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Verify First Act [HB-2581]
Verify First Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit advance payments of the premium assistance tax credit from being made to an individual unless the Department of the Treasury has received confirmation from the Department of Health and Human Services that the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security has verified the individual's status as a citizen or national of the United States or an alien lawfully present in the United States. The verification process must include the appropriate use
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Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/14/2017
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Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2017 [S.1194]
Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2017 This bill provides for coverage, under Medicare, Medicaid, other specified federal health-care programs, and private health insurance, of foods and vitamins that are medically necessary for the management of certain digestive and metabolic disorders and conditions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/22/2017
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Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2017 [HB-2578]
Employee Benefits Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the mandatory summary description of a group health plan to specify: (1) whether the plan permits either the plan sponsor or any participating employer to unilaterally modify or terminate plan benefits affecting employees, retirees, and beneficiaries; and (2) when and to what extent plan benefits are fully vested with respect to these individuals. In law suits involving group health plan benefits, a presumption is established
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Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Introduced In House on 05/19/2017
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CONNECT for Health Act of 2017 Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2017 [HB-2556]
CONNECT for Health Act of 2017 Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/01/2017
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Broader Options for Americans Act [HB-2579]
Broader Options for Americans Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the premium assistance tax credit to be used for unsubsidized COBRA continuation health coverage. (Under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 [COBRA], an individual may continue to receive coverage under an employer-sponsored health plan after an event that would otherwise end coverage, such as a termination of employment. This bill applies to COBRA continuation coverage if the premiums are solely the obligation of the taxpayer.)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Tiberi
S.amdt.1959 Cloture On Amendment Sa 1959 Not Invoked In Senate By Yea-nay Vote. 39 - 60. Record Vote Number: 36. (cr S1148) on 02/15/2018
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Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act [HB-2574]
Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to enable states to implement scholarship programs to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals. Scholarships must cover tuition and educational expenses and provide a cost-of-living stipend. Scholarship recipients must agree to serve as providers in shortage areas in the state for one year for each year they receive the scholarship. HHS may award grants to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/26/2017
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Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017 [HB-2550]
Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/01/2017
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Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017 [HB-2569]
Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2017 This bill requires entities that offer or furnish health care related products or services to the public, including health insurers and government agencies, to disclose the price for those products and services at the point of purchase and on the Internet. The entities must disclose all prices, including wholesale, retail, and discounted prices, that are accepted as payment in full for products and services furnished to individual consumers. The Department of Health and Human Services may investigate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Norma Torres
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/02/2017
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Urging the President to faithfully carry out the Affordable Care Act. [HR-345]
Urging the President to faithfully carry out the Affordable Care Act. Urges the President to take care that the laws are faithfully executed by: (1) ensuring cost sharing reduction payments under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) are paid; (2) enforcing PPACA's individual mandate provisions; (3) working with states and insurers to make sure that consumers have options; and (4) providing adequate funding for specified PPACA activities. Discourages the President from using executive actions to undermine PPACA.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/26/2017
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Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 [S.732]
Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any dependent of the taxpayer. "Qualified access technology" is hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats useable by blind individuals. The credit is limited to: (1) costs
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/27/2017
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Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 [HB-1734]
Access Technology Affordability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or any dependent of the taxpayer. "Qualified access technology" is hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats useable by blind individuals. The credit is limited to: (1) costs
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/27/2017
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ObamaCare Repeal Act [HB-1718]
ObamaCare Repeal Act This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of December 31, 2017. Provisions of law amended by those Acts are restored.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Yoho
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/31/2017
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Trumpcare, also known as the American Health Care Act of 2017. [HR-225]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Trumpcare, also known as the American Health Care Act of 2017. Expresses support for efforts to ensure access to quality and affordable health care for all Americans and rejects any effort to take away health care from Americans.
Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Kildee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2017
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Expressing the fact that the House of Representatives supports the system for prescription drug coverage provided under part D of the Medicare program and believes that changes to such system should not be part of the American Health Care Act of 2017. [HR-215]
Expressing the fact that the House of Representatives supports the system for prescription drug coverage provided under part D of the Medicare program and believes that changes to such system should not be part of the American Health Care Act of 2017. Expresses: (1) support for the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and (2) the belief that changes to the benefit should not be included in the American Health Care Act of 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gus Bilirakis
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2017
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Invest in Women's Health Act of 2017 [S.689]
Invest in Women's Health Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide support to public or nonprofit entities to expand certain preventive health services, with an emphasis on increasing access to cancer screening, particularly for women of color. The bill reauthorizes through FY2020: (1) programs related to breast and gynecologic cancers under Medicaid and family planning programs, and (2) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/21/2017
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American Health Care Act of 2017 [HB-1628]
American Health Care Act of 2017 TITLE I--ENERGY AND COMMERCE Subtitle A--Patient Access to Public Health Programs (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to eliminate funding after FY2018 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which provides for investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and restrain the rate of growth in health care costs. Funds that are unobligated at the end of FY2018 are rescinded. (Sec. 102) The bill amends the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization
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Sponsored by: Rep. Diane Black
Returned To The Calendar. Calendar No. 120. on 07/28/2017
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any legislation to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should include a replacement for such Act that includes certain health care consumer protections. [HR-212]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any legislation to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should include a replacement for such Act that includes certain health care consumer protections. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that legislation to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or substantial portions of the Act, should include certain provisions, including provisions that: provide for health insurance coverage for at least the same number of people, provide for affordable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jimmy Panetta
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2017
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DOC Access Act Dentist and Optometric Care Access Act [HB-1606]
DOC Access Act Dentist and Optometric Care Access Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit group health plans and individual health insurance coverage from setting rates for items and services provided by a doctor of optometry, of dental surgery, or of dental medicine for which the plan or insurer does not pay a substantial amount. An agreement between a plan or insurer and such a doctor: (1) may only be changed with the doctor's acknowledgement and acceptance, and (2) may last longer than two years only with the prior acceptance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2017
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HELP for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 Helping Ensure Long-Term Protection for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 [HB-1613]
HELP for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 Helping Ensure Long-Term Protection for Coal Miners Health Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) to transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan to provide health benefits to retired coal miners and their families. The bill expands the group whose retiree health benefits are taken into account in determining the amount that the Department of the Treasury must transfer from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and the General
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Shimkus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Mineral Resources. on 03/27/2017
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Medical Loss Ratio Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-1610]
Medical Loss Ratio Accountability Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to audit a statistically significant and representative selection of health insurers to verify that insurer reports on medical loss ratio are accurate. This bill amends the Social Security Act to base determinations of the medical loss ratio of a Medicare Advantage plan on information from the HHS audit of the plan, if the plan was audited.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2017