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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

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 stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

H.R.1642: The Nursing Home Fire Safety Act of 2009, a bill that would assist all of our nation's nursing facilities in becoming fully sprinklered. H.R. 1494: Nursing Home Emergency Assistance Act, which would ensure vulnerable residents of all nursing facilities across the country have continuous, uninterrupted access to the quality care they require during an emergency.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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

Health Issues HCR

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 stabilization, for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009,& other purposes. H.R. 2: The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. 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-institutionalized full benefit dual eligible individuals. H.R. 1642: Fire safety legislation that would assist all of our nation's nursing facilities in becoming fully sprinklered. H.R. 632: To encourage, enhance and integrate Silver Alert Plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes. H.R. 43: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps. S. 46: Therapy Caps.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2 (111th), S. 46 (111th), S. 534 (111th), H.R. 43 (111th), H.R. 1642 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 632 (111th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1407: 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. 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 targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities. 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 stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. H.R. 2: The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, establishing a Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC). This new Commission will provide Congress with a new, credible forum to discuss specific ways to strengthen the nation's Medicaid payment system, and ensure the growing needs of America's most vulnerable, frail, elderly and the disabled beneficiaries are met and in the years ahead.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 2 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), S. 534 (111th), H.R. 1407 (111th), S. 647 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

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 stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. H. 1105: FY 2009 Omnibus H. Con. Res. 312: FY 2010 Budget Resolutions. S. Con. Res. 70: FY 2010 Budget Resolutions.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 70 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.Con.Res. 312 (111th)

Insurance INS

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.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 702 (111th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

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 expand, train, and support all sectors of the health care workforce to care for the growing population of older individuals in the United States. 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. S. 750: Caring for an Aging America Act. S. 245: Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging Science Act of 2009. H.R. 468: Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging Science Act of 2009. 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 during 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 by the National Labor Relations Board.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1176 (111th), S. 750 (111th), S. 245 (111th), S. 560 (111th), H.R. 468 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th), S. 478 (111th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 1237: The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act which would prohibit use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements of nursing facilities or assisted living residences. H.R. 1020: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009. The bill would prohibit the use of all pre-dispute arbitration agreements. S. 512: A bill to amend chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code with respect to arbitration. S. 386: The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA). This bill is intended to improve enforcement against mortgage, securities and other fraud related to federal assistance and relief programs. The bill also includes changes to the False Claims Act Amendments of 1986 that would increase the liability for contractors and subcontractos who submit false claims for repayment on government contracts. 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 targeting of the enforcement of requirements with respect to such facilities.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 512 (111th), S. 386 (111th), H.R. 1020 (111th), S. 647 (111th), H.R. 1237 (111th)

Science/Technology SCI

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 stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th)