In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
--------
Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Use Prevention Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ``RECOMMEND''.

    Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(47) A practitioner will be deemed to have `recommended' 
        the use of marihuana if the practitioner offered advice, or 
        responded to a request for advice, suggesting the use of 
        marihuana while acting in the course of his or her professional 
        capacity.''.

SEC. 3. DENIAL OR REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION.

    (a) Denial of Registration.--Section 303(f) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
        subclauses (I) through (V), respectively, and indenting 
        accordingly;
            (2) by striking ``(f) The Attorney General'' and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(f) Registration of Practitioners to Dispense or Conduct Research 
With Controlled Substances.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney 
        General'';
            (3) in the second sentence, by striking ``The Attorney'' 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Denial of registration.--
                    ``(A) Discretionary denial of application.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Attorney'';
            (4) in the third sentence, by striking ``In determining the 
        public interest'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) Determination of public interest.--
                        In determining the public interest for purposes 
                        of clause (i)'';
            (5) in the undesignated paragraph following subclause (V), 
        as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by 
        striking ``Separate registration'' and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Registration for research purposes.--Separate 
        registration''; and
            (6) by adding at the end of paragraph (2), as so designated 
        by paragraph (3) of this subsection, the following:
                    ``(B) Mandatory denial of application.--The 
                Attorney General shall deny an application for 
                registration under this subsection upon a finding by 
                the Attorney General that the applicant practitioner--
                            ``(i) administered, dispensed, or 
                        recommended the use of marihuana to an 
                        individual in violation of Federal or State 
                        law; or
                            ``(ii) has been excluded (or directed to be 
                        excluded) from participation in a program 
                        pursuant to section 1128(a)(5) of the Social 
                        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)(5)).''.
    (b) Revocation of Registration.--Section 304(a) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 824(a)) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively, and 
                indenting accordingly;
                    (B) by striking ``(a) A registration'' and 
                inserting ``(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a 
                registration''; and
                    (C) in the undesignated paragraph following 
                subparagraph (E), as redesignated, by striking ``A 
                registration'' and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Revocation of registration to dispense a narcotic 
        drug.--A registration'';
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Mandatory revocation of registration.--The Attorney 
        General shall revoke a registration described in paragraph (1) 
        upon a finding by the Attorney General that the registrant--
                    ``(A) administered, dispensed, or recommended the 
                use of marihuana to an individual in violation of 
                Federal or State law; or
                    ``(B) has been excluded (or directed to be 
                excluded) from participation in a program pursuant to 
                section 1128(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
                U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)(5)).''.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITED ACTS RELATING TO MARIHUANA.

    Section 403(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 843(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the semicolon ``, 
        including acquiring or obtaining possession of marihuana by 
        means of claiming a medical need, with the intent of selling or 
        distributing the marihuana'';
            (2) in paragraph (8), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) if that person is a practitioner, to prescribe, 
        dispense, or recommend the use of marihuana.''.

SEC. 5. ENHANCED PENALTIES RELATING TO MARIHUANA.

    Section 403 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 843) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) In addition to any other applicable penalty, any practitioner 
who violates this section by prescribing, dispensing, or recommending 
the use of marihuana to a person under 21 years of age shall be 
sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than 8 years, a fine of 
not more than $60,000, or both.''.

SEC. 6. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES FROM 
              PARTICIPATION IN MEDICARE AND STATE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS 
              FOR ILLEGALLY DISPENSING MARIHUANA.

    Section 1128(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5)(A) Any person (including an organization, agency, or 
        other entity, but excluding a beneficiary, as defined in 
        subsection 1128A(i)(5)) that administers, dispenses, or 
        recommends the use of marihuana to an individual in violation 
        of a Federal or State law.
            ``(B) In this paragraph, the terms `administer', 
        `dispense', `recommend', and `marihuana' have the same meanings 
        as in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
        802)).''.

