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Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act

Bill: 112-hr-3506
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-29]
Introduced: 2011-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-22
text: 
Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with an individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently, 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification period.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospice Payment Reform demonstration program to test any revisions to the methodology for determining payment rates for routine home care and other hospice care services.
 
Sets at every three years the frequency of surveys of certified hospice program entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-22
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: 2011-11-22
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: 2011-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-22
text: Introduced in House
Cease Haitian Deportations Act

Bill: 112-hr-3507
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-17]
Introduced: 2011-11-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Disaster relief and insurance
Foreign aid and international relief
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-22
text: 
Cease Haitian Deportations Act - Prohibits the removal of aliens to Haiti until the President reports to Congress on the status of post-earthquake humanitarian, reconstruction, and development efforts in Haiti, including efforts to prevent the spread of cholera and treat persons infected with the disease. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
action_date: 2011-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2011-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2011-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-22
text: Introduced in House
To require the President to impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that conduct transactions with the Central Bank of Iran.

Bill: 112-hr-3508
Sponsor: Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2011-11-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international banking
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-22
text: 
Amends the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 to direct the President to: (1) prohibit the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent or payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that has knowingly conducted any financial transaction with the Central Bank of Iran; and (2) freeze and prohibit all property and property interest transactions of such institution if the property and property interests are in the United States, come within the United States, or come within the possession or control of a U.S. person. 
 
Prohibits such sanctions' imposition if the transaction was for the sale of food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran.
 
 Applies such provisions to: (1) financial transactions begun on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, and (2) financial transactions for petroleum or petroleum product purchases through the Bank begun 180 days or more after the date of the enactment of this Act.
 
Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions for reasons of national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
action_date: 2011-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2011-11-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2011-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-22
text: Introduced in House
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal  Stamp Reauthorization Act

Bill: 112-hr-3510
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-13]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Government trust funds
Mammals
Postal service
Reptiles
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act - Amends the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 to require such stamp to be: (1) made available to the public for an additional four years; and (2) offered in a a choice of five versions depicting an African or Asian elephant, a rhinoceros, a tiger, a marine turtle, or a great ape.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3511
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand immunity from civil liability related to automated external defibrillator devices (AEDs), including by giving immunity to: (1) a person who owns, occupies, or manages the premises from which an AED is taken or at which an AED is used or attempted to be used on a victim of a perceived medical emergency; and (2) the owner-acquirer of an AED for any harm resulting from the use or attempted use of such device, unless the harm was proximately caused by the failure of the owner-acquirer to properly maintain the device according to the guidelines of the device manufacturer. Applies immunity regardless of whether: (1) the AED is marked with cautionary signage or registered with any government; or (2) the person who used or attempted to use the AED complied with such signage, had received training on such use, or was assisted or supervised by any other person, including a licensed physician.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act to adjust how surcharges are distributed.

Bill: 112-hr-3512
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
District of Columbia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Humanities programs funding
Illinois
Libraries and archives
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Amends the Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act to modify the distribution of coin surcharges, specifying certain amounts for: (1) the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation, (2) Ford's Theater, (3) President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home, and (4) the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2011-11-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To require at least 10 percent of certain transportation funding to be made available for small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

Bill: 112-hr-3513
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Railroads
Small business
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Requires at least 10% of the amounts made available for any program under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration to be expended through small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2011-11-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2123)
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3514
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift for Life Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to establish a National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center, which shall: (1) advance the development, expansion, and evaluation of state organ and tissue donor registries; (2) facilitate timely access to, and the exchange of accurate donor information between, such registries; (3) ensure that registries funded through this Act comply with applicable requirements; (4) provide technical assistance to states for such registries; and (5) maintain a registry information clearinghouse to collect, synthesize, and disseminate best practices information.
 
Requires the Secretary to award grants or cooperative agreements to states for the development, enhancement, expansion, and evaluation of organ and tissue donor registries. Sets forth requirements for registries, including that such registries: (1) allow a donor to include a statement or symbol that the donor has made, amended, or revoked an anatomical gift; (2) allow organ procurement organizations to access that information, at or near the donor's death; and (3) bar the use or disclosure of personally identifiable information for any other purpose without the donor's consent.
 
