Health Promotion Advocates
Detailed sources for health promotion
provisions advocated by Health Promotion Advocates
Health Promotion Advocates is advocating that the provisions
below be included in all health care reform legislation.
Sources of legislative language addressing each of these
provisions are listed below each provision. All provisions
in the Senate are in the HR 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act and the Managers Amendment which were passed in the Senate on
November 24, 2009. All provisions in the House of
Representatives are in HR3962, the Affordable Health Care
for America Act, which was passed on November 7, 2009.
Click below to see the actual legislative text for the Senate
and House health care reform legislation.
1.
HR 3590 Senate Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
2.
Manager's
Amendment 2786 to HR 3590 Senate Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act
3.
HR 3962 House of Representatives
Affordable Health Care for America Act
1. Development of a national health promotion plan.
Senate: See page 1134 in Sec. 4001. National Prevention,
Health Promotion and Public Health Council in Title IV -
Prevention of Chronic Disease and Improving Public Health.
House of Representatives: See Sec 3121 in
Title III: Prevention and Wellness, Title III starts on
page 1296 and Sec 3121 starts on page 1299.
2. Enhanced health promotion research.
Senate: See page 1142 in Sec. 4003. Clinical and Community
Preventive Services, page 1240 in Sec 4301.
Research on optimizing the delivery of public health services (
House of Representatives: See Secs. 3131,
3132 and 3141 in Title III: Prevention and Wellness of HR
3962, Affordable Health for America Act. These sections
start on pages 1301, 1308, and 1314.
3. A national campaign to employers on the benefits of
workplace health promotion programs.
Senate.: No provisions. Provisions
that had been in the Senate HELP Committee were not
included in the final Senate bill.
House of Representatives: See page 75,
part g of Sec 112 in Title I.
4. Technical assistance to enhance evaluation of
workplace health promotion programs.
Senate: See page 1253 in "Sec. 399MM.
Technical Assistance for Employer-Based Wellness Programs.
House of Representatives: No provisions
5. Research on best practices in workplace health
promotion programs.
Senate: No provisions. Provisions that
had been in the Senate HELP Committee bill were not included in
the final Senate bill. These provisions may be addressed
in part by broad language to examine evidence on the
effectiveness of community bases interventions in Sec 4301 on
page 1240
House of Representatives: See page 1316
"SEC 3143 Research on Subsidies and Rewards to encourage
Wellness and Healthy Behavior
6. Regular periodic surveys on workplace health program
prevalence and components.
Senate: See page 1254 in "Sec. 399MM-1.
National Worksite Health Policies and Programs.
House of Representatives: No provisions
7. Grants or tax credits to pay a portion of the cost of
comprehensive workplace health promotion programs.
Senate: SEe pages 257 in Manager's amendment
Sec. 10408. Grants for Small Businesses to Provide Comprehensive
Workplace Wellness Programs.
House of Representatives: Sec 112, Wellness
Program Grants, in Title I. See page 69
8. Allow employers to offer employees a premium discount
of up to 30% (instead of the current 20%), for positive
lifestyle practices or participation in health promotion
programs, include safeguards, and refer to Health and Human
Services to study benefits of increasing the portion to 50%.
Senate: See Sec 2705, "j" Prohibiting
Discrimination Against Individual Participants and Beneficiaries
Based on Health Status, on page 83.
House of Representatives: No Provisions
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