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Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2017 [HB-4552]
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[Social Security ]
[Education ]
Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise payment rules for graduate medical education (GME) costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program. With respect to a hospital that has not entered into a GME affiliation agreement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall establish the hospital's full-time equivalent (FTE) resident amount only after determining that the hospital's medical residency
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Endometrial Cancer Research and Education Act of 2018 [HB-6203]
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[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Endometrial Cancer Research and Education Act of 2018
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To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities in All-Hazards Emergencies. [HB-6201]
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[Disaster Relief ]
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To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities in All-Hazards Emergencies.
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Increasing Access to Care Act [S.1976]
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Increasing Access to Care Act
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Expressing support for the designation of June 21 as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and safe storage of guns in the home. [HCR-125]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Expressing support for the designation of June 21 as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children's health and safe storage of guns in the home. Expresses support for the designation of National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to encourage parents to ask, before their child visits another home, whether there is an unlocked gun in the home.
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NEWBORN Act Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act [HB-6174]
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[Children and Youth ]
NEWBORN Act Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act
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Mental Health Care for Children Inhumanely Separated from Parents by the Federal Government Act of 2018 [HB-6180]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Immigration ]
Mental Health Care for Children Inhumanely Separated from Parents by the Federal Government Act of 2018
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Drug-Price Transparency in Communications Act [S.2157]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Drug-Price Transparency in Communications Act
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A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by clarifying that State Exchanges are prohibited from imposing fees or assessments on issuers of excepted benefits and standalone dental plans not sold through an Exchange. [S.2241]
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A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by clarifying that State Exchanges are prohibited from imposing fees or assessments on issuers of excepted benefits and standalone dental plans not sold through an Exchange. This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit a state, solely to fund its health insurance exchange, from charging a health insurer a fee or tax for excepted benefits coverage (benefits not subject to requirements under the Act) or on standalone dental plans that are not sold on an exchange.
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Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act [S.3095]
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Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act
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A resolution designating the month of June 2018 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2018, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day". [SR-554]
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A resolution designating the month of June 2018 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2018, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day".
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Recognizing the importance of a continued commitment to ending pediatric HIV/AIDS worldwide. [HR-593]
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[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Children and Youth ]
Recognizing the importance of a continued commitment to ending pediatric HIV/AIDS worldwide. Recognizes that prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is critical to stopping the spread of HIV worldwide, and that the fight to eliminate pediatric HIV worldwide has been a priority for more than 13 years. Supports providing women with HIV counseling and testing services and scaling up pediatric treatment of HIV.
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Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act of 2017 [HB-4620]
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[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act of 2017 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow a health insurer to reduce its 2018 annual fee by the amount of premium rebates provided to enrollees under this bill. Premium rebates must be equal to the lesser of 2% of the net premiums for each individual or the premiums paid by an individual.For a Medicaid managed care organization, the 2018 annual fee shall be reduced by 2% of the net premiums. The bill suspends the annual fee for 2019.
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ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2018 Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Transparency Act of 2018 [HB-6138]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2018 Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Transparency Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the expert outside advisory panel that reviews the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services to include at least one ambulatory surgical center representative. (Sec. 3) The bill also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to specify the criteria used to exclude certain procedures from the list of covered surgical procedures that may be performed in an ambulatory surgical
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Reducing Drug Waste Act of 2018 [HB-6142]
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[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Reducing Drug Waste Act of 2018
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Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 [HB-6144]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018 This bill prohibits a health-benefits plan or pharmacy-benefits manager under Medicare or Medicare Advantage from restricting a pharmacy from informing an enrollee of any difference between the price of a drug under the plan and the price of the drug without health-insurance coverage.
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Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act [HB-6143]
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Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act
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Informing Opioid Prescribing Through Evidence-Based Guidelines Act of 2018 [HB-6133]
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[Overdose Prevention ]
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Informing Opioid Prescribing Through Evidence-Based Guidelines Act of 2018
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Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2017 Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2018 [HB-4675]
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[Science ]
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Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2017 Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Energy to carry out a research program on low-dose radiation to enhance the scientific understanding of the effects of exposure and to improve risk-assessment and risk-management methods. "Low-dose radiation" is defined as a dose less than 100 millisieverts. (The Nuclear Regulatory Commission limits an adult's annual occupational radiation dose to 50 millisieverts.)
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Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2018 [S.3079]
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[Healthcare ]
Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2018