Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act [HB-2224]
Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act This bill requires that the Medicare hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas be calculated using state-specific, rather than national, budget neutrality. (The Medicare hospital wage index is used to calculate geographic adjustments to Medicare reimbursements.)
HB-2224: Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Roe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/05/2017
DPOR and DHP; licensure, certification, registration, and permitting. [SB-922]
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Department of Health Professions; licensure, certification, registration, and permitting. Provides that certain powers of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, the Department of Health Professions, and health regulatory boards and certain requirements of persons regulated by such entities apply, inclusively, to permits as well as licenses, certifications, and registrations and to holders of permits as well as holders of such licenses, certifications, and registrations.
SB-922: DPOR and DHP; licensure, certification, registration, and permitting.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0423) on 03/13/2017
Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2017 [HB-2202]
Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to make certain doctors of chiropractic (chiropractors) eligible for appointment to the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. To be appointed, a chiropractor must be eligible for licensure in a majority of the states or approved by a body acceptable to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS and the Surgeon General must ensure that such chiropractors are trained, equipped, and otherwise
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HB-2202: Chiropractic Membership in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Gene Green
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/28/2017
To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff. [HB-2192]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, if the American Health Care Act (H.B. 1628) is enacted, to make plans made available by the federal government to Members of Congress and congressional staff subject to state waivers of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requirement for health insurance to cover the essential health benefits and PPACA restrictions on
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HB-2192: To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 06/07/2017
You have voted HB-2192: To amend the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the non-application of certain State waiver provisions to Members of Congress and congressional staff..
Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2017 [S.986]
Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a hospital that meets specified criteria and is located in a state with no rural areas to be considered a Medicare-dependent hospital. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall establish and implement a process for reimbursing impacted hospitals for any underpayments resulting from this bill's implementation.
S.986: Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/27/2017
Veterans Access to Care Act [S.968]
Veterans Access to Care Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to automatically designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as health professional shortage areas. Individuals may not participate in both the VA's Health Professionals Education Assistance Program and the National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment programs. The Department of Health and Human Services, in carrying out the National Health Service Corps Program, must consult with the VA regarding health professional shortage areas
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S.968: Veterans Access to Care Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/27/2017
S.974: CREATES Act of 2018 Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On The Judiciary. Reported By Senator Grassley With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 06/21/2018
Eliminating the certificate of need program [HB-2523]
The purpose of this bill is to terminate the certificate of need program for healthcare facilities and delete references to the certificate of need program throughout the code. §16-2D-1 has been completely rewritten; therefore, it has been completely underscored..
HB-2523: Eliminating the certificate of need program
Sponsored by: Sen. Rupert Phillips
Filed For Introduction on 02/16/2017