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VIEW FROM THE HILL

Bill         Title                  Description

H.R. 3487    Nurse Reinvestment     Provides incentives for the
S. 1864       Act                    recruitment, training and
Staffing                             retention of nurses, including
                                     certified nursing assistants.
                                    Sponsor: Rep. Michael
                                     Bilirakis (R-Fla.)
                                    Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Mikulski
                                     (D-Md.)

H.R. 4817    Elderly Housing        Authorizes capital repair
Housing       Quality                grants for elderly housing,
              Improvement Act        grants for assisted living
                                     conversions, congregate
                                     services, and service
                                     coordinators, and a pilot
                                     program for mixed use, mixed
                                     finance, and mixed income
                                     projects.
                                    Sponsor: Rep. John LaFalce
                                     (D-N.Y..)

H.R. 5134    Naturally Occurring    To amend the Older Americans
Services      Retirement             Act to authorize supportive
              Community (NORO)       services for older individuals
              Support Act            who reside in naturally
                                     occurring retirement
                                     communities.
                                    Sponsor: Rep. Michael Doyle
                                     (D-Pa.)

S. 2879      Nursing Home Staffing  Requires nursing homes to
Staffing      Accountability Act     electronically transmit nurse
              of 2002                staffing data to CMS on a
                                     quarterly basis. Also requires
                                     CMS to include a staffing
                                     quality measure in its quality
                                     initiative.
                                    Sponsor: Sen. Charles Grassley
                                     (R-Iowa)

S. 1259      Rural and Urban        Revises admission requirements
H.R. 2705     Health Care Act        for nonimmigrant alien nurses,
Staffing/                            including expanding the type
Immigration                          of qualifying employer-
                                     facilities.
                                    Sponsor: Sen. Sam Brownback
                                     (R-Kan.)
                                    Sponsor: Rep. Sheila Jackson
                                     Lee (D-Texas)

H.R. 913     Comprehensive          Amends the Social Security Act
Home Care     Long Term Care Act     to provide for coverage of
                                     expanded nursing facility and
                                     in-home services for dependent
                                     individuals under the
                                     Medicare program.
                                    Sponsor: Rep. Eliot Engel
                                     (D-N.Y.)

S. 1922      Elder Fall Prevention  Directs HHS to expand its
H.R. 3695     Act                    research into the prevention
Research                             of falls in community and
                                     residential as well as
                                     institutional settings and
                                     to conduct public education
                                     campaigns among seniors,
                                     their families and service
                                     providers.
                                    Sponsor: Sen. Tim Hutchinson
                                     (R-Ariz.)
                                    Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone
                                     (D-N.J.)

Bill         Status *

H.R. 3487    8/1/02 became Public
S. 1864       Law 107-205
Staffing






H.R. 4817    Introduced in House, referred
Housing       to Financial Services
              Committee. Some provisions
              incorporated into H.R. 3995








H.R. 5134    Referred to House committee
Services      on Education and Workforce







S. 2879      Introduced in Senate,
Staffing      referred to Finance Committee








S. 1259      Introduced in Senate, referred
H.R. 2705     to Judiciary Committee
Staffing/    Introduced in House, referred
Immigration   to Judiciary Committee






H.R. 913     Introduced in House, referred
Home Care     to Energy and Commerce and
              Ways and Means Committees






S. 1922      Introduced in Senate, referred
H.R. 3695     to HELP Committee,
Research      Hearing held 6/11/02
             Introduced in House, referred
              to Energy & Commerce
              subcommittee on Health








SOURCE: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HOMES AND SERVICES FOR THE AGING

* As of mid-August