3.0.0 3897 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z 2023-01-12T17:52:06Z Senate S S 2006-09-14 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-14T22:54:07Z 2006-09-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9634-9636) IntroReferral 2006-09-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9633-9634) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2006-09-14 True Health Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Congressional Budget Office Congressional Research Service Congressional agencies Consumer education Drug approvals Drug utilization Drugs Government Accountability Office (GAO) Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health information systems Health surveys Medicaid Medical records Medical research Medicare Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Prescription pricing Preventive medicine Quality of care Research centers Right of privacy Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Vaccines Vital statistics Health 00 2006-09-14 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-13T17:27:42Z Medicare Data Access and Research Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to: (1) enter into data release agreements with specified agencies to provide access to relevant data submitted by prescription drug (PD) plans and MedicareAdvantage-Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare) and linked to hospital, physician, and other relevant medical claims, utilization, and diagnostic Medicare and Medicaid (SSA title XIX) data; and (2) permit such an agency to link such data with other relevant health data as needed to accomplish its research objectives.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into data use agreements with specified research centers and organizations to provide access to the same kind of data; (2) permit them to link it with other relevant health data for research purposes; and (3) prepare the linked sets of data for release not later than July 1, 2007.

Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to provide a congressional support agency upon request with Medicare part D information for use in carrying out its functions and activities as mandated by Congress.

]]> Medicare Data Access and Research Act Display Title Medicare Data Access and Research Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the sharing of certain data collected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with certain agencies, research centers and organizations, and congressional support agencies. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Data Access and Research Act Introduced in Senate 2006-09-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3897is/xml/BILLS-109s3897is.xml 2006-09-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9634-9636) 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.