A resolution designating February 2017 as "American Heart Month" and February 3, 2017, as "National Wear Red Day". [SR-45]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A resolution designating February 2017 as "American Heart Month" and February 3, 2017, as "National Wear Red Day". Designates February 2017 as American Heart Month and February 3, 2017, as National Wear Red Day. Recognizes and reaffirms the commitment to fighting heart disease and stroke by promoting awareness of causes, risks, and prevention, supporting research, and expanding access to medical treatment. Encourages individuals to learn about their risk for heart disease.
SR-45: A resolution designating February 2017 as "American Heart Month" and February 3, 2017, as "National Wear Red Day".
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Senate Committee On The Judiciary Discharged By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S1092) on 02/10/2017
HB-1629: Relating to the development of a quality-based outcome measure for the child health plan program and Medicaid regarding certain persons with HIV.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini
Signed By The Governor on 06/15/2017
You have voted HB-1629: Relating to the development of a quality-based outcome measure for the child health plan program and Medicaid regarding certain persons with HIV..
Governor; enter into agreements regarding Medicaid services, benefits, and programs. [HJR-710]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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.
HJR-710: Governor; enter into agreements regarding Medicaid services, benefits, and programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth R. Plum
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 [S.284]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
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
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S.284: End Surprise Billing Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/02/2017
Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act [S.297]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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
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S.297: Increasing Competition in Pharmaceuticals Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/02/2017
Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Over Lottery Winners Act of 2017 [HB-829]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
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
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HB-829: Prioritizing the Most Vulnerable Over Lottery Winners Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Fred Upton
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. Markup Report Cq on 02/07/2017
Public schools; possession of glucagon. [SB-1215]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
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
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SB-1215: Public schools; possession of glucagon.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Stuart
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2017
Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017 [HB-820]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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
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HB-820: Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
FACT Act Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act [HB-816]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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.
HB-816: FACT Act Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/03/2017
End Surprise Billing Act of 2017 [HB-817]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
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
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HB-817: End Surprise Billing Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/14/2017
Certificate of public need; denial of certain certificates. [HB-2227]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
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
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HB-2227: Certificate of public need; denial of certain certificates.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris T. 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]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
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
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S.292: Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Became Public Law No: 115-180. on 06/05/2018
Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017 [S.294]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Food ]
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.
S.294: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/02/2017
Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017 [S.253]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
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.
S.253: Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. 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
Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017 [S.261]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
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
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S.261: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/01/2017