Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health
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South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act of 2020 [HB-3131]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among the South Asian population of the United States, and for other purposes.
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Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2019 [HB-3080]
Reauthorizes for FY2020-FY2025 and revises the tuberculosis (TB) prevention and treatment grant program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Health Resources and Services Administration may also award grants to state and local governments and federally qualified health centers for TB prevention and treatment efforts. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on national TB prevention and treatment efforts.
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Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act [HB-2991]
Prohibits the application of, and repeals authority for, administrative offsets to Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefits. An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt.
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Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act [S.1649]
A bill to restore protections for Social Security, Railroad retirement, and Black Lung benefits from administrative offset.
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Racehorse Doping Ban Act of 2019 [S.1488]
Requires that there be an independent anti-doping organization with responsibility for ensuring the integrity and safety of horse races that are the subject of interstate off-track wagers. The bill prescribes conditions under which such organization may (1) suspend the period a person is excluded from participation, and (2) permit the use of furosemide in a horse participating in such a race during the two-year period following this bill's enactment. A host racing association may conduct a horse race that is the subject of an interstate off-track
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Return to Work Awareness Act of 2019 [HB-2627]
Authorizes the Job Accommodation Network to disseminate information and promote awareness among survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences, such as traumatic brain injury and heart attack, and survivors' families, as well as among employers, government agencies, employee representatives, and service providers to (1) assist survivors of stroke and such other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work, (2) improve a survivor's employability and demonstrate to employers ways to capitalize on the value and talent that survivors
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Expressing support for designation of May as Stroke Awareness Month. [HR-366]
This resolution expresses support for the designation of Stroke Awareness Month. It also encourages (1) support for the efforts, programs, services, and advocacy of organizations that work to enhance public awareness of stroke; and (2) continued coordination and cooperation between government, researchers, families, and the public to improve treatments and prognoses for individuals who suffer strokes.
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Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". [HR-356]
This resolution expresses support for (1) the designation of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, and (2) investment in asthma research. It also salutes health care professionals and researchers who work on asthma and allergies.
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Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". [HR-356]
This resolution expresses support for (1) the designation of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, and (2) investment in asthma research. It also salutes health care professionals and researchers who work on asthma and allergies.
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School-Based Allergies and Asthma Management Program Act [HB-2468]
Establishes preferences for grants under the children's asthma treatment program for states that require schools to establish allergy and asthma management programs that include individual action plans for students diagnosed with allergies or asthma.
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BREATHE Act Better Respiration through Expanding Access to Tele-Health Act [HB-2508]
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a pilot program in which qualifying respiratory therapists may provide telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the program must allow respiratory therapists to provide telehealth disease management services (e.g., smoking cessation counseling) for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Protecting Airport Communities from Particle Emissions Act [HB-2351]
Directs the Federal Aviation Administration to contract the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a national study on the characteristics, distributions, sources, and potential health effects of airborne ultrafine particles.
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Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020 [HB-2339]
Revises requirements related to the safety, sale, and advertisement of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes, e-hookah, e-cigars, and vape pens). Among other requirements, the bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement regulations to require color graphics on the labeling of cigarette packages, depicting the negative health consequences of smoking; requires the FDA to apply regulations on tobacco products to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes; generally prohibits the
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VET PFAS Act Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act [S.1023]
Requires hospital care and medical services to be furnished for specified conditions to veterans and reservists who were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as PFAS) while serving on military installations. Family members of veterans and reservists who resided at these military installations are also eligible for hospital care and medical services under this bill. The bill also provides a presumption of service connection for veterans and reservists who were exposed to such substances.
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Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019 [S.1195]
Extends the presumption of service-connection for certain diseases associated with herbicide (e.g., Agent Orange) exposure to veterans who served (1) offshore of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, or (2) in or near the Korean Demilitarized Zone between September 1, 1967, and August 31, 1971. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities or diseases 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
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Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2019 [S.1107]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct an interagency review of the status of women and lung cancer. The review must report on the status of existing research and current knowledge gaps; identify new opportunities for collaborative research to determine the causes of lung cancer and advance prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment; and provide recommendations for a national cancer screening strategy and public education campaign.
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Keeping Our Promises Act [HB-2200]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that certain diseases are covered by the presumption of service connection relating to the exposure to herbicides by certain veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes.
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Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2019 [HB-2222]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct an interagency review of the status of women and lung cancer. The review must report on the status of existing research and current knowledge gaps; identify new opportunities for collaborative research to determine the causes of lung cancer and advance prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment; and provide recommendations for a national cancer screening strategy and public education campaign.
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VET PFAS Act Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act [HB-2102]
Requires hospital care and medical services to be furnished for specified conditions to veterans and reservists who were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as PFAS) while serving on military installations. Family members of veterans and reservists who resided at these military installations are also eligible for hospital care and medical services under this bill. The bill also provides a presumption of service connection for veterans and reservists who were exposed to such substances.
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MOMMA’s Act Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act [HB-1897]
Establishes various programs and requirements to support the prevention of maternal mortality. Specifically, the bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide technical assistance and best practices for collecting data, standardizing reporting, and preventing maternal mortality. The CDC also must provide grants for state-based collaboratives to improve care immediately before and after birth and improve outcomes for maternal and infant health.Further, the Health Resources and Services Administration must establish
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