COVID–19 Emergency Medical Supplies Enhancement Act of 2021 [HB-3125]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Defense ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Public Safety ]
To enhance authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to respond to the COVID–19 emergency, to provide additional oversight of such authorities, and for other purposes.
HB-3125: COVID–19 Emergency Medical Supplies Enhancement Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 05/19/2021
Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act [HB-3]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Senior Citizens ]
To establish a fair price negotiation program, protect the Medicare program from excessive price increases, and establish an out-of-pocket maximum for Medicare part D enrollees, and for other purposes.
HB-3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations. on 04/27/2021
Non-Opioid Directive Act [S.1292]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
A bill to develop a non-opioid pain management directive indicating to health care professionals and emergency medical services personnel that an individual with respect to whom a form has been executed must not be administered an opioid or offered a prescription for an opioid, and for other purposes.
S.1292: Non-Opioid Directive Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/21/2021
Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021 [HB-19]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
To provide for certain reforms with respect to the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act, the Food and Drug Administration, and for other purposes.
HB-19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Antitrust, Commercial, And Administrative Law. on 10/19/2021
Cameron’s Law [HB-2623]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the amount of the orphan drug tax credit, and for other purposes.
HB-2623: Cameron’s Law
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Gottheimer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/19/2021
Onshoring Essential Antibiotics Act [S.1176]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
A bill to establish a grant program to support the manufacture and stockpiling of essential generic antibiotic drugs.
S.1176: Onshoring Essential Antibiotics Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/15/2021
Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act [S.1125]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
A bill to recommend that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation test the effect of a dementia care management model, and for other purposes.
S.1125: Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/14/2021
State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2021 [HB-2379]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to reauthorize and expand a grant program for State response to the opioid use disorders crisis, and for other purposes.
HB-2379: State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 10/21/2021
Excellence in Recovery Housing Act [HB-2376]
[Healthcare ]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to provide for increased oversight of recovery housing, and for other purposes.
HB-2376: Excellence in Recovery Housing Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/06/2021
Quit Because of COVID–19 Act [HB-2185]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
To amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services under such titles, and for other purposes.
HB-2185: Quit Because of COVID–19 Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/29/2021
Turn the Tide Act [S.1010]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
A bill to provide funding for programs and activities under the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act.
S.1010: Turn the Tide Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Hassan
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/25/2021
Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act of 2021 [S.1046]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize the residential substance use disorder treatment program, and for other purposes.
S.1046: Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Received In The House. on 08/03/2021
CARA 3.0 Act of 2021 [S.987]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
A bill to provide support with respect to the prevention of, treatment for, and recovery from, substance use disorder.
S.987: CARA 3.0 Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/25/2021
Safe Step Act [HB-2163]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.
HB-2163: Safe Step Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 03/23/2021
Quit Because of COVID–19 Act [HB-2125]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
To amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services under such titles, and for other purposes.
HB-2125: Quit Because of COVID–19 Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2021