Summary: Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission Act of 2007 - Establishes the Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission to review Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and make comprehensive recommendations to sustain the solvency and stability of these programs for future generations.

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Summary: Government Pension Offset Reform Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a federal or state pension plan. Declares that such benefit reductions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.

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Summary: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the process for congressional consideration of international social security agreements.

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Summary: Life Insurance Fairness for Travelers Act of 2007 - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to require an insurer to make available, in all of its life insurance policies for an insured who is either a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, coverage that neither considers past, nor precludes future, lawful foreign travel by the insured. Prohibits the insurer from: (1) declining such coverage based on past or future lawful foreign travel by the insured; or (2) charging a premium for the coverage that is excessive and not based on a good faith actuarial analysis. Allows declination of or limited coverage for travel to foreign destinations for which serious health-related warnings have been issued, or in which an ongoing military conflict or serious unlawful situation is taking place.

amends terrorism_risk_insurance act require insurer available life insurance policies insured citizen lawful permanent resident coverage considers past precludes future lawful foreign travel insured prohibits insurer declining coverage based past future lawful foreign travel insured charging premium coverage excessive based good faith actuarial analysis allows limited coverage travel foreign destinations health related warnings issued ongoing military conflict unlawful situation taking place


Summary: Arthur Woolweaver, Jr. Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting period for disability insurance benefits for terminally ill individuals.

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Summary: Americans Giving care to Elders (AGE) Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow caregivers a tax credit for up to $6,000 of the eldercare expenses incurred for their parents (or ancestors of such parents).Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to: (1) increase funding for the National Family Caregiver Support Program through FY2011; and (2) establish a National Resource Center on Family Caregiving to provide information on and support for family caregiver support programs.

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Summary: Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit increases in the monthly Medicare premium, including the Medicare Advantage prescription drug program premium, to 25% of any Social Security cost of living increase.

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Summary: Robert James Act of 2008 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social Security of the five-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries.

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Summary: Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop and implement a system for encouraging nationwide adoption and use of interoperable electronic health records and to make available personal health records for Medicare beneficiaries; (2) develop and implement a plan for ensuring that, by the year 2013, quality measures are available and reported with respect to at least 50% of the care provided under the Medicare program; (3) design and implement a system under which a portion of Medicare payments that would otherwise be made to some or all classes of individuals and entities furnishing items or services to beneficiaries would be based on the quality and efficiency of their performance; (4) implement incentives for Medicare beneficiaries to use more efficient providers and preventive services known to reduce costs; and (5) use and release Medicare data for quality improvement, performance measurement, public reporting, and treatment-related purposes. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize the public release of physician performance measurements. Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2008 - Sets conditions for health care lawsuits to: (1) require commencement of such lawsuits within three years after manifestation or one year after discovery of injury; (2) limit noneconomic damages and attorneys' contingent fees; (3) prescribe requirements for determining punitive damages; (4) deny punitive damages in the case of products approved, cleared, or licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or otherwise considered in compliance with FDA standards; and (4) authorize periodic payment of future damages. Amends SSA title XVIII part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) to require high income-related reductions in the part D premium subsidy.

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Summary: Saving Social Security Act of 2008 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Investment-Based Social Security) outlining a new program to allow any individual born on or after January 1, 1963, and meeting certain criteria, to receive Social Security benefits from a portion of their wages or self-employment income that has been contributed to a designated Social Security savings account for employees (SAFE Account) for investment. Guarantees a total monthly benefit to be not less than the monthly benefit promised under the current OASDI program (which is redesignated as part A (Debt-Based Social Security)). Allows certain individuals to elect to waive SAFE account eligibility. Establishes in the Treasury a SAFE Investment Fund which shall be maintained in the same manner as the Thrift Savings Fund (for federal employees and Members of Congress) and in which a SAFE Account for each such investing individual shall be established. Requires the Fund to charge each investing worker in the Fund a single, uniform annual administrative fee not to exceed 0.57% of the value of the assets invested in the worker's SAFE Account. Prescribes requirements for the timing of distributions from the SAFE Account of an investing worker. Requires transfer to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, on the determined distribution date, of so much of the balance in an investing worker's SAFE Account as does not exceed the old-age insurance amount. Entitles the investing worker to a federal annuity payment. Requires payment to the worker, in the manner and amounts the worker determines, of any funds remaining in an investment worker's SAFE Account after such transfer. Establishes within the Social Security Administration a Social Security Investment Board to maintain SAFE Accounts and the SAFE Investment Fund in the same manner as the Thrift Savings Accounts and the Thrift Savings Fund are maintained by the Thrift Savings Board. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) provide for a minimum monthly Social Security benefit; (2) exempt the SAFE Investment Fund and each SAFE Account from income taxation; (3) subject a personal Social Security savings account to certain other taxes; (4) treat any federal annuity payment under the new part B program as a Social Security benefit for purposes of Social Security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits; and (5) include any distribution of excess assets from a SAFE Account in gross income. Amends SSA to make necessary additional fiscal year appropriations to the Social Security Trust Funds to maintain adequate balances.

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Summary: Senior Investor Protection Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a program of grants to states to: (1) investigate and prosecute misleading and fraudulent marketing practices; or (2) develop educational materials and training aimed at reducing misleading and fraudulent marketing of financial products toward seniors.

senior investor protection act directs attorney general establish program grants states investigate prosecute misleading fraudulent marketing practices develop educational materials training aimed reducing misleading fraudulent marketing financial products seniors


Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the owner of a telecommunications business to defer for three years the tax on the gain, up to $350 million, from a sale of such business to a business owned by a member or members of a socially or economically disadvantaged group (e.g., Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, or Asian Pacific Americans) or to reduce the basis of property held by such seller by the amount of gain realized from a sale. Defines "telecommunications business" as any business providing communication services by wire, cable, radio, satellite, or other technology if governed by the Communications Act of 1934 or the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to guarantee loans for the purchase of a telecommunications business under this Act. Directs the Comptroller General to audit the administration of the tax deferral provisions of this Act, to report on such audit every five years, and to include in such report an assessment of the small business loan guarantee program.

