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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Research for Neurological 
Diseases Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

    Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 399V-6 SURVEILLANCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall--
            ``(1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to 
        track the epidemiology of neurological diseases, including 
        multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and
            ``(2) incorporate information obtained through such 
        activities into a statistically-sound, scientifically-credible, 
        integrated surveillance system, to be known as the National 
        Neurological Diseases Surveillance System.
    ``(b) Research.--The Secretary shall ensure that the National 
Neurological Diseases Surveillance System is designed in a manner that 
facilitates further research on neurological diseases.
    ``(c) Content.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary--
            ``(1) shall provide for the collection and storage of 
        information on the incidence and prevalence of neurological 
        diseases in the United States;
            ``(2) to the extent practicable, shall provide for the 
        collection and storage of other available information on 
        neurological diseases, such as information concerning--
                    ``(A) demographics and other information associated 
                or possibly associated with neurological diseases, such 
                as age, race, ethnicity, sex, geographic location, and 
                family history;
                    ``(B) risk factors associated or possibly 
                associated with neurological diseases, including 
                genetic and environmental risk factors; and
                    ``(C) diagnosis and progression markers;
            ``(3) may provide for the collection and storage of 
        information relevant to analysis on neurological diseases, such 
        as information concerning--
                    ``(A) the epidemiology of the diseases;
                    ``(B) the natural history of the diseases;
                    ``(C) the prevention of the diseases;
                    ``(D) the detection, management, and treatment 
                approaches for the diseases; and
                    ``(E) the development of outcomes measures; and
            ``(4) may address issues identified during the consultation 
        process under subsection (d).
    ``(d) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall consult with individuals with appropriate expertise, including--
            ``(1) epidemiologists with experience in disease 
        surveillance or registries;
            ``(2) representatives of national voluntary health 
        associations that--
                    ``(A) focus on neurological diseases, including 
                multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and
                    ``(B) have demonstrated experience in research, 
                care, or patient services;
            ``(3) health information technology experts or other 
        information management specialists;
            ``(4) clinicians with expertise in neurological diseases; 
        and
            ``(5) research scientists with experience conducting 
        translational research or utilizing surveillance systems for 
        scientific research purposes.
    ``(e) Grants.--The Secretary may award grants to, or enter into 
contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or private nonprofit 
entities to carry out activities under this section.
    ``(f) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--Subject to 
subsection (h), the Secretary shall make information and analysis in 
the National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System available, as 
appropriate, to Federal departments and agencies, such as the National 
Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of 
Defense.
    ``(g) Public Access.--Subject to subsection (h), the Secretary 
shall make information and analysis in the National Neurological 
Diseases Surveillance System available, as appropriate, to the public, 
including researchers.
    ``(h) Privacy.--The Secretary shall ensure that privacy and 
security protections applicable to the National Neurological Diseases 
Surveillance System are at least as stringent as the privacy and 
security protections under HIPAA privacy and security law (as defined 
in section 3009(a)(2)).
    ``(i) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
Congress concerning the implementation of this section. Such report 
shall include information on--
            ``(1) the development and maintenance of the National 
        Neurological Diseases Surveillance System;
            ``(2) the type of information collected and stored in the 
        System;
            ``(3) the use and availability of such information, 
        including guidelines for such use; and
            ``(4) the use and coordination of databases that collect or 
        maintain information on neurological diseases.
    ``(j) Definition.--In this section, the term `national voluntary 
health association' means a national nonprofit organization with 
chapters, other affiliated organizations, or networks in States 
throughout the United States.
    ``(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2015 through 2019.''.

Answer: Advancing Research for Neurological Diseases Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) enhance and expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and (2) incorporate information obtained through those activities into a National Neurological Diseases Surveillance System. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that the System facilitates further research on neurological diseases. Requires HHS to provide for the collection and storage of information on neurological diseases, including the incidence, prevalence, and other information, to the extent practicable.   Requires HHS to: (1) make information and analysis in the System available to federal agencies and to the public, including researchers; and (2) ensure that privacy and security protections applicable to the System are at least as stringent as the protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare 
Payment Modernization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(i) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(i)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(i)(1) Payment shall be made under this part in the amount 
specified under paragraph (2) for facility services furnished to an 
individual in an ambulatory surgical center in connection with any 
outpatient surgical procedure covered under this part as a hospital 
outpatient department service, except for those procedures that the 
Secretary designates, in consultation with appropriate trade and 
professional organizations (including those having direct experience 
with ambulatory surgical centers) as posing a significant safety risk 
or requiring an overnight stay when performed in ambulatory surgical 
centers. Not less frequently than once every two years the Secretary 
shall review and, may, after public comment, make appropriate 
adjustments to this list of procedures excluded from coverage when 
performed in ambulatory surgical centers as the Secretary deems 
necessary.
    ``(2)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the amount of 
payment to be made under this subsection for facility services 
furnished to an individual in an ambulatory surgical center in 
accordance with paragraph (1) shall be equal to 75 percent of the fee 
schedule amount determined under paragraph (3)(A) of subsection (t) for 
payment of the same service furnished in hospital outpatient 
departments, as adjusted under paragraphs (4)(A), (6), and (15) of such 
subsection, less a 20 percent beneficiary copayment.
    ``(B) For covered ambulatory surgical center services furnished on 
or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2012, for which the 
ambulatory surgical center payment amount payable under this subsection 
in 2007 (in this subsection referred to as the `2007 ASC payment 
amount') is less than 75 percent of the hospital OPD fee schedule 
amount under subsection (t) in 2007 for the same services, the amount 
of payment under this subsection shall be calculated as follows:
            ``(i) For services furnished during 2008, the amount shall 
        be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 80 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount, as 
                increased by the percentage increase in the consumer 
                price index for all urban consumers (United States city 
                average) as estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month 
                period ending with December 31, 2006; and
                    ``(II) 20 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2008.
            ``(ii) For services furnished during 2009, the amount shall 
        be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 60 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as 
                increased under clause (i)(I) and as further increased 
                by the percentage increase in the consumer price index 
                for all urban consumers (United States city average) as 
                estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month period 
                ending with December 31, 2007; and
                    ``(II) 40 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2009.
            ``(iii) For services furnished during 2010, the amount 
        shall be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 40 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as 
                increased under clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(I) and as 
                further increased by the percentage increase in the 
                consumer price index for all urban consumers (United 
                States city average) as estimated by the Secretary for 
                the 12-month period ending with December 31, 2008; and
                    ``(II) 60 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2010.
            ``(iv) For services furnished during 2011, the amount shall 
        be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 20 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as 
                increased under clauses (i)(I), (ii)(I), and (iii)(I) 
                and as further increased by the percentage increase in 
                the consumer price index for all urban consumers 
                (United States city average) as estimated by the 
                Secretary for the 12-month period ending with December 
                31, 2009; and
                    ``(II) 80 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2011.
    ``(C) For covered ambulatory surgical center services for which the 
2007 ASC payment amount is--
            ``(i) greater than 75 percent, but less than 100 percent, 
        of the hospital OPD fee schedule amount under subsection (t) in 
        2007 for the same services, the amount of payment under this 
        subsection shall be the greater of the 2007 ASC payment amount 
        or--
                    ``(I) for services furnished in 2008, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(i);
                    ``(II) for services furnished in 2009, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(ii);
                    ``(III) for services furnished in 2010, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(iii);
                    ``(IV) for services furnished in 2011, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(iv); or
                    ``(V) in 2012 and subsequent years, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (A),
        but in no case in excess of the then applicable hospital OPD 
        fee schedule amount; or
            ``(ii) greater than the hospital OPD fee schedule amount 
        under subsection (t) in 2007 for the same services, the amount 
        of payment under this subsection--
                    ``(I) for services furnished during 2008, is equal 
                to the midpoint between the 2007 ASC payment amount and 
                100 percent of such 2007 hospital OPD fee schedule 
                amount; or
                    ``(II) for services furnished in a subsequent year 
                is equal to the greater of the 2007 hospital OPD fee 
                schedule amount or the payment amount specified under 
                subclause (I) through (V) of clause (i) for the year 
                involved, but but in no case in excess of the then 
                applicable hospital OPD fee schedule amount.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1832(a)(2)(F)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395k(a)(2)(F)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``section 1833(i)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``section 1833(i)(1)'';
                    (B) by striking ``the standard overhead amount as 
                determined under section 1833(i)(2)(A)'' and inserting 
                ``the amount determined under section 1833(i)(2)''; and
                    (C) by striking all that follows ``as full payment 
                for such services'' and inserting ``, or''.
            (2) Section 1833(a)(1)(G) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395l(a)(1)(G)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (i)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (i)(1)'';
                    (B) by striking ``for services furnished 
                beginning'' and all that follows through ``subsection 
                (i)(2)(D)''; and
                    (C) by striking ``such revised payment system'' and 
                inserting ``under subsection (i)(2)''.
            (3) Section 1833(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(4)) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``section 1833(i)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (i)(1)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``paragraph (2) or (3) of 
                subsection (i)'' and inserting ``subsection (i)(1)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to ambulatory surgical center services furnished on or after 
January 1, 2008.

