3.0.0 1980 2023-01-11T20:36:12Z 2023-01-11T20:36:12Z Senate S S 2007-08-02 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-08-03T02:47:22Z Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 110 4082 HR 2007-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-08-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10816-10817) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-08-02 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-08-02 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2008-01-22 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2008-04-09 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2008-06-10 False Health Ambulances Cancer Chronically ill Data banks Depreciation and amortization Drugs Employee training Health facilities Hospital rates Income tax Investment tax credit Labor and Employment Long-term care Medicaid Medical savings accounts Medical tests Medicare Nurses Nursing homes Paramedical personnel Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exclusion Tax exemption Taxation Health 00 2007-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-19T19:42:17Z Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Service to conduct a demonstration program under which the Secretary shall require a state to establish a process for joint training and education of surveyors and providers for skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities at least annually.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to set forth provisions related to resumption of nursing aid training programs for skilled nursing facilities after correction of deficiencies.

Authorizes the Secretary to exclude from the Medicare prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities: (1) high cost and low probability cancer treatment drugs; and (2) all ambulance 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.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to establish a national nursing database to predict future nursing shortages.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for a 15-year recovery period for qualified long-term care improvement property; (2) establish an investment tax credit for long-term care facility information technology; (3) establish tax-exempt long-term care trust accounts; (4) allow cash contributions to such accounts up to $5,000 annually; (5) allow an exclusion from gross income for certain distributions, including for long-term care services for chronically-ill individuals; (6) impose penalties for excess contributions to such accounts and for failure to provide required reports on such accounts; and (7) allow a refundable tax credit for 10% of the annual contributions to such accounts.]]> Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the quality of, and access to, long-term care. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1980is/xml/BILLS-110s1980is.xml 2007-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.