Health Personnel
US Congress 115th Congress
Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 [HB-1215]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 This bill establishes provisions governing health care lawsuits where coverage for the care was provided or subsidized by the federal government, including through a subsidy or tax benefit. (Sec. 2) In general, the statute of limitations is three years after the occurrence of the breach or tort, three years after medical or health-care treatment for the injury is completed, or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, whichever occurs first. For a minor, the statute of limitations is three years after
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 06/29/2017
Spread the world
Gettr US Congress 115th Congress
A resolution expressing support for health and wellness coaches and for the designation of February 13, 2017, through February 19, 2017, as "National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week". [SR-67]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A resolution expressing support for health and wellness coaches and for the designation of February 13, 2017, through February 19, 2017, as "National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week". Expresses support for the designation of February 13-February 19, 2017, as National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week and for the efforts of health and wellness coaches.
Sponsored by: Sen. Martin Heinrich
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S1416; Text Of Measure As Passed: Cr S1399) on 02/17/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 [S.426]
[Veterans ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a five-year Grow Our Own Directive (or G.O.O.D.) pilot program to provide educational assistance to certain former members of the Armed Forces for education and training as VA physician assistants in exchange for recipients agreeing to be employed as physician assistants for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for a specified period at a VA medical facility located in a community designated
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 07/11/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-1160]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
ACO Assignment Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish additional requirements for assigning Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to accountable care organizations (ACOs) under the Medicare shared savings program. Under current law, the program enables ACOs to receive payments for savings stemming from care coordination and management. The bill requires the basis for assignment to reflect beneficiaries' utilization of not only primary care services provided by ACO physicians, but
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/02/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2017 [HB-1167]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
Enhancing Opportunities for Medical Doctors Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to redistribute unused residency positions for which graduate medical education costs are paid under Medicare. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must: (1) reduce a hospital's resident limit by a specified amount if the hospital has unused residency positions and is not a rural hospital with fewer than 250 acute care inpatient beds, and (2) increase the resident limit for each qualifying hospital that
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/03/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Health Savings Act of 2017 [HB-1175]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Funding ]
Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA; make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries eligible to participate in an HSA; allow individuals eligible for hospital care or medical services under a program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization to participate in an HSA; allow members
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/16/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 [HB-1130]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/01/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act [HB-1131]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Military ]
VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and implement a plan to hire a director for each VA medical center without a permanent director. Hiring priority shall be given to medical centers that have not had a permanent director for the longest periods.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Ryan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/03/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 [HB-1156]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 to repeal specified limitations, for purposes of Medicare participation, on self-referrals by newly constructed or expanded physician-owned hospitals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/02/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act [HB-1168]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act This bill deems as active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes any service as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 31, 1948 (qualified service). The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose qualified service warrants one. Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 03/23/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. [HB-1155]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/03/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2017 [HB-1152]
[Healthcare ]
[Veterans ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2017 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make the Veterans Choice Program permanent. Program eligibility is expanded to include veterans with a 50% service-connected disability. The VA shall contract with a national chain of walk-in clinics to provide hospital care and medical services in such clinics to veterans who are in the annual patient enrollment system. A veteran shall not be required to: (1) obtain pre-authorization for such care, or (2) pay a copayment to the clinic
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/03/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Student Loan Fairness Act [HB-1127]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
Student Loan Fairness Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a 10/10 Loan Repayment Plan that allows borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) and Direct Loans (DLs) to limit their monthly loan payments to one-twelfth of 10% of the amount by which their adjusted gross incomes and that of their spouses (if applicable) exceed 150% of the federal poverty level. Additionally, it establishes a 10/10 Loan Forgiveness Program that provides FFEL and DL forgiveness to borrowers
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Introduced In House on 02/16/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Medicare Mental Health Access Act [HB-1173]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
Medicare Mental Health Access Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to expand the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include a clinical psychologist with respect to the furnishing of qualified psychologist services.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/02/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 [S.397]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Shelby
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/15/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Health Savings Act of 2017 [S.403]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs), to: rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make catch-up contributions to the same HSA; make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries eligible to participate in an HSA; allow individuals eligible for hospital care or medical services under a program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization to participate in an HSA; allow members
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/15/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-1095]
[Human Rights ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[International ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Mental Health ]
Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize FY2018-FY2019 appropriations to: the Department of Health and Human Services for grants to domestic treatment centers for the costs of services in the rehabilitation of victims of torture (including treatment of both physical and psychological effects), social and legal services, and research and training of health care providers outside of treatment centers or programs; and the President for grants to foreign treatment centers
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/17/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Obamacare Replacement Act [HB-1072]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Obamacare Replacement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Social Security Act to repeal certain provisions regarding health insurance, including: the requirement for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage, limitations on insurers varying premiums by age or health status, requirements for health insurance to cover preexisting conditions, and the prohibition on lifetime or annual limits on benefits. The bill allows a refundable
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/17/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
VA Provider Equity Act [HB-1058]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Pensions ]
VA Provider Equity Act (Sec. 2) This bill: (1) makes a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) doctor of podiatric medicine eligible for any supervisory position to the same degree as a VHA physician, and (2) increases the pay grade of podiatric surgeons to match the compensation of other VA surgeons, physicians, and dentists. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shall establish standards to ensure that specialists appointed to supervisory VHA positions do not provide direct clinical oversight for purposes of peer review or practice evaluation for
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 07/25/2017
Spread the world
US Congress 115th Congress
Expressing support for health and wellness coaches and "National Health and Wellness Coach Recognition Week". [HR-121]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 02/13/2017