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Summary: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to provide supplemental funding for the qualifying individual (QI) program. Requires a state to have in operation, in mechanized Medicaid claims processing and information retrieval systems, an eligibility determination system which provides for data matching through the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) facilitated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including matching with medical assistance programs operated by other states. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make sponsors of certain antibiotic drugs eligible for a three-year or a five-year market exclusivity if a marketing application is submitted for an antibiotic drug that: (1) was approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services before November 21, 1997; or (2) was the subject of one or more applications received by the Secretary before November 21, 1997, none of which was approved. Authorizes the use of Medicaid integrity program funds for transportation and travel expenses for attendees at education, training, or consultative activities. Increases FY2014 funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund, and extends the Fund through FY2017 at a higher level.

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Summary: QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, to provide supplemental funding for the qualifying individual (QI) program. Requires a state to have in operation, in mechanized Medicaid claims processing and information retrieval systems, an eligibility determination system which provides for data matching through the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) facilitated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, including matching with medical assistance programs operated by other states. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make sponsors of certain antibiotic drugs eligible for a three-year or a five-year market exclusivity if a marketing application is submitted for an antibiotic drug that: (1) was approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services before November 21, 1997; or (2) was the subject of one or more applications received by the Secretary before November 21, 1997, none of which was approved. Authorizes the use of Medicaid integrity program funds for transportation and travel expenses for attendees at education, training, or consultative activities. Increases FY2014 funding for the Medicare Improvement Fund.

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Summary: Social Security Identity Theft Prevention Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require Social Security cards to be made of tamperproof and wear-resistant material (currently, of banknote paper), and include a digital image of the cardholder as well as an encrypted, machine-readable electronic record containing biometric identifiers.

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Summary: Securing Medicare and Retirement for Tomorrow Act of 2009 or SMART Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Personal Social Security Savings Program) under which each employer shall establish and maintain for each participating employee a personal Social Security account under a Social Security payroll deduction plan. Provides for the participation by self-employed individuals and the investment of personal Social Security account funds in one qualified Social Security mutual fund designated by the participating individual. Establishes the Personal Accounts Management and Review Board, and requires it to establish a program for designating qualified Social Security mutual funds. Provides for election of SSA title II part A (Insurance Benefits) in lieu of part B benefits at retirement. Establishes in the Treasury the Social Security Escrow Fund and provides for investment of its holdings. Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) with respect to personal Social Security accounts. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the failure of Medicare retirees to obtain qualified health insurance coverage. Provides for a reduction in rate of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax on employers if the Fund is ever projected to have excess funds during the ensuing calendar year, and will have no need to borrow funds for the next 10 calendar years. Prohibits collection of the FICA tax with respect to individuals who have attained retirement age. Excludes from an individual's gross income any distributions from a personal Social Security account or any amount received under a qualified Social Security annuity. Provides for budget reform transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the Social Security Escrow Fund of any tax revenues in excess of specified target revenue amounts (if any) for the fiscal year. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for dedication of Social Security surpluses to reduction in the public debt.

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Summary: Protecting the Privacy of Social Security Numbers Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the display, sale, or purchase of Social Security numbers without the affirmatively expressed consent of the individual, except in specified circumstances. Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on all the uses of Social Security numbers permitted, required, authorized, or excepted under any federal law, including the impact of such uses on privacy and data security. Establishes a public records exception to the prohibition. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on Social Security numbers in public records. Grants the Attorney General rulemaking authority to enforce this Act's prohibition and to implement and clarify the permitted uses occurring as a result of an interaction between businesses, governments, or business and government. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit: (1) the use of Social Security numbers on checks issued for payment by governmental agencies; and (2) inmate access to Social Security account numbers. Prohibits a commercial entity from requiring an individual to provide a Social Security number when purchasing a commercial good or service or denying an individual the good or service for refusing to provide that number, with exceptions. Establishes civil and criminal penalties. Extends civil monetary penalties for misuse of a Social Security number. Provides for: (1) criminal penalties under SSA title II for the misuse of a Social Security number; (2) civil actions and civil penalties against persons who violate this Act; and (3) federal injunctive authority with respect to any violation by a public entity.

protecting numbers act amends federal criminal code prohibit display sale purchase social_security numbers affirmatively expressed consent individual specified circumstances directs attorney general study report congress uses social_security numbers permitted required authorized excepted federal law including impact uses privacy data security establishes public records exception prohibition directs comptroller general study report numbers public records grants attorney general rulemaking authority enforce act prohibition implement clarify permitted uses occurring result interaction businesses governments business government amends title old age survivors disability_insurance oasdi social security act ssa prohibit use social_security numbers checks issued payment governmental agencies inmate access social_security account numbers prohibits commercial entity requiring individual provide social_security number purchasing commercial good service denying individual good service refusing provide number exceptions establishes civil criminal penalties extends civil monetary penalties misuse social_security number provides criminal penalties ssa title misuse social_security number civil actions civil penalties persons violate act federal injunctive authority respect violation public entity


Summary: Identity Theft Notification Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify individuals and appropriate authorities of evidence of a certain misuse of individual Social Security account numbers. Requires the Commissioner to determine, in certain instances of wage reports involving multiple addresses for the same employee name, whether there is evidence that the wages were not paid to the individual to whom the Social Security account number was assigned.

amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act require commissioner social_security notify individuals appropriate authorities evidence certain misuse individual social_security account numbers requires commissioner determine certain instances wage reports involving multiple addresses employee evidence wages paid individual social_security account number assigned


Summary: Social Security Beneficiary Tax Reduction Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, effective January 1, 2009, the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits.

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Summary: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any social security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income. Appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this Act. Expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this Act.

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Summary: Social Security Preservation Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Social Security Trust Funds) to ensure that the annual surplus of the Social Security Trust Funds is invested in: (1) marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed by the United States; or (2) certificates of deposit in insured depository institutions. Outlines requirements for determining the annual surplus of the Trust Funds. Prohibits disinvestment of Social Security Trust Fund amounts from public debt obligations, any refraining from making such investments, or any delay in making normal deposits in such Trust Funds for public debt limit-related purposes. Authorizes, with certain conditions, the sale of Social Security Trust Fund public debt obligations for the payment of cash benefits and administrative expenses.

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Summary: Social Security Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) government pension offset requirements applicable to husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and mother's and father's insurance benefits with respect to OASDI payments; and (2) windfall elimination requirements with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount.

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Summary: Social Security Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution (or related amendment or conference report) that: (1) reduces or has the effect of reducing any current benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) programs under title II of the Social Security Act; or (2) provides for or has the effect of providing for cost-of-living increases of OASDI benefits that are less than what would be provided as of the day of the measure's consideration.

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Summary: Notch Baby Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to the benefit computation formula for individuals affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who became eligible (at age 62) for (early retirement) old-age insurance benefits after 1978 and before 1989 (and reached age 65 for full-retirement benefits after 1981 and before 1992). Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 60% to 10% keyed to the year an individual became eligible for (early retirement) benefits between 1978 and 1989.

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Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to 58.5 cents per mile the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile to deliver meals to homebound individuals who are elderly, disabled, frail, or at risk.

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Summary: Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.

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Summary: Elder Caregiver Support and Information Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize additional appropriations for FY2010-FY2012 for the family caregiver support program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-2012 for the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information.

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Summary: Social Security Number Fraudulent Use Notification Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to notify an individual when: (1) the Social Security account number ascribed to the individual in the wage records provided by an employer to the Social Security Administration does not match relevant Administration records; or (2) the individual's Social Security account number has otherwise been used by any other person in a fraudulent or otherwise illegal manner.

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Summary: Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, with respect to Medicare quality standards for suppliers of items and services which shall be applied by recognized independent accreditation organizations. Applies to pharmacies and pharmacists the eligible professional exemption from such accreditation requirements, unless such standards are designed specifically for application to pharmacies and pharmacists. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from such standards if licensing, accreditation, or other mandatory quality requirements apply to them with respect to the furnishing of items and services.

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Summary: Employee Verification Amendment Act of 2009 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the employment eligibility confirmation pilot programs (which includes the E-Verify basic pilot program). Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Homeland Security to enter into a fiscal year agreement which shall: (1) provide funds to the Commissioner for such programs' full costs in quarterly advances; and (2) require an annual accounting and reconciliation of costs incurred and funds provided. Provides for funding continuation in the absence of an agreement. Requires that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct studies regarding: (1) erroneous tentative nonconfirmations under the E-Verify program; and (2) such program's effects on small entities.

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Summary: Fair Taxes for Seniors Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a one-time increase (from $250,000 to $500,000, or from $500,000 to $1 million for married taxpayers filing joint returns) in the exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence by a taxpayer who has attained the age of 50 before such sale. Provides that in the case of a joint return, only one spouse need satisfy the age requirement.

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Summary: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the seven-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability.

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Summary: Social Security Benefits Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that, if an OASDI recipient dies during the first 15 days of a month, the last payment of the monthly benefit for that month shall be half the usual benefit amount.

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Summary: Elder Serve Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office of Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice (DOJ), to carry out a three-year Elder Serve Coordinating Councils grant program to provide grants to eligible entities to establish pilot programs to facilitate and coordinate Emergency Crisis Response Team programs to provide short-term emergency services for victims of elder abuse. Requires grant recipients, within one year, to establish counseling, mental health screening, legal advocacy, job placement assistance, and bereavement counseling programs for such victims.

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Summary: Seniors Financial Security Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion in gross income for income tax purposes of social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits.

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Summary: Notch Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum Old Age Insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979, and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977. Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55% to 5% and keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1988. Allows such beneficiaries, in the alternative, to receive lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000.

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Summary: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to fees of persons representating claimants prevailing before the Commissioner of Social Security in a claim of entitlement to past-due benefits. Increases the maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by such representatives with respect to such claims. Requires the Commissioner to make annual cost-of-living adjustments to such fee level.

amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act respect fees persons claimants prevailing commissioner_of_social_security claim entitlement past benefits increases maximum level fees authorized charged representatives respect claims requires commissioner annual cost living adjustments fee level


Summary: Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Social Security trust funds) from being included in the federal budget baseline for any fiscal year and from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of offsetting any tax decrease or spending increase. Excludes Social Security trust fund receipts and disbursements totals from official Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Budget Office budget pronouncements. Makes proceeds to the Social Security trust funds from Social Security taxes available solely for OASDI purposes. Prohibits their availability for the establishment or funding of private accounts.

budgeting act amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act prohibit receipts disbursements federal_old-age_and_survivors_insurance_trust_fund federal_disability_insurance_trust_fund social_security trust funds included federal budget baseline fiscal year counted new budget authority outlays receipts deficit surplus purposes offsetting tax decrease spending increase trust fund receipts disbursements totals official office_of_management_and_budget congressional_budget_office budget makes proceeds social_security trust funds social_security taxes available solely oasdi purposes prohibits availability establishment funding private accounts


