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Bill· SS. 4920 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2020
Improving Telework Cybersecurity for Small Organizations Act This bill requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take certain actions related to improving telework cybersecurity for small organizations. Specifically, CISA must publish a resource on its website describing best practices a small organization may take to improve cybersecurity with respect to teleworking. The FTC must establish a program consistent with this resource to educate consumers and small organizations on improving the cybersecurity of technologies used for distance learning, telemedicine, and telework as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
Bill· SS. 4910 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2020
Grant Regulation Adjustment during the Coronavirus Emergency for Homeless Veterans Act of 2020 or the GRACE for Homeless Veterans Act of 2020 This bill addresses the administration of grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs for the construction, acquisition, or improvement of facilities for homeless veterans, or the procurement of vans, including by removing the cap on the grant amount available for such projects during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 777 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2020
This resolution expresses support for access to health insurance coverage that protects individuals with preexisting conditions, reduces the cost of prescription drugs and monthly premiums, protects individuals from surprise medical bills, and deters medical practices intended to reduce the risk of malpractice claims.
Bill· SS. 4919 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2020
Assimilating Health and Equity Assessments into Decision-making of 2020 or AHEAD Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) to study, and make certain recommendations concerning, the use of health impact assessments or other tools to evaluate the effect of proposed federal legislation on health and health disparities. When developing recommendations to incorporate these tools into the federal legislative process, the National Academies must consult with the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service.
Bill· HRH.R. 8780 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2020
This bill requires, as a condition for Medicare payment, specified electrodiagnostic services to be furnished by qualified facilities that comply with accreditation, training, and other quality control requirements, as established under the bill.
Bill· HRH.R. 8775 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 2020
Salton Sea Public Health and Environmental Protection Act of 2020 This bill requires programs for restoring the Salton Sea in California. The Bureau of Reclamation shall establish a program to provide for water quality improvements, dust mitigation, and environmental restoration at the Salton Sea. The Department of the Interior shall, in coordination with efforts by California, engage in activities to improve dust control and habitat conservation. Interior shall also establish a Salton Sea Council to coordinate and streamline various Salton Sea projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 8756 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2020
COVID Health Care Provider Assurance Act of 2020 This bill provides for specific coverage and increased payment under Medicare for certain critical care services that are provided by physicians during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Bill· HRH.R. 8767 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2020
911 Diversion to Unarmed Personnel Act of 2020 This bill authorizes grants to dispatch unarmed, specialized health care or social service providers to respond to nonviolent 9–1–1 calls instead of law enforcement officers. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award grants to states and other jurisdictions for this purpose.
Bill· HRH.R. 8758 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2020
Studying Veterans Access to Care During COVID-19 Act This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on changes in the use of the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency period.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 776 (116th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 2020
This resolution designates the week beginning September 13, 2020, as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week and commends the contributions of direct support professionals who provide integral services to people with disabilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 8755 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2020
Expanded Telehealth Access Act This bill permanently allows audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other providers designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide telehealth services under Medicare, and includes specified related services as eligible Medicare telehealth services. Currently, the CMS is authorized to waive requirements for Medicare telehealth services during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and it has done so to allow all providers that are otherwise eligible to furnish in-person services under Medicare to also furnish telehealth services.
Bill· HRH.R. 8737 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 2020
Fly Safe and Healthy Act of 2020 This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a 120-day pilot program to conduct temperature checks for domestic and international passengers, individuals accompanying those passengers, crew members, and other individuals who pass through airports and airport security screening locations. In developing the pilot program, the TSA must address certain policies and procedures, including (1) accommodating individuals with disabilities or observing certain religious practices, and (2) exempting individuals who may have a fever unrelated to COVID-19 (i.e. coronavirus disease 2019). The pilot program must ensure airlines allow passengers who are prohibited from flying due to a fever or a secondary medical screening to reschedule or cancel a flight at no cost. The TSA must, within 90 days after the completion of the pilot program, create a policy for deploying a temperature check program at airports and airport security screening locations through the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Department of Transportation must revise its regulations to require the inclusion of certain information about traveling in the passenger notification system during the COVID-19 public health emergency, including (1) a message discouraging any individual who has a fever from traveling in air transportation, and (2) a notification that each passenger and any individual accompanying a passenger into the sterile area of the airport will undergo a temperature check if the pilot program established under this bill is in effect in that airport.
