3.0.0 3907 2023-01-11T13:21:22Z 2023-01-11T13:21:22Z Senate S S 2010-09-29 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-09-29T22:36:23Z 2010-09-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2010-09-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7810) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2010-09-29 True Health Advisory bodies Disability and paralysis Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Medical tests and diagnostic methods Health 00 2010-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2010-12-21T20:55:10Z Debbie Blanchard Access to Health Care for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states to develop, maintain, and improve Internet directories of health care providers that are known to have entrances, examination rooms, and examination tables that are accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Office on Disability of HHS, to: (1) establish a pilot program to increase the awareness of health care providers of the need to offer accessible environments, examination rooms, and examination tables for individuals with disabilities and to increase voluntary compliance with federal accessibility requirements; and (2) develop and disseminate resources to support individuals with disabilities in finding providers that are accessible to such individuals, which shall include a concise list of questions for individuals with disabilities to ask when calling a health care provider for the first time to schedule an appointment and suggestions for explaining the special needs of such individuals to the provider and for seeking accommodation from the provider.

Requires the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Committee on Access to Health Care for Individuals With Disabilities to support implementation of this Act and to ensure interagency coordination of efforts to improve access to care for individuals with disabilities.

]]> Debbie Blanchard Access to Health Care for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2010 Display Title Debbie Blanchard Access to Health Care for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase access to health care for individuals with disabilities and increase awareness of the need for health care facilities and examination rooms to be accessible for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Debbie Blanchard Access to Health Care for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3907is/xml/BILLS-111s3907is.xml 2010-09-29 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.