Summary: Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to provide that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements involving an irrevocable trust whose named beneficiary is the funeral provider are not to be considered, under the SSI program, as resources available to the individual.

amends title xvi supplemental security income ssi social security act provide value certain funeral burial arrangements involving irrevocable trust named beneficiary funeral provider considered ssi program resources available individual


Summary: Elder Abuse Prevention Act - Requires a state that is receiving funds for certain law enforcement assistance programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to adopt laws and policies that prohibit parole for: (1) any individual who is convicted of a criminal sexual offense against a victim who is elderly; or (2) a sexually violent predator. Grants states three years to implement such laws and policies (with one additional two-year extension for states making good faith efforts at implementation). Renders any state that does not implement such laws and policies within the required period ineligible for 10% of funding for its law enforcement assistance programs. Requests the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promptly review its guidelines for sexual offenses committed against the elderly and to consider new guidelines for enhanced sentencing for such crimes.

elder abuse prevention act requires state receiving funds certain law enforcement assistance programs omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act adopt laws policies prohibit parole individual convicted criminal sexual offense victim elderly sexually violent predator grants states years implement laws policies additional year extension states making good faith efforts implementation renders state implement laws policies required period ineligible funding law enforcement assistance programs requests promptly review guidelines sexual offenses committed elderly consider new guidelines enhanced sentencing crimes


Summary: Congressional Commission on Civic Service Act - Establishes the Congressional Commission on Civic Service to make recommendations to Congress for: (1) improving the ability of individuals to serve others; (2) training leaders in public service organizations to better utilize individuals committed to national service and volunteerism as they manage human and fiscal resources; (3) identifying solutions to the barriers that make it difficult for some individuals to volunteer or perform national service; and (4) building on the foundation of current service and volunteer opportunities. Specifies topics to be addressed by the Commission, including deterrents to service, a mandatory service requirement, and the need for a public service academy.

congressional_commission civic service act establishes congressional_commission recommendations congress improving ability individuals serve training leaders public service organizations better utilize individuals committed national service volunteerism manage human fiscal resources identifying solutions barriers difficult individuals volunteer perform national service building foundation current service volunteer opportunities specifies topics addressed commission including service mandatory service requirement need public service academy


Summary: Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 85 percent maximum tax rate on Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenues resulting from this repeal.

social_security benefits tax relief act amends internal revenue code repeal percent maximum tax rate social_security benefits enacted omnibus_budget_reconciliation_act appropriates general fund amounts equal reduction revenues resulting repeal


Summary: Amends titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require survivor annuity payments made to blind or disabled (including developmentally disabled) dependents to be disregarded in eligibility and benefit determinations under the SSI and Medicaid programs.

amends titles supplemental security income ssi xix medicaid social security act require survivor annuity payments blind disabled including developmentally disabled dependents disregarded eligibility benefit determinations ssi medicaid programs


Summary: Community Choice Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require state Medicaid plan coverage of community-based attendant services and supports for certain Medicaid-eligible individuals. Outlines requirements for: (1) an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for ongoing activities of early coverage states that enhance and promote the use of community-based attendant services and supports; and (2) increased federal financial participation for certain expenditures incurred by the state for the provision of such services and supports. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) award grants to eligible states which have established a Consumer Task Force to assist the state in its development of real choice systems change initiatives; and (2) conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of evaluating service coordination and cost-sharing approaches with respect to the provision of community-based services and supports to dually eligible individuals.

community choice act amends title xix medicaid social security act ssa require state medicaid plan coverage community based attendant services supports certain medicaid eligible individuals outlines requirements enhanced federal medical assistance percentage fmap ongoing activities early coverage states enhance promote use community based attendant services supports increased federal financial participation certain expenditures incurred state provision services supports directs secretary health_and_human_services award grants eligible states established assist state development real choice systems change initiatives conduct demonstration project purpose evaluating service coordination cost sharing approaches respect provision community based services supports dually eligible individuals


Summary: Savings for Seniors Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund a Social Security Surplus Protection Account to hold the Social Security surplus. Denies the availability of the balance in the Account for investment by the Managing Trustee. Establishes in the executive branch of Government a Social Security Investment Commission to study and report to the President and Congress on the most effective vehicles for investment of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, other than investment in the form of U.S. obligations resulting in the transfer of Trust Fund assets to the general fund of the Treasury.

savings seniors act amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act establish federal_old-age_and_survivors_insurance_trust_fund social security surplus protection account hold social_security surplus denies availability balance account investment managing_trustee establishes executive branch study report president congress effective vehicles investment federal_old-age_and_survivors_insurance_trust_fund investment form obligations resulting transfer trust_fund assets general fund treasury


Summary: Electronic Life Safety and Security Systems Federal Background Check Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a method to permit employers in the electronic life safety and security systems installation and monitoring industry to access criminal history records and other information to conduct background checks of prospective employees.

electronic life safety security systems federal background check act directs attorney general establish method permit employers electronic life safety security systems installation monitoring industry access criminal history records information conduct background checks prospective employees


