hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-36
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Hawaii
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
 Native Hawaiian Medicaid Coverage Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide full reimbursement (100% of the federal medical assistance percentage or FMAP) for medical assistance given to a Native Hawaiian through a federally-qualified health center or a Native Hawaiian health care system. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-37
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Autonomy for Psychologists and Social Workers Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to remove the restriction that a clinical psychologist or clinical social worker provide services in a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility to a patient only under the care of a physician. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-38
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicare
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Equity for Clinical Social Workers Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of covered clinical social worker services according to a new reimbursement methodology similar to the one currently used for other health care professionals. Provides coverage and reimbursement under the new methodology for supplies furnished incident to such services. Excludes the services of clinical social workers from the definition of &quot;inpatient hospital services&quot; for purposes of Medicare. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthen the Public Health Service Act

Bill: 112-s-39
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Mental health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Strengthen the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into an agreement for the establishment and operation of a student loan fund with any public or other nonprofit school that offers a graduate program in professional psychology.
 
Revises provisions concerning the collection of health professions data, sex discrimination in medical education programs, and definitions to make these applicable to "professional" (rather than "clinical") psychologists.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-40
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Graduate Psychology Education Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to accredited doctoral, internship, and residency programs in psychology for the development and implementation of programs to provide interdisciplinary training in integrated health care settings to students in doctoral psychology programs. Requires such training to focus on the needs of underserved populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
National Office for Social Work Research Act

Bill: 112-s-41
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
National Office for Social Work Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of Social Work Research in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct, support, and disseminate targeted research concerning social work methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern. Requires the Office to: (1) promote research and training to inform social work practices, and (2) provide policymakers with research to better understand complex social issues and make informed funding decisions about service effectiveness and cost efficiency.
 
 Sets forth duties of the Director of the Office, which shall include: (1) recommending an agenda for conducting and supporting social work research through the national research institutes and centers; (2) promoting coordination and cooperation among such institutes and centers; (3) promoting the sufficient allocation of NIH resources for such research; and (4) promoting and encouraging the establishment of a centralized clearinghouse for social work research to provide understandable information about this research to the public, social service professionals, medical professionals, patients, and families.
 
 Requires the Director to serve as the principal adviser to the Director of NIH and to provide advice to other relevant agencies. 
 
 Authorizes the Director of the Office to enter into cooperative agreements with, and make grants to, public or private nonprofit entities to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic operating support for centers of excellence for clinical and psychosocial research, training in, and demonstration of social work research.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthen Social Work Workforce Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-42
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Education programs funding
Higher education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Strengthen Social Work Workforce Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include a graduate program in clinical social work or a program in social work among health professions schools eligible for grants to support programs for underrepresented minorities. Includes graduate programs in clinical psychology, graduate programs in clinical social work, and programs in social work among health education programs eligible for grants to: (1) provide scholarships to disadvantaged students,and (2) offer faculty positions to disadvantaged students.
 
Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to, and enter into contracts with: (1) schools offering degrees in social work to provide support for geriatric training projects; (2) hospitals, schools, or other entities to plan, develop, and operate or participate in an approved social work training program and to provide financial assistance to program participants that are planning to specialize, work, or teach in the field of social work; and (3) schools offering social work programs to establish, maintain, or improve academic administrative units to provide clinical instruction in social work.
 
Authorizes health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to offer health services through a clinical social worker as provided for under state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-43
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Psychologists in the Service of the Public Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a psychology postdoctoral program to make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible individuals and institutions to encourage the provision of psychological training and services in underserved treatment areas. Requires individuals to possess a doctoral degree in psychology and to agree to provide services to a medically underserved population during the grant and at least one year thereafter. Requires institutions to use provided amounts for fellowships to such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-44
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2011 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or under an MA-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Offshoring Prevention Act

