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Bill· HRH.R. 5568 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2018
National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration to partner with institutions of higher education to designate them as National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing for the purpose of studying and recommending improvements to the process of continuous manufacturing of medications. (Currently, most medications are manufactured in batches.)
Bill· SS. 2708 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2018
Choose Medicare Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish public health plans that are available on health insurance markets, subject to specified requirements; the bill also makes a series of changes related to health insurance costs, including alterations to cost-sharing provisions and the authority to negotiate prices under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Bill· SS. 2707 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2018
Informing Seniors about Opioids Act of 2018 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide Medicare beneficiaries with educational resources regarding opioid use, pain management, and alternative pain-management treatments.
Bill· SS. 2704 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2018
Medicare Beneficiary Opioid Addiction Treatment Act This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment of methadone (a medication used to treat opioid-use disorder).
Bill· SS. 2700 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2018
Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2018 This bill establishes a series of grant programs to assist localities with addressing the opioid epidemic, such as through prevention and treatment services, training centers, and research activities.
Bill· SS. 2697 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 2018
Unused Medications Awareness Act This bill amends the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 to add information about dispensing options to the Department of Health and Human Services education and awareness campaign regarding the risk of abuse of prescription opioids if the drugs are not taken as prescribed.
Bill· HRH.R. 5531 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2018
Opioid Emergency Response Act This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to opioid use, including programs to incentivize the use of opioid alternatives; the bill also creates a new, sixth schedule of controlled substances that includes specified synthetic fentanyl-related substances.
Bill· HRH.R. 5541 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2018
Removing Barriers to Allergy Diagnostic Testing Act of 2018 This bill provides for equal coverage of specified types of allergy diagnostic testing services under both Medicaid and Medicare.
Bill· SS. 2691 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2018
Opioid Crisis Accountability Act of 2018 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit a drug manufacturer from engaging in illegal marketing and distribution practices, including falsely advertising, promoting, or marketing that an opioid has no addiction-forming or addiction-sustaining qualities or risks. The bill penalizes drug manufacturers or distributors who illegally advertise, market or distribute an opioid product, including by (1) imposing a civil fine or salary confiscation, (2) revoking any remaining period of market exclusivity for such product, (3) requiring reimbursement of federal funding received for such product, and (4) prohibiting certain tax credits.
Bill· SS. 2690 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 2018
This bill allow s administrative or judicial review of additional Medicare disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payment determinations for acute care hospitals known as subsection (d) hospitals. Under current law, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must make DSH payments to qualifying hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of low-income patients.
Bill· HRH.R. 5520 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2018
VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct and support research on the efficacy and safety of certain forms of cannabis and cannabis delivery for veterans enrolled in the VA health care system diagnosed with conditions such as chronic pain or post-traumatic stress disorder. Collected data shall be preserved in a manner that facilitates further research.
Bill· SS. 2680 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2018
Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to opioid use, including programs to support pain management research, training for first responders, treatment and recovery centers, awareness campaigns, and controlled substance regulation.
Bill· SS. 2678 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2018
Ensuring Access to Quality Recovery Living Act of 2018 This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to publish best practices for operating recovery housing, to distribute such publication to the states, and to provide technical assistance to states seeking to adopt such practices. SAMHSA must require states to follow such best practices in order to receive a contract or grant for recovery housing. "Recovery housing" means a shared living environment free from alcohol and illegal drug use and centered on peer support and connection to services to promote recovery from substance use disorders.
Bill· SS. 2676 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2018
Saving Lives Through Proper Notification of Overdoses Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to annually notify health care providers about health information that may be disclosed under federal privacy laws to families and caregivers during emergencies, including overdoses. The notification may be included in other (already required) training materials for health care providers relating to permitted disclosures of patients' mental or substance use disorder treatment information.
Bill· SS. 2670 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2018
Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2018 or the STARS Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude seasonal employees from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage. The bill defines a "seasonal employee" as an employee who is employed in a position for which the customary annual employment is not more than six months and which requires performing labor or services that are ordinarily performed at certain seasons or periods of the year.
Bill· SS. 2669 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 2018
Advancing Innovation in Alternative Pain and Addiction Therapies Act This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to issue guidance clarifying eligibility and criteria for the accelerated approval of non-opioid or nonaddictive drugs to treat pain or substance-use disorders.
Bill· HRH.R. 5507 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 2018
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2018 This bill repeals the 96-hour physician-certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under Medicare. Under current law, as a condition for Medicare payment for such services, a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.
