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United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
ChiPACC Act of 2018 This bill provides statutory authority for states to cover children's programs of all-inclusive coordinated care under Medicaid.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Medicaid Estate Recovery Fairness Act of 2018 This bill limits the scope of estate recovery under Medicaid with respect to the Medicaid expansion population.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a Docs-to-Doctors Program to recruit individuals separating from the Armed Forces who served in a health care capacity in the Armed Forces. The VA shall also implement a uniform credentialing process for certain health care employees of the Veterans Health Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2018 This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a loan repayment program for mental health professionals who work in designated workforce shortage areas.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children under six years old in early care and education settings. HHS must track the obesity prevention policies and practices of early care and education programs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the colorectal cancer preventive screening guidelines used in each VA and non-VA medical facility at which veterans receive hospital care or medical services include all strategies for preventive colorectal screenings included in: the latest recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set issued by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act This bill, with respect to veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents during military, naval, or air service in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975: (1) removes the manifestation period required for presumption of service connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda, and (2) includes in such presumption acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy becoming manifest to a disability degree of 10% or more. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded without having to go through a separate adjudicative process.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Recognizes World Hepatitis Day. Expresses support for broad access to hepatitis treatments and for raising awareness of the risks and consequences of undiagnosed hepatitis infections. Calls for a robust governmental and public health response to protect the health of people in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Expresses support for women nationwide to have access to comprehensive, convenient, compassionate, life-affirming, and high-quality health care. Recognizes the high standards established Pro Women's Healthcare Centers consortium as standards worth implementing nationwide.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 2018
Children and Media Research Advancement Act or the CAMRA Act This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to fund research regarding the effects of media on infants, children, and adolescents. Such research must examine the impact of media (e.g., social media, television, video games) on cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Space Frontier Act of 2018 The bill revises provisions relating to commercial space launch license applications and experimental permits. The Department of Transportation shall consolidate across federal agencies requirements to protect the public health and safety, safety of property, national security interests, and foreign policy interests of the United States relevant to any commercial space vehicle into a single application set that satisfies those requirements and expedites the coordination of commercial space services. The bill revises and sets forth provisions relating to nongovernmental earth observation activities. NASA must ensure that the International Space Station remains a viable and productive facility capable of potential U.S. use through at least FY2030.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from awarding grants to study cigar flavors.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations Act of 2018 or the RUSH Act of 2018 This bill establishes a program through which qualified group practices may provide certain items and services that are normally provided at hospital emergency departments to individuals who (1) are entitled to Medicare hospital services, (2) are enrolled for Medicare medical services, and (3) reside in qualified skilled nursing facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2018 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Current law prohibits the CMS from doing so.) The CMS must take certain factors into account during negotiations, including the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of the drug, the financial burden on patients, and unmet patient needs. If the CMS is unable to negotiate the price of a drug, such drug is subject to competitive licensing in order to further its sale under Medicare, notwithstanding existing government-granted exclusivities. Additionally, for one year after a drug is provided under a competitive license, such drug is also subject to specified price limitations; if the drug is not offered at such prices, the drug is subject to additional licensing that furthers its sale under any federal program (e.g., Medicaid).
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act This bill requires: (1) state Medicaid programs to adopt a streamlined screening and enrollment process for eligible out-of-state providers and suppliers, and (2) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a process for providers and suppliers to enroll simultaneously in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Fairness in Liver Allocation Act of 2018 This bill requires the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to reform the criteria for liver allocation so that allocation is not based on the donor candidate's place of residence or listing, unless it is necessary to avoid wasting organs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): (1) the frequency of certain treatment episodes for the most frequently treated conditions in each setting, (2) the total number of such treatment episodes, and (3) the average charge for the insured and uninsured for such a treatment episode. HHS must publish on its website: (1) such information in a manner that promotes charge comparisons among hospitals and among ambulatory surgical centers, and (2) a link to other consumer quality information maintained on an HHS or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website. Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers must post prominently at each admission site a notice of the availability of such data. Civil penalties are authorized for violations of this bill.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Urges the President to promote the health and welfare of children and their mothers by supporting international efforts to improve breastfeeding practices globally.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
Affirms the House of Representatives' obligation to fulfill the promises made to senior citizens of the United States regarding access to Medicare and Social Security. Rejects any changes to Medicare or Social Security that diminish benefits for Americans currently enrolled, or soon to be enrolled, in the Medicare Program or the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program. Expresses the House's commitment that these programs should be strengthened and preserved. Expresses support for efforts to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in these programs.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 2018
