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Congressional Legislation

This page lists health care related and health care industry related legislation, as tracked by the Delaware Healthcare Association.

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Federal Legislation

Delaware Legislation

Congressional Bills:

Bills are prefixed by S. for a Senate Bill, H.R. for a House bill, and S. RES. or H.RES. indicate Resolutions.

Bill Number	Description	Status
S. 77	Amends Title XXI, State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP), of the Social Security Act to require a state child health plan to ensure 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.	Senate - Committee on Finance.
S. 245 & H.R. 468	Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act of 2009 - would expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. House - Committee on Energy & Commerce, and the Committee on Education & Labor.
S. 1963	Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009.	Awaiting the President's Signature
S. 275 & H.R. 2	Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Makes the amendments made by this Act effective on April 1, 2009, regardless of whether final regulations have been promulgated to carry them out. Allows certain state plans under Titles XIX (Medicaid) or XXI (State Children's' Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)) of the Social Security Act (SSA) that require state legislation to meet additional requirements imposed by this Act additional time to make required plan changes. Provides for coordination of SCHIP funding for FY 2009.	H.R. 2 was Signed by the President on 02/04/2009 Became Public Law No. 111-3
S. 408 & H.R. 479	The Wakefield Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) extend by one year the length of time for which a grant may be awarded under the emergency medical services for children grant program, which allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to states or schools of medicine to support projects to expand and improve emergency medical services for children who need treatment for trauma or critical care, and (2) authorizes appropriations for such grant program for FY 2010 - FY 2014.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. Note: both bills are in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions.
S. 497 & H.R. 2043	Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students, and for other purposes.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. House - In Committees.
S. 560 & H.R. 1409	Amends the National Labor Relations Act to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations. Also known as the Card Check bill.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. House - Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions.
S. 623 & H.R. 1558	Amends Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Title XXVII of the Public Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit preexisting condition exclusions in group health plans and in health insurance coverage in group and individual markets.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. House - Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions.
S. 628	Amends the Conrad State 30 Visa Program to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities	Senate - Committee on Judiciary.
S. 683 & H.R. 1670	Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other purposes.	Senate - Committee on Finance. House - Committee on Energy & Commerce.
S. 697 & H.R. 1721	Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act - amends the Public Health Service Act to help individuals with functional impairments and their families pay for services and supports they need to maximize their functionality and independence and have choices about community participation, education, and employment, and for other purposes.	Senate - Committee on Finance. House - Committee on Energy & Commerce, Committee on Ways & Means, Committee on Rules, and the Committee on Budget.
S. 973 & H.R. 2251	Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009 - Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes.	Senate - In Committees. House - Committee on Energy & Commerce, and the Committee on Ways & Means.
S. 1031 & H.R. 2273	National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. House - Committee on Energy & Commerce, and the Committee on Ways & Means.
S. 1173 & H.R. 3234	Community-Based Health Care Retraining Act - Establishes a demonstration project to train unemployed workers for employment as health care professionals, and for other purposes.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. House - In Committees.
S. 1174 H.R. 2350	Increases the number of primary care physicians and primary care providers, and to improve patient access to primary care services.	Senate - In Committees. House - Committee on Energy & Commerce, Committee on Ways & Means, and the Committee on Education and Labor.
S. 1249 H.R. 2844 H.R. 3074	Creates a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.	Senate - In Committees. House - In Committees.
S. 1257 & H.R. 2852	Project 2020: Building on the Promise of Home and Community Based Services Act of 2009 - Amends the Social Security Act to build on the aging network to establish long-term services and supports though single-entry point systems, evidence based disease prevention and health promotion programs, and enhanced nursing home diversion programs.	Senate - Committee on Finance. House - Committee on Energy & Commerce.
S. 1262	Provides additional resources for primary care services and to create a new payment model for services under Medicare, to expand provisions of non-institutionally-based long term services, and for other purposes.	Senate - In Committees.
