SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of HHS: address shortage of foster homes for children, keep siblings together, and provide for placement in cottage family homes and make such children eligible for foster care maintenance payments (see H.R. 4972), H3697 [15AU]

Medicare: establish exception to physician self-referral prohibition for certain outpatient prescription drugs furnished by physician practice (see H.R. 2484), H1372 [31MR]

——— establish floor on payments to sole community hospitals located in Alaska and Hawaii under hospital outpatient prospective payment system (see S. 553), S930 [12FE] (see H.R. 4250), H3035 [30JN]

Taxation: include optional practical training for F–1 visa holders as employment for purposes of taxes under Federal Insurance Contribution Act and Social Security Act (see S. 2940), S6873 [30SE]