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V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017 Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017 [HB-1995]
V-BID for Better Care Act of 2017 Value-Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to expand testing of a model of Medicare Advantage (MA) value-based insurance design that allows MA plans to propose and design benefit structures that vary benefits, cost-sharing, and supplemental benefits with respect to enrollees who have specific chronic diseases. The test model (initially being carried out in specified states) shall
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2017
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Fostering Innovation in Medical Imaging Act of 2017 [HB-2009]
Fostering Innovation in Medical Imaging Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2017 [HB-2050]
Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act of 2017 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to carry out a demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low-vision devices under Medicare in the same manner as Medicare coverage is provided for durable medical equipment. "Low-vision device" means a physician-prescribed device that magnifies, enhances, or otherwise augments or interprets visual images; the term does not include ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses. The bill appropriates
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2017
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At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2017 [S.874]
At-Risk Youth Medicaid Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to specify that a state Medicaid program may not terminate a juvenile's medical assistance enrollment because the juvenile is incarcerated. A state may suspend enrollment while the juvenile is an inmate, but must restore enrollment upon release without requiring a new application or any other action unless the individual no longer meets the eligibility requirements for medical assistance. A state must process an application submitted by,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/06/2017
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Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 [S.870]
Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: extend the Independence at Home demonstration program; modify provisions regarding access to home dialysis therapy under Medicare and special needs plans under Medicare Advantage (MA); expand testing of the MA Value-Based Insurance Design test model; allow an MA plan to provide additional telehealth benefits to enrollees and, to chronically ill enrollees, certain supplemental health
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-146. on 08/03/2017
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Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a first responder engaged in the actual discharge of the first responder's duties. [HB-56]
Relating to the carrying of a handgun by a first responder engaged in the actual discharge of the first responder's duties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Drew Springer
Considered In Calendars on 05/03/2017
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Establishing additional substance abuse treatment facilities [HB-2428]
The purpose of this bill is to establish additional substance abuse treatment facilities; offer legislative findings; establish additional substance abuse treatment services in Wood County, West Virginia; require the secretary of DHHR to determine how best to effectuate the purposes of the article; create a Substance Abuse Treatment Fund to support the facilities established pursuant to this article.
Sponsored by: Rep. George Ambler
Chapter 194, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017
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Allowing influenza immunizations to be offered to patients and residents of specified facilities [HB-2431]
The purpose of this bill is to allow influenza immunizations to be offered to patients and residents of specified facilities on a voluntary basis based upon recommendations of the Center for Disease Control.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington
Chapter 187, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 on 05/23/2017
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Relating to the regulation of funeral services, funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories; imposing penalties. [SB-65]
Relating to the regulation of funeral services, funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories; imposing penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini
Read First Time on 01/24/2017
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Peer-Support Specialist Act of 2017 [HB-2046]
Peer-Support Specialist Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to eligible entities to develop and sustain behavioral health paraprofessional training and education programs, including through tuition support. Eligible entities are community colleges, training or credentialing programs, and other entities deemed appropriate by HHS. HHS must report on and publish best practices and professional standards in states for: (1) establishing and operating health care programs using peer-support
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2017 [HB-1984]
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2017 This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for research on triple-negative breast cancer (the cells of these breast cancers are negative for estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and excess HER2 protein). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must develop and disseminate to the public information regarding triple-negative breast cancer, including information on: (1) the incidence and prevalence of triple-negative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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Opioid PACE Act of 2017 Opioid Preventing Abuse through Continuing Education Act of 2017 [HB-2063]
Opioid PACE Act of 2017 Opioid Preventing Abuse through Continuing Education Act of 2017 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to require a practitioner (other than a hospital, pharmacy, pharmacist, or veterinarian) to comply with a training requirement, as a condition of obtaining or renewing a registration to prescribe or dispense opioids for the treatment of pain or pain management.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 05/01/2017
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Relating to the sunset review date for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the time for awarding cancer research and prevention grants. [HB-84]
Relating to the sunset review date for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the time for awarding cancer research and prevention grants.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Davis
Received From The House on 04/26/2017
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LATTS Act of 2017 Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2017 [HB-2022]
LATTS Act of 2017 Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the sale of human tissue for research or education unless the seller has a non-transplant tissue bank license, each package of tissue is labeled with specified information, and each package is wrapped in the prescribed manner. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall establish a process for the approval, suspension, and revocation of non-transplant tissue bank licenses. False labeling of packages of human tissue is prohibited. HHS or any accrediting
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Gosar
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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Restoring the Patient's Voice Act of 2017 [HB-2077]
Restoring the Patient's Voice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan to establish an exception to medication step-therapy protocol in specified cases. A medication step-therapy protocol establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs are covered by a group health plan or a health insurance issuer. To warrant an exception to the protocol, at least one of the following circumstances must be met: (1) the treatment is contraindicated, (2) the treatment is expected
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. [HR-262]
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. Promotes effective and comprehensive HIV prevention education programs. Urges youth-friendly and accessible health care services to better provide for the early identification of HIV through voluntary routine testing and to connect those in need to clinically and culturally appropriate care and treatment as early as possible. Commends the work of AIDS service organizations, community and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017 [HB-2042]
Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which HHS makes student loan repayments in exchange for a health professional providing frontline care services for two years in a frontline care scarcity area. Frontline care services include services in the fields of surgery, optometry, physical therapy, pharmacies, public health, dietetics, occupational therapy, pediatrics,
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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Eliminating Health Disparities Act of 2017 [HB-2048]
Eliminating Health Disparities Act of 2017 This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state to establish a Health Disparities Elimination Program, through which the state shall provide incentive payments to qualified community health systems (i.e., hospitals or affiliated groups of health care providers) for approved initiatives to reduce health disparities. In selecting qualified community health systems for participation, a state shall give priority to those that: (1) have included, in their required action plans,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Lujan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017
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PIMA of 2017 Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2017 [HB-2066]
PIMA of 2017 Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2017 This bill expands Medicare's prohibition on physician self-referrals to include, with specified exceptions, certain advanced imaging, anatomic pathology, radiation therapy, and physical therapy services. Additionally, the bill establishes increased civil monetary penalties for violations of the self-referral prohibition with respect to those services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall conduct a compliance review with respect to such referrals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dina Titus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2017
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Pharmaceutical Information Exchange Act [HB-2026]
Pharmaceutical Information Exchange Act This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow information about a new investigational medication or the investigational use of a medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration to be provided to health care entities if the information is based on reliable scientific evidence.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brett Guthrie
Subcommittee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 01/17/2018