Bill: 112-s-45
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Offshoring Prevention Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include in foreign base company income, for purposes of determining the foreign trade income of controlled foreign corporations, imported property income. Defines &quot;imported property income&quot; as, with certain exceptions, income attributable to property manufactured outside of the United States and imported for sale into the United States. Provides for a separate application of limitations on the foreign tax credit for imported property income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S152-153)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-47
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Clinical Social Workers' Recognition Act of 2011- Amends federal law concerning federal workers' compensation to authorize the use of clinical social workers to conduct evaluations to determine work-related emotional and mental illnesses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-05-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Pharmacist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-48
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medical education
Prescription drugs
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Pharmacist Student Loan Repayment Eligibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make pharmacists eligible for educational loan repayment through the National Health Service Corps in exchange for service in a health professional shortage area.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S160-161)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S160)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-51
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2011 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter into contracts for preventive health care training of rural health care practitioners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Doctor of Nursing Practice and Doctor of Pharmacy Dual Degree Program Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-53
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Drug therapy
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medical education
Medical research
Nursing
Prescription drugs
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Doctor of Nursing Practice and Doctor of Pharmacy Dual Degree Program Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of the Senate that there should be established a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) dual degree program, which would: (1) improve patient outcomes, (2) help health providers meet the unique needs of rural communities across the age continuum and in diverse settings, (3) enhance collaboration between DNPs and physicians regarding drug therapy, (4) provide for research concerning and the implementation of safer medication administration, (5) broaden the scope of practice for pharmacists through education and training in diagnosis and management of common diseases, (6) provide new employment opportunities, and (7) assist in filling the need for primary care providers with an expertise in geriatrics and pharmaceuticals. Calls for additional research and evaluation to be conducted to determine the extent to which graduates of such a program improve primary health care, address disparities, diversify the workforce, and increase quality of service for underserved populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-54
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Domestic violence and child abuse
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Supporting Child Maltreatment Prevention Efforts in Community Health Centers Act of 2011 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to award grants to eligible federally qualified health centers to fund a minimum of 10 demonstration projects to promote: (1) universal access to family centered, evidence-based interventions that prevent child maltreatment by addressing parenting practices and skills; and (2) behavioral health and family well-being for families from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, including by addressing issues related to sexual orientation and individuals with disabilities.
 
 Sets forth permitted uses of grant funds, including to: (1) adapt and implement evidence-based parenting skills training programs for caregivers from all backgrounds who use the health center for health care and child well-visits; (2) adapt instruments and screen caregivers for child maltreatment risk factors such as depression, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence; and (3) provide access to mental health services to caregivers screened positive for child maltreatment risk factors.
 
 Requires the Secretary to award a contract for the provision of technical assistance, project coordination, and training for health care professionals for grantees under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Nursing School Clinics Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-55
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Medical education
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Nursing School Clinics Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of nursing school clinic services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-56
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicaid
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2011 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the state option to include nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants as primary care case managers. Specifies as primary care case managers any nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant that provides primary care case management services under a primary care case management contract.
 
Revises the coverage of certain nurse practitioner services under the Medicaid fee-for-service program to remove the specification of certified pediatric nurse practitioner and certified family nurse practitioner in order to extend such coverage to services furnished by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist. Includes nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists in the mix of service providers which Medicaid managed care organizations are required to maintain. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of the tonnage tax on certain vessels.

Bill: 112-s-57
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Marine and inland water transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the alternative tax on qualifying shipping activities to treat a corporation electing such tax as continuing to use a qualifying vessel in the U.S. foreign trade during any period of use in the U.S. domestic trade, thus eliminating the 30 day limitation on operating in U.S. domestic trade under current law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S172)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S171-172)
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2011

Bill: 112-s-58
Sponsor: Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2011-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: 
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each Medicare participating hospital to implement a hospital-wide staffing plan for nursing services furnished in the hospital.
 
Requires the plan to require that an appropriate number of registered nurses provide direct patient care in each unit and on each shift of the hospital to ensure staffing levels that: (1) address the unique characteristics of the patients and hospital units; and (2) result in the delivery of safe, quality patient care consistent with specified requirements.
 
Requires each participating hospital to establish a hospital nurse staffing committee which shall implement and oversee such plan.
 
Specifies civil monetary and other penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act.
 
Sets forth whistleblower protections against discrimination and retaliation involving patients or employees of the hospital for their grievances, complaints, or involvement in investigations relating to such plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2011-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate