3.0.0 1050 2023-01-11T19:47:40Z 2023-01-11T19:47:40Z Senate S S 2007-03-29 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-29T19:12:33Z Promoting Wellness for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 110 3294 HR 2007-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2007-03-29 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 S4183-4184) IntroReferral 2007-03-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4182-4183) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-30 False B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2007-09-20 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-03-13 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-07-23 False Health Access to health care Agriculture and Food Communication in medicine Community health services Disabled Economics and Public Finance Exercise Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health education Higher education Hospitals Mammography Medical education Medical residents Medical screening Medical supplies Medical tests Medicare Nutrition Physical examinations Physical fitness Preventive medicine Smoking Social Welfare Sports and Recreation X-rays Health 00 2007-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-15T15:19:13Z Promoting Wellness for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to issue and periodically review standards setting forth the minimum technical criteria for medical diagnostic equipment used in medical settings, to ensure that such equipment: (1) is accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; and (2) allows independent entry to, use of, and exit from the equipment by such individuals to the maximum extent possible. Applies such standards to examination tables and chairs, weight scales, mammography equipment, x-ray machines, and other radiological equipment commonly used for diagnostic purposes by health professionals. Sets forth interim standards for such equipment.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for programs to promote good health, disease prevention, and wellness for individuals with disabilities and prevent secondary conditions in such individuals. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Committee on Wellness for Individuals With Disabilities to set priorities to carry out such programs, review grant proposals, make recommendations for funding, and annually evaluate the progress of such programs in implementing the priorities.

Provides for training programs to improve competency and clinical skills for providing health care and communicating with patients with disabilities through training integrated into the core curriculum and patient interaction in community-based settings.

]]> Promoting Wellness for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Public Health Service Act to set standards for medical diagnostic equipment and to establish a program for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the prevention of secondary conditions for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Promoting Wellness for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Promoting Wellness for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1050is/xml/BILLS-110s1050is.xml 2007-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4183-4184) 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.