3.0.0 1451 2023-01-11T16:47:40Z 2023-01-11T16:47:40Z Senate S S 2007-05-22 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-22T21:53:57Z 2007-05-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-05-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6478-6479) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2007-06-18 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-06-18 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2007-06-18 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-07-10 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-07-18 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2007-07-23 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2007-07-23 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-08-01 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-09-05 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-09-11 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-09-17 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-10-04 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2007-10-04 False C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2007-10-15 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-11-02 False Health Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Health information systems Health planning Medical economics Medical records Preventive medicine Quality of care Health 00 2007-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-22T22:02:54Z Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award quality reform grants to eligible entities to enhance, encourage, and expedite implementation of quality reform plans in order to: (1) encourage the coordinated development of local health care quality reforms; (2) fund the development of practices beneficial to the health care system; (3) expand information technology, electronic health records, and interoperable data systems in the health care system; (4) develop reimbursement practices that align financial incentives with health and prevention reforms to identify and encourage best practices; (5) lower the costs of health care delivery; (6) encourage experimentation in different U.S. regions; and (7) reward cooperation among local entities engaged in reforming the health care system.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Quality Reform Committee, which shall: (1) approve the application of an eligible entity and recommend to the Secretary that a grant be awarded; (2) evaluate and exchange best practices related to activities carried out under the grant; (3) share research and expertise; and (4) study, identify, and report on market failures and anomalies that create economic incentives adverse to achievement of the goals of quality reform, cost reduction, health information technology expansion, and illness prevention.

]]> Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2007 Display Title Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to encourage the development of coordinated quality reforms to improve health care delivery and reduce the cost of care in the health care system. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Quality Reform Expansion and Savings Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1451is/xml/BILLS-110s1451is.xml 2007-05-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.