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Safer Communities Act of 2017 [HB-4142]
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Safer Communities Act of 2017 This bill provides grants to expand mental health crisis assistance programs, support comprehensive school mental health programs, and enhance mental health and substance abuse needs of prisoners. The Department of Health and Human Services must expand research on violence associated with mental illness and substance abuse disorders. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must expand the National Violent Death Reporting System to all 50 states and research the causes, mechanisms, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
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Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018 Short Titles as Introduced Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018 [S.2838]
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Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018 Short Titles as Introduced Using Data to Prevent Opioid Diversion Act of 2018
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Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act [HB-5795]
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Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2018 [S.2843]
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2018 This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for hospitals that have addiction or pain management programs, with an aggregate increase of 1,000 positions over a five-year period.
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SUD CARE Act Substance Use Disorder Coordination, Access, Recovery Enhancement Act of 2018 [HB-5807]
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SUD CARE Act Substance Use Disorder Coordination, Access, Recovery Enhancement Act of 2018
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Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act [S.2845]
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Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether a state substantially provides public safety officers or employees: the right to form and join a labor organization; recognition by public safety employers of the employoees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum or understanding; the right to bargain over hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment; and binding interest
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2018 [HB-5818]
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2018 This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for hospitals that have addiction or pain management programs, with an aggregate increase of 1,000 positions over a five-year period.
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Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017 [HB-3928]
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Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017
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Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2017 [HB-4660]
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Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2017 This bill imposes criminal penalties on anyone who knowingly or knowingly attempts to: (1) perform an abortion knowing that the abortion is sought based on the sex or gender of the child, (2) use force or the threat of force to coerce a sex-selection abortion, (3) solicit or accept funds for the performance of such an abortion, or (4) transport a woman into the United States or across a state line for the purpose of obtaining such an abortion. The bill authorizes civil actions by: (1) fathers, or maternal
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PROPER Act of 2018 Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act of 2018 [HB-5775]
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PROPER Act of 2018 Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires Medicare and Medicare Advantage (MA) prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors to annually disclose information to enrollees about: (1) the risks of prolonged opioid use; and (2) the plan's coverage of nonpharmacological therapies, devices, and non-opioid medications. PDP sponsors may limit disclosure to a subset of enrollees (such as those who were prescribed an opioid in the previous two-year period). (Sec. 3) The bill also
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COACH Act of 2018 Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018 [HB-5774]
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COACH Act of 2018 Combating Opioid Abuse for Care in Hospitals Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish guidance for hospitals on pain management and opioid-use disorder prevention strategies for Medicare beneficiaries. (Sec. 3) The CMS must also convene a technical expert panel to recommend opioid and opioid-use disorder quality measures for possible use in hospital payment and reporting models under Medicare. (Sec. 4) The Department of Health and Human Services must: (1) convene a technical
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MOST Act Medicare and Opioid Safe Treatment Act [HB-5776]
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MOST Act Medicare and Opioid Safe Treatment Act This bill establishes several requirements for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and alters requirements under Medicare and Medicare Advantage, related to pain management and opioid use. For example, the bill requires certified opioid treatment program services to be covered under Medicare. Additionally, among other requirements, the CMS must review payments under Medicare for opioid and non-opioid pain management procedures, specifically with respect to ambulatory outpatient surgical
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Expanding Access to Treatment Act [HB-5769]
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Expanding Access to Treatment Act This bill requires payment under Medicare to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics that have health care practitioners who are newly certified to provide medication-assisted treatment. Specifically, a federally qualified health center or rural health clinic may receive payment for each health care practitioner who becomes certified on or after January 1, 2019, to prescribe or dispense methadone, buprenorphine, or suboxone (medications used to treat opioid-use disorders). The Centers for Medicare
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ROOT Act of 2018 Reduce Overprescribing Opioids in Treatment Act of 2018 [HB-5719]
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ROOT Act of 2018 Reduce Overprescribing Opioids in Treatment Act of 2018 This bill prohibits inclusion of pain management questions in a specified health care system survey used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, unless the questions address the risks of opioid use and the availability of non-opioid alternatives.
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Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 [S.2193]
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Caring for our Veterans Act of 2017 This bill establishes a Veterans Community Care Program to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services to covered veterans through non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care providers under specified circumstances. This program replaces the Veterans Choice Program. The VA shall develop: (1) an education program for veterans about their VA health care options, (2) processes to ensure safe opioid prescribing practices by non-VA health care providers; and (3) criteria to designate
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VA MISSION Act of 2018 VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 [HB-5674]
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VA MISSION Act of 2018 VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 This bill consolidates Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community care programs, revises other VA health care programs and facilities provisions, and makes appropriations for veterans care. The bill establishes the Veterans Community Care Program to furnish hospital care, medical services, and extended care services through certain non-VA providers to veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system or otherwise entitled to VA
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Recognizing the seriousness of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the designation of the month of September 2018 as "PCOS Awareness Month". [HR-864]
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Recognizing the seriousness of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the designation of the month of September 2018 as "PCOS Awareness Month".
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MEDS Act Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2017 [S.1803]
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MEDS Act Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate research involving marijuana and the commercial production of drugs made from marijuana. Specifically, the bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to register manufacturers and distributors to supply marijuana: (1) for use in research, and (2) for the commercial production of approved drugs containing or derived from marijuana.
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A resolution supporting the designation of April 2018 as "Parkinson's Awareness Month". [SR-484]
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A resolution supporting the designation of April 2018 as "Parkinson's Awareness Month".
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Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act [HB-5605]
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Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration program to: (1) increase access to opioid-use disorder treatment services for Medicare beneficiaries, (2) improve physical and mental health outcomes for such beneficiaries, and (3) reduce Medicare expenditures. Opioid-use disorder care teams of practitioners may apply for participation in the demonstration project. The CMS must establish a performance-based incentive
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