Bill· HRH.R. 8736 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 2020
Animals for Regulatory Fairness Act of 2020 or the AARF Act of 2020 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to allow an applicant for approval to market a new drug to use a non-animal test to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the drug if the non-animal test satisfies all other applicable requirements.
Bill· SS. 4894 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 November 2020
Dentist and Optometric Care Access Act of 2019 or the DOC Access Act of 2019 This bill prohibits private health insurance plans from setting rates for items and services, except for dental cleanings, provided by a doctor of optometry, of dental surgery, or of dental medicine for which the plan does not pay a substantial amount. Additionally, an agreement between a plan and such a doctor for limited scope dental or vision benefits may last longer than two years only with the prior acceptance of the doctor for each term extension. Plans also may not restrict such a doctor's choice of laboratories or suppliers. Such doctors may elect to waive the application of the payment amount and choice of laboratories provisions of this bill. The bill establishes a private right of action for a person adversely affected by a violation of this bill. The bill does not supersede state laws regarding health insurers and dental or vision benefit plans.
Bill· SS. 4884 (116th)open
United States · United States Congress · 10 November 2020
COVID-19 Home Safety Act of 2020 This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to report, and make available to the public, information about injuries and deaths from consumer products during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The report must be submitted every three months for the duration of the emergency.
Bill· HRH.R. 8727 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 2020
Telehealth Modernization Act This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill extends certain flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other things, the bill allows (1) rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner); (2) the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for all services (rather than for only certain services); and (3) all types of practitioners to furnish telehealth services, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Bill· HRH.R. 8725 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 2020
Helping Adults Protect Immunity Act or the HAPI Act This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines for adults that are recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Bill· HRH.R. 8712 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020
National Aviation Preparedness Plan Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop a national aviation preparedness plan for communicable disease outbreaks, including to ensure that at-risk employees are equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment to reduce the likelihood of exposure to a communicable disease that has the potential to cause an epidemic or pandemic of infectious disease that would constitute a public health emergency of international concern (i.e., a covered communicable disease). In developing the plan, DOT must consult with aviation industry and labor stakeholders such as air carriers. The Government Accountability Office must conduct a study assessing the plan, including (1) whether the plan meets the obligations of the United States under international conventions and treaties, and (2) the extent to which the United States aviation system is prepared to respond to an outbreak of a covered communicable disease.
Bill· HRH.R. 8705 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020
Education for New Dispositions on Stigma Act or the END Stigma Act This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to institutions of higher education to educate students about substance use disorders.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1208 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that all Americans, including public officials and candidates for public office, should not host or attend gatherings at which public health recommendations for reducing the spread of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) are not followed.
Bill· HRH.R. 8723 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020
This bill requires states and physician licensing boards to promote interstate medical practice and interstate telemedicine, respectively. It does this by adding conditions to certain funding managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Specifically, to receive funding from HRSA's Bureau of Health Workforce, states must join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact within three years. This compact expedites multistate licensing of qualified physicians. Additionally, to receive certain grants to address barriers to telemedicine, physician licensing boards must carry out campaigns to encourage interstate telemedicine use by specialists. The bill also reauthorizes these grants from FY2021-FY2025.
Bill· HRH.R. 8709 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020
Analyzing Kinetic Impact Projectiles Against Americans Act of 2020 This bill requires a study on injuries caused by kinetic impact projectiles. These include rubber and plastic bullets, bean bag rounds, and other projectiles commonly used for crowd control. The Department of Health and Human Services must, within 30 days, enter an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct the study.
Bill· HRH.R. 8702 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020
Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020 This bill temporarily increases payments to providers under Medicare medical services. Specifically, the bill provides an additional payment for certain services in 2021 and 2022 if the otherwise applicable payment is less than what it would have been in 2020. The bill applies to services that are payable under the physician fee schedule, excluding specified outpatient evaluation and management services.