Answer: Drug Use Prevention Act of 1997 - Amends:  (1) the Social Security Act to exclude individuals and entities from participation in Medicare and State health care programs (participation) for administering, dispensing, or recommending the use of marihuana to an individual in violation of Federal or State law; and (2) the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to direct the Attorney General to deny an application for registration, or revoke a registration, of a practitioner to dispense, or conduct research with, controlled substances upon a finding by the Attorney General that the applicant practitioner administered, dispensed, or recommended the use of marihuana to an individual in violation of Federal or State law or that the applicant practitioner has been excluded (or directed to be excluded) from participation for illegally dispensing marihuana. 
Deems a practitioner to have "recommended" the use of marihuana if he or she offered advice, or responded to a request for advice, suggesting the use of marihuana while acting in the course of his or her professional capacity. 
Amends the CSA to prohibit:  (1) an individual from acquiring or obtaining possession of marihuana by means of claiming a medical need, with the intent of selling or distributing the marihuana; and (2) a practitioner from prescribing, dispensing, or recommending the use of marihuana. 
Directs that, in addition to any other applicable penalty, any practitioner who violates the CSA by prescribing, dispensing, or recommending the use of marihuana to a person under age 21 be sentenced to up to eight years' imprisonment, fined up to $60,000, or both.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Positive Train Control Enforcement 
and Implementation Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING SAFE IMPLEMENTATION OF POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL ON 
              POISONOUS OR TOXIC-BY-INHALATION AND PASSENGER RAIL 
              LINES.

    Section 20157 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``18 months after the date of 
                enactment of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008'' 
                and inserting ``60 days after the date of enactment of 
                the Positive Train Control Enforcement and 
                Implementation Act of 2015'';
                    (B) by striking ``develop'' and inserting 
                ``revise'';
                    (C) by striking ``December 31, 2015'' and inserting 
                ``December 31, 2018, or the deadline determined 
                appropriate by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph 
                (2)''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``parts'' and 
                inserting ``sections'';
            (2) by striking subsection (a)(2) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Authority to extend deadline.--
                    ``(A) The Secretary may extend the deadline 
                described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
                applicable to each carrier or entity required to submit 
                a plan under paragraph (1), for a period not to exceed 
                12 months if such a carrier or entity demonstrates to 
                the satisfaction of the Secretary that such carrier or 
                entity--
                            ``(i) will not be able to implement a 
                        positive train control system by the deadline 
                        described in paragraph (1) due to technical, 
                        programmatic, or operational challenges, such 
                        as availability of public funding, spectrum, 
                        technology, and interoperability standards;
                            ``(ii) has taken actions to address such 
                        challenges and mitigate risks to successful 
                        implementation of a positive train control 
                        system; and
                            ``(iii) has made good faith efforts to 
                        implement the plan described in paragraph (1).
                    ``(B)(i) The Secretary may grant an additional one-
                time extension of the deadline described in paragraph 
                (1), applicable to each carrier or entity required to 
                submit a plan under paragraph (1), not to exceed 12 
                months, if such a carrier or entity, or a group 
                thereof, is not able to fully implement a positive 
                train control system on or before the date that is the 
                last day of the extension granted under subparagraph 
                (A), and such carrier or entity--
                            ``(I) demonstrates to the satisfaction of 
                        the Secretary that implementing a positive 
                        train control system was delayed due to 1 or 
                        more circumstances beyond the control of the 
                        carrier or entity, such as a delay in Federal 
                        approval of a plan, testing, or certification; 
                        or
                            ``(II) demonstrates to the satisfaction of 
                        the Secretary--
                                    ``(aa) that such carrier or entity 
                                will not be able to implement a 
                                positive train control system by the 
                                deadline described in paragraph (1) due 
                                to technical, programmatic, or 
                                operational challenges;
                                    ``(bb) due diligence in its efforts 
                                to fully implement a positive train 
                                control system; and
                                    ``(cc) that substantial progress 
                                has been made in deploying positive 
                                train control, to the extent feasible.
                    ``(ii) A demonstrating carrier or entity under 
                clause (i) must certify to the Secretary in writing 
                that such carrier or entity will be in full compliance 
                with the requirements of this section on or before the 
                date that is the last date of the extension granted 
                under clause (i).
            ``(3) Implementation.--
                    ``(A) The revised plan shall--
                            ``(i) describe how the railroad carrier or 
                        entity will provide for interoperability of the 
                        system with movements of trains of other 
                        railroad carriers or entities over its lines;
                            ``(ii) to the extent practical, provide for 
                        implementation of the system in a manner that 
                        addresses areas of greater risk before areas of 
                        lesser risk;
                            ``(iii) comply with this section and 
                        subpart I of part 236 of title 49, Code of 
                        Federal Regulations; and
                            ``(iv) include a detailed schedule and 
                        sequence for fully implementing a positive 
                        train control system in accordance with this 
                        section and such regulations.
                    ``(B) The railroad carrier shall implement a 
                positive train control system in accordance with such 
                plan.'';
            (3) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(c) Progress Reports.--Not later than January 1, 2017, and 
annually thereafter until full implementation of positive train control 
systems has been completed, each railroad carrier or entity required to 
revise and transmit a plan under subsection (a) shall submit to the 
Secretary a report on the progress of such carrier or entity toward 
implementing positive train control systems.
    ``(d) Reports.--
            ``(1) Congressional notification.--Not later than April 1, 
        2018, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate a report on the progress of the 
        railroad carriers in implementing positive train control 
        systems.
            ``(2) Public availability.--The Secretary shall make 
        available to the public on the Department of Transportation's 
        Internet Web site each progress report submitted pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) and subsection (c).''; and
            (4) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Provisional operation.--In lieu of the requirements 
        of paragraph (1), the Secretary may authorize a railroad 
        carrier or other entity to commence operation in revenue 
        service of a positive train control system or component to the 
        extent necessary to enable the safe implementation of positive 
        train control systems in phases.''.