National Commission on Scleroderma and Fibrotic Diseases Act of 2018 This bill temporarily establishes a National Commission on Fibrotic Diseases within the National Institutes of Health that must recommend improvements regarding fibrosis and fibrotic disease research.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2018
Marijuana Data Collection Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, and relevant state agencies, to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences in order to study the effects of marijuana legalization in states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal or non-medicinal use.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2018
Seniors Accessing Vouchers Equally Act or the SAVE Act This bill exempts the use of certain cost-sharing coupons by pharmacies or drug manufacturers under the Medicare prescription drug benefit from specified criminal penalties relating to illegal remunerations, so long as there is no generic version of the drug to which the coupon applies.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2018
Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2018 This bill specifies that if provisions relating to the requirement to maintain minimum essential health care coverage (i.e., the individual mandate) are found to be illegal or are incapable of being enforced, such findings do not affect the validity of other provisions relating to (1) the availability and renewability of coverage, or (2) the prohibitions against discriminatory coverage practices based on preexisting conditions or health status.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2018
National Public Health Act of 2018 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to: (1) contract with the National Academy of Medicine, or a similar entity, to develop a list of public health crises; (2) develop a list of products that have a specified fiscal impact on the national public health system; and (3) require manufacturers of such products to develop and implement a plan to mitigate the effects of the products on public health.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2018
Stop Junk Health Plans Act of 2018 This bill includes short-term, limited-duration insurance in the definition of individual health insurance coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, thereby subjecting such insurance to the same requirements (e.g., coverage of preexisting conditions).
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2018
Expresses support for policies that provide necessary resources to maintain a robust Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and create integrated veterans health care networks. Expresses opposition to policies that would move resources from the VHA to the private sector.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2018
Biosimilars Competition Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require a biologic manufacturer and a biosimilar drug manufacturer to provide notification to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission regarding certain pharmaceutical agreements. The agreements requiring notice are those related to the manufacturer, marketing or sale of the biosimilar product or the reference product. Biosimilars are biological products approved by the Food and Drug Administration based on their similarity to an already-approved biological product.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 2018
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 Provides FY2019 appropriations to the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2019 Provides appropriations to the Department of Labor for: the Employment and Training Administration, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Wage and Hour Division, the Office of Labor-Management Standards, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Office of Disability Employment Policy, and Departmental Management. Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2019 Provides appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for: the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Administration for Children and Families, the Administration for Community Living, and the Office of the Secretary. Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2019 Provides appropriations to the Department of Education for: Education for the Disadvantaged; Impact Aid; School Improvement Programs; Indian Education; Innovation and Improvement; Safe Schools and Citizenship Education; English Language Acquisition; Special Education; Rehabilitation Services; Special Institutions for Persons with Disabilities; Career, Technical, and Adult Education; Student Financial Assistance; Student Aid Administration; Higher Education; Howard University; the College Housing and Academic Facilities Loan Program; the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program Account; the Institute of Education Sciences; and Departmental Management. Provides appropriations to Related Agencies, including: the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the National Council on Disability, the National Labor Relations Board, the National Mediation Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the Railroad Retirement Board, and the Social Security Administration. Sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts. Conscience Protection Act of 2018 Amends the Public Health Service Act to codify the prohibition against the federal government and state and local governments that receive federal financial assistance for health-related activities penalizing or discriminating against a health care provider based on the provider's refusal to be involved in, or provide coverage for, abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2018
National Organ Transplant Act Amendments of 2018 This bill makes several changes to the organization and goals of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, including expanding the scope to specifically address certain populations (e.g., minorities, children, and individuals who live in rural areas).
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2018
Organ Donation Clarification Act of 2018 This bill specifies that certain payments and pilot programs relating to organ donation do not violate the National Organ Transplant Act, which prohibits the exchange of valuable consideration for human organs.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 2018
Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day. Encourages: (1) clinicians to become actively involved in HIV/AIDS awareness, testing, treatment, and referral services; (2) the media to observe this day by educating clinicians about the important role they play in providing access to HIV/AIDS services and by educating clinicians and the public about the benefits of HIV testing; and (3) individuals to get tested for HIV and educate themselves about the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2018
Designates September 4, 2018, as National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day. Recognizes the need for additional research to find a cure.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2018
Medigap Consumer Protection Act of 2018 This bill (1) expands guaranteed issue rights with respect to Medigap policies (Medicare supplemental health insurance policies), (2) eliminates certain limitations on Medigap policies for newly eligible Medicare beneficiaries, and (3) modifies other provisions related to Medigap policies. ("Guaranteed issue" rights require that a policy be offered to any eligible applicant without regard to health status.)
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 2018
Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program through which vision impairment research projects are funded by specified bonds.
