NHPCO's Legislative Resources

NHPCO Supported Legislation
Medicare Prescription Drug Package
Cost Report
Legislative Links

NHPCO Supported Legislation

• S. 334 Healthy Americans Act
  • Download PDF from GPO Web site
  • Bill Summary and Status from Thomas Web site
• S.465 Advance Directives Improvement and Education Act of 2007
  • Download PDF from GPO Web site
  • Bill Summary and Status from Thomas Web site
• S. 466 Medicare End-of-Life Care Planning Act of 2007
  • Download PDF from GPO Web site
  • Bill Summary and Status from Thomas Web site
• H.R. 2882 Long Term Care Safety Act
  • Download PDF and Bill Summary from Thomas Web site

Medicare Prescription Drug Package

• Current Regulatory Issue, Medicare Part D – CMS links/resources
• Resources on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit – link to Kaiser Family Foundation website
• Summary and Analysis of the Medicare Modernization Act, provided courtesy of the Arent Fox Law Firm, Connie Raffa Associate. (PDF)
• NHPCO Analysis of the bill, as it relates to hospice care
  • Enactment Dates for Relevant Provisions
• Narrative Explanation of H.R. 1 (PDF) very large document, please be patient as it downloads.
• H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 –Download PDF of the enrolled bill from GPO website, please be patient as it downloads
• Medicare Prescription Drug Proposals (PDF)

Cost Report

• Cost Report Lobbying Expense Letter 

Legislative Links

• www.congress.org –find your Federal and State Representatives
• www.senate.gov –website of U.S. Senate
  • Committee on Finance
• www.house.gov –website of U.S. House of Representatives
  • Committee on Ways and Means
• http://thomas.loc.gov –find information on current legislation and other legislative activity
• www.gpoaccess.gov –find information from all branches of the government provided by the U.S. Government Printing Office

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