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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Medicare Spending Transparency Act
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF AGGREGATE DATA ON MEDICARE PROVIDERS OF
SERVICES AND SUPPLIERS.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to make aggregate
information about providers of services and suppliers under the
Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) publicly available and to provide a new level of
transparency in such program.
(b) Public Availability.--Section 1128J of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1320a-7k) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
''(f) Public Availability of Certain Medicare Data.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, to the extent
consistent with applicable information, privacy, security, and
disclosure laws, including the regulations promulgated under
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
and section 552a of title 5, United States Code, make available
to the public on the Internet website of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services the following data with respect to
title XVIII:
''(A) A complete list of the providers of services
and suppliers participating in the program under such
title, including the business address of such providers
of services and suppliers.
''(B) Aggregate information about each such
provider of services and supplier, including--
''(i) the total number of individuals
furnished items or services by the provider of
services or supplier for which payment was made
under such title during the preceding year;
''(ii) the number of unique patient
encounters conducted by the provider of
services or supplier for which payment was made
under such title during the preceding year;
''(iii) the average number of codes billed
under such title by the provider of services of
supplier per patient encounter during the
preceding year;
''(iv) the total amount paid to such
provider of services or supplier under such
title during the preceding year;
''(v) the top 50 billing codes on claims
paid under such title to the provider of
services or supplier during the preceding year,
as determined by volume, including a
description of such codes;
''(vi) the top 50 billing codes on such
claims paid during such year, as determined by
dollar amount, including a description of such
codes; and
''(vii) the top 50 diagnosis and procedure
code pairs on such claims paid during such
year, as determined by volume, including a
description of such codes.
''(2) Implementation.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of the Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011,
the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this
subsection.''.

SEC. 3. ACCESS TO MEDICARE CLAIMS AND PAYMENT DATA BY QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to allow qualified
individuals and groups access to information on claims and payment data
under the Medicare program for purposes of conducting health research
and detecting fraud under such program.
(b) Access to Medicare Claims and Payment Data by Qualified
Individuals and Groups.--Section 1128J of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320a-7k), as amended by section 2, is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
''(g) Access to Medicare Claims and Payment Data by Qualified
Individuals and Groups.--
''(1) In general.--For purposes of conducting health
research and detecting fraud under title XVIII, and to the
extent consistent with applicable information, privacy,
security, and disclosure laws, including the regulations
promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 and section 552a of title 5, United
States Code, and subject to any information systems security
requirements under such laws or otherwise required by the
Secretary, a qualified individual or group shall have access to
claims and payment data of the Department of Health and Human
Services and its contractors related to title XVIII.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such data shall
include the identity of individual providers of services and
suppliers under such title.
''(2) Definition of qualified individual or group.--
''(A) In general.--In this subsection, the term
'qualified individual or group' means an individual or
entity that the Secretary has determined, in accordance
with subparagraph (B), has relevant experience,
knowledge, and technical expertise in medicine,
statistics, health care billing, practice patterns,
health care fraud detection, and analysis to use data
provided to the individual or the entity under this
subsection in an appropriate, responsible, and ethical
manner and for the purposes described in paragraph (1).
''(B) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish
procedures for determining, in a timely manner, whether
an individual or entity is a qualified individual or
group.
''(3) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish procedures
for the storage and use of data provided to a qualified
individual or group under this subsection. Such procedures
shall ensure that, in the case where the qualified individual
or group publishes an analysis of such data (or any analysis
using such data), the qualified individual or group discloses
the following information (in a form and manner, and at a time,
specified by the Secretary):
''(A) The name of the qualified individual or
group.
''(B) The sources of any funding for the qualified
individual or group.
''(C) Any employer or other relevant affiliations
of the qualified individual or group.
''(D) The data analysis methods used by the
qualified individual or group in the analysis
involved.''.

Answer: Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), consistent with applicable information, privacy, security, and disclosure laws, to make public on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the following data with respect to SSA title XVIII (Medicare): (1) a complete list of service providers and suppliers participating in the Medicare program, including their business addresses; and (2) certain aggregate information about each provider and supplier.

Entitles a qualified individual or group, for health research and fraud detection purposes, to access to Medicare claims and payment data of both HHS and its contractors. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the storage and use of data provided to such an individual or group.

Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Back to Work Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL EMERGENCY GRANTS TO RESPOND TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS
OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.

