QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 25, 2008 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.
- IntroducedSep 25, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to provide supplemental funding for the qualifying individual (QI) program.
Requires a state to have in operation, in mechanized Medicaid claims processing and information retrieval systems, an eligibility determination system which provides for data matching through the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) facilitated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including matching with medical assistance programs operated by other states.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make sponsors of certain antibiotic drugs eligible for a three-year or a five-year market exclusivity if a marketing application is submitted for an antibiotic drug that: (1) was approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services before November 21, 1997; or (2) was the subject of one or more applications received by the Secretary before November 21, 1997, none of which was approved.
Authorizes the use of Medicaid integrity program funds for transportation and travel expenses for attendees at education, training, or consultative activities.
Increases FY2014 funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2008Introduced in House
- Sep 25, 2008Referred 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.
- Sep 25, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3549 | QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | Related bill | Sep 23, 2008 |
| S 3560 | QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 | Related bill | Oct 8, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Antibiotics
- Appropriations
- Commerce
- Computer matching
- Conferences
- Drug approvals
- Drug industry
- Economics and Public Finance
- Employee training
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Health
- Health information systems
- Labor and Employment
- Local employees
- Local officials
- Marketing
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- State employees
- State officials
- Transportation and Public Works
- Travel costs
- Welfare eligibility
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2008Introduced in House
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