Bill· HRH.R. 5506 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 2018
This bill allows direct payment, under the Medicare program, to physician assistants for certain services furnished to enrollees.
Bill· HRH.R. 5518 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 2018
This bill requires organ procurement organizations to give preference, when allocating donated organs, to individuals who are lawfully present in the United States over individuals who are not lawfully present.
Bill· HRH.R. 5511 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 2018
Healthy Communities Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to base recommendations regarding the effectiveness, appropriateness, and cost-effectiveness of clinical preventive services on data for the respective populations, including health disparity populations. (Health disparity populations have a significant disparity in the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, or survival rates as compared to the general population.)
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 827 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 2018
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Donate Life Month and for promoting awareness of organ donation.
Bill· HRH.R. 5491 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2018
Rural Health Insurance Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture to provide loans and grants to assist in the establishment of agricultural association health plans to help bring new health options and lower priced health care coverage to rural Americans.
Bill· HRH.R. 5498 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2018
Rural Hospital Frontier Fairness Act This bill alters the Medicare prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services furnished at sole community hospitals (i.e., rural hospitals or hospitals that are the sole source of inpatient care in a certain geographic area). Specifically, the bill applies a minimum area wage adjustment to payments to sole community hospitals that are located up to 75 miles from the closest frontier (i.e., predominantly rural) state. Currently, the minimum area wage adjustment applies only to hospitals in frontier states. The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act to allow such sole community hospitals to participate in the 340B drug pricing program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices from manufacturers).
Bill· HRH.R. 5492 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2018
Maternal Opioid Treatment, Health, Education, and Recovery Act of 2018 This bill revises and expands the educational resources and services available through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for opioid use with respect to pregnant women and women with infants.
Bill· HRH.R. 5500 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2018
Veterans' Credit Protection Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct outreach to inform veterans of how to resolve credit issues caused by a delayed payment of a claim for emergency hospital care, medical services, or other emergency health care furnished through a non-VA provider. The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study that evaluates the effectiveness of the Office of Community Care in providing timely payment of a proper invoice for such care by the required payment date.
Bill· SS. 2665 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2018
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop guidance regarding how it will assess evidence to support claims of opioid sparing (i.e., the use of drugs that reduce pain while also allowing reduced use or avoidance of oral opioids) for non-opioid or other non-addictive medical products intended to treat pain. The FDA must also develop guidance regarding how it will consider the misuse and abuse of drugs in making certain determinations of safety.
Bill· SS. 2658 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2018
Protecting Newborns from Opioids Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) award grants to states to create or improve surveillance systems for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and analyze the data collected through the systems; and (2) conduct research on prevention, factors surrounding, and health outcomes of NAS. (NAS is a group of conditions caused when a baby withdraws from certain drugs the baby is exposed to in the womb before birth.)
Bill· SS. 2657 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2018
Opioid Peer Support Networks Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to eligible community organizations for substance-use-disorder treatment and recovery efforts. HHS also must establish the National Peer Run Training and Technical Assistance Center for Addiction Recovery Support to assist substance-use peer-support networks.
Bill· SS. 2656 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2018
Department of Veterans Affairs Oversight Enhancement Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report on its corrective measures any year health care furnished by the VA appears on the high risk list published by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The high risk list is a list of programs that are vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement or that need transformation. The VA is also required to report annually on the implementation of recommendations from GAO.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 462 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 2018
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week. Recognizes the efforts of public health professionals, governments, tribes, and individuals in preventing disease and injury.
Bill· HRH.R. 5473 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2018
Better Pain Management Through Better Data Act of 2018 This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update or issue guidance for drug sponsors on data collection related to the use of other pain medication to reduce the need for opioids. The guidance must address alternative methods for data collection, product labeling, and investigations other than clinical trials.
