Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007
Latest action · Nov 9, 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.
- IntroducedNov 6, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Service to conduct a demonstration program requiring a state to establish a process for joint training and education of surveyors and providers for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and nursing facilities at least annually.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow resumption of nursing aid training programs in SNFs after correction of deficiencies.
Authorizes the Secretary to exclude from the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for SNFs: (1) certain (high cost and low probability) cancer treatment drugs, including antineoplastic drugs, antiemitics, and supportive medications; (2) all ambulance services, including those furnished to an individual in conjunction with renal dialysis services; and (3) other appropriate items and services.
Authorizes a physician, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist to certify under Medicare that a prescribed series of blood glucose tests are medically required.
Provides for: (1) counting of observation days in application of the Medicare post-hospital requirement for coverage of SNF care; (2) extension of the exceptions process for Medicare therapy caps; and (3) expansion of telehealth services to SNFs.
Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on developing management alternatives to the Medicare payment cap for physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary to make grants to, and contract with, physical therapy programs for projects to recruit and retain faculty and students, develop curriculum, and support the distribution of physical therapy practitioners in underserved areas; and (2) repeal the limitation to nonprofit entities only in the assignment of nurses under the nursing loan repayment program to private entities.
Requires the Secretary to establish a national nursing database to predict future nursing shortages.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish the Long Term Care Quality Advisory Commission; and (2) make grants for five demonstration projects to implement and evaluate methods for improving the quality of health care in long-term care settings.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to set a 15-year recovery period for qualified long-term care improvement property.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 6, 2007 to Dec 6, 2007; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Nov 6, 2007 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Nov 6, 2007 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Dec 6, 2007 |
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 Nov 6, 2007 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Nov 6, 2007 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Nov 9, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 6, 2007Introduced in House
- Nov 6, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1980 | Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007 | Related bill | Aug 2, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the quality of, and access to, long-term care.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Long-term Care Quality and Modernization Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Ambulances
- Cancer
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Curricula
- Data banks
- Depreciation and amortization
- Drugs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Employee training
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health information systems
- Higher education
- Hospital rates
- Income tax
- Kidney diseases
- Labor and Employment
- Long-term care
- Medicaid
- Medical tests
- Medicare
- Nurse practitioners
- Nurses
- Nursing education
- Nursing homes
- Occupational therapy
- Paramedical personnel
- Physical therapy
- Physicians
- Quality of care
- Recruiting of employees
- Scholarships
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Speech disorders
- Student loan funds
- Tax deductions
- Taxation
- Teacher supply and demand
- Telemedicine
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2007Introduced in House
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