Promoting Wellness for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 29, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4183-4184)
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.
- IntroducedMar 29, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Wellness for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to issue and periodically review standards setting forth the minimum technical criteria for medical diagnostic equipment used in medical settings, to ensure that such equipment: (1) is accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; and (2) allows independent entry to, use of, and exit from the equipment by such individuals to the maximum extent possible. Applies such standards to examination tables and chairs, weight scales, mammography equipment, x-ray machines, and other radiological equipment commonly used for diagnostic purposes by health professionals. Sets forth interim standards for such equipment.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for programs to promote good health, disease prevention, and wellness for individuals with disabilities and prevent secondary conditions in such individuals. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Advisory Committee on Wellness for Individuals With Disabilities to set priorities to carry out such programs, review grant proposals, make recommendations for funding, and annually evaluate the progress of such programs in implementing the priorities.
Provides for training programs to improve competency and clinical skills for providing health care and communicating with patients with disabilities through training integrated into the core curriculum and patient interaction in community-based settings.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2007 to Jul 23, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Jul 30, 2007 | |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Sep 20, 2007 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Mar 13, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Jul 23, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Mar 29, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4183-4184)
- Mar 29, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4182-4183)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3294 | Promoting Wellness for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Agriculture and Food
- Communication in medicine
- Community health services
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Exercise
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health education
- Higher education
- Hospitals
- Mammography
- Medical education
- Medical residents
- Medical screening
- Medical supplies
- Medical tests
- Medicare
- Nutrition
- Physical examinations
- Physical fitness
- Preventive medicine
- Smoking
- Social Welfare
- Sports and Recreation
- X-rays
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in Senate
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