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Bill· HRH.R. 170 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Rural Health Care Provider Relief Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, during a specified extension period, to extend the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction (the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, as extended for calendar year 2013 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and through calendar year 2014 by Public Law 113-198). Directs the Secretary to study the impact (including the economic impact and the impact upon hospital staffing needs, if any) on critical access hospitals and small rural hospitals of not extending the therapy supervision nonenforcement instruction.
Bill· HRH.R. 117 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act This bill repeals the provision in the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that requires individual taxpayers to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.
Law· HRH.R. 33 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude services rendered by bona-fide volunteers providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or a tax-exempt charitable organization from the category of services usually rendered by an employee of an applicable large employer subject to the mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), thus exempting such employers from PPACA requirements with respect to such volunteers. The bill defines "bona fide volunteer" as an employee of any government entity and any tax-exempt charitable organization whose only compensation is in the form of: (1) reimbursement for (or reasonable allowance for) reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of volunteer services, or (2) reasonable benefits (including length-of-service awards) and nominal fees customarily paid by similar entities for the services of volunteers.
Bill· HRH.R. 30 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Save American Workers Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from an employee who is employed on average at least 30 hours of service a week to an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service a week.
Bill· HRH.R. 143 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Patient Freedom Act of 2014 [ sic ] Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, after 2013, the requirement that individuals maintain minimum essential health care coverage.
Bill· HRH.R. 42 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Infant Protection and Baby Switching Prevention Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require certain hospitals reimbursed under Medicare, and which provide neonatal and infant care, to have in effect security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing. Establishes civil penalties for failure to have such security procedures in effect. Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit and establish criminal penalties for baby switching in hospitals.
Bill· HRH.R. 90 (114th)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act Requires the Comptroller General, for each of FY2016-FY2018, to: (1) review the budget requests for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts contained in the President's budget request for that fiscal year; and (2) report review results to the congressional veterans, appropriations, and budget committees.
Bill· HRH.R. 105 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2015 Exempts health care professionals, including individuals and entities, from federal and state antitrust laws in connection with negotiations with a health plan regarding contract terms under which the professionals provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided. Declares that this Act: (1) applies only to health care professionals excluded from the National Labor Relations Act; and (2) does not apply to negotiations relating to Medicare or Medicaid programs, the Children's Health Insurance Program, medical and dental care for members of the uniformed services, veterans' medical care, the federal employees health benefits program, or the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 99 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2015 Prohibits the McCarran-Ferguson Act from being construed to permit health insurance or medical malpractice insurance issuers to engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance or medical malpractice coverage. Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to provide that nothing in it modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance. Applies prohibitions of unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.
Bill· HRH.R. 45 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2015 Requires the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research on triple-negative breast cancer (breast cancers whose cells are negative for estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and the HER2 protein). Directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and disseminate to the public information regarding triple-negative breast cancer, including information on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer among women, (2) the elevated risk for minority women, and (3) the availability of a range of treatment options. Requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop and disseminate information on triple-negative breast cancer to health care providers.
Bill· SS. 30 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the employer mandate to provide health care coverage, to: (1) modify the formula for calculating the number of full-time employees employed by an applicable large employer subject to the mandate; and (2) define a "full-time employee" as an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours per week (currently, 30 hours).
Bill· SS. 31 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2015 Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices that may be charged to Medicare part D prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors and MedicareAdvantage (MA) organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a PDP or under an MA-Prescription Drug plan.
Bill· SS. 12 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 January 2015
Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to add a provision to exempt any employee with coverage under a health care program administered by the Department of Defense, including the TRICARE program, or by the Veterans Administration, from classification as an eligible employee of an applicable large employer for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide such employees with minimum essential health care coverage.