Bill· HRH.R. 8715 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020
Pandemic Planning and Response For Schools Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, within 30 days of declaring a public health emergency and in consultation with the Department of Education, to make publicly available a plan to continue education during the emergency. Specifically, the plan must include (1) best practices for keeping students and faculty safe during the emergency; (2) best practices for keeping schools functioning during the emergency that are consistent with public health requirements and recommendations; and (3) guidance on establishing priorities for cohorts of students who should receive their instruction online, in person, or through a hybrid program.
Bill· HRH.R. 8710 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020
Veterans Community Care Fairness Act This bill requires covered veterans to submit a notification of the care or services they received within 30 days of being admitted for emergency care under the Veterans Community Care Program as a condition for authorization of such care by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Covered veterans are those who are enrolled in the VA health care system or those who are not enrolled but are eligible for care due to a service-connected disability.
Bill· HRH.R. 14 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 2020
Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act This bill provides funding for various public health programs and activities and revises multiple provisions, including within the tax code, to respond to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and otherwise address health outcomes. The bill specifically makes changes to support pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chains; prevent diversion of controlled substances; increase access to telehealth services under Medicare; and expand various public health programs to address health disparities, maternal and infant health, and behavioral health.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1204 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 2020
This resolution expresses support for the designation of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Bill· SS. 4864 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2020
Helping Adults Protect Immunity Act or the HAPI Act This bill requires state Medicaid programs to cover, without cost-sharing, vaccines for adults that are recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Bill· SS. 4859 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2020
Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act or the Connected MOM Act This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to recommend, and provide resources for states on, ways to expand coverage of remote physiologic devices and related services (e.g., blood glucose monitors) under Medicaid, so as to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women, health care for underserved and rural populations, and chronic disease management.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 763 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2020
This resolution supports the designation of October 2020 as National Substance Abuse Prevention Month and other efforts to address substance use and misuse.
Bill· SS. 4866 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2020
Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act of 2020 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a ranking system and related programs for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities, taking into account the findings and recommendations of a specified advisory council established under the bill.
Bill· SS. 4868 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2020
21st Century Community Learning Centers Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020 This bill expands the allowable uses for subgrants provided under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Additionally, the bill provides funds to subgrant recipients for specified activities and supplies. Specifically, the bill allows eligible entities (e.g., local educational agencies and community-based organizations) that are awarded program subgrants for community learning centers to use these subgrants to carry out activities that advance student academic achievement and support student success during the regular school day when full-time in-person instruction is not available to students. Further, eligible entities may carry out these activities regardless of whether such activities are conducted in person or virtually. (Currently, the program only supports academic enrichment opportunities for children during non-school hours or periods when school is not in session.) Subgrant recipients must comply with all applicable health and safety requirements. Finally, the bill provides funds for subgrant recipients to provide additional hours of service, hire additional staff to maintain social distancing, and purchase cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment.
Bill· SS. 4863 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2020
Harnessing Effective and Appropriate Long Term Health for Moms On Medicaid Act of 2020 or the HEALTH for MOM Act of 2020 This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover services that are provided by pregnancy medical homes (designated providers or health teams that provide high-risk pregnancy and postpartum coordinated care services).
Bill· SS. 4867 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2020
Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act This bill establishes grant programs to address neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and contains other related provisions. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall award grants to eligible entities to support research on and facilitate access to investigational drugs that diagnose or treat ALS. The Food and Drug Administration shall award grants to public and private entities to cover the costs of research and development of drugs that diagnose or treat ALS and other severely debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. HHS shall also establish the Collaborative for Neurodegenerative Diseases, which shall support the development and regulatory approval of drugs that address ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases.
Bill· HRH.R. 8652 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
Dialysis-Related Amyloidosis Treatment Act of 2020 This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment of treatments for dialysis-related amyloidosis (a complication of kidney failure that can occur as a result of long-term dialysis).
Bill· HRH.R. 8682 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
Equal Access to Information Act of 2020 This bill requires federal agencies to take specified steps to ensure that individuals with limited English proficiency and people with disabilities can access the services, activities, programs, and benefits of those agencies, particularly during national or public health emergencies or under other specified circumstances. Specifically, each federal agency shall, within specified timeframes conduct demographic assessments of individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with disabilities who are eligible to be served or likely to be encountered by that agency, establish within the agency a Language Access Working Group, prepare and submit to the Department of Justice (DOJ) an access plan for federally conducted programs and activities, and issue guidance for recipients of federal financial assistance under the agency's jurisdiction. DOJ shall review (1) each plan submitted within 120 days after receipt of the plan, and (2) the most recently submitted plan from each relevant agency not later than 7 days after an emergency has been declared. Agencies shall ensure stakeholder input to ensure meaningful access.