Answer: Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015 This bill extends deadlines and modifies requirements for railroad carriers and providers of intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation to implement positive train control (PTC) systems.  (A PTC system is a communications and signaling system designed to prevent train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursions into established work zone limits, and the movement of a train through a switch left in the wrong position. Railroads which carry passengers or have high-volume freight traffic with certain hazardous materials are required to implement a PTC system.)  Within 60 days of enactment of this bill, each Class I railroad carrier (the largest operators by revenue) and provider of intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation must submit to the Department of Transportation (DOT) a plan for implementing PTC by December 31, 2018, instead of the December 31, 2015, deadline required under current law. DOT may extend the deadline if specified requirements are met.  The revised plan must include a detailed schedule and sequence for fully implementing PTC in a manner that complies with specified regulations, and railroads must implement PTC in accordance with the plan.  DOT may authorize a railroad carrier or other entity to begin the provisional operation of a PTC system without the required certification if it is necessary to enable the safe implementation of PTC in phases. 


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS AND PURPOSES; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``America's 
Affordable Health Care Act of 2008''.
    (b) Findings and Purposes.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
                    (A) The regulation of the practice of insurance is 
                a State prerogative.
                    (B) It is in the interests of health care consumers 
                that Congress allows for policies that increase the 
                affordability of health insurance products.
                    (C) The Federal government provides States and the 
                medical community with public financing to support the 
                medical needs of the uninsured.
                    (D) There is a correlation between the amount of 
                insurance benefits and the cost of insurance products.
                    (E) State mandate laws have created barriers to 
                affordable health coverage.
                    (F) A number of States allow for the creation of 
                insurance products that recognize the increased costs 
                associated with mandate laws.
                    (G) Consumers throughout the United States are 
                finding it increasingly hard to secure affordable 
                health care coverage which contributes to the national 
                uninsured rate.
            (2) Federal insurance product.--Congress further finds that 
        it is in the interests of taxpayers, health care purchasers, 
        and the health care provider community, to allow for a class of 
        federally certified insurance products that can be purchased in 
        the individual market without being subject to State benefit 
        mandate laws.
            (3) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
                    (A) to promote increased affordability and access 
                to health care coverage for citizens of the United 
                States;
                    (B) to allow consumers the ability to make choices 
                by weighing insurance benefits with the cost of 
                insurance;
                    (C) to provide incentives to health plans and 
                health insurance issuers to offer increasingly 
                affordable insurance policies to all those in the 
                individual market;
                    (D) to provide low-income and uninsured workers 
                with incentives to purchase insurance policies;
                    (E) to provide incentives to companies and States 
                to offer health care solutions for high-risk 
                beneficiaries;
                    (F) to provide for new coverage opportunities to 
                solve the problems of affordability and uninsurance; 
                and
                    (G) to promote the availability of health insurance 
                coverage through high-risk pools for individuals whose 
                health conditions create barriers to such coverage.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; findings and purposes; table of contents.
                     TITLE I--HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS

Sec. 101. Certification of Health Benefit Plans.
Sec. 102. Conditions for certification.
Sec. 103. Review of implementation.
Sec. 104. Definitions.
     TITLE II--EXPANSION OF STATE HIGH RISK HEALTH INSURANCE POOLS

Sec. 201. Increasing and expanding funding for State high risk health 
                            insurance pools.
Sec. 202. Qualified high risk pools best practices guidelines and grant 
                            program.

