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HR 2223 111th Congress House Health Criminal justice information and records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Intergovernmental relations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Personnel records State and local government operations

Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act

Introduced: April 30, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 4, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 30, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Apr 30, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 30, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Apr 30, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to identify efficient, effective, and economical procedures for long-term care facilities or providers to conduct background checks on prospective direct patient access employees on a nationwide basis under similar terms and conditions as the pilot program established under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

Sets forth requirements for states wishing to participate in the program, including requiring: (1) searches of neglect registries and databases; (2) searches of any proceedings that may contain disqualifying information; (3) searches of federal criminal history records, including a fingerprint check; and (4) methods that reduce duplicative fingerprinting.

Sets forth program requirements.

Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to evaluate the program under this Act.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state claims processing and information retrieval systems to incorporate compatible methodologies of the National Correct Coding Initiative administered by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to identify and notify states as to which methodologies should be incorporated.

What's happening now May 4, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3