Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 13, 2007 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.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration projects to: (1) increase public awareness about the factors that lead to chronic kidney disease, how to prevent it, how to treat it, and how to avoid kidney failure, as well as enhance surveillance systems and expand research to better assess the prevalence and incidence of kidney disease; and (2) enable individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to develop self-management skills.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for Medicare coverage of kidney disease patient education services.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish blood flow monitoring demonstration projects; and (2) arrange with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate the barriers to increasing the number of individuals with ESRD who elect to receive home dialysis services or other treatment modalities under Medicare.
Sets forth required training for patient care dialysis technicians.
Directs the Secretary to establish an independent, multidisciplinary, nonpartisan End-Stage Renal Disease Advisory Committee.
Establishes the annual update framework for the Medicare ESRD composite rate.
Directs the Secretary to establish a three-year continuous quality improvement initiative under which quality payments are provided to renal dialysis facilities, providers of services, and physicians that: (1) provide items and services to individuals with ESRD enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); and (2) meet quality benchmarks and demonstrate quality improvements.
Requires the Secretary to make quality incentive payments to facilities and providers whose services to individuals with ESRD have substantially improved or exceeded a certain threshold.
Extends Medicare as secondary payer with respect to individuals with ESRD.
Cosponsors 164
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2007 to Sep 9, 2008; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Feb 27, 2007 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Jerry Weller | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Mar 21, 2007 | |
| R-DE | Michael N. Castle | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Mar 29, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Thelma D. Drake | Apr 20, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-NY | Thomas M. Reynolds | May 1, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | May 8, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | May 8, 2007 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | May 8, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | May 14, 2007 | |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | May 14, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-CA | George Miller | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | May 14, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 14, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | May 24, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | May 24, 2007 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | May 24, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | May 24, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 24, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| R-LA | Bobby Jindal | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Jun 13, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Jun 22, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-KY | Ron Lewis | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| R-MO | Kenny C. Hulshof | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Jul 19, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | Aug 2, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Aug 3, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Sep 7, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Nick Lampson | Sep 10, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Chet Edwards | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Sep 27, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Oct 10, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Oct 10, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Oct 10, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Dec 18, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | May 21, 2008 | |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | May 21, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | May 21, 2008 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | May 22, 2008 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | May 22, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jun 4, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Jun 5, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Jun 9, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 12, 2008 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Jun 12, 2008 | |
| R-IL | Timothy V. Johnson | Jun 20, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Sep 9, 2008 |
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 Feb 27, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2007 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 13, 2007 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 28, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 27, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E402)
- Feb 27, 2007Referred 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 E402 | John Lewis D-GA | Feb 27, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 691 | Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Feb 27, 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 improve the benefits under the Medicare Program for beneficiaries with kidney disease, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Child health
- Chronically ill
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health education
- Health facilities
- Health information systems
- Health surveys
- Home care services
- Hospital rates
- Inspectors general
- Kidney diseases
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Licenses
- Medical economics
- Medical fees
- Medical personnel
- Medical research
- Medical supplies
- Medicare
- Physicians
- Preventive medicine
- Quality of care
- Quality of life
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Self-care
- Social Welfare
- Technical education
- Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2007Introduced in House
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