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

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

Bills named: H.R. 1494 (111th), H.R. 1642 (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. S. 46: Therapy caps. S. 631: 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. 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 U.S. 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. 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 for the 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.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2536 (111th), S. 46 (111th), H.R. 2 (111th), S. 631 (111th), H.R. 468 (111th), H.R. 632 (111th), S. 534 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), H.R. 43 (111th), H.R. 2223 (111th), S. 245 (111th), H.R. 1642 (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. 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 Americans 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. 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. H.R. 2006: 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 ther purposes. H.R. 43: To amend title XVIII ofthe Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps. H.R. 1255: A bill which protects the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded or developmentally disabled (ICFs/MRDD) in related class action lawsuits. H.R. 448: Elder Abuse Victims ACt of 2009.

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

Bills named: S. 46 (111th), H.R. 43 (111th), S. 534 (111th), H.R. 1407 (111th), H.R. 448 (111th), H.R. 2006 (111th), H.R. 1255 (111th), S. 750 (111th), S. 647 (111th), H.R. 2 (111th), S. 683 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th), S. 1110 (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. 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. 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. H.R. 2536: A bill to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States. 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.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2223 (111th), S. 478 (111th), H.R. 1176 (111th), S. 560 (111th), S. 245 (111th), H.R. 2536 (111th), S. 750 (111th), H.R. 468 (111th), H.R. 1409 (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); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (111th), S.Con.Res. 70 (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: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 702 (111th)

Immigration IMM

H.R. 2536: A bill to provide reflief for the shortage of nurses in the United States.

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

Bills named: H.R. 2536 (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: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1 (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. H.R. 1788: Oppose the False Claims Correction Act of 2009. S.458: A bill which propose further amendments to the civil False Claims Act (FCA) to expand the scope of liability under the statute and remove necessary safeguards against unfounded qui tam lawsuits. Consider recently passed anti-fraud bill (S.86) this year's compromise to ensure the FCA is a more potent and useful weapon against taxpayer fraud. 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: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1788 (111th), S. 647 (111th), S. 458 (111th), S. 86 (111th), S. 386 (111th), H.R. 1020 (111th), S. 512 (111th), H.R. 1237 (111th)