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1/26/2009--Introduced.Children's Health Care Quality Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to: (1) identify quality and performance measures for pediatric service providers; and (2) award grants or contracts for the development, validation, and testing of new and emerging measures. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to establish demonstration projects to award grants to states to improve the delivery of health care services to children under Medicaid and SSA title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP). Requires demonstration projects in the categories of: (1) health information technology systems; (2) disease management for children with chronic conditions; (3) evidence-based quality improvement; and (4) quality and performance measures for providers of children's health care services. Requires the Comptroller General to make recommendations to Congress for the design and implementation of a demonstration project to evaluate the suitability of existing quality and performance measures for children's inpatient hospital services for public reporting, differentiating quality, identifying best practices, and providing a basis for payment rewards.

1232949600 2009-01-26 Wed Jan 06 06:21:08 -0600 2010 introduced 54502 's':2 'act':6 'care':4 'health':3 'quality':5 'children':1 68381 false short introduced 54502 'act':11 'xix':6 'bill':2 'care':24 'titl':5 'amend':4 'secur':10 'improv':16 'social':9 'pediatr':23 'perform':19 'program':14 'qualiti':18 'deliveri':21 'establish':13 67535 false official action 54502 Wed Mar 03 02:28:43 -0600 2010 1232949600 Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 245291 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. H000338 1934-03-22 10734 104 Hart Senate Office Building http://hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact 202-224-6331 Orrin 'r':4 'ut':5 'sen':1 'hatch':3,7,9 'orrin':2,6,8 M 300052 Hatch Orrin_Hatch G. Sen. Orrin Hatch [R, UT] 6063 N00009869 11959 Republican 202-224-5251 Latter Day Saints UT Orrin Hatch 3.49275362318841 http://hatch.senate.gov/public/ action 54502 Wed Mar 03 02:28:43 -0600 2010 1232949600 Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 245291 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. introduced 54502 1232949600 Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 182337 action 54502 1232946000 Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0600 2009 182338 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.