3.0.0 7192 2021-06-07T20:07:10Z 2021-06-07T20:07:10Z House H HR 2008-09-27 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2008-09-27T19:53:37Z Referred to 2008-09-27T14:01:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-27T14:02:05Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-27T14:02:00Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-27T14:01:50Z 2008-09-27 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2008-09-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and 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 2008-09-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and 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 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2008-09-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and 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 hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2008-09-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and 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 2008-09-27 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and 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 2008-09-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001162 Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] Allyson Schwartz D PA Y. 13 N Health Child health Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Education programs funding Executive agency funding and structure Foreign labor Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Home and outpatient care Immigration status and procedures Medicaid Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Minority education Minority employment Prescription drugs Student aid and college costs Temporary and part-time employment Visas and passports Health 00 2008-09-27 Introduced in House 2009-06-02T15:42:27Z Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award recruitment incentive grants or contracts to graduate medical schools to enable them to improve primary care education and training for medical students.

Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to: (1) award grants to critical shortage health facilities to enable them to provide scholarships to individuals who agree to serve as physicians at such facilities after completing a residency in the field of family practice, pediatrics, or internal medicine; and (2) establish an educational loan repayment program for individuals who agree to serve as primary care physicians in an area that is not a health professional shortage area.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for deferment of education loans during medical residency and internships in family medicine, internal medicine, or pediatric medicine.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make permanent the Conrad State J-1 Visa Waiver Program.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from the H-1 B Visa Limitation individuals awarded a medical speciality certification in internal medicine, pediatrics, or family medicine by the appropriate medical board based on post-doctoral training and experience in the United States.

Amends the PHSA to direct the Secretary to award grants to eligible state and local government entities for the development of informational materials that promote careers in primary care.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow the use of Medicaid transformation payments for methods for improving medical assistance under Medicaid and SSA title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) by encouraging certain medical practices to qualify as patient centered medical homes.

Establishes the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC).

Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to: (1) increase budget neutrality limits under the physician fee schedule to account for anticipated savings resulting from payments for certain services and the coordination of beneficiary care; and (2) require a separate Medicare payment for designated primary care services and comprehensive care coordination services.

Amends SSA title XVIII, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to cover patient-centered medical home services.

Directs the Secretary to develop a methodology to increase payments for designated evaluation and management services provided by primary and principal care physicians.

Requires: (1) additional incentive payments for primary care services furnished in health professional shortage areas; (2) permanent extension of the floor on the Medicare work geographic adjustment under the physician fee schedule; and (3) permanent extension of the Medicare incentive payment program for physician scarcity areas.

Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the process for determining relative value under the Medicare physician fee schedule.

Eliminates cost sharing for preventive benefits and the time restriction for initial preventive physical examination.

Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on: (1) facilitating the receipt of Medicare preventive services by Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) increasing the ability of the physician to assist Medicare beneficiaries in obtaining needed prescriptions under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program).

Requires additional payments to physicians for services to individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).

Requires various specified studies.

]]> Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act Short Titles as Introduced Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act Display Title Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to increase the number of primary care physicians and to improve patient access to primary care services, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr7192ih/xml/BILLS-110hr7192ih.xml 2008-09-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.