Outpatient Therapy Modernization and Stabilization Act [HB-7154]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
Modifies payment and funding for certain outpatient therapy services under Medicare. Among other things, the bill specifically includes physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other specified practitioners who are enrolled as Medicare suppliers as eligible suppliers who may receive COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds under the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. The bill also permanently allows physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists to provide telehealth
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HB-7154: Outpatient Therapy Modernization and Stabilization Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 06/11/2020
HCR-102: Recognizing September 30, 2020, as a national day of mourning to recognize the loss of life of Americans across the country to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Johnson
Introduced In House on 06/11/2020
You have voted HCR-102: Recognizing September 30, 2020, as a national day of mourning to recognize the loss of life of Americans across the country to the COVID-19 pandemic..
Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020 [HB-7159]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Human Services ]
To amend the Community Mental Health Service Block Grant to authorize a set-aside for crisis care services, and for other purposes.
HB-7159: Crisis Care Improvement and Suicide Prevention Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Cheri Bustos
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/30/2020
Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020 [HB-7190]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a virtual health pilot program to facilitate utilization of remote patient monitoring technology to maintain or expand access to health care services for individuals in rural areas during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes.
HB-7190: Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Newhouse
Introduced In House on 06/11/2020
Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act [S.3921]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
A bill to require the Federal Government to provide critical health care resources in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
S.3921: Emergency Medical Supplies Procurement Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 06/09/2020
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020 [S.3917]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Agriculture ]
A bill to establish a home-based telemental health care demonstration program for purposes of increasing mental health services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.
S.3917: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/09/2020
HB-7127: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make technical amendments to the separate payment under the Medicare program for disposable negative pressure wound therapy devices.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marc Veasey
Introduced In House on 06/08/2020
You have voted HB-7127: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make technical amendments to the separate payment under the Medicare program for disposable negative pressure wound therapy devices..
Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2020 [S.3914]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Health ]
Provides for Medicare coverage of medical devices that are approved under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Breakthrough Devices Program. (Under the program, manufacturers work with the FDA to expedite the review and approval of certain medical devices that provide for more effective treatment or diagnosis of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating human diseases or conditions.) The bill allows designated medical breakthrough devices to be temporarily covered under Medicare during a three-year transitional period. The Centers for Medicare
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S.3914: Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Sen. Martha McSally
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/08/2020
Katherine’s Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2020 [HB-7123]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
Requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, screenings for the detection of lung cancer for individuals 40 years of age and older without regard to such individual's smoking history.
HB-7123: Katherine’s Lung Cancer Early Detection and Survival Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Collin Peterson
Introduced In House on 06/08/2020
HR-991: Expressing support for designation of March 1 as "National Healthcare Professional Appreciation Day" in commemoration of the day the first American healthcare professional became infected with COVID-19 while caring for a patient.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
Introduced In House on 06/04/2020
You have voted HR-991: Expressing support for designation of March 1 as "National Healthcare Professional Appreciation Day" in commemoration of the day the first American healthcare professional became infected with COVID-19 while caring for a patient..
HB-7104: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements to expand and enhance manufacturing capacity of vaccines and vaccine candidates to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Kuster
Introduced In House on 06/04/2020
You have voted HB-7104: To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements to expand and enhance manufacturing capacity of vaccines and vaccine candidates to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19..
COVID–19 Emergency Manufacturing Act of 2020 [HB-7113]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an Emergency Office of Manufacturing for Public Health, and for other purposes.
HB-7113: COVID–19 Emergency Manufacturing Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Introduced In House on 06/04/2020
Promising Pathway Act [S.3872]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Science ]
Establishes a provisional approval pathway for medicines intended for serious or life-threatening diseases, including illnesses posing a threat of epidemic or pandemic. The period of the provisional approval is for two years and is potentially renewable. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must establish a priority review system to evaluate completed provisional approval applications within 90 days of receipt. A provisional approval application may be approved if the FDA determines that (1) there is substantial evidence of safety for the drug;
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S.3872: Promising Pathway Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/03/2020
CHIPPER Act Children’s Health Insurance Program Pandemic Enhancement and Relief Act [S.3881]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Extends the 11.5% increase to the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) that is otherwise applicable under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through FY2021, in accordance with specified conditions. For example, in order to receive the increased FMAP in FY2021, a state must cover, without cost-sharing, testing and treatment for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), including vaccines, specialized equipment, and therapies.
S.3881: CHIPPER Act Children’s Health Insurance Program Pandemic Enhancement and Relief Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/03/2020
Community Solutions for COVID–19 Act [S.3877]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Services ]
Provides funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to nongovernmental entities for programs to reduce or eliminate disparities related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Eligible entities must have experience working to address issues related to health equity among those disproportionally impacted by adverse health outcomes. Grant funds may be used to improve access to testing, treatment, and other services with respect to COVID-19 and for other purposes.
S.3877: Community Solutions for COVID–19 Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/03/2020
AB-4179: Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million.
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew Zwicker
Substituted By S2559 (4r) on 06/24/2021
You have voted AB-4179: Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million..