Summary: Elder Justice Act - Amends the Social Security Act to establish an Elder Justice program under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services). Establishes within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) an Elder Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC). Establishes the Advisory Board on Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation. Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to establish stationary and mobile forensic centers, to develop forensic expertise regarding, and provide services relating to, elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Directs the Secretary to provide incentives for individuals to train for, seek, and maintain employment providing direct care in a long-term care (LTC) facility. Directs the Secretary to make grants to LTC facilities to: (1) offer continuing training and varying levels of certification to employees who provide direct care to LTC facility residents; and (2) provide bonuses or other benefits to employees who achieve certification. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist LTC facilities in offsetting the costs for standardized clinical health care informatics systems designed to improve patient safety and reduce adverse events and health care complications resulting from medication errors. Directs the Secretary to ensure that HHS: (1) provides funding to state and local adult protective services services offices that investigate reports of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and (2) collects and disseminates related data in coordination with the Department of Justice. Establishes a program of annual adult protective services grants to states. Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to: (1) improve the capacity of state LTC ombudsman programs to respond to and resolve abuse and neglect complaints; and (2) conduct pilot programs with state or local LTC ombudsman offices. Directs the Secretary to establish programs to provide and improve ombudsman training for national organizations and state LTC ombudsman programs. Amends part A of SSA title XI to require each individual owner, operator, employee, manager, agent, or contractor of an LTC facility receiving certain federal support to report to the Secretary and local law enforcement entities any reasonable suspicion of crimes occurring in such facility. Requires the owner or operator of such an LTC facility to notify the Secretary and the appropriate state regulatory agency of a facility's impending closure, as well as a plan for the transfer and adequate relocation of facility residents. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the EJCC and appropriate congressional committees on establishing a national nurse aide registry. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) study, analyze, and report to Congress, the Secretary, and the states on state laws and practices relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation; and (2) develop objectives, priorities, policies, and a long-term plan for elder justice programs and activities. Requires the Comptroller General to review and report to Congress on existing federal programs and initiatives in the federal criminal justice system relevant to elder justice. Authorizes the Attorney General to award victim advocacy grants to eligible entities to study the special needs of victims of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Directs the Attorney General to award grants to provide: (1) training, technical assistance, policy development, multidisciplinary coordination, and other types of support to local and state prosecutors and courts, as well as employees of state Attorneys General and Medicaid Fraud Control Units handling elder justice-related matters; and (3) similar types of support to police, sheriffs, detectives, public safety officers, corrections personnel, and other front line law enforcement responders who handle elder justice matters to fund specially designated elder justice positions or units designed to support front line law enforcement in elder justice matters. Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the missing Alzheimer's Disease patient alert program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a long-term care facility worker employment tax credit.

elder justice act_-_amends social security act establish program title block grants states social_services establishes office_of_the_secretary health_and_human_services hhs elder_justice_coordinating_council establishes advisory_board elder abuse neglect exploitation directs secretary grants eligible entities establish stationary mobile forensic centers develop forensic expertise provide services relating elder abuse neglect exploitation directs secretary provide incentives individuals train seek maintain employment providing direct care long term care ltc facility directs secretary grants ltc facilities offer continuing training varying levels certification employees provide direct care ltc facility residents provide bonuses benefits employees achieve certification authorizes secretary grants assist ltc facilities offsetting costs standardized clinical health care informatics systems designed improve patient safety reduce adverse events health care complications resulting medication errors directs secretary ensure hhs provides funding state local adult protective services services offices investigate reports elder abuse neglect exploitation collects disseminates related data coordination department_of_justice establishes program annual adult protective services grants states directs secretary grants eligible entities improve capacity state ltc ombudsman programs respond resolve abuse neglect complaints conduct pilot programs state local ltc ombudsman offices directs secretary establish programs provide improve ombudsman training national organizations state ltc ombudsman programs amends ssa title require individual owner operator employee manager agent contractor ltc facility receiving certain federal support report secretary local law enforcement entities reasonable suspicion crimes occurring facility requires owner operator ltc facility notify secretary appropriate state regulatory agency facility impending closure plan transfer adequate relocation facility residents directs secretary study report appropriate congressional committees establishing national nurse aide registry directs attorney general study analyze report congress secretary states state laws practices relating elder abuse neglect exploitation develop objectives priorities policies long term plan elder justice programs activities requires comptroller general review report congress existing federal programs initiatives federal criminal justice system relevant elder justice authorizes attorney general award victim advocacy grants eligible entities study special needs victims elder abuse neglect exploitation directs attorney general award grants provide training technical assistance policy development multidisciplinary coordination types support local state prosecutors courts employees state attorneys general handling elder justice related matters similar types support police sheriffs public safety officers corrections personnel line law enforcement responders handle elder justice matters fund specially designated elder justice positions units designed support line law enforcement elder justice matters amends violent_crime_control_and_law_enforcement_act reauthorize missing alzheimer disease patient alert program amends internal revenue code provide long term care facility worker employment tax credit


Summary: Windfall Elimination Provision Relief Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) restrict the application of the windfall elimination requirement to individuals whose combined monthly income from the primary OASDI insurance amount and the portion of the monthly periodic payment attributable to noncovered service performed after 1956 exceeds the cost-of-living adjusted amount of $2,500; and (2) provide for a graduated implementation of such requirement on amounts above such threshold by applying applicable percentages determined according to a specified formula.

amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act restrict application windfall elimination requirement individuals combined monthly income primary oasdi insurance portion monthly periodic payment attributable service performed exceeds cost living adjusted provide graduated implementation requirement amounts threshold applying applicable percentages determined according specified formula


Summary: Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B to 10% and twice the period of no enrollment; and (2) exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty. Provides for a special enrollment period for individuals whose COBRA or retiree coverage terminates.

amends supplementary_medical_insurance title xviii medicare social security act limit penalty late enrollment twice period enrollment exclude periods cobra retiree coverage late enrollment penalty provides special enrollment period individuals cobra retiree coverage terminates


Summary: Disability Equity Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate: (1) the five-month waiting period for an individual (including a disabled widow or widower) to be eligible for benefits based on disability; and (2) the waiting period for benefits under SSA title XVIII (Medicare).

disability equity act amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act ssa eliminate month waiting period individual including disabled widow widower eligible benefits based disability waiting period benefits ssa title xviii medicare


Summary: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years of age or older. Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) to use such new CPIEC in the computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits, replacing the CPI for All Urban Consumers (U.S. city average).

