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Community Health Workers Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-319
Sponsor: Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]
Introduced: 2009-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Arizona
California
Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Mental health
Minority health
New Mexico
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Texas
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: 
Community Health Workers Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to promote positive health behaviors for women and children in target populations, especially racial and ethnic minority women and children in medically underserved communities.
 
Permits such funds to be used to support community health workers to: (1) educate, guide, and provide outreach regarding health problems among women and children, especially among racial and ethnic minority women and children; (2) educate, guide, and provide experiential learning opportunities that target behavioral risk factors, including poor nutrition and tobacco use; (3) educate and guide regarding effective strategies to promote positive health behaviors within the family; (4) educate and provide outreach regarding enrollment in health insurance; (5) promote community wellness and awareness; and (6) educate and refer target populations to appropriate health care agencies and community based programs and organizations.
 
Requires the Secretary to give priority to experienced applicants who propose to target geographic areas: (1) with a high percentage of uninsured or underinsured residents who are eligible for health insurance; (2) with a high percentage of families for whom English is not their primary language; and (3) that encompass the United States-Mexico border region.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) encourage community health worker programs to collaborate with academic institutions; and (2) establish guidelines for ensuring the quality of the training and supervision of community health workers under programs funded under this Act and for ensuring the cost-effectiveness of such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S836-838)
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S836)
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Energy Stimulus and Investment Assurance Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-320
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2009-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Manufacturing
Motor fuels
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Research and development
Securities
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: 
Clean Energy Stimulus and Investment Assurance Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a new tax credit for investment in projects for manufacturing alternative energy equipment; (2) allow accelerated depreciation for smart meters and smart grid systems; (3) expand carrybacks and carryforwards of unused business tax credits; (4) extend the tax credit for producing electricity from renewable resources and expand such credit to include the production of thermal energy and zero carbon emissions resource facilities; (5) increase the national limitation for issuance of new clean renewable energy bonds; (6) allow expensing of manufacturing facilities for producing plug-in electric drive motor vehicles; (7) allow a tax credit for the cost of converting motor vehicles into plug-in electric drive motor vehicles; (8) extend through 2010 the tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel; (9) extend through 2014 the tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property expenditures; (10) increase the tax credit for residential energy efficient property expenditures; (11) allow an energy tax credit through 2016 for qualified energy storage air conditioner property; (12) extend through 2012 the tax credit for new energy efficient homes; (13) increase the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; (14) increase and extend the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property; (15) allow an energy tax credit for investment in green roofs; and (16) repeal limitations on the energy tax credit for property financed by subsidized energy financing.

Authorizes appropriations for: (1) smart grid research and development; (2) the Bonneville Power Administration; (3) the plug-in electric drive motor vehicle program; (4) the energy storage competitiveness program; (5) advanced battery manufacturing; and (6) the energy efficient appliance rebate program and the Energy Star program.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to allow the federal government to enter into 30-year contracts for the purchase of electricity generated by renewable energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Passport Card Travel Enhancement Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-321
Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2009-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Bermuda
Canada
Caribbean area
Citizenship and naturalization
Latin America
Mexico
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: 
Passport Card Travel Enhancement Act of 2009 - Defines &quot;passport card&quot; as the document: (1) known as a passport card that is issued to a U.S. national on the same basis as a regular passport; and (2) that the Secretary of State began issuing in 2008.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to permit a passport card issued to a U.S. citizen to serve as proof of identify and citizenship if such citizen is departing from or entering the United States through an airport of entry for travel that terminates or originates in: (1) Bermuda; (2) Canada; (3) a Caribbean country; or (4) Mexico. 
 
 Prohibits the Secretaries from increasing the passport card fee as a result of such requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S838)
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S838)
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-322
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: 
Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $230, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2009, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. Extends such benefits to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act

Bill: 111-s-324
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2009-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Adoption and foster care
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: 
Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act or the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act - Encourages the Secretary of Health and Human Services to continue: (1) activities on postpartum depression; and (2) research to expand the understanding of the causes of, and treatments for, postpartum conditions. 

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health may conduct a nationally representative longitudinal study of the relative mental health consequences for women of resolving a pregnancy in various ways.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants for projects for the establishment, operation, and coordination of effective and cost-efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with a postpartum condition and their families. Directs the Secretary to ensure that such projects provide education and services with respect to the diagnosis and management of postpartum conditions. Authorizes such projects to include: (1) delivering or enhancing outpatient home-based health and support services; and (2) providing education to new mothers and their families about postpartum conditions to promote earlier diagnosis and treatment. Sets forth grant requirements. 

Directs the Secretary to study the benefits of screening for postpartum conditions.

Prohibits the Secretary from utilizing amounts appropriated under this Act to carry out activities or programs that are duplicative of activities or programs that are already being carried out through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend section 845 of title 18, United States Code, relating to explosives, to grant the Attorney General exemption authority.

Bill: 111-s-325
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2009-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) exempt pest control pyrotechnics manufactured, imported, used, and stored in accordance with regulations issued by the Attorney General from requirements governing the importation, manufacture, distribution, and storage of explosive materials; and (2) authorize the Attorney General to exempt from all or a part of such requirements explosive materials or devices containing such materials when a determination is made that such materials or devices are of a type that does not pose a threat to public safety and are unlikely to be used as a weapon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Kids First Act

Bill: 111-s-326
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2009-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: 
Kids First Act - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise, reauthorize, and extend the SCHIP program through FY2013 at increased levels. Repeals the limitation on the availability of SCHIP funding for FY2008-FY2009.

