AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 3590: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 4872: The Health Care and Education Affordability Act (Reconciliation Act) H.R. 2847: The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE)

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 2847 (111th)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

H.R. 1642: To provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities. H.R. 1494: To ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 1494 (111th), H.R. 1642 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 3590: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act H.R. 2847: The Hiring Incentives To Restore Employment (HIRE) H.R. 1: Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stablization, for fiscal year ending Sept. 30. 2009 and other purposes. S. 534: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under Part D of such title for certain non-instutionalized full benefit dual eligible individuals. S. 631: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-term insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and to provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance. S. 245: A bill to expand, train and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States. H.R. 1642: Fire safety legislation that would assist all of our nation's nursing facilities in becoming fully sprinklered. H.R. 43: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps. H.R. 468: To expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States. H.R. 2536: To provide relief forthe shortage of nurses in the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 2223: To provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers. H.R. 3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. To provide affordable, quality care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. H.R. 3962: To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. S.1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009. To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. H.R. 2043: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing facilities and students, and for other purposes. S. 795: A bill to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation bu ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. H.R. 3590: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. H.R. 4626: Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act. H.Res.1291: Expressing support for designation of the week beginning May 9, 2010, as National Nursing Home Week. S.Res. 518: Senate support for National Nursing Home Week. H.R. 5457: Nursing Home Patient and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010. H.R. 4504: A bill that will allow state veterans homes to provide services to non-veterans parents of any chlid (one or more) who died while serving in the armed forces, has passed in the House and Senate. S. 2871: Rosa's Law. Child Labor Law final rule, 29 CFR parts 570 and 579

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2223 (111th), H.R. 4504 (111th), S. 1796 (111th), S. 631 (111th), H.R. 2536 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 1642 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), S. 2871 (111th), S. 795 (111th), H.R. 2847 (111th), S.Res. 518 (111th), H.R. 2043 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 4626 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), S. 245 (111th), H.Res. 1291 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 468 (111th), S. 534 (111th), H.R. 5457 (111th), H.R. 43 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 3590: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 4872: the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 S. 534: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under part D of such title for certain non-institutional full-benefit dual eligible individuals. S. 647: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the transparency of information on skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities and to clarify and improve the trageting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. S.1110: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create a sensible infrastructure for delivery system reform by renaming the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, making the Commission an executive branch agency, and providing the Commission new resources and authority to implement Medicare payment policy. S. 683: A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities and older American with equal access to community-based attendant services and supports, and for other purposes. S. 46: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps. S. 750: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans. H.R. 2006: To amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuing adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, and for other purposes. H.R. 43: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps. H.R. 448: Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2009. H.R. 3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. H.R. 1407: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing under Part D of such title of certain non-instutional full-benefit dual eligible individuals. S. 702: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-term care insurance to be offered under Cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and to provide additional consumer protections for long-term care insurance. H.R. 1255: To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident. H.R. 1457: To amend the Public Health Service Act to deem certain geriatric health training to be obligated service for purposes of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes. H.R. 3962: To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. H.R. 4505: A bill that will allow state veterans homes to provide services to non-veteran parents of any child (one or more) who died while serving in the armed forces, has passed in the House and Senate. S. 1679: An original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce. H.R. 2223: To provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers. S. 1131: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide certain high cost Medicare beneficiaries suffering from multiple chronic conditions with access to coordinated, primary care medical services in lower cost treatment settings, such as their residences, under a plan of care developed by a team of qualified and experiences health care professionals. S.1004: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management and coordination services, and for other purposes. H.R. 2: To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. S. 795: A bill to amend the Social Security Act to enhance the social security of the Nation by ensuring adequate public-private infrastructure and to resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and for other purposes. S.631: A bill to provide for nationwide expansion of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers. S. 458: A bill to amend the False Claims Act. H.R. 2043: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize capitation grants to increase the number of nursing faculty and students, and for other purposes. H.R. 1642: To provide loans and grants for fire sprinkler retrofitting in nursing facilities. H.R. 1494: To ensure that a private for-profit nursing home affected by a major disaster receives the same reimbursement as a public nursing home affected by a major disaster. H.R. 448: To protect seniors in the United States from elder abuse by establishing specialized elder abuse prosecution and research programs and activities to aid victims of elder abuse, to provide training to prosecutors and other law enforcement related to elder abuse prevention and protection, to establish programs that provide for emergency crisis response teams to combat elder abuse, and for other purposes. H.R. 3191: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for integration of mental health services and mental health treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes. S. 386: A bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institutional fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, and for other purposes. H.R. 5457: Nursing Home Patient and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010. H.R. 6130: The Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2010. H.R. 6261: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve oversight of nursing facilities under the Medicare and Medicaid programs by ensuring adequate, trained surveyors, and for other purposes. H.R. 5712: Veterans', Seniors', Childrens', Health Tech. Corrections Act of 2010. H.R. 1586: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act-which provides for an extension of additional FMAP support until June 2011. H.R. 6074: Enhancing Quality through Survey System Improvements Act of 2010. H.R. 5950: A bill introduced on June 29th, Rep Joe Courtney (D-CT), introduced the Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2010, which requires observation stays exceeding 24 hours to be considered as inpatient days for the purpose of meeting the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for Medicare coverage of SNF stays. H.R. 5850: To solve the staffing issues and backlog in processing HUD 232 loans. H.R. 5950: Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2010. H.R. 5546: To provide for the establishment of a fraud, waste and abuse detection and mitigation program for the Medicare program under Titles XVIII of the Social Security Act. S. 2781: Rosa's Law. H.R. 5457: Nursing Home Patient and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Bills named: H.R. 6130 (111th), S. 386 (111th), H.R. 5712 (111th), S. 46 (111th), S. 750 (111th), S. 2781 (111th), H.R. 5457 (111th), S. 1679 (111th), H.R. 2223 (111th), H.R. 3191 (111th), S. 631 (111th), S. 702 (111th), H.R. 2043 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 2 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 5850 (111th), H.R. 448 (111th), H.R. 5950 (111th), S. 1004 (111th), S. 1131 (111th), H.R. 6074 (111th), H.R. 5546 (111th), S. 1110 (111th), S. 458 (111th), S. 795 (111th), H.R. 1407 (111th), H.R. 1494 (111th), H.R. 1642 (111th), H.R. 6261 (111th), H.R. 3200 (111th), H.R. 1255 (111th), S. 683 (111th), H.R. 2006 (111th), H.R. 1457 (111th), H.R. 43 (111th), S. 534 (111th), H.R. 4505 (111th), H.R. 3962 (111th), H.R. 1586 (111th), S. 647 (111th)

