeland Security
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal law enforcement officers
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Mexico
Passports
Pedestrians
Police communication systems
Police training
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Terrorism
Texas
Visas
Western Hemisphere

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Emergency Port of Entry Personnel and Infrastructure Funding Act of 2007 - Directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for FY2009-FY2012 to hire, train, and assign additional customs and border protection personnel (with an additional allotment for Texas) for the Northern and Southern U.S. borders. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to ensure such personnel are equipped with secure two-way communication devices and that existing personnel and new hires receive law enforcement training.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) construct additional ports of entry along the Northern and Southern U.S. borders; and (2) determine the location for new U.S. ports of entry. Requires expansion of the vehicle, cargo, and pedestrian inspection lanes at Eagle Pass, Texas, and Laredo, Texas.
 
Exempts the provisions of this Act from: (1) the Administrative Procedures Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act; and (2) federal competitive contracting and hiring requirements. 
 
Authorizes appropriations, including for continued implementation of: (1) the Secure Border Initiative, the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, and the US-VISIT program; and (2) the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide an exception for certain States with respect to the distribution of amounts by the Secretary of the Interior from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.

Bill: 110-s-2475
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Environmental Protection
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Mine wastes
Reclamation of land
Strip mining

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to fiscal year distributions by the Secretary of the Interior from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund for states having an approved abandoned mine reclamation program (in particular, the active mining threshold required of states to meet the minimum funding threshold).

Exempts minimum program states from specified mandatory reductions in such distributions (because they fail to meet the active mining threshold requirement).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15468)
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Improved Vaccine Supply Act

Bill: 110-s-2476
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug industry
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Health planning
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Improved Vaccine Supply Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a plan for the purchase, storage, and rotation of a six-month supply of vaccines routinely recommended for children and adults and vaccines that contribute to public health preparedness efforts. 

Requires the Secretary to: (1) fully implement the plan; and (2) require manufacturers of vaccines included in such supply to provide at least one year notice of a discontinuance of the manufacture of a vaccine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Choice Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2477
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2007-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Capital
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Health care fraud
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Insurance premiums
Medically uninsured
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: 
Health Care Choice Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of the state designated by a health insurance issuer (primary state) shall apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that issuer in the primary state and in any other state (secondary state), but only if the coverage and issuer comply with the conditions of this Act.

Exempts issuers from any secondary state's laws that would prohibit or regulate the operation of the issuer in such state, subject to certain restrictions imposed by such state.

Specifies the notice that an issuer must provide in any insurance coverage offered in a secondary state and at renewal of the policy.

Requires each issuer issuing individual health insurance coverage in both primary and secondary states to submit to: (1) the insurance commissioners of such states a copy of the plan of operation or feasibility study and written notice of any change in its designation of its primary state and of its compliance with all the laws of the primary state; and (2) the insurance commission of each secondary state a copy of the issuer's quarterly financial statement that was submitted to the primary state.

Prohibits an issuer from offering, selling, or issuing individual health insurance coverage in a secondary state if the state insurance commissioner does not use a risk-based capital formula for the determination of capital and surplus requirements for all issuers.

Gives sole jurisdiction to the primary state to enforce the primary state's covered laws in the primary state and any secondary state. 

Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the effect of this Act on specified health insurance issues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate