lcalvobartolome/proxann_data huggingface dataset:
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-04-26 00:00:00

Children's Health Care Quality Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to: (1) identify quality and performance measures for pediatric service providers; and (2) award grants or contracts for the development, validation, and testing of new and emerging measures. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to establish demonstration projects to award grants to states to improve the delivery of health care services to children under Medicaid and SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP). Requires demonstration projects in the categories of: (1) health information technology systems; (2) disease management for children with chronic conditions; (3) evidence-based quality improvement; and (4) quality and performance measures for providers of children's health care services. Requires the Comptroller General to make recommendations to Congress for the design and implementation of a demonstration project to evaluate the suitability of existing quality and performance measures for children's inpatient hospital services for public reporting, differentiating quality, identifying best practices, and providing a basis for payment rewards.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-04-26 00:00:00

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and make available to local educational agencies a policy to manage the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools to be implemented on a voluntary basis only. Directs that such policy address: (1) a parental obligation to provide the school with information regarding a student's food allergy and risk of anaphylaxis; (2) creation of an individual health care plan tailored to each student with a documented risk for anaphylaxis; (3) communication strategies between schools and emergency medical services; (4) strategies to reduce the risk of exposure in classrooms and common areas; (5) food allergy management training of school personnel; and (6) authorization and training of school personnel to administer epinephrine when the school nurse is not immediately available.Allows the Secretary to award grants to assist local educational agencies in implementing such food allergy management guidelines.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00

Mental Health in Schools Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the program to provide grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to develop ways to assist children in dealing with violence to include assisting local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including providing comprehensive services and supports and incorporating strategies of positive behavioral interventions and supports. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a comprehensive school mental health program that incorporates positive behavioral interventions and supports. Establishes eligibility requirements for the program, including requiring: (1) a partnership between a local educational agency and at least one community program or agency that is involved in mental health; (2) the program to provide for in-service training of all school personnel; and (3) sustainability of the program after funding terminates. Requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop a process for evaluating activities under the grant program to include the development of student and family outcome measures and local educational outcome measures.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00

Children's Mental Health Parity Act - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to require a state child health plan to ensure that the financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to mental health or substance abuse benefits are no more restrictive than (have parity with) those applied to substantially all medical and surgical benefits covered by the plan.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-05-10 00:00:00

Healthy Kids Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend the SCHIP program. Provides for two-year initial availability of SCHIP allotments and redistribution of unused allotments to address state funding shortfalls.Provides for bonus payments for states that implement administrative policies to streamline enrollment procedures under Medicaid and SCHIP. Gives states the option to provide for "express lane" and simplified determinations of a child's financial eligibility for medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) or child health assistance under SCHIP. Gives states the option to expand or add coverage of certain pregnant women and legal immigrants under Medicaid or SCHIP. Prohibits limitations on SCHIP enrollment. Gives states the option to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for purposes of Medicaid eligibility. Provides for increased federal matching rate for language services under Medicaid or SCHIP. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and SCHIP. Requires coverage of early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment (EPSDT) services, including dental services under SCHIP. Directs the HHS Secretary to establish a program to encourage and support the development of new and emerging quality and performance measures for pediatric care providers. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) pediatric care delivery demonstration projects; (2) a medical home demonstration project under Medicaid and SCHIP; and (3) disease prevention and treatment demonstration projects for ethnic and racial minority children. Directs the Comptroller General to report on design and implementation of a demonstration project evaluating quality and performance measures for children's inpatient hospital services. Establishes the Commission on Children's Health Coverage.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-05-10 00:00:00

Treatment and Prevention of Methamphetamine Abuse Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (the Administrator), to award grants to provide residential substance abuse treatment to pregnant and postpartum women. Directs the Secretary to award grants to states to provide recovery support services for parents and families transitioning out of treatment. Requires the Secretary, jointly with the Attorney General, to assist local jails and detention facilities in providing substance abuse treatment services as alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenses. Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide for recovery-based housing support activities. Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to provide for the establishment of a National Court Teams Resource Center to promote the well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers and their families. Requires the Secretary to award scholarships to individuals who agree to provide substance abuse treatment services in rural or underserved areas. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to provide for methamphetamine prevention activities in schools and communities. Requires the Secretary to provide for a national telephone helpline and online resource center to assist parents and family members in receiving support, information about preventing drug abuse, and treatment referral information. Provides for: (1) examinations of the long-term effects of methamphetamine use on drug endangered children; and (2) evaluations to determine the effectiveness of methamphetamine prevention programs.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-06-06 00:00:00

