ASSESSMENT conducted under paragraph ; Secretary transmitting report to Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and meaning and Appropriations of House of Representatives and Committees on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Finance and Appropriations of Senate on
Index of Sec 1906. ...ASSESSMENT of current and future trends of cost-intensive diseases and conditions described in paragraph ; Including
Index of Sec 1906. ...ASSESSMENT and recommendations described in subsection ; Reviewing and updating
Index of Sec 1906. ...ASSESSMENT and recommendations ; Submitting report described in subsection to Committees specified in subsection on updated
Index of Sec 1906. ...ASSESSMENT of diseases and conditions being cost-intensive for Medicare program and assessing diseases and conditions becoming cost-intensive for Medicare in future ; Secretary of Health and Human Services conducting
Index of Sec 1906. ...ASSESSMENT of diseases and conditions being cost-intensive for Medicare program and assessing diseases and conditions becoming cost-intensive for Medicare in future ; Secretary of Health and Human Services conducting
Index of Sec 1906. ...INTENSIVE conditions so identified ; Address whether current research priorities appropriately addressing current and future cost-
Index of Sec 1906. ...INTENSIVE diseases and conditions described in paragraph ; Including assessment of current and future trends of cost-
Index of Sec 1906. ...INTENSIVE diseases and conditions ; Including recommendations concerning research in Department of Health and Human Services to be funded to improve prevention, treatment or cure of cost-
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To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.
Mr. Dingell (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Waxman, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Stark, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Andrews) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, 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
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall conduct an assessment of the diseases and conditions that are the most cost-intensive for the Medicare program and, to the extent possible, assess the diseases and conditions that could become cost-intensive for Medicare in the future. In conducting the assessment, the Secretary shall include the input of relevant research agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2011, the Secretary shall transmit a report to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Finance, and Appropriations of the Senate on the assessment conducted under paragraph (1). Such report shall—
(A) include the assessment of current and future trends of cost-intensive diseases and conditions described in such paragraph;
(B) address whether current research priorities are appropriately addressing current and future cost-intensive conditions so identified; and
(C) include recommendations concerning research in the Department of Health and Human Services that should be funded to improve the prevention, treatment, or cure of such cost-intensive diseases and conditions.
(b) Updates of assessment.—Not later than January 1, 2013, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall—
(1) review and update the assessment and recommendations described in subsection (a)(1); and
(2) submit a report described in subsection (a)(2) to the Committees specified in subsection (a)(2) on such updated assessment and recommendations.