Ten Steps to Transform Health Care in America Act

A bill to provide 10 steps to transform health care in America.

7/12/2007--Introduced.
Ten Steps to Transform Health Care in America Act - Directs states to implement mechanisms to automatically enroll uninsured individuals in health coverage.
Requires each health insurance issuer in a state to offer a certified qualified core plan that provides coverage required by the state with a standard premium.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals a standard deduction or a refundable tax credit for health insurance.
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS Secretary) to provide for the establishment in each state of a single market for all health plans offered in the state.
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the Secretary of Labor to promulgate regulations governing small business health plans.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the HHS Secretary to establish the Health Insurance Consensus Standards Board to develop recommendations that harmonize inconsistent state health insurance laws.
Wired for Health Care Quality Act - Establishes:
(1) the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology;
(2) a public-private Partnership for Health Care Improvement; and
(3) the American Health Information Community.
Requires the HHS Secretary to:
(1) provide for the development and use of health care quality measures; and
(2) develop a Health Information Technology Resource Center.
Authorizes the HHS Secretary to make grants for medical residency training programs or new residency positions.
Requires the HHS Secretary to develop websites to provide information on advance directives and to store and access such directives.
Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act - Authorizes the HHS Secretary to award demonstration grants to states to develop, implement, and evaluate alternatives to current tort litigation for resolving disputes over injuries allegedly caused by health care providers or organizations.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]

Committees

• Senate Finance

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1783

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 12, 2007

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• Aug 02, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10757-10758)
• Introduced on Jul 12, 2007.
• Jul 12, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9145-9149)
• Jul 12, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Health policy
• Administrative procedure
• Alternative dispute resolution
• Budgets
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• Business
• Department of Labor
• Education
• Employee health benefits
• Executive departments
• Federal aid to education
• Finance
• Government information
• Government publicity
• Grants-in-aid
• Health information systems
• Health insurance
• Health insurance portability
• Higher education
• Income tax
• Insurance premiums
• Labor
• Law
• Living wills
• Medical care
• Medical education
• Medical malpractice
• Medical residents
• Medically uninsured
• Medicine
• Public-private partnerships
• Quality of care
• Small business
• State and local government
• State laws
• Tax credits
• Tax deductions
• Tax refunds
• Taxation

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