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resiliency Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), acting through the Center for Mental Health Services, to provide for comprehensive state mental health plans that exclusively meet the mental health needs of children and adolescents. Requires the Secretary to provide for child and adolescent mental health early intervention and prevention services. Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide for access to mental health and case management services in educational settings; and (2) develop guidelines that encourage schools to provide counseling and positive behavioral supports. Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) of the Social Security Act to provide for appropriate mental health promotion and mental health services to at-risk mothers, grandmothers who are legal guardians, and their children. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to foster the ability of local case managers to work across the mental health, substance abuse, child welfare, education, and juvenile justice systems in a state; (2) provide for the development and implementation of three technical assistance centers to support full consumer and family participation in decision-making about mental health services for children and adolescents; (3) establish an interagency coordinating committee to develop policy across the federal government with respect to child and adolescent mental health; and (4) provide for the development of child and adolescent mental health services and support systems that address gaps in mental health service delivery.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-06-07 00:00:00

All Healthy Children Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish under a new title XXII (All Healthy Children Program) a state-operated program receiving federal financial assistance to provide comprehensive health coverage for children and pregnant and post-partum women in place of benefits previously provided for them under SSA titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP).Establishes a Commission on Children's Health Coverage to: (1) evaluate annually for Congress the status of children's health coverage in the United States; and (2) report to Congress a legislative proposal that would assure health benefits coverage for all U.S. children. Provides for expedited congressional consideration of such proposal.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-06-20 00:00:00

Healthy Schools Act of 2007 - Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) to require the state to certify that it has implemented procedures to pay for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics under Medicaid and SCHIP.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-07-10 00:00:00

Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2007 [sic] - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider certain criteria in making grants under the Healthy Start Initiative, including: (1) factors that contribute to infant mortality, such as low birthweight; and (2) the extent to which applicants for grants facilitate a community-based approach to the delivery of services and a comprehensive approach to women's health care to improve perinatal outcomes.Provides that the Secretary is not prevented from awarding grants for special projects that are intended to address significant disparities in perinatal health indicators in communities along the United States-Mexico border or in Alaska or Hawaii.Eliminates authority for the Secretary to make additional grants to: (1) assist communities with technical assistance, replication of successful projects, and state policy formation to reduce infant and maternal mortality and morbidity; and (2) conduct and support research and to provide additional health care services for pregnant women and infants.Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2013 for the Healthy Start Initiative.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-09-12 00:00:00

Makes null and void the August 17, 2007, letter to State Health Officials from the Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requiring states that have established or that expand the income eligibility level for children under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act above 250% of the federal poverty level to comply with new requirements as a condition of covering such children. Declares that such letter shall not be applied.Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from: (1) promulgating or implementing any requirement, rule, or provision similar to any requirement in the August 17, 2007, letter; or (2) applying any such requirement to any state plan amendment or waiver expanding the income eligibility level for children under title XXI.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-09-20 00:00:00

Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and with the involvement of other federal agencies, state and local health departments, and an advisory committee, to establish and operate a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network.Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, expand, and coordinate among existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) provide for public access to an electronic national database that accepts data from the State Environmental Public Health Network (established by this Act), subject to privacy requirements; (3) prepare and periodically publish a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Status Report and a Coordinated Network Health and Environment Report; (4) operate and maintain National Environmental Health Rapid Response Services; (5) provide technical assistance; and (6) develop minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting.Authorizes: (1) states to apply for grants to implement pilot projects to develop State Environmental Public Health Network enhancements and programs; and (2) the Secretary to award grants to at least five accredited schools or programs of public health for Centers of Excellence.Directs the Secretary: (1) to award John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students enrolled in accredited schools of public health or medicine; and (2) through the CDC Director, to enter into cooperative agreements to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in state and local health departments and to expand CDC biomonitoring data collection.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00

Advancing FASD Research, Prevention, and Services Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention and Services Program to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a research agenda for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD); (2) facilitate surveillance, public health research, and prevention of FASD; and (3) award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to states and other entities to provide services for individuals with FASD, to educate court, law enforcement, and adoption officials on how to treat and support individuals with FASD, and to provide transitional services for individuals affected by prenatal alcohol exposure.Requires: (1) the Secretary to provide for continuation of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; and (2) the Comptroller General to evaluate and make recommendations regarding appropriate federal FASD activities.Includes within the grant program for services to individuals with FASD: (1) respite care for caretakers of such individuals, (2) recruitment and training of mentors for such individuals; and (3) educational and supportive services to families of such individuals.Requires the Secretary of Education to direct the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to implement screening procedures and introduce curricula for educating children with FASD.Requires the Attorney General to direct the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to: (1) educate officials on how to treat individuals with FASD; (2) study the inadequacies of the current system for dealing with such individuals; and (3) develop transitional programs for such individuals who are released from incarceration.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-10-04 00:00:00

