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Health, Human Services and Education

  • 47. H.R. 4532, to make permanent a Social Security Administration program that allows the use of a portion of awarded past-due benefits to pay representatives of plaintiffs claiming Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits and allow the Social Security Administration to charge fees to cover the cost of vetting non-attorney representatives. Yes. Passed 412-6, under suspension of rules. 2/4/10.
  • 81. H.R. 4247, Keeping All Kids Safe Act. Amendment to require the Education secretary to submit an explanation to Congress if grants authorized by the bill are not awarded competitively and prohibit the use of funds for congressionally directed spending. Yes. Passed 391-24. 3/3/10.
  • 82. H.R. 4247. On passage of the bill to set minimum federal standards for the use of seclusion and restraint in schools receiving federal funds; allow schools to use restraints on students in cases when there is immediate danger to the student or others; require states to submit a plan within two years to prove their policies and procedures meet federal standards; require training for certain school personnel in crisis intervention, and require schools to report the use of seclusion or restraint to the student’s parents on the day of the incident. No. Passed 262-153. 3/3/10.
  • 165. H.R. 3590, health care reform. Motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the bill to reform and overhaul the nation’s health insurance system, requiring most individuals to buy health insurance by 2014; creating a system of national private insurance plans supervised by the Office of Personnel Management and creating state-run marketplaces for purchasing health insurance; taxing those who do not obtain coverage; requiring businesses over 50 employees to provide coverage or pay a fine; providing insurance companies could not deny coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions beginning in 2014, and could not drop coverage of people who become ill; expanding eligibility for Medicaid; shrinking the coverage gap under the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, and creating an advisory board to reduce the per capita growth rate in Medicare spending. No. Passed 219-212. 3/21/10.
  • 166. H.R. 4872, health care reconciliation act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Budget Committee with instructions to report it back immediately with amendments prohibiting the use of federal funds authorized in the bill to pay for an abortion or for a health plan that includes abortion coverage, unless the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest or if the woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury or illness that would, as certified by a physician, endanger the woman’s life, and providing that individuals with subsidized policies could purchase abortion coverage separately, with their own money. Yes. Failed 199-232. 3/21/10.
  • 167. H.R. 4872. On passage of the health care reconciliation bill making changes in the health care reform legislation, H.R. 3590, to include revenue-raising provisions and revising federal student loan procedures making the federal government the sole originator of federal student loans and directing the savings generated to education programs, including Pell grants. No. Passed 220-211. 3/21/10.
  • 194. H.R. 4872, health care reform reconciliation. To concur in the Senate amendments to the bill to modify the 2010 health care overhaul law by increasing federal subsidies to help low- and moderate-income families purchase coverage through new health insurance exchanges established by the overhaul measure; phasing out the coverage gap for Medicare prescription drug enrollees and adjusting the federal matching funds for Medicaid; increasing penalties levied on employers that do not offer health benefits and changing the formula used to calculate penalties on employers with workers who obtain subsidies to obtain health insurance through the exchanges; freezing Medicare Advantage payments in 2011 and reformulating payments according to local costs; providing that in all states, the federal government would cover 100 percent of the cost of coverage to newly eligible Medicaid recipients from 2014 to 2016; delaying for five years, until 2018, the effective date of a tax on high-cost health plans and adjusting the dollar amounts used to determine who would be affected by the tax; repealing a provision to allow the cellulosic biofuels producer credit to be claimed by producers of certain paper products; making the federal government the sole originator of federal student loans and directing the savings generated to education programs, including Pell grants; shifting all new federal student lending to the Direct Loan Program beginning July 1, 2010, and increasing the maximum annual Pell Grant scholarship to $5,975 in 2017 and providing $2.6 billion for minority-serving institutions. No. Passed 225-199. 3/25/10.
  • 276. H.R. 1514, to reauthorize the juvenile accountability block grants program through FY 2014 and provide grants to state and local governments for accountability-based programs for juvenile offenders, such as graduated sanctions. Yes. Passed 364-45, under suspension of rules. 5/19/10.
  • 393. H.R. 3962, to concur in the Senate amendments to the bill postponing until after November 30 a scheduled 21 percent payment cut to doctors under Medicare and making the cut prevention retroactive to June 1, and providing offsets for the costs of the bill, including changes to pension laws and authorizing data-matching by the IRS and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to identify fraud. Yes. Passed 417-1, under suspension of rules. 6/24/10.
  • 518. H.R. 1586, to concur in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill providing $16.1 billion to extend increased Medicaid assistance to states and $10 billion in funding for states to create or retain teachers’ jobs, and offset the costs by changing foreign tax provisions, ending increased food stamp benefits beginning in April 2014 and rescinding previously enacted spending. No. Passed 247-161. 8/10/10.
  • 533. H.R. 3470, to authorize $10 million annually in FYs 2011-2015 for grants to state, tribal and local health departments that create pilot programs to reduce infant mortality, and provide that preference would be given to health departments that serve any of the 15 counties or groups of counties with the highest infant mortality rates in the United States in the past three years. Yes. Passed 324-64, under suspension of rules. 9/16/10.
  • 541. H.R. 5756, to authorize $18 million annually in FYs 2012-2016 for grants for autism research and services, including interdisciplinary training, continuing education and technical assistance, for children and adults with autism, their families and health and education professionals. Yes. Passed 393-24, under suspension of rules. 9/23/10.
  • 542. H.R. 3199, to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to create a program to award grants to states to aid veterans who completed military emergency medical training while serving in the armed forces to become state-licensed or certified emergency medical technicians. Yes. Passed 412-5, under suspension of rules. 9/23/10.
  • 543. H.R. 1745, to provide liability protection to health care professionals who volunteer at certain health facilities and provide that any health care volunteer who provides services eligible for funding under the community health center grant program would be considered an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil actions that may arise. Yes. Passed 417-1, under suspension of rules. 9/23/10.
  • 544. H.R. 5710, to reauthorize the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act, which provides grants to states to track drug prescriptions. Yes. Passed 384-32, under suspension of rules. 9/23/10.
  • 580. S. 3774, to extend the deadline for states to expend supplemental disaster relief funds provided through the Social Services Block Grant program under the 2008 supplemental appropriations law through September 30, 2011. Yes. Passed 366-40, under suspension of rules. 11/18/10.
  • 663. H.R. 6547, to require periodic criminal background checks of current and potential elementary and secondary school employees and also apply the requirement to private groups that contract with or provide services to the schools or to local and state educational agencies. Yes. Passed 314-20, under suspension of rules. 12/21/10.