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Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act of 2015 [S.416]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act of 2015 Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make formula grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish or enhance educational programs and related services that enable expectant and parenting students to enroll in, attend, and succeed in school. Requires state grantees to: (1) designate a Coordinator for Education of Expectant and Parenting Students who is to develop and implement a state plan for educating expectant and parenting
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Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act of 2015 [S.395]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Medicare Residential Care Coordination Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and implement a demonstration project under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to evaluate the use of capitated payments made to eligible continuing care retirement communities for residential care coordination programs.
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Baseline Reform Act of 2015 [S.382]
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[Taxes ]
Baseline Reform Act of 2015 must include additional details in required reports to Congress, including comparisons to the prior year and the sources of growth in spending.
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Helping Individuals Regain Employment Act [S.38]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Unemployment ]
Helping Individuals Regain Employment Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "full-time employee," for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage, any individual who is a long-term unemployed individual. Defines "long-term unemployed individual" as an individual who begins employment after enactment of this Act and has been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer.
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Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act [S.379]
[Healthcare ]
[Small Business ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the small employer health care insurance tax credit, to: (1) revise the definition of "eligible small employer" to mean an employer with not more than 50 (currently, 25) full-time employees; (2) modify the phaseout formula for such credit to base such phaseout on number of employees and average annual wages; (3) extend from two to three consecutive taxable years the period during which an employer may claim such credit; and (4) eliminate the requirement
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Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015 [S.377]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Health ]
Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015 Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the ambulance fee schedule to: (1) increase the conversion factor for ground ambulance services in the formula for determining the appropriate fee, and (2) increase the mileage rate for such services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study how the conversion factor should be modified, if at all, to take into account the cost of providing
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Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act [S.359]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that payments to plans do not exceed payments to HHS under the risk corridors program (under which a qualified health plan is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums) for a plan year. HHS must proportionately decrease payments to plans in order to ensure that this requirement is satisfied
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Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 [S.358]
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[Defense ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Military ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2015 Expands the TRICARE health care program managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) to entitle additional female beneficiaries and dependents to care related to the prevention of pregnancy. (Currently, such care is limited to certain female members of the uniformed service or a reserve component performing active duty or certain servicewomen performing inactive-duty training.) Prohibits cost-sharing from being imposed or collected for such pregnancy prevention care, including
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EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act [S.352]
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[Religion ]
[Taxes ]
EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.
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Miners Protection Act of 2016 [S.3470]
[Energy ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Pensions ]
[Mining ]
[Retirement ]
Miners Protection Act of 2016
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FAIR Act of 2015 Freeing Americans from Inequitable Requirements Act of 2015 [S.347]
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[Taxes ]
FAIR Act of 2015 Freeing Americans from Inequitable Requirements Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the individual mandate to purchase health care coverage, to delay such requirement from taking effect until the Secretary of the Treasury submits to Congress a certification that the employer mandate to provide health care coverage for employees is being applied and administered without any administratively created exceptions.
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ObamaCare Repeal Act [S.339]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
ObamaCare Repeal Act This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and restores provisions of law amended by those Acts, effective 180 days after this bill is enacted.
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ObamaCare Repeal Act [S.336]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
ObamaCare Repeal Act This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and restores provisions of law amended by those Acts, effective 180 days after this bill is enacted.
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Native American Health Savings Improvement Act [S.3356]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Native American Health Savings Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that receiving hospital care or medical services under a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization does not disqualify an individual from being eligible for a health savings account.
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2015 [S.331]
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[Energy ]
[Mining ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2015 Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund until 19 years after enactment of this Act. Prescribes additional periods of required presence in an affected area during atmospheric nuclear testing for individuals filing leukemia or specified disease claims. Increases the amount of compensation an individual filing a claim may receive to $150,000. Expands "affected area" to include Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico, as well as any
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Expanded Access to Treatment and Recovery Act [S.3223]
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[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Mental Health ]
Expanded Access to Treatment and Recovery Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into cooperative agreements with states to: (1) expand opioid use disorder treatment capacity, (2) make such services more affordable to those who cannot afford them, and (3) help individuals receive treatment and sustain recovery. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) Funding is allocated to a state based on the severity of the opioid
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Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016 [S.3191]
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[Public Health ]
Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016
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Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 [S.3132]
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[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through the Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation, to carry out a five-year pilot program under which the VA shall provide a service dog and veterinary health insurance to a veteran who: is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder rated at a severity level of 3 or 4 on the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5), has completed an evidence-based treatment and remains significantly symptomatic,
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A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings. [S.3126]
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[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings. This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services.
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A bill to apply the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Congressional members and members of the executive branch. [S.3120]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to apply the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to Congressional members and members of the executive branch. This bill requires Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President to purchase health insurance through a health insurance exchange. These officials may receive a federal subsidy or contribution to the costs of coverage through congressional disbursing offices, the Office of Personnel Management, or tax credits only if the subsidy or contribution is otherwise available to individuals at a similar
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