3.0.0 631 2023-01-11T13:19:43Z 2023-01-11T13:19:43Z Senate S S 2009-03-18 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-18T19:43:52Z Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act 111 2223 HR 2009-05-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2009-03-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-03-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3375-3376) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2009-03-18 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2009-03-18 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2009-03-18 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-03-18 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2009-03-18 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2009-03-18 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-03-18 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-03-18 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-03-18 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-03-18 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2009-03-18 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-03-23 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2009-03-25 False Health Criminal justice information and records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Intergovernmental relations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Personnel records State and local government operations Health 00 2009-03-18 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-23T15:42:53Z Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to identify efficient, effective, and economical procedures for long-term care facilities or providers to conduct background checks on prospective direct patient access employees on a nationwide basis under similar terms and conditions as the pilot program established under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

Sets forth requirements for states wishing to participate in the program, including requiring: (1) searches of neglect registries and databases; (2) searches of any proceedings that may contain disqualifying information; (3) searches of federal criminal history records, including a fingerprint check; and (4) methods that reduce duplicative fingerprinting.

Sets forth program requirements.

Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to evaluate the program under this Act.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state claims processing and information retrieval systems to incorporate compatible methodologies of the National Correct Coding Initiative administered by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to identify and notify states as to which methodologies should be incorporated.

]]> Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act Display Title Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act Introduced in Senate 2009-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s631is/xml/BILLS-111s631is.xml 2009-03-18 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.