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US Congress 117th Congress
Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act [S.3541]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to improve health care and services for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Fertility Preservation. [HB-2242]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
Requires insurers, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for fertility preservation procedures for those who have been diagnosed with cancer and whose cancer or cancer treatment may adversely affect their fertility.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim, certain cancers. [SB-562]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim; certain cancers. Provides that the time period for filing a workers' compensation claim for certain cancers is two years after a diagnosis of the disease is first communicated to the employee or within 10 years from the date of the last injurious exposure in employment, whichever first occurs. The bill provides, however, that such claim for benefits shall be barred if an employee is 65 years of age or older, regardless of the date of diagnosis, communication, or last injurious exposure in employment.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim, certain cancers. [HB-1042]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim; certain cancers. Provides that the time period for filing a workers' compensation claim for certain cancers is two years after a diagnosis of the disease is first communicated to the employee or within 10 years from the date of the last injurious exposure in employment, whichever first occurs. The bill provides, however, that such claim for benefits shall be barred if an employee is 65 years of age or older, regardless of the date of diagnosis, communication, or last injurious exposure in employment.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; cancer presumption, service requirement. [HB-1056]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
Workers' compensation; cancer presumption; service requirement. Reduces from five to three the years of service required for firefighters and certain other employees to qualify for the cancer presumption of an occupational disease for the purposes of workers' compensation.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Health insurance; coverage for prostate cancer screening. [HB-477]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Health insurance; coverage for prostate cancer screening. Updates the current mandated requirement for health care coverage companies (including health insurers and HMOs), the health care coverage plan for state employees, and the state plan for Medicaid that provides coverage for one PSA test in a 12-month period to persons age 50 and over and to persons age 40 and over who are at high risk for prostate cancer according to American Cancer Society Guidelines such that the new coverage requirement is for prostate cancer screening that includes the
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Neuroscience Center of Excellence Act of 2021 [S.3427]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Neuroscience Center of Excellence.
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Protect Black Women and Girls Act of 2021 [HB-6268]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls in education, economic development, healthcare, labor and employment, housing, justice and civil rights, to promote community-based methods for mitigating and addressing harm and ensuring accountability, and to study societal effects on Black women and girls, and for other purposes.
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Protecting the American Taxpayer and Medicare Act [S.3344]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
A bill to protect the American Taxpayer and Medicare.
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Removing Waste and Protecting Medicare Act [HB-6144]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
To delay and offset the sequester to occur in January 2022 under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, and for other purposes.
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Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act [HB-6143]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
To provide for certain Medicare program extensions, and for other purposes.
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A resolution designating November 2021 as "National Lung Cancer Awareness Month" and expressing support for early detection and treatment of lung cancer. [SR-462]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A resolution designating November 2021 as "National Lung Cancer Awareness Month" and expressing support for early detection and treatment of lung cancer.
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A resolution expressing support for the goals of Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. [SR-463]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A resolution expressing support for the goals of Stomach Cancer Awareness Month.
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2022 Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2022 Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2022 [S.3062]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.
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Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2021 [HB-5644]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow refunds of Federal motor fuel excise taxes on fuels used in mobile mammography vehicles.
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Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act Tim’s Act [HB-5631]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Energy ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
To reform and enhance the pay and benefits of Federal wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.
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A resolution designating September 2021 as "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month". [SR-400]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
A resolution designating September 2021 as "National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month".
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Supporting the designation of September 2021 as "National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month". [HR-687]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Supporting the designation of September 2021 as "National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month".
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2021 [HB-5338]
[Energy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to improve compensation for workers involved in uranium mining, and for other purposes.
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A resolution designating September 2021 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month". [SR-378]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A resolution designating September 2021 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".