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POPPY Study Act Protecting against Opioid Prescription-abuse during Prenatal Year Study Act [HB-5646]
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[Children and Youth ]
POPPY Study Act Protecting against Opioid Prescription-abuse during Prenatal Year Study Act
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Responsible Opioid Prescription Act [HB-5635]
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Responsible Opioid Prescription Act This bill limits Medicaid coverage of opioids prescribed to enrollees other than those who are in long-term care facilities or who are receiving hospice care, palliative care, or treatment for cancer.
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State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018 [HB-5641]
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State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2018
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A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an action plan on recommendations for changes under Medicare and Medicaid to prevent opioids addictions and enhance access to medication-assisted treatment, and for other purposes. [S.2769]
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A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for an action plan on recommendations for changes under Medicare and Medicaid to prevent opioids addictions and enhance access to medication-assisted treatment, and for other purposes. This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop an action plan to provide recommendations on changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs to enhance: (1) the treatment and prevention of opioid addiction, and (2) the coverage and reimbursement of medication-assisted
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Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018 [HB-5634]
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Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018
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Easy Enrollment Act of 2018 [HB-5625]
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Easy Enrollment Act of 2018 This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to shift the annual open enrollment period for health care exchanges. Beginning with calendar 2020, the annual open enrollment period must begin on a date set by the Department of Health and Human Services and must end on April 15 of that calendar year. Under current law, for benefit years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, the annual open enrollment period begins on November 1 and ends on December 15 of the calendar year preceding the benefit year.
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9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Act of 2017 [HB-3834]
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9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill makes eligible for the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor a public safety officer who: (1) participated in the response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; and (2) died because of such participation as a result of a WTC-related health condition (i.e., a World Trade Center-related health condition).
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Community Partnerships in Education Act [HB-4272]
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[Children and Youth ]
Community Partnerships in Education Act
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MEDS Act Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2017 [S.1803]
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MEDS Act Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate research involving marijuana and the commercial production of drugs made from marijuana. Specifically, the bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to register manufacturers and distributors to supply marijuana: (1) for use in research, and (2) for the commercial production of approved drugs containing or derived from marijuana.
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Gun Violence Research Act of 2017 [HB-4573]
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[Public Safety ]
Gun Violence Research Act of 2017
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A resolution supporting the designation of April 2018 as "Parkinson's Awareness Month". [SR-484]
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A resolution supporting the designation of April 2018 as "Parkinson's Awareness Month".
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Opioid Minority Health Report to Congress Act of 2018 [HB-5616]
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Opioid Minority Health Report to Congress Act of 2018 This bill requires the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to report annually on the impact of the opioid epidemic on racial and ethnic minority groups, including the scope of the epidemic, whether expansion of coverage for medication-assisted treatment under the Medicare and Medicaid programs could decrease opioid use and overdose deaths, and the extent of participation by such groups in pain management clinical trials.
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RIP MSP Act Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act [S.2221]
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RIP MSP Act Repeal Insurance Plans of the Multi-State Program Act This bill repeals a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that allows the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to enter into contracts with health insurance issuers to offer multi-state plan options. OPM must report about specified efforts in its process to wind down the multi-state program. The bill rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided to OPM for staffing and administering the multi-state program.
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Tobacco to 21 Act [HB-4273]
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Tobacco to 21 Act This bill prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21.The Department of Health and Human Services must enforce this prohibition by taking necessary actions including, as appropriate, conducting undercover compliance checks, performing retailer inspections, initiating enforcement actions for noncompliance, and establishing requirements that retailers check identification.
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create care management demonstration programs for chronic kidney disease under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. [HB-3867]
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create care management demonstration programs for chronic kidney disease under the Medicare program, and for other purposes. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish two care-management demonstration programs for chronic kidney disease (CKD) under the Medicare program: (1) the CKD Early Detection and Treatment Demonstration Program, and (2) the Demonstration Program for Advanced CKD. A practitioner's participation in either program shall be optional. Through
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Defending Access to Mental Health Care Act [S.2732]
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Defending Access to Mental Health Care Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the National Health Service Corps Program to include service in pediatric inpatient mental health facilities (such facilities may qualify as health professional shortage areas under the program).
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340B Optimization Act [HB-5598]
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340B Optimization Act
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Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act [HB-5605]
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Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration program to: (1) increase access to opioid-use disorder treatment services for Medicare beneficiaries, (2) improve physical and mental health outcomes for such beneficiaries, and (3) reduce Medicare expenditures. Opioid-use disorder care teams of practitioners may apply for participation in the demonstration project. The CMS must establish a performance-based incentive
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Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act [HB-5590]
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Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to develop an action plan to provide recommendations on changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs to enhance: (1) the treatment and prevention of opioid addiction, and (2) the coverage and payment of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction. The CMS must convene a stakeholder meeting to solicit public comment on the action plan. The CMS must also publish a report that includes an evaluation of price trends for opioid overdose-reversal
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Recognizing Meningitis B Awareness Day. [HR-842]
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Recognizing Meningitis B Awareness Day.