Kids First Act - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise, reauthorize, and extend the SCHIP program through FY2012 at increased levels.Provides for determination of allotments for the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on expenditures and numbers of low-income children. Sets limitations on matching rates for populations other than targeted low-income children or pregnant women covered through a Section 1115 waiver.Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from approving, extending, renewing, or amending a waiver, experimental, pilot, or demonstration project with respect to a state after the enactment of this Act that would allow funds made available under SCHIP to be used to provide child health assistance or other health benefits coverage for any other adult other than a pregnant woman whose family income does not exceed the income eligibility level specified for a targeted low-income child in that state under a waiver or approved project.Requires a state to determine family income eligibility for child health assistance or other health benefits coverage under the state child health plan solely on the basis of the family's gross income.Directs the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to conduct outreach and enrollment efforts designed to increase the enrollment and participation of eligible children under SCHIP and SSA title XIX (Medicaid).Allows a state to elect to offer a premium assistance subsidy for qualified employer sponsored coverage to all targeted low-income children eligible for child health assistance. Allows any state the option to include an unborn child as a child under SCHIP.Repeals current federal payment rates at different specified percentages for different specified aspects of Medicaid administrative costs to prescribe a flat 50% rate for all such costs.Requires a 25% reduction in payments for Medicaid administrative costs (to prevent duplication of such payments under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of SSA title IV).
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-10-18 00:00:00

More Children, More Choices Act of 2007 - Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require a state SCHIP plan to specify how it will achieve coverage for 90% of targeted low-income children. Prohibits SCHIP payment for children with family income above 250% of the applicable poverty line. Sets forth special rules for SCHIP payment for children with family income above 200% of the applicable poverty line. Provides for standardization of income determinations. Applies citizenship documentation requirements to SCHIP beneficiaries, and increases the federal matching rate for citizenship documentation enforcement under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) and SCHIP. Places limitations on SCHIP eligibility based on substantial net assets. Requires state SCHIP plans to describe how they will provide for targeted low-income children covered under a group health plan. Revises federal financial participation requirements for employer-sponsored insurance. Requires the offering of alternative coverage options under SCHIP. Changes the allotment distribution formula for allotments to the states and the District of Columbia, particularly for targeted low-income children and pregnant women. Prohibits redistribution of unused allotments. Reauthorizes the SCHIP program through FY2012 at increased levels. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to improve outreach to and enrollment of eligible children. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a limited tax credit for qualified health insurance for any dependent child; and (2) advance payment to insurance providers of health insurance credit for purchasers of such insurance. Directs the Secretary to establish a State Health Innovation Commission to make grants to states for innovative health reform projects. Expresses the sense of the Senate that any increases in federal budget outlays resulting from this Act be fully offset by reductions in federal budget outlays, and that any reductions in federal revenues resulting from this Act be fully offset.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-11-16 00:00:00

Medical Homes Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a three-year demonstration project under titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act for the implementation of a patient-centered medical home program to improve the effectiveness and efficiency in providing Medicaid and SCHIP assistance to an estimated 500,000 to 1 million targeted beneficiaries.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-12-13 00:00:00

Vaccines for Children Access Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for the inclusion of all public clinics for distribution of pediatric vaccines under Medicaid.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-12-13 00:00:00

Improved Vaccine Supply Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to develop a plan for the purchase, storage, and rotation of a six-month supply of vaccines routinely recommended for children and adults and vaccines that contribute to public health preparedness efforts. Requires the Secretary to: (1) fully implement the plan; and (2) require manufacturers of vaccines included in such supply to provide at least one year notice of a discontinuance of the manufacture of a vaccine.
Topic: Health — Infants and Children
Subject: Health
Date: 2007-12-19 00:00:00

MediKids Health Insurance Act of 2007 - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Medikids Program), which creates a program to guarantee comprehensive health care coverage, including prescription drugs for all children meeting specified age requirements.Creates the MediKids Trust Fund. Expands the membership of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to 19.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a MediKids premium for the taxable year, with an exemption for very low-income taxpayers; and (2) create a refundable tax credit providing a catastrophic limit on MediKids cost-sharing expenses.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to propose a gradual schedule of progressive tax changes to fund the Medikids program, as the number of enrollees grows in the out-years.