(a) In General.--Section 173(a) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ''and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ''; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(4) to the Governor of any State who applies for
assistance under subsection (f) to provide employment and
training assistance to workers affected by major economic
dislocations, such as plant closures, mass layoffs, or multiple
layoffs, caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001.''.
(b) Requirements.--Section 173 of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(f) Relief for Dislocations Caused by the Terrorist Attacks of
September 11, 2001.--
''(1) Grant recipient eligibility.--To be eligible to
receive a grant under subsection (a)(4), a Governor shall
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require. Such application shall contain a certification by the
Governor that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,
contributed importantly to plant closures, mass layoffs of
workers, multiple layoffs of workers, or other major economic
dislocations in the State.
''(2) State administration.--The Governor may designate one
or more local workforce investment boards or other entities
with the capability to respond to the circumstances relating to
the particular closure, layoff, or other dislocation to
administer the grant under subsection (a)(4).
''(3) Participant eligibility.--
''(A) In general.--An individual shall be eligible
to receive assistance described in subparagraph (B)
under a grant awarded under subsection (a)(4) if such
individual is a dislocated worker and the Governor has
certified that the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001, contributed importantly to the dislocation.
''(B) Types of assistance.--Assistance described in
this subparagraph is--
''(i) employment and training assistance,
including employment and training activities
described in section 134; and
''(ii) temporary health care coverage
assistance described in paragraph (4).
''(4) Temporary health care coverage assistance.--
''(A) In general.--Temporary health care coverage
assistance described in this paragraph consists of
health care coverage premium assistance provided to
qualified individuals under this paragraph.
''(B) Qualified individuals.--For purposes of this
paragraph, a qualified individual is an individual
who--
''(i) is a dislocated worker referred to in
paragraph (3)(A) with respect to whom the
Governor has made the certification regarding
the dislocation as required under such
paragraph, and
''(ii) has enrolled in a program for health
care coverage premium assistance established by
the Governor for purposes of this paragraph.
''(C) Provision of assistance.--Health care
coverage premium assistance provided under the program
established by the Governor for purposes of this
paragraph--
''(i) shall be not in excess of 75 percent
of the full amount of the premium for the
health care coverage,
''(ii) shall be provided with respect to
not more than the first 10 months of the period
of dislocation of the qualified individual, and
''(iii) shall be credited against the
premium otherwise owed with respect to the
qualified individual.
''(D) Limitation on entitlement.--Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed as establishing any
entitlement of qualified individuals to premium
assistance under this subsection.
''(E) Definitions.--For purposes of this
paragraph--
''(i) Health care coverage.--The term
'health care coverage' means health insurance
coverage other than coverage under--
''(I) title XVIII of the Social
Security Act,
''(II) title XIX of the Social
Security Act (other than section 1928),
''(III) title XXI of the Social
Security Act,
''(IV) chapter 55 of title 10,
United States Code,
''(V) chapter 17 of title 38,
United States Code,
''(VI) chapter 89 of title 5,
United States Code (other than coverage
which is comparable to continuation
coverage under section 4980B of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986), or
''(VII) the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act.
Such term also does not include coverage under
a qualified long-term care insurance contract
and health insurance coverage in the individual
market.
''(ii) Premium.--The term 'premium' means,
in connection with health care coverage, the
premium which would (but for this section) be
charged for the cost of coverage.
''(5) Authorization of appropriations.--
''(A) In general.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 for
the award of grants under subsection (a)(4) in
accordance with this subsection.
''(B) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant
to the authorization of appropriations under
subparagraph (A)--
''(i) are in addition to amounts made
available under section 132(a)(2)(A) or any
other provision of law to carry out this
section; and
''(ii) are authorized to remain available
until 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS TO PROMOTE SERVICES UNDER THE WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT OF 1998.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United
States on September 11, 2001, many workers and their families
are dealing with job loss and other effects of an economic
slowdown.
(2) The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 was enacted to
create the Nation's coordinated workforce development system,
under which assistance is provided for workers who have been
laid off, including job training assistance.
(3) The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provides services
such as--
(A) one-stop career centers, which provide
integrated resources for job seekers and businesses,
including job search, job placement services and job
referrals to employers;
(B) individual training accounts, which are job
training vouchers established by local areas and given
to individuals to allow them to choose where they would
like to receive their job training; and
(C) rapid response services, under which States
establish on-site offices at affected businesses to
make immediate contact with employees and employers to
provide assistance in the areas of job search and
training activities.
(4) The Nation's workforce development system is designed
to help individual dislocated workers and provide rapid
response services in times of mass layoffs or dislocations.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of Labor should continue efforts to encourage Americans to
take advantage of existing services under the Workforce Investment Act
of 1998 in order to assist workers during these times of unemployment.

