3.0.0 6199 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z House H HR 2006-09-27 109 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-10-02T17:57:40Z Referred to 2006-09-27T14:01:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-09-27T14:01:10Z Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2006 109 3815 S 2006-09-12 Star Print ordered on the bill. Related bill CRS 2006-10-02 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . Committee 2006-09-27 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 2006-09-27 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 2006-09-27 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 2006-09-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001247 Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] Ginny Brown-Waite R FL 5 N C000071 Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] DAVE CAMP R MI 4 2006-09-27 True C001047 Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2 2006-09-28 False Health Ambulances Cancer Chemotherapy Clinics Data banks Depreciation and amortization Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education Employee training Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health information systems Health surveys Higher education Hospital care Hospital rates Income tax Labor and Employment Long-term care Medicaid Medical fees Medicare Mental care facilities Nurse practitioners Nurses Nursing Nursing education Nursing homes Paramedical personnel Physicians Physicians' assistants Quality of care Reprogramming of appropriated funds Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Student loan funds Tax deductions Taxation Wages Health 00 2006-09-27 Introduced in House 2007-01-09T14:02:34Z Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2006 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Secretary Act to require states to establish a process for joint training and education for nursing home surveyors and providers at least annually as changes to regulations, guidelines, and policy governing nursing facility operations are implemented. Requires individuals newly hired as surveyors to be assigned full-time to a nursing facility to observe actual operations outside of the survey process before the individuals begins oversight responsibilities.

Sets forth provisions related to resumption of nursing aid training program for skilled nursing facilities after correction of deficiencies.

Permits: (1) split or shared Medicare billing by physicians and nurse practitioners in such facilities; and (2) nurse practitioners employed by such facilities to certify skilled care under Medicaid.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a condition-based system of physical therapy services based on medical necessity; and (2) utilize an area wage index for such facilities based on wage data from such facilities and not from hospitals to determine a federal per diem for such facilities.

Authorizes the Secretary to exclude from the Medicare prospective payment system for such facilities: (1) high cost and low probability cancer treatment drugs; (2) all ambulance services; and (3) additional items and services that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

Eliminates the hospital stay requirement for coverage of extended care services under Medicare.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to establish a national nursing database to be used to predict future nursing shortages.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a 10-year recovery period for qualified long-term care improvement property.

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