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Masks for All Act of 2020 [HB-7607]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[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]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[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]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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.
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Gabby’s Law Act [HB-7514]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to adopt sepsis protocols that meet specified standards. Among other requirements, such protocols must include identification and treatment of sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock in individuals of all ages in emergency departments and as part of inpatient services.
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Facilitating Reforms that Offer Necessary Telehealth In Every Rural (FRONTIER) Community Act [HB-7571]
[Telecommunications ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in certain rural areas and to be a specific type of facility, if the services (1) are mental health services furnished in a frontier state, or (2) are furnished in an Indian Health Service facility. Additionally, the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Agriculture must award grants for broadband infrastructure in frontier
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Safer Compounding in Hospitals Act of 2020 [HB-7518]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Temporarily provides an additional payment under Medicare to hospitals that use a specified automated technology to prepare sterile intravenous treatments.
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Strengthening Behavioral Health Parity Act [HB-7539]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
To strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.
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Infectious Disease Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Act [HB-7531]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase Federal efforts to prepare for and respond to public health emergencies with respect to the spread of infectious diseases, and for other purposes.
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HELP Act of 2020 HIV Epidemic Loan-Repayment Program Act of 2020 [HB-7543]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Student Loans ]
To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to provide for a loan repayment program for the HIV clinical and dental workforce, and for other purposes.
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Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments Act of 2020 [HB-7567]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to improve the treatment of rare diseases and conditions, and for other purposes.
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Missed Opportunities in Public Health and Biomedical Research Act of 2020 [HB-7544]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to require reporting by the National Institutes of Health on requests for funding research that were not granted and had the greatest potential for improving public health, and for other purposes.
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Protect Access to Birth Control Act [HB-7517]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Religion ]
[Human Rights ]
Nullifies interim final rules issued by the Department of Labor, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services that allow employers with religious or moral objections to be exempt from the requirement that their health insurance plans cover contraceptive services without cost-sharing.
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State Stockpile Readiness Act of 2020 [HB-7507]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Temporarily authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award matching grants to states for expanding or maintaining stockpiles of commercially available medical equipment and supplies for use during public health emergencies.
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Minority Community Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2020 [HB-7546]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Economic Development ]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that minority and medically underserved communities have meaningful and immediate access to public health interventions and medically necessary health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
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Granny Pods Study Act of 2020 [HB-7493]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Housing ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to study the provision of certain long-term care services for physically or mentally impaired individuals through temporary family health care structures (also known as granny pods). Specifically, the CMS must (1) identify services that are already covered by Medicare or Medicaid that could be provided in temporary family health care structures by caregivers, (2) determine reasonable reimbursement rates for such services, and (3) provide the cost differential between such rates and the
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New Jersey 2020-2021 Regular Session
Expands NJ FamilyCare to ensure healthcare benefits are available to all uninsured children under 19 years of age who live in New Jersey; appropriates $3 million for outreach, enrollment, and retention regarding NJ FamilyCare. [AB-4387]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Expands NJ FamilyCare to ensure healthcare benefits are available to all uninsured children under 19 years of age who live in New Jersey; appropriates $3 million for outreach, enrollment, and retention regarding NJ FamilyCare.
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United States Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Review Act [S.4191]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Trade ]
[Healthcare ]
[International ]
[Manufacturing ]
A bill to require a report on foreign investment in the pharmaceutical industry of the United States.
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Affordable Coronavirus Testing Act [S.4198]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requires health insurance plans to cover through 2021 without cost sharing COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) serology testing, which looks for the presence of antibodies made in response to an infection. This coverage requirement also applies to federal health care programs including Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, veterans and military personnel health benefits, and federal employee health benefits. Additionally, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse, through the Public Health
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PPE Supply Chain Transparency Act of 2020 [S.4158]
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[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue, within 90 days, a public report on the security and resilience of the supply chain for personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. This equipment includes face masks, protective clothing, and other supplies designed to protect the wearer from injury or infection.
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Securing Healthcare and Response Equipment Act of 2020 [S.4210]
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[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to transfer personal protective equipment or medically necessary equipment to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during a declared public health emergency. These transfers must be made at the request of HHS and on a reimbursable basis.