H.R. 4872: Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010
111th Congress, 2nd Session
Official Title: To provide for reconciliation pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13).
Sponsor: Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. [SC-5] (introduced 3/17/2010)
Major Actions:
3/30/2010 Signed by President.
3/30/2010 Presented to President.
3/25/2010 Cleared for White House.
3/25/2010 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 207 (Roll no. 194).
3/25/2010 Senate floor actions: Motion by Senator Roberts to commit to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions tabled in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 37. Record Vote Number: 86.
3/23/2010 Senate floor actions. Status: Motion by Senator Enzi to commit to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions made in Senate.
3/21/2010 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 220 - 211 (Roll no. 167).
3/17/2010 The House Committee on The Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-443, by Mr. Spratt.
3/17/2010 Introduced in House.
House Reports: 111-443
SUMMARY AS OF:
3/17/2010--Introduced.
Reconciliation Act of 2010 - Sets forth legislative language on health care reform and investing in education submitted to the House Budget Committee by the Ways and Means Committee and the Education and Labor Committee pursuant to reconciliation instructions of Section 202 of S. Con. Res. 13, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2010.
The table of contents of H.R. 4872 as reported by the Budget Committee is presented here:
Division I: Committee on
Ways and Means: Health Care Reform
Division
short title: America's Affordable Health
Choices Act of 2009
Subdivision A: Affordable Health Care Choices
Title I:
Protections and Standards for Qualified Health
Benefits Plans
Subtitle A: General
Standards
Subtitle B: Standards
Guaranteeing Access to Affordable Coverage
Subtitle C: Standards Guaranteeing Access to
Essential Benefits
Subtitle D: Additional
Consumer Protections
Subtitle E:
Governance
Subtitle F: Relation to Other
Requirements; Miscellaneous
Subtitle G:
Early Investments
Title II: Health
Insurance Exchange and Related Provisions
Subtitle A: Health Insurance Exchange
Subtitle B: Public Health Insurance Option
Subtitle C: Individual Affordability
Credits
Title III: Shared
Responsibility
Subtitle A: Individual
Responsibility
Subtitle B: Employer
Responsibility
Title IV: Amendments to
Internal Revenue Code of 1986
Subtitle A:
Shared Responsibility
Subtitle B: Credit
for Small Business Employee Health Coverage
Expenses
Subtitle C: Disclosures to Carry
Out Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies
Subtitle D: Other Revenue Provisions
Subdivision B: Medicare and Medicaid Improvements
Title I: Improving Health
Care Value
Subtitle A: Provisions Related
to Medicare Part A
Subtitle B: Provisions
Related to Part B
Subtitle C: Provisions
Related to Medicare Parts A and B
Subtitle
D: Medicare Advantage Reforms
Subtitle E:
Improvements to Medicare Part D
Subtitle F:
Medicare Rural Access Protections
Title
II: Medicare Beneficiary Improvements
Subtitle A: Improving and Simplifying Financial
Assistance for Low Income Medicare
Beneficiaries
Subtitle B: Reducing Health
Disparities
Subtitle C: Miscellaneous
Improvements
Title III: Promoting Primary Care, Mental Health Services, and Coordinated Care
Title IV: Quality
Subtitle A: Comparative Effectiveness
Research
Subtitle B: Nursing Home
Transparency
Subtitle C: Quality
Measurements
Subtitle D: Physician Payments
Sunshine Provision
Subtitle E: Public
Reporting on Health Care-Associated
Infections
Title V: Medicare Graduate Medical Education
Title VI: Program
Integrity
Subtitle A: Increased Funding to
Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Subtitle B:
Enhanced Penalties for Fraud and Abuse
Subtitle C: Enhanced Program and Provider
Protections
Subtitle D: Access to
Information Needed to Prevent Fraud, Waste, and
Abuse
Title VII: Medicaid and CHIP
Subtitle A: Medicaid and Health Reform
Subtitle B: Prevention
Subtitle C:
Access
Subtitle D: Coverage
Subtitle E:
Financing
Subtitle F: Waste, Fraud, and
Abuse
Subtitle G: Puerto Rico and the
Territories
Subtitle H: Miscellaneous
Title VIII: Revenue-related Provisions
Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions
Subdivision C: Public Health and Workforce Development
Title I: Community Health Centers
Title II: Workforce
Subtitle
A: Primary Care Workforce
Subtitle B:
Nursing Workforce
Subtitle C: Public Health
Workforce
Subtitle D: Adapting Workforce to
Evolving Health System Needs
Title III: Prevention and Wellness
Title IV: Quality and Surveillance
Title V: Other
Provisions
Subtitle A: Drug Discount for
Rural and Other Hospitals
Subtitle B:
School-Based Health Clinics
Subtitle C:
