Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 27, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2007 to Apr 16, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Mar 6, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Mar 8, 2007 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Mar 12, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Mar 12, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Mar 14, 2007 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Mar 14, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Mar 15, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Apr 10, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Apr 11, 2007 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Apr 11, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Apr 30, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Trent Lott | May 1, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | May 9, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | May 9, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | May 14, 2007 | |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Jun 6, 2007 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Jun 7, 2007 | |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Jun 20, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Jun 25, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jun 27, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Jun 29, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Sep 4, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 6, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Apr 16, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2277)
- Feb 27, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2277 | Kent Conrad D-ND | Feb 27, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1193 | Kidney Care Quality and Education Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Mar 13, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 Senate
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