Category: Accreditation (Medical care)

Bills

109th Congress

Bill	Title
S 544	A bill to amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely effect patient safety.

108th Congress

Bill	Title
H R 1	An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary prescription drug benefit under the medicare program and to strengthen and improve the medicare program, and for other purposes.
H R 3493	To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make technical corrections relating to the amendments made by the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 659	To amend section 242 of the National Housing Act regarding the requirements for mortgage insurance under such Act for hospitals.
H R 663	To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of events that adversely affect patient safety, and for other purposes.
S 1881	A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make technical corrections relating to the amendments by the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002, and for other purposes.

107th Congress

Bill	Title
H R 3448	To improve the ability of the United States to prevent, prepare for, and respond to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies.

106th Congress

Bill	Title
H R 2506	To amend title IX of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
H R 2634	To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to registration requirements for practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs in schedule IV or V for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment.
H R 2723	To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
H R 2990	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals greater access to health insurance through a health care tax deduction, a long-term care deduction, and other health-related tax incentives, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide access to and choice in health care through association health plans, to amend the Public Health Service Act to create new pooling opportunities for small employers to obtain greater access to health coverage through HealthMarts, and for other purposes.
H R 3075	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make corrections and refinements in the Medicare Program as revised by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
H R 3194	Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 4365	To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to children's health.
H R 4680	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the Medicare Program, and for other purposes.
S 1344	A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
S 632	A bill to provide assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control centers.

105th Congress

Bill	Title
H R 4250	To provide new patient protections under group health plans.