Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007
Latest action · Jul 19, 2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8124)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program under Medicare to provide financial incentives or grants to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers that demonstrate a satisfactory reduction in the rate of occurrence (or elimination) of health care-associated infections in the applicable hospital or ambulatory surgical center.
Expresses the sense of Congress that health care providers and facilities should take measures to reduce the rate of occurrence of health care-associated infections to zero, with respect to patients to whom such providers and facilities furnish services.
Cosponsors 51
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2007 to Sep 29, 2008; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Jun 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jul 13, 2007 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Jul 30, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Sep 20, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Sep 20, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Oct 10, 2007 | |
| R-LA | Bobby Jindal | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Oct 16, 2007 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Oct 25, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Oct 25, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Oct 25, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Oct 25, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Mac Thornberry | Oct 25, 2007 | |
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | Oct 25, 2007 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Oct 25, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Oct 25, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Oct 30, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Nov 1, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Nov 9, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Nov 9, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Jan 17, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Feb 14, 2008 | |
| R-NJ | Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Mar 3, 2008 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Apr 16, 2008 | |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | May 22, 2008 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Jul 17, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Aug 1, 2008 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Sep 29, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 27, 2007 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 16, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 27, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8124)
- Jun 5, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5984-5985)
- Mar 7, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2276)
- Feb 27, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 16, 2007Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8105 | Tim Murphy R-PA | Sep 15, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6092 | Tim Murphy R-PA | Jun 26, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H946 | Tim Murphy R-PA | Feb 14, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H16916 | Tim Murphy R-PA | Dec 19, 2007 |
| House | Debate and remarks H12023 | Tim Murphy R-PA | Oct 25, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-47 | REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MEDICAL DEVICE USER FEE AND MODERNIZATION ACT155 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 16, 2007 |
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 require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers and to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program to provide incentives to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to eliminate the rate of occurrence of such infections.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Ambulatory care
- Commerce
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Hospital care
- Hospitals
- Law
- Medical statistics
- Medicare
- Nosocomial infections
- Preventive medicine
- Social Welfare
- Surgery
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2007Introduced 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.