                     TITLE I--HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS

SEC. 101. CERTIFICATION OF HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS.

    (a) In General.--A health insurance issuer may apply to the 
Secretary for up to 3 health insurance coverage policies offered in the 
individual market in any State to be certified as Health Benefit Plans 
under this title with respect to eligible individuals and the policies 
so certified may be offered and sold to such individuals without regard 
to any State or local law respecting mandates for benefits.
    (b) Construction.--Except as specifically provided under subsection 
(a) with respect to health insurance benefits, nothing in this title 
shall be construed as--
            (1) modifying the application of State or local 
        requirements relating to matters not described in subsection 
        (a), such as underwriting, enrollment, and premiums;
            (2) superseding any provision of State or local law or 
        regulation relating to the business of insurance, including the 
        regulation of insurers and insurance products, underwriting, 
        enrollment, and premiums;
            (3) preventing a State or local jurisdiction from applying 
        fraud and abuse provisions otherwise applicable with respect to 
        the sale and marketing of health insurance coverage to the sale 
        and marketing of Health Benefit Plans under this title; or
            (4) exempting a Health Benefits Plan, and the health 
        insurance issuer offering such a plan, from applicable 
        requirements of State law and compliance with applicable 
        provisions of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act.

SEC. 102. CONDITIONS FOR CERTIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall not certify under this title a 
Health Benefit Plan offered by a health insurance issuer unless--
            (1) the Plan includes benefits for items and services 
        within each of the categories of basic services described in 
        subsection (b); and
            (2) the issuer--
                    (A) is licensed under State law to offer health 
                insurance coverage in the State involved; and
                    (B) submits to the Secretary such information and 
                assurances as the Secretary may require to assure 
                compliance of the issuer, and Health Benefit Plans 
                offered by the issuer, with the applicable requirements 
                of this title.
    (b) Categories of Basic Services.--
            (1) In general.--The categories of basic services described 
        in this subsection are as follows:
                    (A) Inpatient hospital services.
                    (B) Physicians' surgical and medical services.
            (2) Treatment of other categories.--Nothing in this section 
        shall be construed as preventing a Health Benefit Plan from 
        providing coverage of benefits that are not within a category 
        of basic services described in paragraph (1).
    (c) Reciprocal Arrangements.--Health insurance issuers offering 
Health Benefit Plans may create reciprocal arrangements with other 
issuers of such plans in order to improve the portability of such plans 
among eligible individuals.

SEC. 103. REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Review.--The Secretary shall review the implementation of this 
title and the impact of such implementation on the availability and 
purchase of health insurance coverage.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on this 
title and its impact on making health insurance coverage more 
affordable.

SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) The term ``eligible individual'' means an individual 
        who is a citizen or national of the United States or an alien 
        lawfully residing permanently in the United States.
            (2) The terms ``health insurance coverage'', ``health 
        insurance issuer'', and ``individual market'' have the meanings 
        given such terms in section 2791 of the Public Health Service 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91).
            (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services.