United States · United States Senate · 17 July 2018
United States · United States House of Representatives · 17 July 2018
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2018
Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research program in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing that is focused on the development of tools to: (1) solve big data challenges associated with veterans' health care, and (2) support the Department of Veterans Affairs in identifying potential health risks and challenges. DOE shall carry out a pilot program to develop tools for big data analytics in order to advance artificial intelligence technologies to solve complex big data challenges.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 2018
Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from detaining a woman during pregnancy or postpartum recovery and must immediately release any detainee found to be pregnant, unless such woman presents an immediate and serious threat of hurting herself or others A DHS detention facility may not use a restraint on a detainee who is known to be pregnant, including during labor, transport to a medical facility or birthing center, and delivery, or during postpartum recovery, except for medical or safety purposes. The bill prohibits DHS detention officers from being present during a pelvic exam of a detainee, labor, delivery, or treatment relating to a pregnancy, unless specifically requested by medical personnel. If a detention officer is requested by medical personnel, such officer shall be female, if practicable, and remain at a reasonable distance from the detainee. The bill requires that a pregnant detainee shall have access to health care services, including comprehensive services relating to reproductive health care and pregnancy.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2018
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish several programs and entities relating to public health emergency preparedness and response, including: an interagency advisory panel on health security, a dedicated unit within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address the needs of children during public health emergencies, a grant program to support the provision of services by military trauma teams at high-acuity trauma centers, and programs to address pandemic influenza and emerging infectious diseases. The bill also reauthorizes for FY2019-FY2023 and revises several other programs and entities relating to public health emergencies, including the National Disaster Medical System, the Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. The bill also expands the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the scope of the National Health Security Strategy. ASPR must also develop a strategy to reunify children and parents who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under a specified immigration enforcement policy (i.e., the "zero-tolerance" policy) and submit weekly reports on the status and welfare of children awaiting reunification.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 2018
Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act or SASCA This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements to address the adequacy of access to sexual-assault examinations, including a grant program for states to assess the availability of specified providers to perform sexual-assault examinations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 2018
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to issue regulations that require a certain administrative process before hospitals may terminate or restrict the privileges of physicians who provide emergency medical services.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 2018
Community Integration Act of 2018 This bill requires a state Medicaid program to, with respect to an individual who requires a level of care provided in a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled, institution for mental disease, or other similar setting: (1) provide the individual with the choice and equal opportunity to receive such care in a home- and community-based setting; and (2) meet specified requirements relating to the provision and availability of care in such a setting, including a requirement to develop a statewide plan to increase affordable and accessible housing for individuals with disabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2018
Increasing National Patient Access To Improved Effective Necessary Mental Health Treatment Act of 2018 or the INPATIENT Act of 2018 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish (1) a demonstration program to test the impact of waiving the current exclusion from Medicaid payment for services provided in institutions for mental diseases, and (2) a pilot program to test the impact of eliminating the Medicare 190-day lifetime limit for inpatient psychiatric hospital services.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2018
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to assess the readiness of disaster medical assistance teams to respond to current and emerging natural and manmade threats.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2018
End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act This bill expands programs to address neglected tropical diseases, which are infections caused by pathogens, including viruses, microbes, and helminths (parasitic worms), that disproportionately impact individuals living in extreme poverty, especially in developing countries.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2018
Canadian Snowbirds Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to admit into the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor for a period not to exceed 240 days during any single 365-day period a Canadian citizen who: (1) is at least 50 years old; (2) maintains a Canadian residence and owns a U.S. residence or has rented U.S. accommodations for the duration of such stay; (3) is not inadmissible or deportable; (4) will not work in the United States other than for a non U.S.-based person or entity that the person worked for in Canada; and (5) will not seek any federal means tested public benefit for five years, or any federal tax credits for child care, earned income, first time homebuyers, health insurance, or health care plans. The spouse of such person may be admitted under the same terms except that he or she is not required to separately satisfy the residence/housing requirements. DHS shall have sole and unreviewable discretion to withhold or withdraw admission of such an alien. The bill grants a person so admitted nonresident alien tax status.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 2018
Survivors' Access to Supportive Care Act or SASCA This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements to address the adequacy of access to sexual assault examinations, including a grant program for states to assess the availability of specified providers to perform sexual assault examinations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2018
Protect Medicare for Seniors Act of 2018 This bill allows certain Medicare reasonable-cost-reimbursement contracts to be extended or renewed until 2020 (rather than 2018, as under current law).
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2018
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from awarding grants to develop virtual reality platforms that teach children in China how to cross the street.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 2018
Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2018 This bill caps the monthly prescription-drug cost-sharing permitted under qualified health plans and group health plans.