3.0.0 3513 2023-01-15T08:33:25Z 2023-01-15T08:33:25Z House H HR 2003-11-18 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2003-12-04T16:22:45Z Referred to 2003-11-18T15:00:05Z Keeping Seniors Safe From Falls Act of 2004 108 1217 S 2004-12-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2003-12-04 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2003-11-18 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2003-11-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-11-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 N J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2004-01-27 False U000039 Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] TOM UDALL D NM 3 2004-03-30 False P000099 Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4] ED PASTOR D AZ 4 2004-04-02 False M001140 Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3] DENNIS MOORE D KS 3 2004-05-04 False K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 2004-06-15 False Health Accident prevention Apartment houses Architecture and the disabled Building construction Caregivers Commerce Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Continuum of care Disabled Drug utilization Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Eye diseases Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Federal aid to the aged Geriatrics Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health counseling Health education Health surveys Higher education Home repair and improvement Housing and Community Development Housing for the aged Life care communities Medicaid Medical economics Medical education Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Medical tests Medicare Nursing homes Paramedical personnel Public-private partnerships Rehabilitation of the disabled Research grants Science, Technology, Communications State laws Technological innovations Health 00 2003-11-18 Introduced in House 2004-01-05T20:34:26Z Elder Fall Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Administration on Aging within the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) oversee and support a three-year national education campaign by the National Safety Council focusing on ways to reduce the risk of elder falls and prevent repeat falls; (2) provide grants for State coalitions for local education campaigns addressing reduction and prevention of elder falls; and (3) provide grants and contracts for continuing education to health professionals to effect geriatric fall prevention.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct and support research concerning various topics, including high-risk elders, risk and protective factors, fall reduction strategies, fall prevention interventions, diagnosis and treatment of victims, barriers to adopting proven interventions, and the effectiveness of community programs in preventing assisted living and nursing home falls; (2) support the development of ways to reduce falls among very high risk elders; and (3) award grants to enable organizations to provide professional education for physicians and health professionals in elder fall prevention.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to oversee and support demonstration and research projects to be carried out by the Council and other qualified organizations in the following areas: (1) a multi-State demonstration project assessing the utility of targeted fall risk screening and referral programs; (2) programs targeting newly-discharged fall victims at high risk for second falls; (3) private-public partnerships to develop technologies to prevent falls and prevent or reduce injuries from falls; (4) hospital-based fall prevention and treatment centers; (5) Medicaid sponsored community projects of the type adopted by Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida; and (6) grants to States and hospitals to expand such hospital and Medicaid programs.

Requires the Secretary to provide grants for: (1) fall prevention programs in residential and institutional settings; and (2) demonstration program evaluations.

Directs the Secretary to review the effects of falls on the costs of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the potential for reducing costs by expanding covered services. States that such review shall include a review of reimbursement policies.

]]> Elder Fall Prevention Act of 2003 Display Title Elder Fall Prevention Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and intensify programs with respect to research and related activities concerning elder falls, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Elder Fall Prevention Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-11-18T05:00:00Z 2003-12-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.