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Disaster Preparedness for Power Outages Act of 2018 [HB-5832]
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Disaster Preparedness for Power Outages Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to long-term care facilities to help such facilities prepare for power outages during and after natural disasters. Eligible grant activities include the purchase of backup power sources (e.g., generators) and the creation of regional resource directories.
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21st Century Tools for Pain and Addiction Treatment Act [HB-5806]
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21st Century Tools for Pain and Addiction Treatment Act
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Long-Term Opioid Efficacy Act of 2018 [HB-5811]
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Long-Term Opioid Efficacy Act of 2018
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A resolution expressing support for the designation of the month of May 2018 as "National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month". [SR-510]
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A resolution expressing support for the designation of the month of May 2018 as "National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month".
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Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2018 [HB-5794]
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Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize for FY2018-FY2023 and revise the tuberculosis (TB) prevention and treatment grant program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Health Resources and Services Administration may also award grants to state and local governments and federally-qualified health centers for TB prevention and treatment efforts. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on national TB prevention and treatment efforts.
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SAFETY Act of 2018 Saving American Families through Efficacy and Trusted Ways Act of 2018 [HB-5803]
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SAFETY Act of 2018 Saving American Families through Efficacy and Trusted Ways Act of 2018
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Regional Health Care Emergency Preparedness and Response Systems Act [S.2851]
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Regional Health Care Emergency Preparedness and Response Systems Act
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Medicaid IMD ADDITIONAL INFO Act Medicaid Institutes for Mental Disease Are Decisive in Delivering Inpatient Treatment for Individuals but Opportunities for Needed Access are Limited without Information Needed about Facility Obligations Act [HB-5800]
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Medicaid IMD ADDITIONAL INFO Act Medicaid Institutes for Mental Disease Are Decisive in Delivering Inpatient Treatment for Individuals but Opportunities for Needed Access are Limited without Information Needed about Facility Obligations Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment and Access Commission to report on information relating to services for Medicaid enrollees who are patients in institutions for mental diseases (IMDs), including: (1) the number and type of IMDs in each sampled state
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REACH OUT Act of 2018 Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users' Treatment Act of 2018 [HB-5796]
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REACH OUT Act of 2018 Responsible Education Achieves Care and Healthy Outcomes for Users' Treatment Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to qualifying organizations in order to support efforts to curb outlier prescribers of opioids under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans. (Sec. 3) Additionally, the bill temporarily eliminates the enhanced federal matching rate for Medicaid expenditures regarding
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Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 [HB-5809]
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Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018 This bill temporarily increases payment under Medicare for certain non-opioid analgesics that are used for pain management in hospital outpatient department services.
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IMD CARE Act Individuals in Medicaid Deserve Care that is Appropriate and Responsible in its Execution Act [HB-5797]
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IMD CARE Act Individuals in Medicaid Deserve Care that is Appropriate and Responsible in its Execution Act (Sec. 2) This bill temporarily allows states to apply to receive federal Medicaid payment for services provided in institutions for mental diseases (IMDs) and for other medically necessary services for enrollees (aged 21 to 64) with opioid-use or cocaine-use disorders. Services may be covered for a total of up to 30 days in a 12-month period for an eligible enrollee. States must include specified information in their applications, including
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Opioid Screening and Chronic Pain Management Alternatives for Seniors Act [HB-5798]
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Opioid Screening and Chronic Pain Management Alternatives for Seniors Act This bill requires the initial examination for new Medicare enrollees to include a review of current opioid prescriptions and an opioid use disorder screening.
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To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for clinical psychologist services models to be tested by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes. [HB-5790]
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To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for clinical psychologist services models to be tested by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and for other purposes. This bill specifies that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation may test models to: (1) help individuals learn about the availability of psychologist services under Medicare, and (2) explore the use of a behavioral health help-line that is available 24-7 to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency department visits through treatment education.
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A resolution supporting the goals of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome International Awareness Day. [SR-508]
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A resolution supporting the goals of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome International Awareness Day.
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Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act [HB-5795]
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Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2018 [S.2843]
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2018 This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for hospitals that have addiction or pain management programs, with an aggregate increase of 1,000 positions over a five-year period.
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Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act [HB-5804]
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Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act This bill temporarily freezes Medicare payment at 2016 levels for specified spinal surgery outpatient procedures that are conducted in ambulatory surgical centers.
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Medicaid Health HOME Act Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act [HB-5810]
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Medicaid Health HOME Act Medicaid Health Homes for Opioid-Use-Disorder Medicaid Enrollees Encouraged Act This bill extends the enhanced federal matching rate for expenditures regarding substance-use disorder health-home services under Medicaid. The bill also temporarily requires coverage of medication-assisted treatment under Medicaid.
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SUD CARE Act Substance Use Disorder Coordination, Access, Recovery Enhancement Act of 2018 [HB-5807]
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SUD CARE Act Substance Use Disorder Coordination, Access, Recovery Enhancement Act of 2018
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Medicaid DRUG Improvement Act Medicaid Drug Review, Utilization, Good Governance Improvement Act [HB-5799]
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Medicaid DRUG Improvement Act Medicaid Drug Review, Utilization, Good Governance Improvement Act This bill requires state Medicaid programs to establish drug-review and utilization requirements for enrollees, particularly with respect to opioid prescriptions. Drug use review programs must also identify prescribing or billing practices by providers that indicate abuse or excessive utilization.