consumer price index elderly consumers act directs bureau_of_labor_statistics department_of_labor prepare publish monthly consumer price index elderly_consumers cpiec indicates changes time expenditures consumption typical individuals aged years age older amends titles survivors disability insurance oasdi xviii medicare use new cpiec computation cost living increases social_security medicare benefits replacing cpi urban consumers city average


Summary: ADA Notification Act of 2009 - Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to deny jurisdiction to a state or federal court in a civil action a plaintiff commences for remedies for disability discrimination in public accommodations and certain services provided by private entities unless: (1) the plaintiff notified the defendant in writing of the alleged violations prior to filing the complaint; (2) the notice identified the specific facts that constitute the alleged violation; (3) a remedial period of 90 days elapses after the notice; (4) the notice informed the defendant that the civil action could not be commenced for 90 days; and (5) the complaint states that the defendant has not corrected the alleged violation.

ada notification act amends americans disabilities act deny jurisdiction state federal court civil action plaintiff commences remedies disability discrimination public accommodations certain services provided private entities plaintiff notified defendant writing alleged violations prior filing complaint notice identified specific facts constitute alleged violation remedial period days notice notice informed defendant civil action commenced days complaint states defendant corrected alleged violation


Summary: Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals aged 62 years of age or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) to use such new CPI in the computation of cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits.

consumer price index elderly consumers act directs bureau_of_labor_statistics department_of_labor prepare publish monthly consumer price index elderly consumers cpi indicates changes time expenditures consumption typical individuals aged years age older amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi use new cpi computation cost living increases social_security benefits


Summary: Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least one hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to earn more than 56 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, unless the employer chooses to set a higher limit. Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members; or (3) seek medical attention, assist a related person, take legal action, or engage in other specified activities relating to domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Prohibits an employer from interfering with an employee's exercise of such rights. Directs the Secretary of Labor to exercise certain investigative and enforcement authority for employees covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 or the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991. Grants the same authority, for employees under their jurisdiction, to the Librarian of Congress, the Comptroller General, the Board of Directors of the congressional Office of Compliance, and the Merit Systems Protection Board. Authorizes civil actions by employees, individuals, or their representatives for damages or equitable relief against employers who violate this Act. Waives a state's sovereign immunity with respect to a suit brought by an employee of a federally-assisted state program or activity for relief authorized under this Act. Requires the Commissioner of Labor Statistics annually to compile information annually on paid sick time, and the Comptroller General to study related matters. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting or retaining more generous leave policies.

healthy_families_act_-_requires certain employers employ employees working day workweeks year permit employee earn hour paid sick time hours worked declares employer shall required permit employee earn hours paid sick time calendar year employer chooses set higher limit allows employees use time meet medical needs care medical needs certain family members seek medical attention assist related person legal action engage specified activities relating domestic violence sexual assault stalking prohibits employer interfering employee exercise rights directs secretary labor exercise certain investigative enforcement authority employees covered family_and_medical_leave_act government employee rights act grants authority employees jurisdiction librarian congress comptroller_general board_of_directors congressional office_of_compliance merit_systems_protection_board authorizes civil actions employees individuals representatives damages equitable relief employers violate act waives state sovereign immunity respect suit brought employee federally assisted state program activity relief authorized act requires commissioner labor_statistics annually compile information annually paid sick time comptroller general study related matters declares act shall construed discourage employers adopting retaining generous leave policies


Summary: Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) create an exception to Medicare secondary payer requirements for certain workers' compensation settlement agreements; and (2) provide for the satisfaction of such requirements through use of qualified Medicare set-asides under workers' compensation settlement agreements.

medicare_secondary_payer amends title xviii medicare social security act create exception medicare secondary payer requirements certain workers compensation settlement agreements provide satisfaction requirements use qualified medicare set asides workers compensation settlement agreements


Summary: Retirement Security Needs Lifetime Pay Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an exclusion from gross income for 50% of lifetime income payments from certain annuity contracts, up to $10,000; (2) exclude longevity insurance benefits from employee benefit plan minimum distribution requirements; and (3) allow a tax exclusion for amounts received as an annuity under any portion of an annuity, endowment, or life insurance contract.

retirement security needs lifetime pay act amends internal revenue code allow exclusion gross income lifetime income payments certain annuity contracts exclude longevity insurance benefits employee benefit plan minimum distribution requirements allow tax exclusion amounts received annuity portion annuity endowment life insurance contract


Summary: Measuring American Poverty Act of 2009 - Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau), in collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), to calculate modern poverty thresholds and modern poverty rates for each calendar year. Directs the Census Bureau and the BLS to choose: (1) the most appropriate distribution of consumption expenditures on food, clothing, and shelter, which may, if appropriate, exclude families receiving subsidies for food, clothing, or shelter; and (2) the reference family for the modern poverty measure. Declares that the modern poverty threshold for a reference family shall be an amount equal to the average of 120% of the 33rd percentile of the distribution chosen, allowing for calculations to rely on a limited band converging on this percentile, during four or more of the most recent years for which data is available from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, a superior federal government source of data, or some combination of such sources. Prescribes requirements for determining modern poverty rates. Directs the Census Bureau, in collaboration with the BLS, to contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to develop and publish methods of: (1) calculating a decent living standard threshold; and (2) measuring the extent to which the income of families in the United States is sufficient to meet it. Directs the Census Bureau, in collaboration with the BLS, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to contract with NAS to develop and publish a method of: (1) measuring the extent of medical care risk in the United States; and (2) calculating the number and percentage of individuals in the United States who lack adequate health insurance, leaving them at risk of being unable to afford needed treatment. Directs the Census Bureau to contract with NAS to develop a set of recommendations for methods to implement annual modern poverty measurement at the state and local level and a timeframe for the implementation.