Housing HOU

FHA Section 232 reform and staffing issues.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2011 Budget Resolution. Labor Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Insurance INS

H.R. 4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act H.R. 3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act S.702 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-term care insurance to be offered under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements and to provide additional consumer protections for long-term insurance.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 4872 (111th), S. 702 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th)

Immigration IMM

To provide comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 2847: The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act H.R. 4872: Health Care & Education Affordability Act (Reconciliation Bill) S. 478: A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, to ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. S. 245: A bill to expend, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce for the growing population of older individuals in the United States. S. 697: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to help individuals with functional impairments and their families pay for services and supports that they need to maximize their functionality and independence and have chioices about community participation, education, and employment, and for other purposes. H.R. 4321: American Workers, State, Business Relief Act of 2010. S.1022: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members. S.560: A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during the organizing efforts, and for other purposes. H.R. 2536: To provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States, and for other purposes. H.R. 1946: To amend the Public Health Service Act to address health workforce shortages. H.R. 1409: To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices furing organizing efforts, and for other purposes. H.R. 1176: To amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted bu the National Labor Relations Board. H.R. 468: To expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States. H.R. 1788: To amend the provisions of title 31, United States Code, relating to false claims to clarify and make technical amendments to those provisions, and for other purposes. H.R. 1460: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members. H.R. 2381: To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct care registered nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient heandling and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes. H.R. 4213: American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010. H.R. 868: Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2009. Dept. of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: Child Labor Law final rule, 29 CFR parts 570 and 579.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Bills named: H.R. 1788 (111th), H.R. 2381 (111th), S. 245 (111th), H.R. 468 (111th), S. 697 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 1176 (111th), H.R. 2536 (111th), H.R. 1946 (111th), S. 560 (111th), H.R. 868 (111th), S. 1022 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th), H.R. 4321 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th), H.R. 2847 (111th), H.R. 1460 (111th), S. 478 (111th)

Pharmacy PHA

Updating controlled sustances regulations for long-term care. S.3397: Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010. H.R.5809: The Safe Drug Disposal Act of 2010.

Contacted: SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 3397 (111th), H.R. 5809 (111th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 1237: The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act. H.R. 1020: Arbitration Fairness Act of 20009. H.R. 5546: To provide for the establishment of a fraud, waste & abuse detection and mitigation program for the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. H.R. 1788: The False Claims Correction Act of 2009. S. 512: A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code with respect to arbitration. S. 458: A bill to amend the False Claims Act. S. 931: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009. H.R. 1237: Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 512 (111th), H.R. 1237 (111th), H.R. 1020 (111th), H.R. 1788 (111th), S. 458 (111th), S. 931 (111th), H.R. 5546 (111th)

Science/Technology SCI

Identified and pursuing federal funds under the HITECH Act to increase the meaningful use of electronic health records in long term and post acute care. Additionally, seeking introduction and enactment of legislation for the same purpose.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)