3.0.0 6030 2023-01-12T17:52:21Z 2023-01-12T17:52:21Z House H HR 2006-09-06 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-09-25T20:56:40Z Referred to 2006-09-06T18:01:10Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-09-06T18:01:15Z 2006-09-25 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2006-09-06 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2006-09-06 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-06 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-09-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 N P000422 Rep. 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Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] LOIS CAPPS D CA 23 2006-12-05 False Health Access to health care Agricultural labor Agriculture and Food Ambulances Ambulatory care Arkansas Building construction Capital investments Case management Case mix (Medical care) Chronically ill Clinics Coinsurance Communication in medicine Community health services Congressional reporting requirements Continuum of care Cost effectiveness Debt Drugs Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Emergency Management Emergency medicine Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government lending Governmental investigations Health information systems Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Health planning Home care services Hospital care Hospital rates Hospitals Housing and Community Development Illinois Indian medical care Information technology Kentucky Labor and Employment Land transfers Louisiana Managed care Marriage counseling Medical economics Medical fees Medical laboratories Medical records Medical tests Medicare Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Mental health services Migrant labor Minorities Mississippi Missouri Native Americans Nursing homes Performance measurement Physicians Prescription pricing Psychologists Psychotherapy Quality of care Revolving funds Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Seasonal labor Social Welfare State laws Telemedicine Tennessee Terminal care Transportation and Public Works Wages Welfare recipients Health 00 2006-09-06 Introduced in House 2006-10-16T15:34:43Z Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2006 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to: (1) the Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) adjustment for rural hospitals; (2); payment for clinical laboratory tests furnished by critical access hospitals; (3) rebasing for sole community hospitals; (4) establishment of a rural community hospital program; (5) extension of the Medicare rural hospital hold harmless provision under the prospective payment system (PPS) for hospital outpatient department services; (6) coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); (7) permanent treatment of certain physician pathology services under Medicare; (8) extension of the Medicare incentive payment program for a physician scarcity area; (9) proportional representation of interests of rural areas on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; and (10) additional payments for providers furnishing ambulance services in rural areas and prompt payment of clean claims by Medicare prescription drug plans and MedicareAdvantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans under the Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program).

Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to extend: (1) certain Medicare hospital wage index reclassifications and disregarding hospital reclassifications for purposes of group reclassifications; (2) Medicare reasonable costs payments for certain clinical diagnostic laboratory tests furnished to hospital patients in certain rural areas; and (3) the temporary Medicare payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to eligible entities in rural areas for purchase and enhanced utilization of qualified health information technology systems; (2) establish a capital infrastructure revolving loan program and a Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission; and (3) provide for delta rural disparities and health systems development.

]]> Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2006 Display Title Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Health Care Access and Rural Equity (H-CARE) Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-09-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6030ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6030ih.xml 2006-09-25 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.