3.0.0 4082 2023-01-11T20:16:30Z 2023-01-11T20:16:30Z House H HR 2007-11-06 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-11-09T17:52:03Z Referred to 2007-11-06T14:00:10Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-11-06T14:00:05Z Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 110 1980 S 2007-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2007-11-09 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-11-06 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 2007-11-06 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 2007-11-06 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 2007-11-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000422 Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] EARL POMEROY D ND N C001047 Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2 2007-11-06 True A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2007-11-06 True C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 2007-12-06 False Health Ambulances Cancer Congress Congressional reporting requirements Curricula Data banks Depreciation and amortization Drugs Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Employee training Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Health information systems Higher education Hospital rates Income tax Kidney diseases Labor and Employment Long-term care Medicaid Medical tests Medicare Nurse practitioners Nurses Nursing education Nursing homes Occupational therapy Paramedical personnel Physical therapy Physicians Quality of care Recruiting of employees Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Speech disorders Student loan funds Tax deductions Taxation Teacher supply and demand Telemedicine Transportation and Public Works Health 00 2007-11-06 Introduced in House 2008-02-06T18:20:48Z Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Service to conduct a demonstration program requiring a state to establish a process for joint training and education of surveyors and providers for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities at least annually.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow resumption of nursing aid training programs in SNFs after correction of deficiencies.

Authorizes the Secretary to exclude from the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for SNFs: (1) certain (high cost and low probability) cancer treatment drugs, including antineoplastic drugs, antiemitics, and supportive medications; (2) all ambulance services, including those furnished to an individual in conjunction with renal dialysis services; and (3) other appropriate items and services.

Authorizes a physician, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist to certify under Medicare that a prescribed series of blood glucose tests are medically required.

Provides for: (1) counting of observation days in application of the Medicare post-hospital requirement for coverage of SNF care; (2) extension of the exceptions process for Medicare therapy caps; and (3) expansion of telehealth services to SNFs.

Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on developing management alternatives to the Medicare payment cap for physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary to make grants to, and contract with, physical therapy programs for projects to recruit and retain faculty and students, develop curriculum, and support the distribution of physical therapy practitioners in underserved areas; and (2) repeal the limitation to nonprofit entities only in the assignment of nurses under the nursing loan repayment program to private entities.

Requires the Secretary to establish a national nursing database to predict future nursing shortages.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish the Long Term Care Quality Advisory Commission; and (2) make grants for five demonstration projects to implement and evaluate methods for improving the quality of health care in long-term care settings.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set a 15-year recovery period for qualified long-term care improvement property.

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