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Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act [HB-4846]
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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 employees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum of understanding; the right to bargain over hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment; and binding interest
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Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-4206]
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Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017
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John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 VA MISSION Act of 2018 [S.2372]
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John S. McCain III, Daniel K. Akaka, and Samuel R. Johnson VA Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act of 2018 VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to provide outer burial receptacles for veterans' remains buried in a national cemetery administered by the National Park Service. (An outer burial receptacle is a container, such as a grave liner or a burial vault, that protects a casket in the ground and prevents the grave from sinking.) Interior may provide reimbursement
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Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2018 [HB-4955]
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Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2018 This bill limits an individual's civil liability for harm caused by the emergency administration of an opioid overdose reversal drug (e.g., naloxone) if the individual is one of the following: a licensed health care professional who prescribes or provides the drug to an individual who was educated on its administration; an employee or volunteer at an opioid overdose program who provides the drug, as part of such program, to an authorized recipient who administers it; or an individual who administers the drug
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Respond NOW Act Respond to the Needs in the Opioid War Act [HB-4938]
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Respond NOW Act Respond to the Needs in the Opioid War Act
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Expressing support for health and wellness coaches and "National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week". [HR-733]
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Expressing support for health and wellness coaches and "National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week". Expresses support for the designation of National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week and for the efforts of health and wellness coaches.
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International Violence Against Women Act of 2018 [HB-5034]
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International Violence Against Women Act of 2018 This bill provides for a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. The bill establishes in the Department of State an Office of Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. The Ambassador-at-Large shall: (1) coordinate U.S. government efforts regarding gender equality and the advancement of women and girls in foreign policy, and (2) develop or update periodically a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond
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Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act [HB-5041]
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Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a hospice employee to handle lawfully dispensed controlled substances of a deceased hospice patient to assist with disposal of the controlled substances, so long as such disposal occurs onsite in accordance with applicable law.
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Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act of 2018 [HB-5123]
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Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act of 2018 This bill eliminates the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and prohibits the use of federal funds to establish or operate a similar entity with respect to HHS programs and activities.
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STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 [S.2495]
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STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2028 the Secure Our Schools grant program.
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. [SR-439]
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week. [HR-805]
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week.
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Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017 [HB-4221]
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Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2017 Missing Americans Alert Program Act of 2017 This bill amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to revise, rename, and reauthorize through FY2022 the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program. It directs the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Bureau of Justice Assistance to award grants: to develop or operate programs to prevent wandering and locate missing individuals with dementia or children with developmental disabilities, and to develop tracking technology programs to locate missing
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A resolution designating March 22, 2018, as "National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day". [SR-447]
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A resolution designating March 22, 2018, as "National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day".
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Jessie's Law [HB-5009]
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Jessie's Law This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and disseminate best practices for health care providers and state agencies regarding the display of a patient's history of opioid addiction in the patient's medical records. In doing so, HHS must identify: (1) the circumstances under which information provided by a patient to a health care provider should, upon patient request, be displayed in the patient's medical records; (2) what constitutes a patient request; and (3) the process and methods by which
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Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017 [S.1890]
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Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act [S.1922]
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Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for any person to perform or attempt to perform an abortion if the probable post-fertilization age of the fetus is 20 weeks or more. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. The bill provides exceptions for an abortion: (1) that is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman, or (2) when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. A physician who performs or attempts to perform an abortion
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STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 [HB-4909]
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STOP School Violence Act of 2018 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2028 the Secure Our Schools grant program. This grant program provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to improve security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.
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CARA 2.0 Act of 2018 [S.2456]
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CARA 2.0 Act of 2018
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Hire Our Heroes to Protect Our Schools Act of 2018 [HB-5139]
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Hire Our Heroes to Protect Our Schools Act of 2018 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2024 the Secure Our Schools grant program. This grant program provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to improve security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.