SOCIAL SECURITY related term(s) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Public Welfare Programs

Addresses

State of the Union: President Trump, S645–S649 [24FE], H2287–H2295 [24FE]

Amendments

Immigration: clarify that aliens convicted of defrauding the Government or unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable (H.R. 1958), consideration (H. Res. 1115), H2544 [17MR]

Public welfare programs: clarify authority of States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds for pregnancy centers (H.R. 6945), consideration (H. Res. 1009), H1137 [21JA]

Bills and resolutions

Benefits: repeal retirement earnings test (see S. 4184), S1580 [24MR]

Centers for Mediare & Medicare Services: establish total nurse staffing hours per resident day and require 24-hour use of registered professional nurses in nursing homes (see S. 3886), S609 [12FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test model implementing most-favored-nation drug pricing (see H.R. 7837), H2470 [5MR]

Dept. of Education: improve process for verification of Social Security numbers required to be provided for Federal student aid (see H.R. 7893), H2481 [12MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish demonstration program to test mandatory coverage of treatment for wound care for epidermolysis bullosa under Medicaid (see H.R. 7877), H2476 [9MR]

——— establish rural provider demonstration program to provide payments on eligible loans for individuals eligible for National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 4208), S1614 [25MR]

——— expand education and workforce training opportunities for youth who have experienced foster care (see H.R. 7343), H2029 [4FE]

——— improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see S. 3990), S802 [4MR] (see H.R. 7853), H2471 [5MR]

——— increase maximum education and training voucher amount and provide greater support for foster youth pursuing postsecondary education (see H.R. 7463), H2118 [10FE]

——— provide funding for Quality Improvement Organizations to work with lower-resourced providers to improve preparedness and performance, improve Medicare services, and ensure continuity of services during disasters (see H.R. 7486), H2185 [11FE]

——— publish information on expenditures under Medicare program (see S. 3848), S577 [11FE]

——— strengthen coordination among certain programs to better support expectant and parenting foster youth (see H.R. 7655), H2296 [24FE]

Dept. of HUD: improve coordination with Federal housing assistance programs for youth who have experienced foster care (see H.R. 7432), H2094 [9FE]

Dept. of Labor: require States use identity verification and data matching procedures to prevent fraudulent unemployment claims, strengthen work search requirements, and allow States to retain portion of recovered overpayments (see S. 4016), S881 [5MR] (see H.R. 7847), H2471 [5MR]

Disabled: adjust minimum monthly personal needs allowances for institutionalized individuals and couples under SSI program (see H.R. 7573), H2224 [13FE]

——— allow disabled individuals with terminal illnesses to receive disability insurance benefits without waiting period and prohibit concurrent receipt of disability benefits and unemployment insurance (see S. 3648), S256 [15JA] (see H.R. 7104), H919 [15JA]

——— establish disability benefit offset for Purple Heart recipients (see H.R. 7120), H920 [15JA]

——— exclude from income certain cost of living adjustments for determining eligibility and benefits for disabled individuals for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 3603), S115 [8JA] (see H.R. 6986), H252 [8JA]

Drugs: reduce price of insulin, require pharmacy benefit managers to pass-through manufacturer rebates for insulin products, and promote generic and biosimilar competition (see S. 4189), S1614 [25MR]

Federal aid programs: affirm importance to people of U.S. and express that it must be preserved, protected, and strengthened for current and future generations (see S. Res. 579), S115 [8JA]

Foreign Service: raise mandatory retirement age by aligning it with Social Security full retirement age (see S. 4002), S881 [5MR]

Health: make sex offenders ineligible for refundable credit for coverage under qualified health plans and federally funded medical assistance under Medicaid (see H.R. 7453), H2095 [9FE]

Health care facilities: require providers to disclose policies regarding minimum gestational age at which life-saving care will be provided to infant in case of premature birth (see H.R. 7912), H2482 [12MR]

Immigration: clarify that aliens convicted of defrauding the Government or unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable (H.R. 1958), consideration (see H. Res. 1115), H2529 [16MR]

Medicaid: clarify that whole genome and whole exome sequencing for children with certain medical needs is covered (see H.R. 7118), H919 [15JA]

——— codify value-based purchasing arrangements and reforms relative to price reporting under such arrangements (see H.R. 7871), H2476 [9MR]

——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 4070), S1046 [12MR] (see H.R. 7905), H2482 [12MR]

——— direct State Medicaid fraud control units to investigate and prosecute instances of beneficiary fraud (see S. 4176), S1580 [24MR]

——— ensure appropriate availability of personal care services (see H.R. 7713), H2328 [25FE]

——— increase minimum monthly personal needs allowance for institutionalized individuals and couples (see H.R. 7778), H2369 [3MR]

——— remove certain age restrictions on eligibility for working adults with disabilities (see S. 3690), S290 [27JA]

——— repeal requirement that States establish Medicaid Estate Recovery Program and limit circumstances in which State may place lien on Medicaid beneficiary’s property (see H.R. 6951), H12 [6JA]

——— require coverage of 12 mental health telehealth visits per calendar year for certain previously incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 7535), H2218 [12FE]

Medicare: align payment for specified surgical procedures with high-cost supplies furnished in office-based facilities (see H.R. 7863), H2475 [9MR]

——— allow payments for certain items and services furnished at excepted off-campus outpatient departments of provider to be determined under prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see S. 3908), S681 [25FE] (see H.R. 7666), H2296 [24FE]

——— delay implementation of efficiency adjustment to work relative value units under physician fee schedule (see H.R. 7520), H2217 [12FE]

——— eliminate 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (see S. 4076), S1046 [12MR]

——— ensure continued access to diabetes technology upon enrollment (see S. 4037), S958 [10MR]

——— ensure continued designation of certain critical access hospitals (see H.R. 7727), H2332 [26FE]

——— ensure equitable payment for, and preserve beneficiary access to, cancer treatments under hospital outpatient prospective payment system (see H.R. 8032), H2627 [20MR]

——— ensure integrity of Medicare-furnished hospice care (see S. 4118), S1090 [17MR] (see H.R. 7966), H2550 [17MR]

——— establish certain standards and requirements relative to financial assistance and medical debt collection for participating hospitals (see H.R. 7478), H2118 [10FE]

——— establish definition of essential health system (see H.R. 7145), H924 [16JA]

——— establish demonstration program to provide payment for living kidney donor transplant facilitator training (see H.R. 7581), H2224 [13FE]

——— establish provider directory requirements, and provide accountability for provider director accuracy, under Medicare Advantage (see S. 3750), S377 [29JA]

——— expand availability of medical nutrition therapy services (see S. 3934), S706 [26FE]

——— expand coverage of services furnished by genetic counselors under part B (see S. 3607), S115 [8JA]

——— expand eligibility for incentives under health professional shortage area bonus program to practitioners furnishing mental health and substance use disorder services (see H.R. 7324), H1975 [3FE]

——— expand scope of practitioners eligible for payment for telehealth services (see S. 3834), S577 [11FE]

——— improve access to mental health services (see S. 4202), S1614 [25MR] (see H.R. 8081), H2710 [25MR]

——— increase floor for practice expense and work geographic indices for certain areas (see S. 3688), S257 [15JA]

——— increase penalties for health care fraud (see S. 3593), S89 [7JA] (see H.R. 7569), H2224 [13FE]

——— limit geographic reclassification of certain hospitals (see H.R. 7409), H2041 [5FE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 8091), H2711 [25MR]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see S. 4070), S1046 [12MR] (see H.R. 7905), H2482 [12MR]

——— permit additional accrediting organizations to approve specialized Medicare Advantage plans for special needs individuals (see H.R. 6974), H251 [8JA]

——— permit private cause of action for damages when primary plan fails to provide for primary payment or appropriate reimbursement (see S. 3816), S552 [10FE]

——— prevent hospitals or skilled nursing facilities that are owned by certain firms from participating in Medicare program (see S. 4085), S1047 [12MR] (see H.R. 7920), H2482 [12MR]

——— protect access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities (see H.R. 7444), H2095 [9FE]

——— provide coverage for ALS-related services for individuals diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see S. 3763), S470 [3FE] (see H.R. 7336), H1976 [3FE]

——— provide coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) furnished by pharmacists (see H.R. 7189), H1171 [21JA]

——— provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment (see S. 3872), S609 [12FE] (see H.R. 7546), H2218 [12FE]

——— provide coverage of ambulance services that do not include transportation (see S. 3730), S377 [29JA] (see H.R. 7277), H1920 [30JA]

——— provide for inclusion of virtual diabetes prevention program suppliers in Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Expanded Model (see S. 3692), S290 [27JA]

——— provide for option for individuals age 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare (see H.R. 7909), H2482 [12MR]