S. 1508 & H.R. 3393	Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2009. Requires each Executive Agency, as defined in Section 102 of Title 31 of the U.S. Code, in accordance with the guidance from the Office of Management and Budget to periodically review all programs and activities administered that may be susceptible to significant improper payments. Improper payments are defined as any payment that should not have been made or that was made in an incorrect amount, including overpayments and underpayments, under statutory, contractual, administrative, or other legally applicable requirement.	Senate - S. 1508 in Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. H.R. 3393 in Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
S. 1580 & H.R. 2067	Protecting America’s Workers Act. Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes.	Senate - S. 1580 in Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. House - H.R. 2067 discussed in House SubCommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions 04/28/10.
S. 1584 H.R. 2981 H.R. 3017	Prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. House - In Committes.
S. 1788 & H.R. 2381	Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard.	Senate - In Committees. House - Committee on Energy & Commerce, Committee on Ways & Means, and the Committee on Education & Labor.
S. 1821 & H.R. 448	Elder Abuse Victims Act - protects seniors in the United State from elder abuse by establishing specialized elder abuse prosecution and research programs and activities to aid victims of elder abuse, to provide training to prosecutors and other law enforcement related to elder abuse prevention and protection, to establish programs that provide for emergency crisis response teams to combat elder abuse, and for other purposes.	Senate - In Committees. House - Committee on Judiciary.
S. 1963	Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009.	Awaiting the President's Signature
S. 3274	Amends the Controlled Substances Act to address the use of intrathecal pumps.	Senate - Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 3078 & H.R. 4757	Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010. Allows HHS to review potentially unreasonable increases to health insurance premiums in States without that authority, assisted by an advisory panel.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. House - In Committees
S. 3211 & H.R. 2425	Amends Title XVII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes self-management training by designating certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services under Part B of the Medicare program.	Senate - Committee on Finance. House - Inc Committees.
S. 3216	Amends Title XVII of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicare beneficiary access to physicians, to ensure equitable reimbursement under the Medicare program for all rural states, and to eliminate the sweetheart deals for frontier states.	Senate - Committee on Finance.
S. 3220 S. 3223	Amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to provide parity under group health plans and group health insurance coverage for the provision of benefits for prosthetics and custom orthotics and benefits for other medical and surgical services.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 3226	Requires the Secretary of Energy to take actions to stimulate the emergency of an offshore wind power industry in the United States, and for other purposes.	Senate - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S. 3254 & H.R. 5107	Amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require persons to keep records of non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and to provide a special penalty for persons who misclassify employees as non-employees, and for other purposes.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. House - In Committees.
S. 3255	Amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy.	Senate - Committee on Finance.
S. RES. 490	Recognizing the measurable, positive impact the National Committee for Quality Assurance has made on the quality of care patients in the United States have received during the 20 years since the formation of the organization.	Senate - Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. RES. 497	Designating the third week of April 2010 as National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week.	Senate - Passed with unanimous consent.
S. RES. 498	Designating April 2010 as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Note: this bill is similar to H.R. 1293.	Senate - Passed with unanimous consent.
H.R. 1	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.	Signed by the President 02/17/2009 Became Public Law No. 111-5
H.R. 1017	Amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 and title 38, United States Code, to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and to expand access to such care and services.	House - Committee on Veterans Affairs
H.R. 1127	Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to extend the J-1 Visa Waiver (Conrad State 30/Medical Services in Underserved Areas) Program until September 30, 2009.	Signed by the President 03/20/2009 Became Public Law No. 111-9
H.R. 1256	To protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with certain authority to regulate tobacco products.	Signed by the President 06/22/2009 Became Public Law No. 111-31
H.R. 1478	Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act of 2009. Amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to allow claims for damages to be brought against the United States for personal injury or death of a member of the Armed Forces arising out of a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the performance of medical, dental, or related health care functions that is provided by persons acting within the scope of their office or employment by or at the direction of the government inside the United States.	House - Placed on Union Calendar
H.R. 2249	Amends Title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for increased price transparency of hospital information and to provide for additional research on consumer information on charge and out-of-pocket costs.	House - Committee on Energy & Commerce.
