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US Congress 117th Congress

Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2021 Nurses CARE Act of 2021 [HB-331] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Public Health ]
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in training and competency requirements for skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aides under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Thompson Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/18/2021

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Nurses CARE Act of 2020 Nurses Certification And Recognition of Experience Act of 2020 [HB-8874] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ]
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide flexibility in training and competency requirements for skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aides under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Wild Introduced In House on 12/04/2020

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COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020 [HB-8871] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ] [Disaster Relief ]
To provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Introduced In House on 12/04/2020

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COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2020 [S.4957] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ] [Disaster Relief ]
A bill to provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/03/2020

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A resolution designating the week of September 12, 2016, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week". [SR-559] [Disabilities ] [Human Services ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A resolution designating the week of September 12, 2016, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week". Designates the week of September 12, 2016, as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week. Commends direct support professionals for being integral to long-term support and services for individuals with disabilities. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the successful implementation of the public policies affecting individuals with disabilities depends on the dedication of direct support professionals.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S5727; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S5725) on 09/14/2016

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A resolution designating the week beginning September 13, 2015, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week". [SR-245] [Disabilities ] [Human Services ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
A resolution designating the week beginning September 13, 2015, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week". Designates the week of September 13, 2015, as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week. Commends direct support professionals as integral to long-term support and services for individuals with disabilities. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the successful implementation of the public policies affecting individuals with disabilities depends on the dedication of direct support professionals.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Senate Committee On The Judiciary Discharged By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S6659-6660) on 09/15/2015

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MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act [S.629] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Education ] [Funding ]
MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, for any reimbursements to providers under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the costs of nursing and allied health education activities, to apply the regulation establishing the payment methodology for such reimbursements by treating a provider as meeting the requirements: for consideration as operating an approved nursing or allied health education program if the provider or a wholly owned subsidiary educational (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/03/2015

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SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act [S.473] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Finance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Budget and Spending ]
SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act Expresses the sense of the Senate that the federal programs most critical to improving child well-being should be fully funded. Establishes the President's Commission on Children. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study evidence-based best practices and innovations for fostering safe and stable families, including implementing mentoring programs. Requires the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to implement best practices and innovations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/12/2015

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Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016 [S.3190] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/13/2016

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Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 [S.313] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ]
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians. (Locum tenens (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-98. on 07/30/2015

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Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2015 [S.2364] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ]
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act of 2015 This bill establishes circumstances under which an occupational therapist may conduct the initial assessment visit for an individual who is eligible for home health services under Medicare. Specifically, an occupational therapist may conduct the assessment if the physician's referral order does not include skilled nursing care but does include: (1) occupational therapy, and (2) physical therapy or speech language pathology.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S8495-8496; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S8496) on 12/08/2015

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Clay Hunt SAV Act Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act [S.167] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Mental Health ] [Student Loans ] [Public Health ] [Military ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Overdose Prevention ]
Clay Hunt SAV Act Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to arrange for an independent third party evaluation, to be conducted by September 30, 2018, and each fiscal year thereafter, of the VA's mental health care and suicide prevention programs. Directs the Secretary to survey the VA's websites and information resources to publish a website that serves as a centralized source to provide veterans with information regarding the VA's mental health care services. Requires the Secretary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 01/13/2015

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Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act [S.1021] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Military ] [Science ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants to eligible institutions to: (1) establish a master's degree program in orthotics and prosthetics, or (2) expand upon an existing master's degree program in such area. Requires a grant priority for institutions in partnership with a medical center administered by the VA or a facility administered by the Department of Defense. Provides grant amounts of at least $1 million and up to $1.5 million. Defines as eligible institutions those either accredited (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Coons Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2302-2303) on 04/21/2015

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MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act [HB-977] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Education ]
MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, for any reimbursements to providers under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the costs of nursing and allied health education activities, to apply the regulation establishing the payment methodology for such reimbursements by treating a provider as meeting the requirements: for consideration as operating an approved nursing or allied health education program if the provider or a wholly owned subsidiary educational (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/30/2015

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CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-919] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015 Revises and extends through FY2019 at generally increased levels the program under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), and adjusts CHIP allotment requirements accordingly, including the rebasing and growth factor update rules for computing state allotments. Makes appropriations for certain allotments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to shortfall states from the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund in each of FY2016-FY2019. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/27/2015

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Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 [HB-556] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ]
Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2015 Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians. (Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/27/2015

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Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016 [HB-5475] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/19/2016

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Peer-Support Specialist Act of 2016 [HB-5330] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Peer-Support Specialist Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee Hastings Introduced In House on 05/25/2016

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PIMA of 2016 Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of [HB-5088] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Healthcare ] [Social Security ]
PIMA of 2016 Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand Medicare's prohibition on physician self-referrals to include, with specified exceptions, certain advanced imaging, anatomic pathology, radiation therapy, and physical therapy services; and (2) establish increased civil monetary penalties for violations of the self-referral prohibition with respect to those services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall conduct a compliance review with respect to such (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/17/2016

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Together We Care Act of 2015 [HB-3467] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Senior Citizens ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Disabilities ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Children and Youth ]
Together We Care Act of 2015 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a pilot program to make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the training of public housing residents as home health aides and providers of home-based health services to enable them to provide covered home-based health services (services for which medical assistance is available under a state Medicaid plan or for which financial assistance is available under this Act) to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez Introduced In House on 09/09/2015

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