3.0.0 1769 2023-01-13T04:49:59Z 2023-01-13T04:49:59Z Senate S S 2005-09-26 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-26T19:38:29Z 2005-09-26 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 S10431-10434) IntroReferral 2005-09-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10430-10431) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-09-26 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2005-09-26 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2005-09-26 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2005-09-26 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2005-09-26 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2005-09-26 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-09-26 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2005-09-27 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2005-09-27 False Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Alabama Appropriations Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Child health Chronically ill Commerce Communication in medicine Community health services Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuum of care Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Health and Human Services Disabled Disaster relief Displaced persons Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Drugs Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Emergency medicine Employee health benefits Employee training Environmental Protection Environmental health Epidemiology Families Family services Family violence Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to research Finance and Financial Sector Food safety Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Health insurance Health planning Health surveys Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Insurance premiums Labor and Employment Law Licenses Louisiana Medicaid Medical education Medical laboratories Medical malpractice Medical personnel Medical records Medical research Medical screening Medical statistics Medically uninsured Mental health services Military operations Military personnel Mississippi National Institutes of Health (NIH) Physicians Post-traumatic stress disorder Preventive medicine Public health administration Public service advertising Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications Searches and seizures Self-insurance Social Welfare Suicide Terrorism Vaccination Vaccines Volunteer workers Health 00 2005-09-26 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-31T20:21:55Z Public Health and Health Insurance Emergency Response Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to modify certain requirements during a declared public health emergency, including by: (1) extending deadlines for administrative reporting; (2) waiving matching funds requirements; and (3) waiving health care professionals' licensing requirements.

Allows the Secretary to: (1) extend temporary assistance in meeting health emergencies to 18 months (currently, such assistance is limited to six months); and (2) temporarily provide reimbursements (at the same rate provided to qualified health centers) to any health center or facility providing primary and preventive care that treats individuals displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 to provide, in the event of a major disaster and declared public health emergency, for the establishment of a registry to identify and maintain information about individuals with disabilities in emergency shelters and assure that such individuals are receiving necessary services and support.

Requires the Secretary to provide for an immediate and independent review of the lessons learned from the federal, state, and local public health, mental health, and medical care planning and preparedness for, and response to, Hurricane Katrina.

Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct an audit and investigation of Hurricane Katrina related programs of HHS.

Requires the Secretary to establish a program to provide emergency health coverage continuation relief through the provision of direct payments of health insurance premiums on behalf of eligible businesses and their employees and purchasers of individual health insurance coverage.

]]> Public Health and Health Insurance Emergency Response Act of 2005 Display Title Public Health and Health Insurance Emergency Response Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide relief to individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Katrina related to healthcare and health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Public Health and Health Insurance Emergency Response Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-09-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1769is/xml/BILLS-109s1769is.xml 2005-09-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10431-10434) 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.