US Congress House Resolution 271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25)
Status: Introduced on March 19 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-05-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the House of Representatives' commitment to: (1) integrating long-term care, particularly as it relates to home care and community services, into a comprehensive health care reform agenda; and (2) aiding relevant parties in composing, executing, and enforcing a well-informed national strategy for long-term care that will address geographic and economic disparities that limit access to care, expand long-term health services, and streamline quality measures. Recognizes that: (1) preventative health and the management of chronic disease are essential components in decreasing the future dependence on long-term care; and (2) Medicaid and out-of-pocket financing of long-term care excludes countless persons from receiving health care service, which can lead to more costly and invasive medical interventions, and alternative payment options should be widely available and more accessible. Recognizes the need to: (1) collaborate with local, state, and federal health care entities to improve working conditions and training for home health aides; and (2) adequately fund and support existing technologies, entities, and initiatives that assist informal caregivers and help maintain and improve long-term health services for the disabled and elderly.

Recognizing the need to support the development and enforcement of a well-informed national long-term care strategy to solve the problems of cost, quality, and access to long-term care in the home and community, and the imperativeness of including long-term care in the comprehensive health care reform agenda.

Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-05-14		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2009-03-23		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-03-19		Referred to House Education and Labor
2009-03-19		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-03-19		Referred to House Financial Services
2009-03-19		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-03-19		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
2009-03-19		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E726)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/271/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hres271/BILLS-111hres271ih.pdf