Bill· HRH.R. 5477 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2018
Rural Development of Opioid Capacity Services Act or the Rural DOCS Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to provide an enhanced federal matching rate for state Medicaid expenditures related to the expansion of substance-use treatment and recovery services. The CMS must select 10 states for inclusion under the demonstration project, giving preference to states that have a prevalence of substance-use disorders (in particular, opioid-use disorders) comparable to or higher than the national average.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 819 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2018
Recognizes the 110th anniversary of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Expresses confidence that the AACR will honor its distinguished history by continuing to advance scientific progress in the fight against cancer.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 818 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2018
Recognizes: (1) Black Maternal Health Week; and (2) that black women experience high, disproportionate rates of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Bill· SS. 2647 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2018
Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the front of food packages to bear a nutrition label that complies with Food and Drug Administration regulations. The bill specifies principles for such regulations, including that there should be a standard, easily understood symbol system for calorie and nutrient information.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 459 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 2018
Recognizes: (1) the significance of April 11-April 17, 2018, as Black Maternal Health Week; and (2) that black women experience high, disproportionate rates of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Bill· HRH.R. 5457 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2018
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to: identify and publish a recommended core set of maternal and infant quality measures for women and children, as specified by the bill; publish an initial core set of any such measures applicable to mothers and infants eligible under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); establish a Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program; and establish an online clearinghouse of resources for entities working to improve maternity and infant care quality. The CMS may make grants to eligible entities for: the development of new state and regional maternity and infant care quality collaboratives, expanded activities of existing collaboratives, and maternity and infant care initiatives within established state and regional quality collaboratives that are not focused exclusively on maternity care. Under current law, the CMS must contract with a consensus-based entity to carry out specified duties regarding performance measurement. The bill requires such an entity to facilitate increased coordination and alignment between the public and private sector with respect to quality and efficiency measures.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 812 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2018
Urges protection of Medicare or veterans' benefits for medical device treatments for male incontinence and impotence that result from treatment for prostate cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's disease, or multiple sclerosis. Expresses that coverage decisions should be based on data and made after careful review by medical experts.
Bill· SS. 2637 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2018
Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act This bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to: identify and publish a recommended core set of maternal and infant quality measures for women and children, as specified by the bill; publish an initial core set of any such measures applicable to mothers and infants eligible under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); establish a Maternal and Infant Quality Measurement Program; and establish an online clearinghouse of resources for entities working to improve maternity and infant care quality. The CMS may make grants to eligible entities for: the development of new state and regional maternity and infant care quality collaboratives; expanded activities of existing collaboratives; and maternity and infant care initiatives within established state and regional quality collaboratives that are not focused exclusively on maternity care.
Bill· SS. 2636 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2018
Community Action Opioid Response Act of 2018 This bill requires the Office of Community Services within the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program that helps low-income individuals, families, and communities affected by the national opioid epidemic. Grants must be awarded to Community Action Agencies (local organizations that work to reduce poverty in low-income communities) for specified activities relating to opioid misuse and abuse, including education, outreach, prevention, and treatment services.
Bill· HRH.R. 5456 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2018
Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to award grants to federally qualified health centers, substance abuse treatment centers, rehabilitation treatment centers, and residential treatment centers to expand access to evidence-based and cost-effective substance abuse treatment services. Priority for grants must be given to centers and programs: (1) serving communities with a greater incidence of substance abuse; or (2) providing, or proposing to incorporate, medication-assisted treatment. Services must be delivered in a manner reflecting person-centered care.
Bill· HRH.R. 5455 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2018
Accelerating Biomedical Research Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to the annual discretionary spending limits for FY2019-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations to the National Institutes of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Bill· HRH.R. 5453 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 2018
Aidan's Law This bill authorizes newborn screenings for adrenoleukodystrophy (also known as ALD), which is a hereditary condition that damages the insulating membrane of nerve cells in the brain. The bill authorizes hospitals, child care centers, clinics, and similar institutions to test newborns for ALD in accordance with state protocols; such protocols must be approved by the Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children. The bill also reauthorizes through FY2022 the heritable disorders screening program for newborns and children that is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 5429 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 2018
Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Act of 2018 or the SIREN Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises the Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program, which is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 5425 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 2018
Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the front of food packages to bear a nutrition label that complies with Food and Drug Administration regulations. The bill specifies principles for such regulations, including that there should be a standard, easily understood symbol system for calorie and nutrient information.
Bill· HRH.R. 5423 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 2018
Gestational Diabetes Act of 2018 or the GEDI Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. The CDC must expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes. The CDC must: (1) award grants for demonstration projects to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes, the recurrence of such disease in subsequent pregnancies, and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) work with state and Indian tribal-based diabetes prevention and control programs assisted by the CDC to encourage postpartum follow-up after gestational diabetes to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its recurrence, the development of type 2 diabetes in at-risk women, and related complications.
Bill· HRH.R. 5408 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 2018
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to use 20% of the appropriations for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant program to award grants to recovery community organizations to provide recovery-focused addiction treatment for individuals with a substance use disorder.
Bill· SS. 2597 (115th)open
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2018
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the program that provides payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.
Law· HRH.R. 5385 (115th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2018
Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2023 the program that provides payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 805 (115th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 2018
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week. Recognizes the efforts of public health professionals, governments, tribes, and individuals in preventing disease and injury.
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