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US Congress 115th Congress
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2017 [HB-2334]
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2017 This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt certain Food and Drug Administration user fees from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty. [SB-15]
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.
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Common SENSE Act of 2017 Common Sense Employer Notification of Special Enrollment Act of 2017 [HB-2342]
Common SENSE Act of 2017 Common Sense Employer Notification of Special Enrollment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to expand notification requirements for health plans regarding beneficiaries who would lose coverage if not for continuation coverage (e.g., due to job termination) to include providing notice of: (1) guaranteed availability of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including special enrollment
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to an advance directive and do-not-resuscitate order of a pregnant patient. [HB-439]
Relating to an advance directive and do-not-resuscitate order of a pregnant patient.
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Utah 2017 General Session
Podiatric Physician Licensing Act Amendments [HB-167]
Podiatric Physician Licensing Act Amendments
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RAISE Family Caregivers Act Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage Family Caregivers Act of 2017 [S.1028]
RAISE Family Caregivers Act Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage Family Caregivers Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and make publicly available a National Family Caregiving Strategy that identifies recommended actions for recognizing and supporting family caregivers in a manner that reflects their diverse needs. (Sec. 4) HHS shall convene a Family Caregiving Advisory Council to advise the department on recognizing and supporting family caregivers. (Sec. 6) The council
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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a State Medicaid option to enhance administrative matching funds to support statewide behavioral health access program activities for children under 21 years of age, and for other purposes. [HB-2337]
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a State Medicaid option to enhance administrative matching funds to support statewide behavioral health access program activities for children under 21 years of age, and for other purposes. This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state Medicaid program to provide, and receive an enhanced federal matching rate for providing, administrative activities carried out with respect to a behavioral health access program for individuals under 21 years of age.
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Utah 2017 General Session
Air Ambulance Amendments [SB-95]
Air Ambulance Amendments
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Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". [HR-304]
Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". Expresses support for: (1) the designation of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, and (2) investment in asthma research. Salutes health care professionals and researchers who work on asthma and allergies.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hospitals; regulations governing, facilities performing abortions. [HB-1563]
Regulations governing hospitals; facilities performing abortions. Removes language classifying facilities that perform five or more first trimester abortions per month as hospitals for the purpose of complying with regulations establishing minimum standards for hospitals.
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Family-Based Care Services Act of 2017 [HB-2290]
Family-Based Care Services Act of 2017 This bill establishes a definition, under Medicaid, for "qualified therapeutic family care services." Specifically, such services are those provided for children younger than age 21 who need institution-level care but can instead be cared for in a community placement through a licensed and accredited program that: (1) provides children with certain structured daily activities, and (2) provides parents and caregivers with specialized training and consultation.
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Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 [S.1001]
Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the payment system for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revise quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) require the Department of Health and Human
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Medicaid applications; information about advance directives. [HB-1567]
Medicaid applications; information about advance directives. Requires all entities approved by the Board of Medical Assistance Services to receive applications and to determine eligibility for medical assistance to provide each applicant for medical assistance with information about advance directives pursuant to Article 8 (§ 54.1-2981 et seq.) of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1, including information about the purpose and benefits of advance directives and how the applicant may make an advance directive.
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School-Based Respiratory Health Management Act [HB-2285]
School-Based Respiratory Health Management Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the conditions under which the Department of Health and Human Services, in making asthma-related grants, gives preference to a state. A preference is given to states that require elementary and secondary schools to have: (1) on the premises during operating hours at least one individual trained in the administration of rescue medications for allergies and reversible lower airway disorders, and (2) an allergies and reversible lower airway disorders
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prohibiting health care practitioners from knowingly and in bad faith prescribing or administering drugs [HB-2614]
The purpose of this bill is to make it a crime to prescribe, dispense, administer, mix or otherwise prepare a drug in a manner not in accordance with accepted medical standards, to provide defenses, and to establish penalties.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the carrying of weapons, including the application of certain weapons and handgun license laws to certain persons, the carrying of handguns by license holders on the property of a state hospital, and the liability for certain actions of volunteer emergency services personnel licensed to carry a handgun; providing a civil penalty. [HB-435]
Relating to the carrying of weapons, including the application of certain weapons and handgun license laws to certain persons, the carrying of handguns by license holders on the property of a state hospital, and the liability for certain actions of volunteer emergency services personnel licensed to carry a handgun; providing a civil penalty.
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to add standards for drug compendia for physician use for purposes of Medicaid payment for certain drugs, and for other purposes. [S.1003]
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to add standards for drug compendia for physician use for purposes of Medicaid payment for certain drugs, and for other purposes. This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to add standards for drug compendia used by physicians with respect to payment for certain drugs under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Specifically, such compendia shall include compendia that, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: (1) are used by health
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Medicaid and CHIP Territory Transparency and Information Act [HB-2263]
Medicaid and CHIP Territory Transparency and Information Act
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Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2017 [HB-2276]
Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2017 This bill amends expands the definition of "physician," for purposes of the Medicare program, to include an audiologist with respect to the furnishing of audiology services. Additionally, the bill expands the scope of audiology services covered under Medicare and allows payment for such services regardless of whether an enrollee is under the care of (or referred by) a physician or other health care provider or whether the services are provided under the supervision of a physician or other health care provider.
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HEART Act of 2017 Helping Expand Access to Rural Telemedicine Act of 2017 [HB-2291]
HEART Act of 2017 Helping Expand Access to Rural Telemedicine Act of 2017