Digestive And Metabolic Diseases
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Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act [S.2855]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study evaluating the impact of insulin affordability on the health outcomes of individuals who are reliant on insulin.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/14/2019
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A resolution encouraging the President to expand the list of the Department of Veterans Affairs of presumptive medical conditions associated with exposure to Agent Orange to include Parkinsonism, bladder cancer, hypertension, and hypothyroidism. [SR-420]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
This resolution encourages the President to expand the Department of Veterans Affairs list of presumptive medical conditions associated with exposure to Agent Orange to include Parkinsonism, bladder cancer, hypertension, and hypothyroidism.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 11/13/2019
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Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2019 [HB-4938]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
Establishes a series of requirements relating to coverage of ground ambulance services under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must continue to designate an area as a rural or qualified rural area that is eligible for increased payment under Medicare, even if the area would otherwise no longer qualify for such designation, if the area has a specified population density. The CMS must also establish an administrative process to allow ambulance service providers to appeal a change in an area's designation. The
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/01/2019
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Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp Act [HB-4914]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a Diabetes Prevention Semipostal Stamp, with all proceeds being transferred to the National Diabetes Prevention Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 11/01/2019
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Patient Access to ESRD New Innovative Devices Act [S.2751]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a process to provide a certain payment adjustment under the Medicare end-stage renal disease (ESRD) prospective payment system. Specifically, the CMS must establish a process to provide for a temporary add-on payment adjustment for new medical devices used to diagnose, treat, or manage ESRD.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kyrsten Lee Sinema
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/30/2019
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Insulin Price Reduction Act [HB-4906]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Inflation ]
Prohibits health insurance plan issuers and pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) from receiving rebates or discounts for insulin from manufacturers who certify that its current insulin list price has been reduced to an amount no greater than what the list price was for the same insulin on July 1, 2006. This restriction does not apply to discounts provided to insurance plan holders at retail sale or to flat-rate fees for service paid to PBMs. Further, insurance plans are prohibited from applying a deductible to insulin that has received such price certification.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/30/2019
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SERVE Act Supporting Eating Disorders Recovery Through Vital Expansion Act [S.2673]
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[Military ]
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[Defense ]
[Insurance ]
Provides coverage of the treatment of eating disorders under the TRICARE program. The services include both inpatient and outpatient care and shall be furnished without regard to age of a military dependent. As part of the process for referrals for mental health evaluations of members, the Department of Defense shall encourage commanders and supervisory personnel to undertake mental health early identification training, to include recognition of warning signs and symptoms of an eating disorder.
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 10/23/2019
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Vieques Recovery and Redevelopment Act of 2019 [HB-4605]
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[Mental Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[National Security ]
[Community Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
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Provides a framework to compensate certain residents of the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, for the use of such island for military readiness. The bill sets forth provisions regarding award amounts for individuals and for claims by the municipality of Vieques. An individual claimant shall be awarded monetary compensation if the claimant contracted a chronic, life threatening, or physical or mental disease or illness, during or after the government used the island for military readiness.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jose E. Serrano
Introduced In House on 10/04/2019
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Minority Diabetes Initiative Act [HB-4550]
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Allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. HHS must ensure that these grants cover a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including routine care for diabetic patients, public education on diabetes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and treatment for kidney disease and other complications of diabetes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/30/2019
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Minority Diabetes Initiative Act [HB-4550]
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[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
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[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to provide treatment for diabetes in minority communities. HHS must ensure that these grants cover a variety of diabetes-related health care services, including routine care for diabetic patients, public education on diabetes prevention and control, eye care, foot care, and treatment for kidney disease and other complications of diabetes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/30/2019
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A resolution designating September 4, 2019, as "National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day", and raising awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney disease. [SR-356]
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A resolution designating September 4, 2019, as "National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Day", and raising awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney disease.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
Senate Committee On The Judiciary Discharged By Unanimous Consent. on 10/16/2019
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Chronic Condition Copay Elimination Act [HB-4457]
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[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for additional preventive care for individuals with chronic conditions without the imposition of cost sharing requirement, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/25/2019
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Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act [HB-3]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
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[Overdose Prevention ]
Establishes several programs and requirements relating to the prices of prescription drugs, health care coverage and costs, and public health. TITLE I--LOWERING PRICES THROUGH FAIR DRUG PRICE NEGOTIATION The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate prices for certain drugs. (Under current law, HHS may not negotiate the prices of covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.) Specifically, HHS must negotiate maximum prices for (1) insulin products; (2) with respect to FY2023, at least 25 single-source,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 521. on 09/08/2020
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Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act [HB-4393]
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[Children and Youth ]
Allows state Medicaid programs to cover DNA sequencing clinical services for certain individuals. Specifically, states may cover such services for individuals under the age of 21 (or a lower age, if the state chooses) and for former foster youth under the age of 26 who (1) have been referred or admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit and seen by a medical specialist for a chronic or undiagnosed disease, and (2) are suspected by a medical specialist to have a pediatric-onset genetic disease. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/19/2019
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Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 [HB-4378]
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Provides FY2020 continuing appropriations to federal agencies through November 21, 2019. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when FY2020 begins on October 1, 2019, if the 12 regular appropriations bills that fund the federal government for FY2020 have not been enacted. The CR funds most projects and activities at the FY2019 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations to various programs. Additionally, the CR extends several programs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey
Became Public Law No: 116-59. (txt | Pdf) on 09/27/2019
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MAGIC Act Market Access for Generic Insulin Competition [HB-4244]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To provide for a pathway for chemically synthesized insulin to be approved under an abbreviated new drug application submitted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Thompson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/10/2019
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2019 [HB-3783]
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[Energy ]
[Mining ]
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[Environmental ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
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Increases the amount of compensation provided to individuals exposed to radiation and expands eligibility requirements for compensation to include additional individuals. Specifically, the bill extends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 45 years after this bill's enactment. The trust fund compensates individuals who contract cancer or other diseases as a result of their exposure to radiation during nuclear testing undertaken by the United States during the Cold War. The bill revises the requirements governing the compensation of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 08/06/2019
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Recognizing July 28, 2019, as "World Hepatitis Day". [HR-505]
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Recognizing July 28, 2019, as "World Hepatitis Day".
Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Introduced In House on 07/18/2019
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Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act [HB-3912]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Science ]
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Expands, establishes, and otherwise modifies requirements under Medicare and other health care programs relating to individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Among other things, the bill expands the scope of the National Health Service Corps to specifically include kidney disease specialists, modifies payments under the Medicare ESRD program to exclude certain adjustment factors (e.g., comorbidities), authorizes incentive payments for renal dialysis facilities that exceed performance standards under the Medicare ESRD program, and expands
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/24/2019
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Emergency Access to Insulin Act of 2019 [HB-4010]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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[Insurance ]
Reduces the marketing exclusivity period for biological drug products from 12 to 7 years and establishes policies and programs designed to increase access to prescription insulin. Specifically, the bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to states to create insulin card programs, which provide uninsured or underinsured individuals with insulin at no cost for specified time periods. Payments for insulin prescriptions made through the program must count toward an underinsured individual’s health plan deductible.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/26/2019