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Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act

Introduced: June 7, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 22, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1035.
Sep 22, 2008
Committee on Finance. Reported by Senator Baucus with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 110-474.
Sep 10, 2008
Committee on Finance. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 7, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7354-7358)
Jun 7, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7353-7354)
Jun 7, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to identify efficient, effective, and economical procedures for long-term care (LTC) facilities or providers to conduct background checks on prospective direct patient access employees on a nationwide basis.

(Sec. 4) Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for mandatory state use of the National Correct Coding Initiative administered by the Secretary to promote correct coding and to control improper coding leading to inappropriate payment.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify those methodologies of the National Correct Coding Initiative compatible to Medicaid claims; (2) identify those methodologies that should be incorporated into Medicaid claims with respect to items or services for which no national correct coding methodologies have been established under such Initiative; and (3) notify states of such methodologies and how they are to incorporate them into Medicaid claims.

(Sec. 5) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to extend through FY2017 and increase funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund.

What's happening now September 22, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1035.

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