View from the hill.NURSING HOMES Bill: H.R. 215 Title: Allied Health Professions Reinvestment Act of 2005 Summary: Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the education and training of health professionals in exchange for a service commitment. Sponsors: Reps. Cliff Steams, R-Fla., Spencer Bachus Spencer Thomas Bachus III (b. December 28 1947), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Alabama's At-large congressional district. , R-Ala., Ted Strickland Ted Strickland, (born August 4 1941) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, and the current Governor of the state of Ohio. Before his election in 2006, he served six terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio’s 6th district. , D-Ohio. Status: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health for further consideration. Bill: H.R. 248 Title: Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2005 Summary: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act Immigration and Nationality Act may refer to:
Sponsors: Reps. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., Ted Strickland, D-Ohio. Status: Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health for further consideration. MEDICARE/MEDICAID Bill: H.R. 175 Title Family Caregiver Security Act of 2005 Summary: Amends the Social Security Act to provide for the use of qualified family caregivers as home health aides under the Medicare program. Declares that nothing in the act shall be construed as authorizing exclusion of coverage of skilled nursing services for persons age 75 or older solely on the basis of the person's refusal of physical rehab services, regardless of whether those rehabilitation services are part of the individual's plan of care. Sponsors: Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Calif. Status. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. and the Committee on Energy and Commerce for further consideration. Bill: S. 18 Title: Meeting Our Responsibility to Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2005 Summary: Amends the Social Security Act by making improvements to the Medicare program, including giving the Secretary of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Secretary of Health and Human Services - the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services; "the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter" authority to negotiate contracts with manufacturers of Medicare prescription drugs. Sponsors: Sens. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, Hillary Rodham Rodham is an English surname which may refer to a number of persons or places. People Family of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Status: Referred to the Senate Committee on Finance for further consideration. Bill: S. 123 Title: Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending Act Summary: Amends part D of the Social Security Act to allow for negotiation of fair prices for Medicare prescription drugs Sponsors: Sen. Russell D. Feingold, D-Wis. Status: Referred to the Senate Committee on Finance. LONG TERM CARE (ASSISTED LIVING as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. , INDEPENDENT LIVING, CCRCS, SUBACUTE UNITS, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES skilled nursing facility n. Abbr. SNF An establishment that houses chronically ill, usually elderly patients, and provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, and other services. ) Bill: H.R. 27 Title: Job Training Improvement Act of 2005 Summary: Revises and reauthorizes workforce investment systems with respect to state and local planning, including job training programs in worker shortage occupations. This bill focuses on attracting out-of-school and in-school youth to hard-to-employ areas, including medical, farm work and mechanical fields. Sponsors: Reps. Howard McKeon, R-Cafif., John Boehner, R-Ohio, Thelma Drake, R-Va., John Kline, R-Minn., Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., Patrick Tiberi, R-Ohio, four others. Status: Referred to House Committee on Education and the Workforce for further consideration. Bill H.R. 215 Title: Allied Health Professions Reinvestment Act of 2005 Summary: Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the education and training of health professionals in exchange for a service commitment. Sponsors: Reps. Cliff Steams, R-Fla., Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., Ted Strickland, D-Ohio. Status Referred to the House Subcommittee on Health for further consideration. Bill: H.R. 218 Title: R: Health Care Tax Deduction Tax deduction An expense that a taxpayer is allowed to deduct from taxable income. tax deduction See deduction. Act of 2OO5 Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code The Internal Revenue Code is the body of law that codifies all federal tax laws, including income, estate, gift, excise, alcohol, tobacco, and employment taxes. These laws constitute title 26 of the U.S. Code (26 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq. to allow individuals a tax deduction from gross income for health insurance premiums and unreimbursed prescription drug expenses paid for the benefit of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse and dependents. Sponsors: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means for further consideration. Editor's Note: The following bills pertaining to issues affecting the long term care industry were making their way through Congress as of Feb. 1, 2005. |
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