3.0.0 1531 2023-01-13T04:50:22Z 2023-01-13T04:50:22Z Senate S S 2005-07-28 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2006-12-05T19:17:55Z Markup by 2006-09-20T21:35:34Z Referred to 2005-07-28T20:54:22Z S. Rept. 109-362 Keeping Seniors Safe From Falls Act of 2006 109 5608 HR 2006-06-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2006-12-05 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 667. Calendars 2006-12-05 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-362. Committee 2006-12-05 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-362. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee 2006-09-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2005-07-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9295-9296) IntroReferral 2005-07-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9294-9295) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-07-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2005-07-28 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-07-28 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2005-07-28 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2005-07-28 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-07-28 True D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2005-07-28 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2005-11-07 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2006-04-25 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2006-12-06 False 2006-09-28T04:00:00Z S. 1531, Keeping Seniors Safe from Falls and Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/18174 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 20, 2006</p> 2006-09-28T04:00:00Z S. 1531, Keeping Seniors Safe from Falls and Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18174 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 20, 2006 Social Welfare Accident prevention Architecture and the disabled Caregivers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuum of care Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education Federal aid to research Federal aid to the aged Geriatrics Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Health Health counseling Home repair and improvement Housing and Community Development Housing for the aged Life care communities Medical economics Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Medicare Preventive medicine Rehabilitation of the disabled Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare 00 2005-07-28 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-20T20:33:32Z Keeping Seniors Safe From Falls Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) oversee and support a national education campaign focusing on reducing falls among older adults and preventing repeat falls; and (2) award grants to design and carry out local education campaigns.

Directs the Secretary to conduct and support research to: (1) improve the identification of older adults who have a high risk of falling; (2) improve data collection and analysis to identify fall risk and protective factors; (3) design, implement, and evaluate the most effective fall prevention interventions; (4) tailor effective strategies to reduce falls to specific populations of older adults; (5) maximize the dissemination of proven, effective fall prevention interventions; (6) improve the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of elderly fall victims; and (7) assess the risks of falls occurring in various settings.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct research and develop, implement, and evaluate the most effective approaches to reduce falls among high-risk older adults living in long-term care facilities; (2) evaluate the effectiveness of community programs; (3) provide professional education for physicians and allied health professionals in fall prevention; (4) oversee and support specified demonstration and research projects; (5) award grants to design, implement, and evaluate fall prevention programs using proven intervention strategies and carry out a multistate demonstration project; and (6) report to Congress on the effects of falls on health care costs, the potential for reducing falls, and the most effective strategies for reducing associated health care costs.

]]> 01 2006-12-05 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2007-02-09T21:41:19Z Keeping Seniors Safe from Falls and Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act - (Sec. 3) Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the national program for traumatic brain injury registries to include grants for a traumatic brain injury surveillance system.

(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct a study to: (1) determine the incidence and prevalence of traumatic brain injury; (2) report national trends in traumatic brain injury; (3) identify common therapeutic interventions used for the rehabilitation of individuals with such injuries; and (4) develop practice guidelines for such rehabilitation. Sets forth reporting requirements.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2010 for a program to conduct basic and clinical research on trauma, including research on traumatic brain injury.

(Sec. 6) Allows the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), to make grants to states and American Indian consortia to improve access to rehabilitation and other services regarding traumatic brain injury.

Requires the Administrator and the Commissioner of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities to enter into an agreement to coordinate the collection of data regarding protection and advocacy services. Directs the Administrator to make a grant for training and technical assistance to protection and advocacy systems, if funds permit.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary to: (1) oversee and support a national education campaign focusing on reducing falls among older adults and preventing repeat falls; and (2) award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to design and carry out local education campaigns.

Directs the Secretary to conduct and support research to: (1) improve the identification of older adults who have a high risk of falling; (2) improve data collection and analysis to identify fall risk and protective factors; (3) design, implement, and evaluate the most effective fall prevention interventions; (4) tailor effective strategies to reduce falls to specific populations of older adults; (5) maximize the dissemination of proven, effective fall prevention interventions; (6) improve the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of elderly fall victims; and (7) assess the risks of falls occurring in various settings.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct research concerning barriers to the adoption of proven fall prevention interventions; (2) conduct research on the most effective approaches to reduce falls among high-risk older adults; (3) evaluate the effectiveness of community programs; (3) provide professional education for physicians, allied health professionals, and aging service providers in fall prevention; (4) oversee and support specified demonstration and research projects; (5) award grants to design, implement, and evaluate fall prevention programs using proven intervention strategies and carry out a multistate demonstration project; and (6) report to Congress on the effects of falls on health care costs, the potential for reducing falls, and the most effective strategies for reducing associated health care costs.

(Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations.

]]> Keeping Seniors Safe from Falls and Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act Display Title Keeping Seniors Safe from Falls and Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and intensify programs with respect to research and related activities concerning elder falls. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Keeping Seniors Safe From Falls Act of 2005 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Keeping Seniors Safe from Falls and Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2006-12-05T05:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2005-07-28T04:00:00Z 2006-12-05 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 667. 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.