Prohibits any person from being held civilly liable for having harvested or taken an individual's organs or tissues without obtaining valid consent if: (1) such person verified that the individual was registered as a donor with a state organ and tissue donor registry, and (2) the harvesting or taking was within the scope of the consent given for purposes of such registration.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report on the feasibility of establishing a living donor database to track health effects for donors associated with living organ donation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
SMART Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3515
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Saving Money and Reducing Tragedies through Prevention Act of 2011 or the SMART Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Act of 2011 - Amends the Violence against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to replace provisions regarding grants to assist children and youth exposed to violence with a Saving Money and Reducing Tragedies through Prevention (SMART Prevention) grant program.
 
Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (such violence) by taking a comprehensive approach that focuses on youth, children exposed to violence, and men as leaders and influencers of social norms.
 
Permits the use of grant funds to develop, maintain, or enhance programs that: (1) change attitudes and behaviors around the acceptability of such violence and provide education and skills training to young individuals and those who influence them; (2) are designed to prevent future incidents of such violence by preventing, reducing, and responding to children's exposure to violence in the home; and (3) work with men to prevent such violence by helping men to serve as role models and social influencers of other men and youth at the individual, school, community, or statewide levels.
 
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) eligible entities to receive grants; (2) grantee requirements; and (3) fund allotments, including for Indian tribes or tribal organizations. Repeals provisions of: (1) VAWA regarding development of curricula and pilot programs for home visitation projects and regarding engaging men and youth in preventing such violence, and (2) the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 regarding a public awareness campaign regarding domestic violence against pregnant women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare payment for long-term care hospital services.

Bill: 112-hr-3516
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in making payment under the prospective payment system (PPS) to certain long-term care (LTC) hospitals for discharges in rate years beginning on and after October 1, 2011, to make payment adjustments for cases identified as: (1) meeting or exceeding the fixed high episode efficient case threshold, and (2) meeting or below the episode outlier case threshold.
 
Directs the Secretary to adopt rules which identify the predicted probability of those Medicare beneficiaries admitted as inpatients to LTC hospitals from a subsection (d) hospital for whom the payment for services received during an episode of hospital care is predicted to be less than if they had remained in the subsection (d) hospital (episode efficient cases). 
 
(Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient PPS when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.) 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish separate thresholds for high episode efficient cases (Medicare beneficiary discharges with the highest 10% probability of being episode efficient cases) and episode outlier cases (Medicare beneficiary discharges with the lowest 10% probability of being episode efficient cases) for LTC hospitals located in a rural area, and (2) establish separate high episode efficient case and episode outlier case thresholds for LTC hospitals located in urban areas for beneficiaries discharged from a subsection (d) hospital which accounts for more than 25% of the Medicare beneficiaries discharged from subsection (d) hospitals in a Metropolitan Statistical Area. 
 
Establishes a two-year moratorium, beginning December 29, 2012, on the establishment of new LTC hospitals and LTC satellite facilities and on the increase in beds in existing LTC hospitals or satellite facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Passport Recovery Assistance Act of 2011

Bill: 112-hr-3517
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-23]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Natural disasters
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Passport Recovery Assistance Act of 2011 - Amends the Passport Act of 1920 to waive the passport fee for an individual whose unexpired passport was lost, damaged, or destroyed as a result of a major disaster or emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To impose a regulatory moratorium and prevent taxes from being raised for 2 years.

Bill: 112-hr-3518
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Income tax rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Prohibits for the two-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act: (1) any federal agency from making any rule that would affect employment levels, and (2) Congress from enacting any law that would result in a tax increase on any person or entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend to exempt the Medicare program from fallback sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011.

Bill: 112-hr-3519
Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2011-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, to exempt specified programs under title XVIII (Medicare ) of the Social Security Act from fall back sequestration. Prohibits any direct spending reductions for such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-11-29
text: Introduced in House