Answer: Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the requirements and the formula for payments for services furnished to individuals in ambulatory surgical centers.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Senior Citizens Pet 
Ownership Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PET OWNERSHIP.

    Section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (12 
U.S.C. 1701r-1) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
        following new section heading:

``pet ownership by elderly and disabled families in federally assisted 
                           rental housing'';

            (2) by striking subsection (d);
            (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);
            (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Pet Ownership by Elderly Families in Other Federally Assisted 
Housing.--
            ``(1) Rights of tenants.--No owner or manager of any other 
        federally assisted rental housing may--
                    ``(A) as a condition of tenancy or otherwise, 
                prohibit or prevent any tenant in such housing who is 
                an elderly family from owning common household pets or 
                having common household pets living in the dwelling 
                accommodations of such tenant in such housing;
                    ``(B) as a condition of tenancy or otherwise, 
                prohibit or prevent any tenant in such housing who, 
                during such tenancy, was an elderly family who owned or 
                had a common household pet living in the dwelling 
                accommodations of such tenant in such housing from 
                continuing to own or have the pet in the accommodations 
                after the tenant no longer qualifies as an elderly 
                family; or
                    ``(C) restrict or discriminate against any elderly 
                family in connection with admission to, or continued 
                occupancy of, such housing by reason of the ownership 
                of such pets by, or the presence of such pets in the 
                dwelling accommodations of, such person.
            ``(2) Regulations.--
                    ``(A) Requirement.--The Secretary of Housing and 
                Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture 
                shall each issue such regulations as may be necessary 
                to ensure--
                            ``(i) compliance with the provisions of 
                        paragraph (1) with respect to any program of 
                        assistance referred to in subsection (e)(3) 
                        that is administered by such Secretary; and
                            ``(ii) attaining the goal of providing 
                        decent, safe, and sanitary housing for elderly 
                        families.
                    ``(B) Management guidelines.--Such regulations 
                shall establish guidelines under which the owner or 
                manager of any other federally assisted rental housing 
                (i) may prescribe reasonable rules for the keeping of 
                pets in such housing by tenants pursuant to paragraph 
                (1), and (ii) shall consult with the tenants of such 
                housing in prescribing such rules. Such rules may 
                consider factors such as density of tenants, pet size, 
                types of pets, potential financial obligations of 
                tenants, and standards of pet care.'';
            (5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated by paragraph 
        (3))--
                    (A) by inserting ``Authority to Remove Pets.--'' 
                after ``(d)''; and
                    (B) by inserting after ``handicapped'' the 
                following: ``or of other federally assisted rental 
                housing''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Elderly and disabled families.--The terms `elderly 
        families' and `disabled families' shall have the meanings given 
        such terms in section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act 
        of 1937.
            ``(2) Federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or 
        disabled.--The term `federally assisted rental housing for the 
        elderly or disabled' means any rental housing project that is 
        assisted under--
                    ``(A) section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959;
                    ``(B) section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
                Affordable Housing Act; or
                    ``(C) the United States Housing Act of 1937, the 
                National Housing Act, or title V of the Housing Act of 
                1949, and is designated for occupancy by elderly or 
                disabled families or by elderly or handicapped 
                families.
            ``(3) Other federally assisted rental housing.--The term 
        `other federally assisted rental housing' means any--
                    ``(A) public housing project (as such term is 
                defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
                Act of 1937);
                    ``(B) housing for which project-based assistance is 
                provided under section 8 of the United States Housing 
                Act of 1937;
                    ``(C) housing financed by a loan or mortgage 
                insured under section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing 
                Act that bears interest at a rate determined under the 
                proviso of section 221(d)(5) of such Act;
                    ``(D) housing insured, assisted, or held by the 
                Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or a State 
                or State agency under section 236 of the National 
                Housing Act;
                    ``(E) housing constructed or substantially 
                rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under 
                section 8(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
                1937, as in effect before October 1, 1983, that is 
                assisted under a contract for assistance under such 
                section; and
                    ``(F) rental housing project assisted under title V 
                of the Housing Act of 1949.''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than the expiration of the 12-month 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall each issue any regulations necessary to carry out 
section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, as 
amended by section 2 of this Act.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 227 of the Housing and Urban-Rural 
Recovery Act of 1983, as amended by section 2 of this Act, shall take 
effect upon the earlier of--
            (1) the effective date of the regulations issued under 
        subsection (a); or
            (2) the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
After the enactment of this Act and before the effective date under the 
preceding sentence, the provisions of such section 227 shall continue 
to apply as if the amendments made section 2 of this Act had not been 
enacted.

Answer:
National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act - Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 to prohibit owners and managers of federally assisted rental housing from preventing elderly and disabled tenants from owning or having household pets.