,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #f1 #bjbj,mr4  
,griffith introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,administrator of the       
,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid       
,services to conduct a study on         
temporary family health care structures4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,granny ,pods ,study ,act  
of #bjbj4  #b4 ,study on temporary      
family health care structures  7a7      
,study ,the ,administrator of the       
,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid shall 
conduct a study on provision of long    
term care to mentally or physically     
impaired individuals using temporary    

family health care structures4 ,the     
study shall include3 7#a7 ,an           
identification of the services currently
 covered by ,medicare program or the    
,medicaid program that could reasonably 
be provided in a temporary family health
 care structure by a caregiver or a home
 health provider4  7#b7 ,a determination
 of reasonable reimbursement rates for  
those services identified under         
paragraph 7#a7 provided in a temporary  
family health care structure setting4   
7#c7 ,the cost differential between such
 rates and the rates for such services  
furnished in a nursing facility4  7b7   
,report ,not later than #b years after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 in coordination with other   
,federal agencies1 if appropriate1 shall
 submit to the ,committee on ,energy and
 ,commerce of the ,house of             
,representatives a report on the        
activities undertaken pursuant to       
subsection 7a7 and the results of the   

study conducted under such subsection4  
#c4 ,definitions ,for purposes of this  
,act3 7#a7 ,temporary family health care
 structure ,the term temporary family   
health care structure means a           
transportable residential structure1    
providing an environment facilitating a 
caregiver's provision of care for a     
mentally or physically impaired         
individual1 that-- 7,a7 is primarily    
assembled at a location other than its  
site of installation2  7,b7 is limited  
to one occupant who shall be the        
mentally or physically impaired person2 
and  7,c7 has no more than #cjj gross   
square feet4  7#b7 ,long term care ,the 
term long term care means care          
equivalent to that which would be       
covered by the ,medicare or ,medicaid   
program in a residential nursing        
facility if furnished to a beneficiary  
under such program4  7#c7 ,caregiver    
,the term caregiver means an adult who  
provides care for a mentally or         
physically impaired person4 ,a caregiver

 shall be either related by blood1      
marriage1 or adoption to1 or the legally
 appointed guardian of1 the mentally or 
physically impaired person for whom the 
caregiver is caring4  7#d7 ,mentally or 
physically impaired individual ,the term
 mentally or physically impaired        
individual means an individual who      
qualifies for benefits under the        
,medicare or ,medicaid program and      
requires assistance with two or more    
activities of daily living1 as certified
 in writing provided by a physician     
licensed by the ,state in which the     
individual resides4