3.0.0 2076 2023-01-15T10:03:18Z 2023-01-15T10:03:18Z Senate S S 2004-02-12 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-02-12T21:05:45Z 2004-02-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1292) IntroReferral 2004-02-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1292) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2004-02-23 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2004-02-23 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2004-02-26 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2004-03-02 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2004-03-08 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2004-03-22 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2004-03-22 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2004-03-22 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2004-03-23 False G000352 Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] DANIEL GRAHAM D FL ROBERT 2004-03-25 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2004-03-31 False Health Congress Congressional information resources Congressional reporting requirements Congressional-executive relations Cost accounting Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Families Federal aid to child health services Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health insurance Legislation Medicaid Medically uninsured Medicare Poor children Social Welfare Health 00 2004-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-29T22:07:47Z Congressional Access to the CMS Chief Actuary Act of 2004 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, to require the Chief Actuary in exercising the duties of his or her office to provide the committees of jurisdiction of Congress with independent counsel and technical assistance with respect to the programs under SSA titles XVIII (Medicare), XIX (Medicaid), and XXI (Children's Health Insurance).

Authorizes the Chief Actuary to provide Congress directly with reports, comments on, and estimates of, the financial effects of potential legislation, and other actuarial information related to such programs.

Prohibits any officer or agency of the United States from requiring the Chief Actuary to submit such reports, comments, estimates, or other information to any U.S. officer or agency for approval, comments, or review before submitting them to Congress.

]]> Congressional Access to the CMS Chief Actuary Act of 2004 Display Title Congressional Access to the CMS Chief Actuary Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide direct congressional access to the office of the Chief Actuary in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Congressional Access to the CMS Chief Actuary Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-02-12T05:00:00Z 2004-02-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1292) 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.