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Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 [HB-4778]
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Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury to: (1) cooperatively issue regulations to require group health plans and health insurance issuers to annually disclose the analyses performed to ensure compliance with mental health parity laws, and (2) conduct annual random audits of group health plans and health insurance issuers
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for clarification under the Medicare program about minimal self-adjustment for off-the-shelf orthotics. [HB-4772]
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for clarification under the Medicare program about minimal self-adjustment for off-the-shelf orthotics.
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Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2018 [HB-4808]
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Transparent Health Care Pricing Act of 2018 This bill requires entities that offer or furnish health care related products or services to the public to disclose the price for those products and services at the point of purchase and on the Internet. The entities must disclose all prices, including wholesale, retail, and discounted prices, that are accepted as payment in full for products and services furnished to individual consumers.The Department of Health and Human Services may investigate and impose civil penalties on entities that fail to comply
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Over-the-Counter Drug Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act [S.2315]
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Over-the-Counter Drug Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act
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Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017 [HB-3767]
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[Children and Youth ]
Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are pediatric subspecialists are included in behavioral and mental health professionals. (These amendments make pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists, eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship
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Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2017 [HB-4006]
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[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
[Community Development ]
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Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program through which up to five eligible Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations shall provide home and community-based care to eligible Medicare beneficiaries. For purposes of the demonstration program, an eligible Medicare beneficiary is ineligible for Medicaid and unable to perform two or more activities of daily living. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
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Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act [S.2260]
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[Grants ]
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Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act This bill establishes and provides funds for the Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support pain-related research, including: understanding pain, therapies for chronic pain, and alternatives to opioids for pain treatment as directed in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016; improving options and evidence for medication-assisted treatment and opioid overdose reversal treatments; and supporting the Federal Pain Research Strategy. NIH must establish the
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Recognizing the roles and the contributions of America's Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their role in providing quality healthcare for the public. [HR-702]
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Recognizing the roles and the contributions of America's Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their role in providing quality healthcare for the public. Thanks and promotes the profession of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) by encouraging patients, hospital administrators, health care professionals, policymakers, and others to become more familiar with CRNAs by participating in National CRNA Week.
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Healthcare Tax Relief Act [HB-4831]
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Healthcare Tax Relief Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the imposition of an annual fee on health insurance providers until after December 31, 2018.
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CURD Act Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act [HB-4828]
CURD Act Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act
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CURD Act Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act [S.2322]
CURD Act Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act
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MEDS Act Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2018 [HB-4825]
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MEDS Act Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2018 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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ASK Act Advancing Seniors and Kids Act [HB-4820]
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ASK Act Advancing Seniors and Kids Act This bill extends, and otherwise revises, various public health and social welfare programs. Specifically, the bill: permanently extends the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); extends by one year, but reduces by half, additional federal financial participation for CHIP; extends CHIP's qualifying-states option, express-lane eligibility option, and outreach and enrollment program; extends the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund, the Childhood Obesity Demonstration Project, and the Pediatric Quality Measures
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Ultrasound Informed Consent Act [HB-4844]
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Ultrasound Informed Consent Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers, before a woman gives informed consent to any part of an abortion: (1) perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman; (2) provide a simultaneous explanation of what the ultrasound is depicting; (3) display the ultrasound images so the woman may view them; and (4) provide a complete medical description of the images, including the dimensions of the embryo or fetus, cardiac activity if present and visible, and the presence of external
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District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2018 [HB-4866]
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District of Columbia Medicaid Reimbursement Act of 2018 This bill increases the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for the District of Columbia from 70% to 80%. Under current law, a state's FMAP is based on its per capita income and may range from 50% to 83%.
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Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018 [HB-4849]
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Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018 This bill requires a state that makes a Medicaid payment using federal funds in a given fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) submit a report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on the state's website. HHS must submit to specified congressional committees, and publish on its website, a report that contains all submitted reports and a summary of those reports.
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Expressing support for the designation of a "Women's Health Research Day". [HR-706]
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Expressing support for the designation of a "Women's Health Research Day". Expresses support for the designation of a Women's Health Research Day.
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Competitive DRUGS Act of 2017 Competitive Deals Resulting in Unleashed Generics and Savings Act of 2017 [HB-4117]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Competitive DRUGS Act of 2017 Competitive Deals Resulting in Unleashed Generics and Savings Act of 2017
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Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 [HB-4841]
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Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018 This bill requires Medicare's electronic-prescription program to provide for the secure electronic transmittal of a prior authorization request from a Medicare enrollee's prescribing health-care professional with respect to a drug covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
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Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2018 [S.2647]
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Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2018