Health

State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Governor; enter into agreements regarding Medicaid services, benefits, and programs. [HJR-710]
Governor; enter into agreements regarding Medicaid services, benefits, and programs. Encourages the Governor to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend to all eligible residents of the Commonwealth the full range of services, benefits, and programs available under federal law and regulations through the Medicaid program.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017

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End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 [S.284]
End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a critical access hospital or other hospital to comply, as a condition of participation in Medicare, with certain requirements related to billing for out-of-network services. With respect to an individual who has health benefits coverage and is seeking services, a hospital must provide notice as to: (1) whether the hospital, or any of the providers furnishing services to the individual at the hospital, is not within the health care provider (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/02/2017

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Expressing support for designation of February 4, 2017, as National Cancer Prevention Day. [HR-84]
Expressing support for designation of February 4, 2017, as National Cancer Prevention Day. Expresses support for the designation of National Cancer Prevention Day.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017

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Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act [S.297]
Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions regarding review and approval of generic drug applications or supplements to generic drug applications for drugs: (1) for which there is a shortage, or (2) that have not been recently introduced to the market by more than one manufacturer and for which tentative approval has not been granted to more than two applications. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must prioritize the review of such submissions and act on them (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/02/2017

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Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Over Lottery Winners Act of 2017 [HB-829]
Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Over Lottery Winners Act of 2017 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) to specify how a state must treat qualified lottery winnings and lump sum income for purposes of determining an individual's income-based eligibility for a state Medicaid program. Specifically, a state shall include such winnings or income as income received: (1) in the month in which it was received, if the amount is less than $80,000; (2) over a period of two months, if the amount is at least $80,000 but less than $90,000; (3) over a period (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Fred Upton Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. Markup Report Cq on 02/07/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Public schools; possession of glucagon. [SB-1215]
Public schools; possession of glucagon. Requires local school boards to adopt and implement policies for the possession and administration of glucagon in every school that one or more students with diabetes attend and requires the Board of Education to adopt and implement policies for the possession and administration of glucagon in every school for students with disabilities that one or more students with diabetes attend. The bill allows a school nurse, an employee of the school board, an employee of a local governing body, an employee of a local (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the use of warning devices by stationary authorized emergency vehicles. [HB-1611]
Relating to the use of warning devices by stationary authorized emergency vehicles.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes Left Pending In Committee on 05/22/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the establishment of the disaster identification system for a state of disaster. [HB-1598]
Relating to the establishment of the disaster identification system for a state of disaster.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Armando Martinez Read First Time on 03/09/2017

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Federal
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Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 [HB-820]
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with selected cancers that have the least effective treatments in order to achieve a better understanding of these cancers and the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2022 and revised to authorize (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017

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Federal
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FACT Act Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act [HB-816]
FACT Act Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act This bill amends the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 to require the reports of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) to include a description of the progress on the development and use of alternative methods for toxicological testing by participating federal agencies. Federal agencies that require or recommend toxicological testing must provide the ICCVAM with the information needed to carry out the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017

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End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 [HB-817]
End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a critical access hospital or other hospital to comply, as a condition of participation in Medicare, with certain requirements related to billing for out-of-network services. With respect to an individual who has health benefits coverage and is seeking services, a hospital must provide notice as to: (1) whether the hospital, or any of the providers furnishing services to the individual at the hospital, is not within the health care provider (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/14/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Certificate of public need; denial of certain certificates. [HB-2227]
Certificate of public need; denial of certain certificates. Prohibits the Commissioner of Health from denying an application for a certificate of public need for the addition of a new neonatal special care service at a medical care facility located in a planning district with a population of 275,000 or more in which there is only a single existing provider of such service or a new open heart surgery service at a medical care facility located in a planning district with a population of 2,000,000 or more in which there are two or more existing providers (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chris Head Left In Health, Welfare And Institutions on 02/07/2017

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Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2018 [S.292]
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with selected cancers that have the least effective treatments in order to achieve a better understanding of these cancers and the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2022 and revised to authorize (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Became Public Law No: 115-180. on 06/05/2018

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Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017 [S.294]
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and from user fees assessed on tobacco products by the FDA.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/02/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to required coverage for obesity under group health benefit plans. [SB-756]
Relating to required coverage for obesity under group health benefit plans.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jose Menendez Read First Time on 02/22/2017

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Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 [S.253]
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 This bill repeals existing caps on Medicare payment for certain outpatient physical-therapy services and speech-language pathology services. Under current law, annual payment for such services is capped at $1,980 in 2017, with specified percentage increases to that limit in subsequent years.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S596-597; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S597) on 02/01/2017

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Federal
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Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017 [S.261]
Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. The nutrient content disclosure statement on the menu or menu board must include: (1) the number of calories contained in the whole menu item; (2) the number of servings and number of calories per serving; or (3) the number of calories per common unit of the item, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/01/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to mediation of the settlement of certain out-of-network health benefit claims involving balance billing. [HB-1566]
Relating to mediation of the settlement of certain out-of-network health benefit claims involving balance billing.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Frullo Laid On The Table Subject To Call on 05/03/2017

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A joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act. [SJR-17]
A joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act. This joint resolution initiates the process to terminate the Independent Medicare Advisory Board, which issues annual recommendations for reducing growth in Medicare expenditures. Under current law, the enactment of a such a joint resolution is required in order to terminate the board.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/01/2017

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Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 [HB-807]
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 This bill repeals existing caps on Medicare payment for certain outpatient physical-therapy services and speech-language pathology services. Under current law, annual payment for such services is capped at $1,980 in 2017, with specified percentage increases to that limit in subsequent years.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/10/2017

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