     TITLE II--EXPANSION OF STATE HIGH RISK HEALTH INSURANCE POOLS

SEC. 201. INCREASING AND EXPANDING FUNDING FOR STATE HIGH RISK HEALTH 
              INSURANCE POOLS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2745(d) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300gg-45(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``through 2010'' 
                and inserting ``and 2008''; and
                    (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``through 2010'' and inserting ``and 2008'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
        paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 2009 
        through 2013.--There are authorized to be appropriated for each 
        of fiscal years 2009 through 2013--
                    ``(A) $10,000,000 to carry out subsection (a); and
                    ``(B) $100,000,000, of which, subject to paragraph 
                (5)--
                            ``(i) two-thirds of the amount appropriated 
                        shall be made available for allotments under 
                        subsection (b)(2); and
                            ``(ii) one-third of the amount appropriated 
                        shall be made available for allotments under 
                        subsection (c)(3).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2745 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-45) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection (d)(1)(A)'' 
        and inserting ``paragraphs (1)(A) and (3)(A) of subsection 
        (d)'';
            (2) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), by 
        striking ``(1)(B)(i) and (2)(A)'' and inserting ``(1)(B)(i), 
        (2)(A), and (3)(B)(i)'';
            (3) in each of paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (c), by 
        striking ``(1)(B)(ii) and (2)(B)'' and inserting ``(1)(B)(ii), 
        (2)(B), and (3)(B)(ii)''; and
            (4) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in each of paragraphs (1)(B) and (2), by 
                striking ``paragraph (4)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                (5)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subsection 
                (a)(2), by striking ``paragraph (1)(B) or (2)'' and 
                inserting ``paragraph (1)(B), (2), or (3)(B)''.

SEC. 202. QUALIFIED HIGH RISK POOLS BEST PRACTICES GUIDELINES AND GRANT 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 2745 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-45) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``In the case'' and 
        inserting ``Subject to subsection (f)(1), in the case'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (f) and (g) as subsections 
        (g) and (h), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(f) Qualified High Risk Pools Best Practices Guidelines and Grant 
Program.--
            ``(1) Best practices report requirement.--To be eligible to 
        receive a grant under subsection (b) for a fiscal year 
        beginning more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
        the America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2008, a State that 
        has established a qualified high risk pool shall submit to the 
        Secretary, not later than 120 days after the beginning of such 
        fiscal year, evidence-based information on the operation of 
        such pool, as specified by the Secretary for purposes of 
        creating the best practices guidelines described in paragraph 
        (2).
            ``(2) Best practice guidelines.--Not later than 120 days 
        after the date of the enactment of the America's Affordable 
        Health Care Act of 2008, the Secretary shall, after providing 
        for notice and comment, recommend and post on the public 
        Internet site of the Department of Health and Human Services a 
        list of best practices with respect to the operation of 
        qualified high risk pools. The Secretary shall provide for 
        notice to the States and insurers who manage such qualified 
        high risk pools of the proposed development of such practices 
        and shall develop such best practices with input obtained from 
        such States and insurers. Such best practices should be 
        categorized and applied according to the number of individuals 
        enrolled in the qualified high risk pool involved.
            ``(3) Bonus grants for state qualified high risk pools that 
        follow best practices.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a State that is 
                one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, that 
                has established a qualified high risk pool, and that is 
                receiving a grant under subsection (b)(1), for each 
                fiscal year for which the State demonstrates according 
                to a process specified by the Secretary that such 
                qualified high risk pool was operated in accordance 
                with the best practices posted under paragraph (2), the 
                Secretary shall provide a bonus grant from the funds 
                appropriated under subparagraph (C) and allotted to the 
                State under subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Allotment; limitation.--The Secretary shall 
                allot funds appropriated under subparagraph (C) among 
                States qualifying for a bonus grant under subparagraph 
                (A) in a manner specified by the Secretary, but in no 
                case shall the amount so allotted to a State for a 
                fiscal year exceed 10 percent of the funds so 
                appropriated for the fiscal year.
                    ``(C) Authorization of appropriations for 
                bonuses.--There are authorized to be appropriated for 
                each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013 $26,000,000 for 
                allotments under subparagraph (B).''.

Answer:
America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2008 - Authorizes a health insurance issuer to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to certify health insurance coverage policies offered in the individual market in any state as Health Benefit Plans. Allows certified plans to be offered to individuals in all states without regard to state and local laws respecting mandates for benefits. Requires such plans to cover inpatient hospital services and physicians' surgical and medical services.

Requires the Secretary to review the impact of this Act on the availability and purchase of health insurance coverage.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for grants to states for the creation and operation of qualified high risk health insurance pools.

Conditions eligibility for receiving an operating grant on a state submitting to the Secretary evidence-based information on the operation of such pool for purposes of creating best practice guidelines. Requires the Secretary to: (1) recommend and publicly post a list of best practices on the operation of qualified high risk pools; and (2) give a bonus grant to states that demonstrate that their pool was operated in accordance with such best practices.