3.0.0 1503 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z Senate S S 2005-07-26 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-07-26T23:27:44Z Healthy America Act of 2005 109 4 S 2005-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9160-9182) Identical bill CRS 2005-07-26 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8964-8986) IntroReferral 2005-07-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8963-8964) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. N M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2005-07-26 True G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2005-07-26 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2005-07-26 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2005-07-26 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2005-07-26 True Health Administrative procedure American Samoa Caregivers Child health Clinics Commerce Communication in medicine Community health services Computer matching Conflict of interests Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Damages Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Education Employee health benefits Entrepreneurs Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal preemption Finance and Financial Sector Flexible benefit plans Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Guam Health information systems Health insurance Higher education Housing and Community Development Income tax Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Legal fees Long-term care insurance Married people Medicaid Medical education Medical fees Medical malpractice Medical savings accounts Medical statistics Medically uninsured Medicare Minorities Minority health Northern Mariana Islands Physicians Poor children Puerto Rico Punitive damages Quality of care Retiree health benefits Rural health Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Small business Social Welfare Standards State laws Student loan funds Students Tax credits Tax deductions Taxation Telemedicine Trusts and trustees Virgin Islands Health 00 2005-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-22T18:14:36Z Healthy America Act of 2005 - Patients First Act of 2005 - Sets forth provisions governing health care lawsuits, including provisions establishing a statute of limitations and limiting recovery of non-economic damages and punitive damages.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish an Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology to develop a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish the public-private American Health Information Collaborative; and (2) facilitate the electronic exchange of health information.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary to: (1) develop quality measurement systems to provide value-based payments to providers; (2) establish a value-based purchasing pilot program; and (3) authorize waivers for states to establish such programs for state Medicaid programs.

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary to maintain a patient safety network of databases to accept, aggregate, and analyze non-identifiable patient safety data voluntarily reported by patient safety organizations.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an advanceable credit for health insurance; (2) a deduction for premiums under a high deductible health plan; and (3) a credit for a small employer's contribution to an employee's health savings account.

Reauthorizes grants to states to create and operate high risk health insurance pools.

Covering Kids Act of 2005 - Amends Title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to provide awards for innovative outreach and enrollment efforts.

Allows the Secretary to make grants for qualified integrated health care systems that provide care to medically underserved populations. Provides coverage under Medicare and Medicaid for integrated health center services.

Allows a forbearance on student loans for volunteering at a free clinic.

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