Provides for determination of allotments for the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on expenditures and numbers of low-income children. 

Sets limitations on matching rates for populations other than targeted low-income children or pregnant women covered through a Section 1115 waiver.

Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from approving, extending, renewing, or amending a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project with respect to a state after the enactment of this Act that would allow funds made available under SCHIP to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage for any adult other than a pregnant woman whose family income does not exceed the income eligibility level specified for a targeted low-income child in that state under a waiver or approved project.

Requires a state to determine family income eligibility for child health assistance or other health benefits coverage under the state child health plan solely on the basis of the family's gross income.

Directs the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to conduct outreach and enrollment efforts designed to increase the enrollment and participation of eligible children under SCHIP and SSA title XIX (Medicaid).

Allows a state to elect to offer a premium assistance subsidy for qualified employer sponsored coverage to all targeted low-income children eligible for child health assistance.

Allows any state the option to include an unborn child as a child under SCHIP.

Repeals current federal payment rates at different specified percentages for different specified aspects of Medicaid administrative costs to prescribe a flat 50% rate for all such costs.

Requires a 25% reduction in payments for Medicaid administrative costs (to prevent duplication of such payments under part A [Temporary Assistance for Needy Families] [TANF] of SSA title IV).

Repeals: (1) the waiver of certain Medicaid provider tax provisions under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; and (2) the requirement of special payments for certain public hospitals, without regard to the state DSH allotment limitations, under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S838-843)
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the nonbusiness energy property credit for property placed in service during 2008.

Bill: 111-s-329
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2009-01-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2009 the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S846)
action_date: 2009-01-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-330
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2009-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) establishment of one or more Medicare operated prescription drug plan options; and (2) an appeals process for denials of benefits under a Medicare operated prescription drug plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S895-896)
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S894-895)
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Markets Act

Bill: 111-s-331
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Financial crises and stabilization
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
White-collar crime

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: 
Supplemental Anti-Fraud Enforcement for our Market Act or the SAFE Markets Act - Authorizes: (1) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hire an additional 500 agents who shall be dedicated to investigating violations of the law relating to the U.S. financial markets; (2) the Attorney General to hire an additional 50 Assistant United States Attorneys who shall be dedicated to prosecuting such violations; and (3) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hire 100 additional enforcement staff members who shall be dedicated to prosecuting such violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-332
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2009-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Minority health
Surgery and anesthesia
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: 
Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to implement a comprehensive program to achieve a 50% reduction in the mortality rate of lung cancer by 2016. Includes within such program: (1) a strategic review and prioritization of research grants; (2) an expansion of research programs, such as on predispositions to lung cancer; and (3) the expedited development of computer assisted diagnostic, surgical, treatment, and drug testing innovations.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary to provide incentives for the development of chemoprevention drugs for precancerous conditions of the lung, drugs for targeted therapeutic treatments and vaccines for lung cancer, and new agents to curtail or prevent nicotine addiction. 

Provides for compassionate access to drugs, biological products, and devices under the lung cancer mortality reduction program. Requires the Secretary to establish an early disease research and management program targeted at the high incidence and mortality rates among minority and low income populations.

Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to coordinate with the Secretary in: (1) the development of the lung cancer mortality reduction program under this Act; (2) the implementation of an early detection and disease management research program for military personnel and veterans whose smoking history and exposure to carcinogens during active duty service has increased their risk for lung cancer; and (3) the implementation of coordinated care programs for military personnel and veterans diagnosed with lung cancer.

Requires the Secretary to establish a Lung Cancer Advisory Board to monitor the programs established under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S897-898)
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S896-897)
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.

Bill: 111-s-333
Sponsor: Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2009-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Consumer credit
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Motor vehicles
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction from gross income for: (1) interest paid on indebtedness (up to $49,500) incurred after November 12, 2008, and before January 1, 2010, for the purchase of a motor vehicle (i.e., passenger automobile or light truck) with a gross vehicle weight rating of not more than 8,500 pounds; and (2) state and local sales and excise taxes imposed on the purchase of such a motor vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova.

Bill: 111-s-334
Sponsor: Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN]
Introduced: 2009-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Europe
Moldova
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: 
Authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Moldova.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S898-899)
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Elimination of the Single Parent Tax Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-335
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2009-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance
Separation, divorce, custody, support
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: 
Elimination of the Single Parent Tax Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement that states impose a $25 annual fee for successful child support collection for a family that has never received Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) under SSA title IV part A. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2009-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act of 2009

Bill: 111-s-337
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2009-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Argentina
Congressional oversight
Latin America
Livestock
Trade restrictions
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: 
Foot and Mouth Disease Prevention Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit the importation into the United States of any ruminant or swine, or any fresh (including chilled or frozen) meat or product of any ruminant or swine, that is born, raised, or slaughtered in Argentina until the Secretary certifies to Congress that every region of Argentina is free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S995-996)
action_date: 2009-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate