Geriatric Care Act of 2001
Latest action · Oct 15, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 4, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends SSA title XVIII, as amended by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, to provide for Medicare coverage of care coordination and assessment services to an individual with a serious and disabling chronic condition.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2002 to Oct 16, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Mar 19, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 19, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 19, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Mar 19, 2002 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 19, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 19, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 5, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Jun 5, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 5, 2002 | |
| R-NV | Jim Gibbons | Jun 5, 2002 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Oct 9, 2002 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Oct 16, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Oct 4, 2001 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 15, 2001 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Oct 4, 2001 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Oct 10, 2001 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 10, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 4, 2001Introduced in House
- Oct 4, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1796)
- Oct 4, 2001Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1796 | Gene Green D-TX | Oct 4, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit expansion of medical residency training programs in geriatric medicine and to provide for reimbursement of care coordination and assessment services provided under the Medicare Program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Geriatric Care Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Ambulatory care
- Caregivers
- Case management
- Chronically ill
- Coinsurance
- Continuum of care
- Disabled
- Drug interactions
- Drug utilization
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Families
- Federal aid to medical education
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Geriatrics
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health education
- Higher education
- Human behavior
- Medical fees
- Medical residents
- Medical tests
- Medicare
- Physicians
- Preventive medicine
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Teaching hospitals
- Telephone
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
