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Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020 [S.4230]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
Permanently excludes mental health services and certain evaluation and management services that are furnished via telehealth from certain originating site requirements under Medicare. Under current law, these telehealth services are excluded from such requirements through the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
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COVID–19 Data Transparency Act [HB-7674]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
To require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a standardized method for State, Tribal, and local health departments to report to the Centers with respect to COVID-19, and for other purposes.
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Preparing for the Next Pandemic Act [S.4231]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[National Security ]
[Disaster Relief ]
A bill to strengthen and sustain on-shore manufacturing capacity and State stockpiles, and to improve the Strategic National Stockpile.
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Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act [S.4242]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
A bill to establish programs related to prevention of prescription opioid misuse, and for other purposes.
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COVID–19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act of 2020 [S.4248]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Education ]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to health care providers, public health departments, tribal organizations, schools for social workers and health professionals, and other nonprofit entities for bias and anti-racism training to reduce disparities in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) response efforts. In administering these grants, HHS must give priority to, among others, recipients in communities with racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and death rates. In addition,
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to effectively address the high prevalence of those suffering from mental health conditions and substance use disorders, the United States needs to make historic financial investments into mental health and substance use disorder care and finally acknowledge such care as a priority in health care equal to physical health, and for other purposes. [HR-1057]
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This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that investments in mental health care and substance use disorder care are necessary to address the high prevalence of those suffering from behavioral health conditions. It also recognizes the need for health care reform to integrate mental health care and substance use disorder treatment in the health care system.
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Legalizing Drug Discounts for Seniors Act of 2020 [S.4274]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Excludes certain discounts for covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit from the federal anti-kickback statute.
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Matt’s Act [HB-7722]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
To limit the price of insulin drugs accessible for participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees enrolled in group or individual health insurance coverage and group health plans and for uninsured individuals who have diabetes, and for other purposes.
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Mothers and Newborns Success Act [S.4269]
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[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Science ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Services ]
Directs the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to take certain actions to improve, and reduce racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in, maternal health outcomes. First, with respect to HRSA, the bill provides statutory authority for grants that support (1) state efforts to reduce disparities in maternal health; and (2) increased access to maternal and obstetrics care in rural areas, including through telehealth. HRSA must also award
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Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2020 [S.4259]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
The bill defines a long-term care pharmacy as a state-licensed pharmacy that is able to provide enhanced pharmacy and clinical services to individuals who have certain comorbid and medically complex chronic conditions and who reside in skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, or any other applicable setting (as determined by the CMS). The term enhanced pharmacy and clinical services includes medication dispensed in special packaging, drug utilization review, and 24-7 availability of medication delivery and on-call pharmacists.
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A resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. [SR-655]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
This resolution declares racism a public health crisis and supports efforts to address health disparities and inequities across all sectors.
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COVID–19 Health Disparities Action Act of 2020 [S.4262]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Data Privacy ]
Directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants, and the Office of Minority Health (OMH) to develop a plan, to address health disparities related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the CDC, in coordination with certain departments and agencies, must award grants for contact tracing to, among others, public health departments and health care providers. In awarding these grants, the CDC shall prioritize entities with a demonstrated commitment to employing individuals who represent the demographic
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Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2020 Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2020 [S.4280]
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[Climate Change ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Establishes the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee, which shall focus on reducing the health risks of extreme heat over multiple time scales. The committee must, among other activities (1) develop a strategic plan to coordinate a federal approach to reducing health risks of heat; (2) study health-affected communities, including data collection, warning communications, resiliency, and response capacity; and (3) administer matching grants to increase awareness of heat risks and for projects, such as urban forestry,
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How Awareness and Prevention Protect You Act [HB-7732]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to carry out a national campaign to increase awareness and knowledge of the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Behavioral Health Coordination and Communication Act of 2020 [HB-7723]
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[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To establish the position of Interagency Coordinator for Behavioral Health to coordinate the programs and activities of the Federal Government relating to mental health, and for other purposes.
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COVID–19 Emergency Telehealth Impact Reporting Act of 2020 [S.4289]
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[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Data Privacy ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect, analyze, and report qualitative and quantitative data on the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020 [S.4282]
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[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to amend the Community Mental Health Service Block Grant to authorize a set-aside for crisis care services, and for other purposes.
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COVID Testing Transparency Act of 2020 [HB-7654]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publicly report, within 14 days, information about the results of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) tests that HHS receives from laboratories. HHS must update the information daily thereafter.
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Ensuring Parity in MA for Audio-Only Telehealth Act of 2020 [HB-7659]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Allows audio-only diagnoses that are made via telehealth to be used for purposes of determining risk adjustments to payments under Medicare Advantage. Additionally, the bill requires payments for Medicare telehealth services that are furnished during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to be made in the same amounts as those for in-person services.
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Isolate COVID–19 Act of 2020 [HB-7634]
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[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Housing ]
To reduce the spread of COVID-19 through payments to States to lease hotels to temporarily house, on a voluntary basis, eligible individuals, and for other purposes.