3.0.0 3067 2023-01-11T13:18:44Z 2023-01-11T13:18:44Z House H HR 2009-06-26 111 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2009-08-03T15:38:06Z Referred to 2009-06-26T13:06:49Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-07T14:32:55Z Referred to 2009-06-26T13:06:45Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-06-26T13:06:48Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-06-26T13:06:47Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-06-26T13:06:46Z 2009-08-03 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2009-07-07 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-06-26 Referred to House Armed Services IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2009-06-26 Referred to House Veterans' Affairs IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2009-06-26 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-06-26 Referred to House Education and Labor IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2009-06-26 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Ways and Means, Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services, 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 2009-06-26 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000111 Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] TOM LATHAM R IA 4 N Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Child care and development Department of Health and Human Services Education programs funding Employee benefits and pensions Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Hospital care Income tax deductions Medical education Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Military medicine National Guard and reserves Nursing Prescription drugs Rural conditions and development Small business Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Veterans' medical care Health 00 2009-06-26 Introduced in House 2009-07-10T21:44:43Z Health Security for All Americans Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act regarding: (1) the physician payment update; (2) geographic cost-of-practice indices (GPCI) floors; (3) annual physical examinations; (4) the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program; (5) the inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals; and (6) proportional representation of rural area interests on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC).

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a national public information campaign on initial preventive physical examinations for Medicare beneficiaries.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) with respect to rules governing enhanced marketplace pools for small business health plans.

Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to add a new title XXXI (Health Care Insurance Marketplace Modernization) under which the Secretary shall promulgate regulations establishing minimum standards for health insurance premium variations and model small group rating rules.

Provides for affordable plans and the harmonization of health insurance standards.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for the qualified health insurance costs of individuals.

Amends veterans benefits law to allow an enrolled veteran to elect to receive covered health services through a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility.

Authorizes VA pharmacies to dispense medications to veterans on private practitioner prescriptions.

Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program of child care assistance for individuals pursuing advanced nursing degrees.

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to award grants to partnerships of accredited nursing schools and hospitals or health facilities to establish projects to enable a hospital or health facility to retain its staff of experienced nurses while having these individuals become, through an accelerated nursing education program, faculty members of an accredited nursing school.

Amends PHSA to authorize the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to enter into an agreement for the repayment of education loans with any U.S. citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident who: (1) holds an unencumbered license as a registered nurse; and (2) has either already completed a master's or doctorate nursing program at an accredited school of nursing or is currently enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in such a program.

Requires each such agreement to require the eligible individual to serve as a full-time member of the faculty of an accredited school of nursing for a minimum four-year period.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out programs to increase the number of nurses within the armed forces.

Prescribes requirements for determination of the effective date of active duty for members of a reserve component of the armed forces.

]]> Health Security for All Americans Act of 2009 Display Title Health Security for All Americans Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reform Medicare payments to physicians and certain other providers and improve Medicare benefits, to encourage the offering of health coverage by small businesses, to provide tax incentives for the purchase of health insurance by individuals, to increase access to health care for veterans, to address the nursing shortage, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Health Security for All Americans Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3067ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3067ih.xml 2009-08-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. 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.