measuring american poverty act amends title social security act direct collaboration bureau_of_labor_statistics bls calculate modern poverty thresholds modern poverty rates calendar year directs bls choose appropriate distribution consumption expenditures food clothing shelter appropriate exclude families receiving subsidies food clothing shelter reference family modern poverty measure declares modern poverty threshold reference family shall equal average percentile distribution chosen allowing calculations rely limited band percentile recent years data available superior federal government source data combination sources prescribes requirements determining modern poverty rates directs collaboration bls contract national_academy_of_sciences nas develop publish methods calculating decent living standard threshold measuring extent income families united_states sufficient meet directs collaboration bls agency healthcare_research quality centers medicare medicaid_services contract nas develop publish method measuring extent medical care risk united_states calculating number percentage individuals united_states lack adequate health insurance leaving risk unable afford needed treatment directs contract nas develop set recommendations methods implement annual modern poverty measurement state local level timeframe implementation


Summary: Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial to drug felons of eligibility for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

amends personal_responsibility_and_work_opportunity reconciliation act repeal denial drug felons eligibility benefits temporary assistance needy families tanf program


Summary: Cost of Living Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Commissioner of Social Security to make an adjustment of the percentage increase in OASDI benefits to ensure that such increases are in no case less than the percentage increases in compensation of Members of Congress.

cost living act amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act authorize commissioner social_security adjustment percentage increase oasdi benefits ensure increases case percentage increases compensation members congress


Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) WIPA and PABSS Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Amends the Social Security Act to extend through FY2010 the authorization of appropriations for the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) and the Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security (PABSS) programs.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated reauthorization act amends social security act extend fy2010 authorization appropriations protection advocacy beneficiaries social security programs


Summary: Illegal Garnishment Prevention Act - Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the Commissioner of Social Security for FY2010 or any fiscal year thereafter from being used to promote or otherwise encourage recipients of veterans benefits or benefits paid under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to use direct deposit for the payment of such benefits until: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury promulgates rules establishing procedures to ensure that such benefits are protected from attachment and garnishment; and (2) at least five of the seven members of the advisory committee established under this Act concur in advising the Secretary that such procedures provide adequate safeguards. Establishes a Social Security Benefits Protection from Attachment or Garnishment Advisory Committee.

illegal garnishment prevention act prohibits funds appropriated available secretary treasury secretary veterans_affairs commissioner_of_social_security fy2010 fiscal year promote encourage recipients veterans benefits benefits paid title survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act use direct deposit payment benefits secretary treasury promulgates rules establishing procedures ensure benefits protected attachment garnishment seven members advisory committee established act concur advising secretary procedures provide adequate safeguards establishes


Summary: Social Security COLA Fix for 2010 Act - Authorizes an increase of $150 in Social Security benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for that year.

act authorizes increase social_security benefits month compensate lack cost living adjustment year


Summary: Senior Investment Protection Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to establish a program of grants to states to: (1) investigate and prosecute misleading and fraudulent marketing practices; or (2) develop educational materials and training aimed at reducing misleading and fraudulent marketing of financial products toward seniors.

senior investment protection act directs attorney general establish program grants states investigate prosecute misleading fraudulent marketing practices develop educational materials training aimed reducing misleading fraudulent marketing financial products seniors


Summary: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prescribe a formula for an emergency cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits for calendar 2010.

amends title old age survivors disability insurance social security act prescribe formula emergency cost living increase social_security benefits calendar


Summary: COLA Assistance Act of 2009 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide a cost-of-living increase for Social Security benefits for 2010 of 2.9% with respect to the base quarter in 2009.

cola assistance act amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act provide cost living increase social_security benefits respect base quarter


Summary: Social Security COLA Fix for 2010 Act - Authorizes an increase of $150 in Social Security benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for that year. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require an annual adjustment in the OASDI contribution and benefit base regardless of whether a cost-of-living increase in benefits has occurred.

act authorizes increase social_security benefits month compensate lack cost living adjustment year amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act require annual adjustment oasdi contribution benefit base regardless cost living increase benefits occurred


Summary: Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the $250 economic recovery payment payable to certain individuals through calendar year 2010. Applies the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance tax in 2010 to certain earnings in excess of $1.29 million.

emergency senior citizens relief act amends american_recovery_and_reinvestment_act extend economic recovery payment payable certain individuals calendar year applies old age survivors disability_insurance tax certain earnings excess million


Summary: Pandemic Protection for Workers, Families, and Businesses Act - Requires certain covered employers to provide annually to each of their covered: (1) full-time employees at least seven days of paid sick time, and specified employment benefits; and (2) part-time employees the same employment benefits and a number of days or hours of paid sick time, determined under a specified pro rata formula. Allows the covered employee to use such sick time for an absence: (1) resulting from a medical condition involving symptoms of a contagious illness (including influenza-like illnesses such as the 2009 H1N1 virus), the need to obtain medical diagnosis or care, or to obtain preventive care for such illness; (2) due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the employee's presence on the job, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others; (3) to care for a child experiencing such symptoms; or (4) to care for a child due to determination by a health authority or a health care provider that the child's presence in the community, after exposure to a contagious illness, would jeopardize the health of others. Permits use of sick leave if the covered employee's place of business is closed due to a contagious illness or his or her need to care for a child whose school or child care or early childhood program has been closed for such reason. Specifies prohibited acts by an employer, and penalties for violations.

pandemic protection workers families certain covered employers provide annually covered time employees seven days paid sick time specified employment benefits time employees employment benefits number days hours paid sick time determined specified pro rata formula allows covered employee use sick time absence resulting medical condition involving symptoms contagious illness including influenza like illnesses virus need obtain medical diagnosis care obtain preventive care illness determination health authority health care provider employee presence job exposure contagious illness jeopardize health care child experiencing symptoms care child determination health authority health care provider child presence community exposure contagious illness jeopardize health permits use sick leave covered employee place business closed contagious illness need care child school child care early childhood program closed reason specifies prohibited acts employer penalties violations