Answer: Back to Work Act of 2001 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to expand the National Emergency Grant program, for an 18-month period, to include grants to States to provide certain employment and training assistance and temporary health care coverage premium assistance for workers affected by major economic dislocations, such as plant closures, mass layoffs, or multiple layoffs, caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Labor should continue efforts to encourage Americans to take advantage of existing services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in order to assist workers during these times of unemployment.

Question: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Numerous studies by the Office of the Inspector General
of the Department of the Interior, the General Accounting
Office, and independent auditors have criticized the absence of
independent oversight or other forms of internal control over
the Department's management of Indian trust assets and trust
funds.
(2) Indian and tribal account holders have indicated that
they will have little or no confidence in the reform of the
trust management system if the reform is carried out by the
same entities that are responsible for the management of the
system on the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) It would constitute an inherent conflict of interest or
at least the appearance of a conflict of interest if the entity
establishing internal controls for a trust management system
were to be appointed, supervised, and subject to removal by the
entity that such internal controls are written for.
(4) Account holder confidence will be improved if the same
official is not simultaneously responsible for the immediate
supervision of the fiduciary and financial reporting activities
of both the trust fund accounting system and the trust asset
and accounting management system.
(5) To the extent practicable, the reform of activities and
creation of internal controls as described in the Department of
the Interior's Trust Management Improvement Project, High Level
Implementation Plan dated July 1998, and any amendments or
modifications to that plan, should be carried out by private
contractors.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR DATA CLEANUP AND INTERNAL CONTROL.

The American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating title IV as title V;
(2) by redesignating section 401 as section 501; and
(3) by inserting after title III, the following:

''TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

''SEC. 401. SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR DATA CLEANUP AND INTERNAL CONTROL.

''(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the
Department of Interior the Office of Special Trustee for Data Cleanup
and Internal Control. The Office shall be headed by the Special Trustee
for Data Cleanup and Internal Control (referred to in this section as
the 'Special Trustee') who shall report directly to the Secretary.
''(b) Special Trustee.--
''(1) Appointment.--The Special Trustee shall be appointed
by the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior from
among individuals who possess demonstrated ability in the--
''(A) development and implementation of internal
controls;
''(B) development and implementation of trust
management procedures; and
''(C) conversion or rehabilitation of trust
management systems.
''(2) Compensation.--The Special Trustee shall be paid at a
rate determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for the
position, but not less than the basic pay payable at Level III
of the Executive Schedule under Section 5313 of Title 5.
''(3) Term of office.--The Special Trustee shall serve for
a term of 2 years and may only be removed for good cause by the
Secretary.
''(c) Duties.--
''(1) In general.--Notwithstanding title III, the Special
Trustee shall oversee the following subprojects as identified
in the Draft Trust Management Improvement Project Subproject
Task Updates, dated April 1999:
''(A) Subproject #1, OST Data Cleanup.
''(B) Subproject #5, Trust Funds Accounting System.
''(C) Subproject #9, Policies and Procedures.
''(D) Subproject #10, Training.
''(E) Subproject #11, Internal Controls.
''(2) Oversight.--The Special Trustee shall oversee the
expenditure of funds appropriated by Congress for each of the
subprojects described in paragraph (1), including the approval
or modification of contracts, and make employment decisions for
each of the positions funded for each of such projects.
''(3) Contracting.--To the maximum extent practicable, the
Special Trustee shall ensure that activities are carried out
under this subsection through contracts entered into with
private entities or through the retention of the temporary
services of trust management specialists.
''(d) Modification of Implementation Plan.--To the extent that the
activities to be carried out under subsection (c) are altered or
amended as a result of any modification made after the date of
enactment of this Act to the Department of the Interior's Trust
Management Improvement Project, High Level Implementation Plan (dated
July 1998), the Special Trustee shall continue to be responsible for
overseeing such activities.''.

Answer:
Requires that the Special Trustee ensure that activities are carried out under this Act through contracts entered into with private entities or through the retention of the temporary services of trust management specialists.
Declares that the Special Trustee shall continue to be responsible for overseeing such activities if they are altered or amended as a result of any modifications to the Department's Trust Management Improvement Project, High Level Implementation Plan (dated July 28, 1998).