Bill· HRH.R. 8657 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2020 This bill allows an individual taxpayer occupying a residence a deduction from gross income for up to $5,000 of amounts paid into such taxpayer's emergency savings account. The bill defines emergency savings account as an account established exclusively to pay the qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses of the account beneficiary. The bill defines qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses as disaster mitigation expenses, disaster recovery expenses, public health emergency expenses, and unemployment-related expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 8656 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
Small Business Emergency Savings Accounts Act of 2020 This bill allows a new tax deduction from gross income for amounts paid into a small business emergency savings account. Such savings accounts are established exclusively to pay the qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses of the account beneficiary. The bill defines qualified disaster and public health emergency expenses as disaster loss replacement expenses, disaster recovery operations expenses, and public health emergency expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 8658 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Care Act of 2020 or the NASH Care Act of 2020 This bill reauthorizes, establishes, or expands various grants, research, disease surveillance, and other efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (i.e., liver inflammation and damage caused by a buildup of fat in the liver).
Bill· HRH.R. 8677 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
Home health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act or the HEAT Act This bill provides for Medicare coverage of home health services that are furnished via telehealth during a public health emergency, in accordance with specified requirements.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1200 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
This resolution expresses support for National Rural Health Day.
Bill· HRH.R. 8662 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act This bill establishes grant programs to address neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease), and contains other related provisions. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall award grants to eligible entities to support research on and facilitate access to investigational drugs that diagnose or treat ALS. The Food and Drug Administration shall award grants to public and private entities to cover the costs of research and development of drugs that diagnose or treat ALS and other severely debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. HHS shall also establish the Collaborative for Neurodegenerative Diseases, which shall support the development and regulatory approval of drugs that address ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases.
Bill· SS. 4856 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a major medical facility project starting in FY2021 for the construction of a VA medical center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The bill requires the VA and the Department of Defense to jointly submit a report assessing the feasibility and advisability of providing health care services to both veterans and active duty service members at the new Colorado facility. After appropriations are provided for the project, the VA must enter into an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to procure services to carry out the major medical facility project to completion as the construction agent.
Bill· SS. 4854 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
Home health Emergency Access to Telehealth Act or the HEAT Act This bill provides for Medicare coverage of home health services that are furnished via telehealth during a public health emergency, in accordance with specified requirements.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 757 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 2020
This resolution expresses support for the designation of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Bill· SS. 4846 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 2020
Nursing Home Pandemic Protection Act This bill establishes several requirements for skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities to address the outbreak of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill requires these facilities to establish crisis plans and to maintain at least a 30-day supply of personal protective equipment to respond to the outbreak. The bill also incorporates a memorandum from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services about new regulations that require skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities to report COVID-19 cases to residents, families, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the requirements took effect May 8, 2020).
Bill· SS. 4840 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2020
Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020 This bill allows audio-only diagnoses that are made via telehealth to be used for purposes of determining risk adjustments to payments under Medicare Advantage. Additionally, the bill requires payments for Medicare telehealth services that are furnished during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to be made in the same amounts as those for in-person services.
Bill· SS. 4825 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2020
Ensuring Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for Seniors Act This bill specifies that vaccines for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) that are authorized for emergency use must be covered under Medicare without cost-sharing. The bill applies retroactively.
Bill· SS. 4824 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 2020
Suicide and Crisis Outreach Prevention Enhancement Act This bill extends funding through FY2025 for, and expands data collection and other activities of, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Bill· SS. 4820 (116th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 2020
Long-Term Care Affordability Act This bill allows the use of tax-exempt retirement plan distributions to pay for long-term health care insurance. Specifically, it excludes such distributions from the gross income of an insured individual up to $2,500 for per individual in a taxable year. It also imposes reporting requirements on plans and insured individuals and requires a description of long-term care insurance arrangements and facts sheets for employers and workers.