Summary: Guaranteed 3% COLA for Seniors Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States who are age 62 or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the use of such index to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits; and (2) provide, in the case of individuals who have attained age 62, for an annual cost-of-living increase of at least 3%.

guaranteed cola seniors act directs bureau_of_labor_statistics department_of_labor prepare publish monthly consumer price index elderly consumers indicates changes time expenditures consumption typical individuals united_states age older amends title old age survivors disability insurance oasdi social security act require use index compute cost living increases social_security benefits provide case individuals attained age annual cost living increase


Summary: Transitional Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Act - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend the increase in the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Extends the entire recession adjustment period from December 31, 2010, through June 30, 2011. Provides for adjusted FMAP percentage rates during a transitional assistance period from July 1, 2011, through December 31, 2013. Prescribes formulae for determining the adjusted FMAP through FY2012 and subsequent fiscal year quarters.

extend increase federal medical assistance percentage fmap title xix medicaid social security act extends entire recession adjustment period december june provides adjusted fmap percentage rates transitional assistance period july december prescribes formulae determining adjusted fmap fy2012 subsequent fiscal year quarters


Summary: State Medicaid Assistance Extension Act of 2009 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend for one year the period of temporary increase in the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Extends the entire recession adjustment period from December 31, 2010, through December 31, 2011. Requires the substitution for the FMAP for the first calendar quarter in FY2012 of the FMAP for either FY2008, FY2009, FY2010, or FY2011, as adjusted under ARRA, whichever is greatest, if the FY2012 FMAP is less than any of them.

state medicaid assistance extension act amends american_recovery_and_reinvestment_act extend year period temporary increase medicaid federal medical assistance percentage fmap title xix medicaid social security act extends entire recession adjustment period december december requires substitution fmap calendar quarter fy2008 fy2009 fy2010 fy2011 adjusted arra whichever greatest


Summary: Medicaid Options for Dental Fillings Act of 2010 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the cost-sharing charged for a resin-based filling from exceeding: (1) the amount charged in the state for a mercury-based dental filling on January 1, 2010; or (2) the amount that the state charges for such a filling if less than the amount charged on that date. Prescribes a formula for determining Medicaid provider reimbursement rates for resin-based dental fillings.

amends title xix medicaid social security act prohibit cost sharing charged resin based filling exceeding charged state mercury based dental filling january state charges filling charged date prescribes formula determining medicaid provider reimbursement rates resin based dental fillings


Summary: Expanding Opportunities for Older Americans Act of 2010 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to expand the Senior Community Service Employment (SCSE) Program. Lowers the age of eligibility from 55 to 52. Repeals the requirement that the eligible individual be unemployed. Increases from 125% to 200% of the poverty line the maximum income for eligibility. Excludes from the counting of an eligible individual's income any income received by another member of the eligible individual's household. Prohibits any limit of fewer than 40 hours per week on the number of hours per week a grant recipient may permit a participant to work in a job assisted under the grant. Declares the sense of Congress that not less than $700 million should be appropriated to carry out the SCSE Program in each of FY2011-FY2016.

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Summary: Benefit Adjustment of Social Security Income Compensation Act of 2010 or the BASIC Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that: (1) an individual's entitlement to any OASDI benefit shall continue through the month of his or her death (without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month); and (2) the benefit shall be payable for such month only to the extent proportionate to the number of days in the month preceding the date of death. Revises the formula for computation of a lump-sum death payment to the widow or widower of a fully or currently insured individual.

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Summary: Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2010 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that: (1) a Social Security account number (or any derivative) is not displayed, coded, or embedded on the Medicare card issued to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); and (2) any other identifier displayed on such card is easily identifiable as not being the Social Security account number (or a derivative).

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Summary: Senior Citizens Income Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) to replace the formula for including social security benefits in gross income for income tax purposes with the formula in existence prior to the enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993; (2) eliminate mandatory withdrawals from retirement accounts after age 70-1/2; (3) eliminate employment taxes on individuals receiving social security retirement and Medicare benefits; and (4) allow an exclusion from gross income, up to $250 ($500 for joint returns), for dividends, interest, and capital gains. Appropriates additional amounts to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to compensate for losses in revenue resulting from the revision of the formula for including social security benefits in gross income. Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a procedure for allowing Medicare beneficiaries to waive Medicare entitlements and be automatically enrolled in the Medicare Alternative Voucher Program established by this Act.

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Summary: Preserving Our Promise to Seniors Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States 62 years of age or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to tie the CPIEC to computation of cost-of-lving increases in OASDI benefits. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse a cash payment of $250 (adjusted for inflation) for each non-COLA year to certain recipients of OASDI benefits, railroad retirement benefits, veterans disability compensation or pension benefits, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under SSA title XVI. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2010. Develops points of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate with respect to consideration of any legislation whose effect would be a program: (1) reducing OASDI benefits in connection with contributions to individual beneficiary accounts in the private sector; or (2) providing for investment of amounts in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund in any investment vehicle other than interest-bearing U.S. obligations or U.S.-guaranteed obligations.

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Summary: Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report to Congress on the epidemiology of, impact of, and appropriate funding required to address neglected diseases of poverty, including neglected parasitic diseases such as Chagas disease, cysticercosis, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, the soil-transmitted helminths, and other related diseases. Requires the report to provide the information necessary to guide future health policy to: (1) accurately evaluate the current state of knowledge concerning such diseases and define gaps in such knowledge; and (2) address the threat of such diseases.

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