——— provide for prior authorization reforms under Medicare Advantage program (see S. 3762), S470 [3FE]

——— rename Medicare Advantage program and prohibit private insurers from using ‘‘Medicare’’ in plan titles or advertisements (see H.R. 7803), H2420 [4MR]

——— require hospitals to develop discharge plans for pregnant individuals (see H.R. 7830), H2470 [5MR]

——— require Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reports to Congress on arrangements with pharmacy benefit managers relative to prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans (see S. 3729), S377 [29JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: ensure appropriate approval for certain skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aide training and competency evaluation programs (see H.R. 7096), H919 [15JA]

——— streamline care delivery in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities (see H.R. 7106), H919 [15JA]

——— streamline certification process for State Veterans Homes by allowing certain facilities certified by Dept. of Veterans Affairs to be deemed in compliance with specified Medicare and Medicaid requirements (see H.R. 7747), H2335 [2MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish public health insurance option (see S. 3599), S115 [8JA] (see H.R. 7023), H655 [12JA]

Public welfare programs: clarify authority of States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds for pregnancy centers (see H.R. 6945), H11 [6JA]

——— clarify authority of States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds for pregnancy centers (H.R. 6945), consideration (see H. Res. 1009), H947 [20JA]

——— prohibit States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds to provide benefits to refugees, asylees, and illegal immigrants (see S. 3670), S257 [15JA]

SSA: improve procedures to close or reduce access to field offices (see H.R. 7228), H1350 [22JA]

——— permit disabled individuals to elect to receive disability insurance benefits during disability insurance benefit waiting period (see S. 3924), S681 [25FE]

——— prohibit Social Security Trust Funds from investing in cryptocurrency (see S. 4092), S1047 [12MR]

——— request President furnish information to House of Representatives relative to Dept. of Government Efficiency access to and usage of NUMIDENT and other personally identifiable information in SSA possession (see H. Res. 1059), H2186 [11FE]

SSI: update eligibility (see S. 4001), S881 [5MR] (see H.R. 7828), H2470 [5MR]

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain restored benefits received by public-sector employees (see H.R. 7361), H2030 [4FE]

——— impose tax on certain high net worth households and trusts and use revenue to address issues of working families (see S. 3956), S731 [2MR] (see H.R. 7767), H2368 [3MR]

——— increase estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes on certain wealthy estates and deposit such revenues in Social Security Trust Fund (see S. 4196), S1614 [25MR]

——— make Social Security tax deduction for seniors permanent (see H.R. 7550), H2219 [12FE]

Cost Estimates

Deporting Fraudsters Act (H.R. 1958): CBO, H2575 [18MR]

Letters

We Can’t Wait Act: several organizations, S685 [25FE]

Motions

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability’’ (S.J. Res. 84), S147 [13JA]

Public welfare programs: clarify authority of States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds for pregnancy centers (H.R. 6945), H1146, H1147 [21JA]

Remarks in House

Benefits: protect system and improve benefits, H2105 [10FE]

Budget: reform entitlement programs, H244–H246 [8JA], H713–H715 [13JA], H1167–H1170 [21JA], H2026–H2028 [4FE], H2178–H2181 [11FE], H2463–H2466 [5MR], H2616–H2619 [19MR]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Rural Health Transformation Program funding, H229 [8JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish demonstration program to test mandatory coverage of treatment for wound care for epidermolysis bullosa under Medicaid (H.R. 7877), H2535 [17MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve coordination between Do Not Pay working system and Federal and State agencies authorized to use system (S. 269), H634–H637 [12JA]

Diseases and disorders: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with young-onset Alzheimer’s (H.R. 6799), H2190 [12FE]

Federal aid programs: protect access to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security programs, H2458 [5MR]

——— protect access to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security programs, H1126 [21JA]

Health: use of technology to improve services and reduce costs of health care, H244 [8JA]

Immigration: clarify that aliens convicted of defrauding the Government or unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable (H.R. 1958), H2568–H2576 [18MR]

——— clarify that aliens convicted of defrauding the Government or unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable (H.R. 1958), consideration (H. Res. 1115), H2538–H2544 [17MR]

——— limit ability to issue any visa or provide any status under immigration laws until certain conditions are met (H.R. 6225), H710 [13JA], H2460, H2462 [5MR]

Medicaid: disabled adult assistance funding, H2014 [4FE]

——— establish State plan requirements for determining residency and coverage for military families, H1337 [22JA]

——— funding, H1955 [3FE]

——— streamline enrollment of certain providers across State lines, H2535 [17MR]

Medicare: assure pharmacy access and choice for beneficiaries (H.R. 4317), H928 [20JA]

——— ensure that prior authorization medical decisions are determined by physicians (H.R. 2433), H2011 [4FE]

——— establish improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (H.R. 3069), H111 [7JA]

——— expand access to telehealth services (H.R. 4206), H927 [20JA]

——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (H.R. 842), H1176 [22JA]

——— reform Medicare Advantage program, H1169 [21JA], H2027 [4FE]

——— reform Medicare Advantage program (H.R. 3467), H715 [13JA], H2180 [11FE], H2465 [5MR]

Newsom, Gavin: impact of policies by California Governor on economy and quality of life, H915 [15JA]

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: impact, H150 [8JA], H727 [14JA], H1991 [4FE], H2046 [9FE], H2101 [10FE], H2206 [12FE], H2543 [17MR]

Public welfare programs: clarify authority of States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds for pregnancy centers (H.R. 6945), H1126, H1139–H1147, H1162 [21JA], H1339, H1340 [22JA]

——— clarify authority of States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds for pregnancy centers (H.R. 6945), consideration (H. Res. 1009), H1131–H1139 [21JA]

SSA: funding, H228 [8JA], H635 [12JA]

——— improve customer service through restoration of agency workforce, reopening of hearing and field offices, and increased funding, H1177 [22JA]

Trump, President: affirm promise not to raise Social Security and Medicare retirement age (H. Res. 657), H2105 [10FE]

——— evaluation of administration, H2321–H2324 [25FE]

——— impeachment, H2214 [12FE]

Remarks in Senate

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability’’ (S.J. Res. 84), S143, S146 [13JA]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability’’ (S.J. Res. 84), motion to proceed, S147–S152 [13JA]

——— Rural Health Transformation Program funding, S21 [6JA], S63 [7JA]

Dept. of HHS: implement measures to prevent improper payments to managed care organizations for deceased Medicaid enrollees, S185 [14JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: rescind certain U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding and transfer to Medicaid, S415 [30JA]

Federal aid programs: affirm importance to people of U.S. and express that it must be preserved, protected, and strengthened for current and future generations (S. Res. 579), S119 [8JA]

Insurance: improve maternal health coverage under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (S. 2289), S307 [28JA]

——— reduce fraudulent enrollments in certain health plans, S204 [14JA]

Iowa: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Rural Health Transformation Fund grant recipient, S19 [6JA]

Medicaid: funding, S65 [7JA]

——— require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (S. 178), S284 [27JA]

——— streamline enrollment of certain providers across State lines (S. 752), S666 [25FE]

Medicare: expand availability of medical nutrition therapy services (S. 3934), S709 [26FE]

——— implementation of drug price negotiation program, S65 [7JA]

SSA: permit disabled individuals to elect to receive disability insurance benefits during disability insurance benefit waiting period (S. 3924), S684 [25FE]

Taxation: impose tax on certain high net worth households and trusts and use revenue to address issues of working families (S. 3956), S1317 [19MR]

Trump, President: State of the Union Message, S693 [26FE]

Reports filed

Clergy Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 227) (H. Rept. 119–425), H133 [7JA]

Consideration of H.R. 1958, Deporting Fraudsters Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1115) (H. Rept. 119–554), H2529 [16MR]

Consideration of H.R. 6945, Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1009) (H. Rept. 119–459), H947 [20JA]

Deporting Fraudsters Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1958) (H. Rept. 119–467), H1914 [27JA]

Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2716) (H. Rept. 119–426), H133 [7JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 1009, consideration of H.R. 6945, Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, H1131 [21JA]

H. Res. 1115, consideration of H.R. 1958, Deporting Fraudsters Act, H2538 [17MR]

H.R. 1958, Deporting Fraudsters Act, H2568 [18MR]

H.R. 6945, Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, H1139 [21JA]

S. 269, Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, H634 [12JA]

S. 3607, Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act, S116 [8JA]

S. 4092, No Crypto in Social Security Act, S1049 [12MR]

S. 4202, Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act, S1616 [25MR]

S. Res. 579, affirm importance of Social Security to people of U.S. and express that it must be preserved, protected, and strengthened for current and future generations, S118 [8JA]