National Medical Device Registry
Subtitle
D: Grants for Comprehensive Programs to Provide
Education to Nurses and Create a Pipeline to
Nursing
Subtitle E: States Failing to
Adhere to Certain Employment Obligations
Division II: Committee on Education and
Labor: Health Care Reform
Division short
title: America's Affordable Health Choices Act
of 2009
Subdivision A: Affordable Health Care Choices
Title I: Protections and
Standards for Qualified Health Benefits
Plans
Subtitle A: General Standards
Subtitle B: Standards Guaranteeing Access to
Affordable Coverage
Subtitle C: Standards
Guaranteeing Access to Essential Benefits
Subtitle D: Additional Consumer Protections
Subtitle E: Governance
Subtitle F: Relation
to Other Requirements; Miscellaneous
Subtitle G: Early Investments
Title II:
Health Insurance Exchange and Related
Provisions
Subtitle A: Health Insurance
Exchange
Subtitle B: Public Health
Insurance Option
Subtitle C: Individual
Affordability Credits
Subtitle D: State
Innovation
Title III: Shared
Responsibility
Subtitle A: Individual
Responsibility
Subtitle B: Employer
Responsibility
Title IV: Amendments to
Internal Revenue Code of 1986
Subtitle A:
Shared Responsibility
Subtitle B: Credit
for Small Business Employee Health Coverage
Expenses
Subtitle C: Disclosures to Carry
Out Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies
Subtitle D: Other Revenue Provisions
Subdivision B: Medicare and Medicaid Improvements
Title I: Improving Health
Care Value
Subtitle A: Provisions Related
to Medicare Part A
Subtitle B: Provisions
Related to Part B
Subtitle C: Provisions
Related to Medicare Parts A and B
Subtitle
D: Medicare Advantage Reforms
Subtitle E:
Improvements to Medicare Part D
Subtitle F:
Medicare Rural Access Protections
Title
II: Medicare Beneficiary Improvements
Subtitle A: Improving and Simplifying Financial
Assistance for Low Income Medicare
Beneficiaries
Subtitle B: Reducing Health
Disparities
Subtitle C: Miscellaneous
Improvements
Title III: Promoting Primary Care, Mental Health Services, and Coordinated Care
Title IV: Quality
Subtitle A: Comparative Effectiveness
Research
Subtitle B: Nursing Home
Transparency
Subtitle C: Quality
Measurements
Subtitle D: Physician Payments
Sunshine Provision
Subtitle E: Public
Reporting on Health Care-Associated
Infections
Title V: Medicare Graduate Medical Education
Title VI: Program
Integrity
Subtitle A: Increased Funding To
Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Subtitle B:
Enhanced Penalties for Fraud and Abuse
Subtitle C: Enhanced Program and Provider
Protections
Subtitle D: Access to
Information Needed To Prevent Fraud, Waste, and
Abuse
Title VII: Medicaid and CHIP
Subtitle A: Medicaid and Health Reform
Subtitle B: Prevention
Subtitle C:
Access
Subtitle D: Coverage
Subtitle E:
Financing
Subtitle F: Waste, Fraud, and
Abuse
Subtitle G: Puerto Rico and the
Territories
Subtitle H: Miscellaneous
Title VIII: Revenue-Related Provisions
Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions
Subdivision C: Public Health and Workforce Development
Title I: Community Health Centers
Title II: Workforce
Subtitle
A: Primary Care Workforce
Subtitle B:
Nursing Workforce
Subtitle C: Public Health
Workforce
Subtitle D: Adapting Workforce to
Evolving Health System Needs
Title III: Prevention and Wellness
Title IV: Quality and Surveillance
Title V: Other
Provisions
Subtitle A: Drug Discount for
Rural and Other Hospitals
Subtitle B:
School-Based Health Clinics
Subtitle C:
National Medical Device Registry
Subtitle
D: Grants for Comprehensive Programs to Provide
Education to Nurses and Create a Pipeline to
Nursing
Subtitle E: States Failing to
Adhere to Certain Employment Obligations
Subtitle F: Standards for Accessibility to
Medical Equipment for Individuals With
Disabilities
Subtitle G: Other Grant
Programs
Subtitle H: Long-term Care and
Family Caregiver Support
Subtitle I: Online
Resources
Division III: House Committee
on Education and Labor: Investing in
Education
Division short title: Student Aid
and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
Title I: Investing in Students and
Families
Subtitle A: Increasing College
Access and Completion
Subtitle B: Student
Financial Aid Form Simplification
Title
II: Student Loan Reform
Subtitle A:
Stafford Loan Reform
Subtitle B: Perkins
Loan Reform
Title III: Modernization,
Renovation, and Repair
Subtitle A:
Elementary and Secondary Education
Chapter
1: Grants for Modernization, Renovation, or
Repair of Public School Facilities
Chapter
2: Supplemental Grants for Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama
Chapter 3: General
Provisions
Subtitle B: Higher Education
Title IV: Early Learning Challenge Fund
Title V: American Graduation InitiativeRead the entire bill here (PDF).
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