H.R. 3043	Medicare Adult Day Care Services Act of 2009 - Amends Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of substitute adult day care services under the Medicare program.	House - Committee on Energy & Commerce, and the Committee on Ways & Means.
H.R. 3590 H.R. 4872	Health Care Reform legislation.	H.R. 3590 - Became Public Law No. 111-148 on 03/23/10 H.R. 4872 - Became Public Law No. 111-152on 03/30/10
H.R. 3808	Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2009. Requires each federal and state court to recognize any lawful notarization occurring in or affecting interstate commerce which is made by a notary public licensed or commissioned under the laws of a state other than the state where the court is located.	House - Passed Senate - Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R. 4851	Continuing Extension Act of 2010. Section 2 - Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act and Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008. Section 3 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to extend through May 31, 2010, premium assistance for COBRA benefits. Section 4 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend through May 31, 2010, the 0% update to the conversion factor in the Medicare physician payment computation. Section 5 - Amends SSA titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) with respect to the prohibition against incentive payments to hospital-based eligible professionals for use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. Redefines "hospital-based eligible professional" to repeal its application to outpatient settings, thereby permitting incentive payments to an eligible professional who furnishes services in an outpatient clinic. Section 6 - Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 to extend the use of 2009 poverty guidelines through May 31, 2010. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from publishing updated poverty guidelines for 2010 until after such date.	Signed by the President on 04/15/10 Became Public Law No. 111-157
H.R. 4887	TRICARE Affirmation Act.	Signed by the President 04/26/2010 Became Public Law No. 111-159
H.R. 5033	Authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies.	House - Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 5040 H.R. 5025	Amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to extend information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities, and for other purposes.	House- Committee on Energy and Commerce; & Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 5044	Provide for enhanced penalties to combat Medicare and Medicaid fraud, a Medicare data-mining system and biometric technology pilot program, and a GAO study on Medicare administrative contractors.	House- Committee on Energy and Commerce; & Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 5073	Repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and enact the OPTION Act of 2009.	House - In Committees
H.R. 5081	Enhance public safety by making more spectrum available to public safety agencies, to facilitate the development of a wireless public safety broadband network, to provide standards for the spectrum needs of public safety agencies, and for other purposes.	House - Committee on Energy and Commerce
H.R. 5111	Amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services under such Act.	House - Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 5113	Amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish the Healthy Habits School Challenge Program to reduce childhood obesity by recognizing schools that are creating healthier school environments for children by promoting good nutrition and physical activity, and for other purposes.	House - Committee on Education and Labor.
H.R. 5126	Amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to health savings accounts, and for other purposes.	House - In Committees.
H.R. 5145	Assuring Quality Care for Veterans Act. Amends Title 38, United States Code, to improve the continuing professional education reimbursement provided to health professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.	House - Committee on Veterans Affairs.
H.R. 5185	Amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the TRICARE program and the CHAMPVA program.	House - In Committees.
H.R. 5187	Requires the HHS Secretary to establish a commission that is designed to construct a comprehensive national strategy on how to increase the affordability, accessibility, and effectiveness of long-term care and community services.	House - In Committees.
H. CON. RES. 268	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week, and for other purposes.	House - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H. RES. 1033	Expressing support for designation of April 2010 as "National Autism Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to devote resources to research into the causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism.	House - Passed
H.Res. 1311	Expressing support for the charitable collection and good samaritan distribution to uninsured, low-income Americans of Food and Drug Administration-approved, medically-appropriate, non-expired, non-narcotic prescription medications by non-profit organizations licensed to dispense such medications.	House - In Committees
H. RES. 1258	Expressing support for designating May 2010 as Mental Health Month.	House- Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H. RES. 1261	Recognizing National Nurses Week.	House- Committee on Education and Labor.
H. Res. 1293	Supporting the goals and ideas of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Note: This bill is similar to S.Res.498.	House - Passed
H. Res. 1302	Supporting the goals and ideas of National Hepatitis Awareness Month and World Hepatitis Day.	House - Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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