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Medical Efficiency and Delivery Improvement of Care Act (MEDIC) of 2009 [S.1262]
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Medical Efficiency and Delivery Improvement of Care Act (MEDIC) of 2009 - Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to establish a program to provide loans to eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs. Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Maria Cantwell
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S6589-6590) on 06/15/2009
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Allied Health Reinvestment Act [S.1176]
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Allied Health Reinvestment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop public service announcements to promote the allied health professions. Requires the Secretary to award grants to promote such professions by: (1) supporting relevant state and local advertising campaigns; (2) increasing education opportunities; (3) carrying out programs that form education pipelines to facilitate the entry of students into relevant careers; (4) expanding enrollment in such programs; (5) providing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Maria Cantwell
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/03/2009
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Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 [S.1174]
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Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award recruitment incentive grants or contracts to graduate medical schools to enable them to improve primary care education and training for medical students. Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to: (1) award grants to critical shortage health facilities to enable
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S6035-6036) on 06/03/2009
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Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act [S.1154]
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Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize entities receiving rural emergency medical service training and equipment grants to use grant funds to provide required coursework and training to enable military veterans to satisfy emergency medical services personnel certification requirements, as determined by the appropriate state regulatory entity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/21/2009
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Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2009 [HB-868]
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Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide funds to states to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities under the Medicaid program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, to audit a sample from among the states in order to assess the effectiveness of progress made in reducing or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/09/2009
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Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 2010 [HB-5814]
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Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 2010 - Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2010 - Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make competitive grants to local governments, public housing agencies (PHAs), or nonprofit entities owning a major housing project to implement transformational programs in eligible neighborhoods with a concentration of extreme poverty and severely distressed housing. Public Housing One-for-One Replacement and Tenant Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the United States Housing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nydia Velazquez
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/27/2010
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Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act [HB-5270]
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Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act - Amends the Federal Employees' Compensation Act to include physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists as eligible providers of medical, surgical, and hospital services and supplies under such Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 06/29/2010
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Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 [HB-5120]
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Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program, headed by a Director, which designates veterans business centers to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans in areas in which the number of veterans, especially veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, exceed the national median. Requires the Director to establish a program of grants to veterans business centers to: (1) provide federal procurement
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Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, And Competitiveness. on 05/27/2010
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Continuing Extension Act of 2010 [HB-4851]
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Continuing Extension Act of 2010 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through June 2, 2010. Postpones the termination of the program until November 6, 2010. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until June 2, 2010: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Conyers
Became Public Law No: 111-157. on 04/15/2010
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New Jobs for America Act of 2009 [HB-4355]
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New Jobs for America Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, subject to the availability of appropriations, to make grants to state and local governments and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs to aid unemployed individuals in securing employment in a new area of expertise, particularly in emerging markets and industries (such as green technologies).
Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, And Competitiveness. on 02/23/2010
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Together We Care Act of 2009 [HB-4224]
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Together We Care Act of 2009 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary 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 (i.e., services for which medical assistance is available under a state Medicaid plan or for which financial assistance is available under this Act) to residents
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 12/08/2009
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Women's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Act of 2009 [HB-4161]
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Women's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of centers to conduct multidisciplinary research on environmental factors that may be related to the development of women's health conditions. Requires each such center to: (1) conduct basic or clinical research; (2) develop protocols and conduct training programs for physicians, scientists, nurses, and other health
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Environment. on 12/02/2009
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Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 [HB-3962]
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Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 - Title I: Health Provisions - (Sec. 101) Sets 2.2% as the update to the single conversion factor in the formula for determining physician payment rates for June 1, 2010, through November 30, 2010. (Sec. 102) Revises requirements for calculating payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services with respect to the three-day payment window regarding other services related to an admission which are performed during the three days before an admission. Includes
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Pallone
Became Public Law No: 111-192. on 06/25/2010
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [HB-3590]
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Title I: Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans - Subtitle A: Immediate Improvements in Health Care Coverage for All Americans - (Sec. 1001, as modified by Sec. 10101) Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit a health plan ("health plan” under this subtitle excludes any “grandfathered health plan” as defined in section 1251) from establishing lifetime limits or annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for any participant or beneficiary after January 1, 2014. Permits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson
Signed By President. on 03/23/2010
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Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010 [HB-3219]
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Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010 - Title I: Employment, Small Business, and Education Matters - (Sec. 101) Extends through June 30, 2013, the authority for work-study as part of the veterans' educational assistance program provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Permits four new authorized work-study activities. (Sec. 102) Reauthorizes through 2013 the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education. (Sec. 103) Reduces from 3 years to 18 months the authorized period for the National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Became Public Law No: 111-275. on 10/13/2010
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Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2010 [HB-3199]
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Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2010 or the EMT Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of awarding grants to states to assist veterans who received and completed military emergency medical training while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces to become, upon their discharge or release from active duty service, state-licensed or certified emergency medical technicians. Allows such funds to be used to: (1) provide such veterans required course work and training
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry McNerney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/24/2010
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HAHPSA 2009 [HB-3109]
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Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act of 2009 or HAHPSA 2009 - Establishes the National Health Care Workforce Commission to: (1) review current and projected health care workforce supply and demand; and (2) make recommendations to Congress and the Administration concerning national health care workforce priorities, goals, and policies. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make matching grants to states for the operation of State Health Workforce Centers to improve the training, deployment, and retention of critical
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gene Green
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 08/03/2009
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Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act [HB-2536]
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Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act - Amends the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 to lift until September 30, 2012, the numerical limitations on employment-based immigrants (and accompanying family members) hired as nurses and physical therapists, subject to a cap of 20,000 visas. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award annual grants to nursing schools to increase the number of faculty and students
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, And International Law. on 06/12/2009
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Autism Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009 [HB-2413]
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Autism Treatment Acceleration Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to implement an Autism Care Center Program to provide grants and other assistance to improve the effectiveness and efficiency in providing comprehensive care to individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Directs the Secretary to award grants for: (1) services to enable adults with autism spectrum
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 06/11/2009
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Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 [HB-2350]
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Preserving Patient Access to Primary Care Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award recruitment incentive grants or contracts to graduate medical schools to enable them to improve primary care education and training for medical students. Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to: (1) award grants to critical shortage health facilities to enable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, And Competitiveness. on 06/11/2009