[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1420 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1420

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require staff working 
with developmentally disabled individuals to call emergency services in 
               the event of a life-threatening situation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2007

Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require staff working 
with developmentally disabled individuals to call emergency services in 
               the event of a life-threatening situation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Danielle's Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF STAFF WORKING WITH DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED 
              INDIVIDUALS TO CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE EVENT OF A 
              LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (69), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (70), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (70) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(71) provide, in accordance with regulations of the 
        Secretary, that direct care staff providing health-related 
        services to an individual with a developmental disability or 
        traumatic brain injury are required to call the 911 emergency 
        telephone service or equivalent emergency management service 
        for assistance in the event of a life-threatening emergency to 
        such individual and to report such call to the appropriate 
        State agency or department.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect on January 1, 2008.
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