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COVID–19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act of 2020 [HB-7618]
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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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MORE Savings Act Maximizing Opioid Recovery Emergency Savings Act [HB-7627]
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[Overdose Prevention ]
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[Insurance ]
Modifies coverage of opioid treatments and recovery support services under Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance. Specifically, the bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model in which specified opioid treatments and recovery support services are provided under Medicare without cost-sharing (e.g., coinsurance, copayments, and deductibles). The bill also allows state Medicaid programs to cover recovery support services as part of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and increases the applicable Federal
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To provide for a COVID-19-related delay regarding annual limitation on cost-sharing for group health plans and individual and small group health insurance coverage. [HB-7647]
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Delays until the first calendar year that is 12 months after the end of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency the application of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule dated May 14, 2020. That rule allows private health insurance plans to decide whether support provided by a prescription drug manufacturer to cover a patient's costs for a drug counts toward the patient's annual out-of-pocket limit. The bill requires enforcement of the previous rule, which allows plans to exclude drug manufacturer support
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Protecting Access to Post-COVID–19 Telehealth Act of 2020 [HB-7663]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
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Modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill (1) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to generally waive coverage restrictions during national emergencies, (2) allows rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner), (3) removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in a rural area, and (3) allows the home of a beneficiary
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Designates August 31 of each year "Overdose Awareness Day" in New Jersey. [AJR-178]
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Designates August 31 of each year "Overdose Awareness Day" in New Jersey.
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Designates August 31 of each year "Overdose Awareness Day" in New Jersey. [AJR-178]
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Designates August 31 of each year "Overdose Awareness Day" in New Jersey.
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New Jersey 2020-2021 Regular Session
Establishes "Telehealth and Telemedicine Improvement Task Force." [AB-4403]
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Establishes "Telehealth and Telemedicine Improvement Task Force."
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Requires hospitals to establish sensory friendly treatment and waiting rooms in emergency department settings. [AB-4391]
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Requires hospitals to establish sensory friendly treatment and waiting rooms in emergency department settings.
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Requires hospitals to establish sensory friendly treatment and waiting rooms in emergency department settings. [AB-4391]
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[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires hospitals to establish sensory friendly treatment and waiting rooms in emergency department settings.
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New Jersey 2020-2021 Regular Session
Declares racism a public health crisis in New Jersey. [AR-175]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
Declares racism a public health crisis in New Jersey.
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Declares racism a public health crisis in New Jersey. [AR-175]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
Declares racism a public health crisis in New Jersey.
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week. [SR-300]
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week.
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week. [SR-300]
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A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week.
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Strengthening America's Strategic National Stockpile Act of 2020 [HB-7574]
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[Public Health ]
[National Security ]
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Strategic National Stockpile, and for other purposes.
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MFAR Transparency Act [HB-7606]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Restricts the implementation of, and requires additional reporting with respect to, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule titled Medicaid Program; Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation, published on November 18, 2019. The proposed rule establishes new reporting requirements for states with respect to supplemental payments and upper payment limits under Medicaid and generally modifies requirements relating to state Medicaid financing. The bill prohibits the CMS from finalizing or otherwise implementing the proposed
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TREATS Act Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services Act [HB-7593]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
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[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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Modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill permanently allows telehealth services for substance-use disorders to be provided via audio-only technology, if a physician or practitioner has already conducted an in-person or video telehealth evaluation. Schedule III or IV controlled substances may also be prescribed online if a practitioner has conducted a telehealth evaluation with video.
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Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act [HB-7595]
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[Grants ]
[Healthcare ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
To provide the Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program the authority to waive the Federal fund limitation for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program.
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Masks for All Act of 2020 [HB-7607]
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[Funding ]
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[Public Safety ]
To condition the receipt of funds with respect to COVID-19 on requiring the use of face coverings in public, and for other purposes.
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AHEAD Act of 2020 Assimilating Health and Equity Assessments into Decision-making of 2020 [HB-7510]
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[Science ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) to study, and make certain recommendations concerning, the use of health impact assessments or other tools to evaluate the effect of proposed federal legislation on health and health disparities. When developing recommendations to incorporate these tools into the federal legislative process, the National Academies must consult with the Government Accountability Office, the Congressional
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RURAL HELP Act of 2020 Reviewing Urban and Rural Adjustments to Level Hospital Expenses and Lopsided Payments Act of 2020 [HB-7534]
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Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to determine whether costs incurred by rural hospitals exceed costs incurred by urban hospitals under the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system and to adjust payments accordingly.