Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021 [S.2691]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Social Security ]
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate access to vaccines under the Medicaid program and the Vaccines for Children program, and for other purposes.
S.2691: Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Program Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/10/2021
Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act of 2021 [S.2694]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
A bill to improve care furnished and to support the workforce in skilled nursing facilities under the Medicare program and in nursing facilities under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
S.2694: Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 08/10/2021
Communities and Environment First Act of 2021 [HB-4798]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into cooperative agreements with States to carry out grant programs to assist in remediation and relocation efforts relating to hazardous air pollution, and for other purposes.
HB-4798: Communities and Environment First Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Troy Carter
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And Climate Change. on 07/30/2021
HR-568: Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 2025 and uphold, protect, and enforce the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, including the human rights to housing, universal health care, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, confidentiality, internet access, vote, freedom from harassment by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents, and equal rights to health care, legal representation, and social services without discrimination based on housing status.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition, Oversight, And Department Operations. on 08/13/2021
You have voted HR-568: Expressing that the United States is obligated to permanently end the unhoused crisis by 2025 and uphold, protect, and enforce the civil and human rights of unhoused individuals, including the human rights to housing, universal health care, livable wages, education, employment opportunities, access to public facilities, free movement in public spaces, privacy, confidentiality, internet access, vote, freedom from harassment by law enforcement, private businesses, property owners, and housed residents, and equal rights to health care, legal representation, and social services without discrimination based on housing status..
Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2021 Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2021 [S.2510]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Climate Change ]
[Science ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects, and for other purposes.
S.2510: Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2021 Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Cantwell With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 12/12/2022
You have voted S.2510: Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2021 Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2021.
EVEST Act Ensuring Veterans’ Smooth Transition Act [HB-4673]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the automatic enrollment of eligible veterans in patient enrollment system of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Health Misinformation Act of 2021 [S.2448]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Media and Advertising ]
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that, under certain circumstances, an interactive computer service provider that allows for the proliferation of health misinformation through that service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of that misinformation, and for other purposes.
S.2448: Health Misinformation Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 07/22/2021
VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act [HB-4626]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require an independent assessment of health care delivery systems and management processes of the Department of Veterans Affairs be conducted once every 10 years, and for other purposes.
HB-4626: VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Bost
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 11/17/2021
VA Caregiver Transparency Act [HB-4625]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify and improve the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
HB-4625: VA Caregiver Transparency Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Gottheimer
Subcommittee On Health Discharged. on 07/28/2021