3.0.0 306 2023-01-15T22:03:50Z 2023-01-15T22:03:50Z Senate S S 2003-02-05 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-02-05T22:04:13Z Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act of 2003 108 960 HR 2003-03-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act of 2003 108 983 HR 2003-03-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2003-02-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-02-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1981-1982) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2003-02-05 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2003-02-05 True E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2003-02-05 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-02-05 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-02-05 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2003-02-05 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2003-02-05 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2003-02-05 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-02-05 True Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Age Authorization Capitation (Medical care) Case management Case mix (Medical care) Chronically ill Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuum of care Cost effectiveness Demography Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Federal aid to health facilities Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health maintenance organizations Health planning Housing and Community Development Internet Kidney diseases Law Long-term care Managed care Medicaid Medical economics Medical statistics Medicare Nursing homes Patient satisfaction Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Surveys Health 00 2003-02-05 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate a regulation that permits each SHMO demonstration project to expand its service area to include areas within the State served by the organization that are not contiguous to any other service area of the organization.

Permits the participation in the SHMO demonstration project program of: (1) the five organizations authorized under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to demonstrate the concept of SHMOs that were approved by the Secretary in 1995; and (2) each entity that received a planning grant in 1998 under the 1997 Grants Program for Reforming Service Delivery for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries to develop a Second Generation Social HMO Demonstration Program.

Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate congressional committees prior to making any change to the benefits available under a SHMO demonstration project.

Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to study and report to Congress on the cost-effectiveness of SHMO demonstration projects and their potential expansion.

Requires the Secretary to conduct, and report to Congress on, a comparative qualitative survey of the satisfaction of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in: (1) the original Medicare fee-for-service program under Medicare parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (2) a Medicare+Choice plan under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice); and (3) an SHMO.]]>

Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act of 2003 Display Title Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to consolidate and restate the Federal laws relating to the social health maintenance organization projects, to make such projects permanent, to require the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to conduct a study on ways to expand such projects, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-02-05T05:00:00Z 2003-02-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.