Health

Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Eliminating Health Disparities Act of 2017 [HB-2048] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Community Development ]
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, (continued...)

  

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] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
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] [Healthcare ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
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

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Relating to selling Jackie Withrow Hospital [HB-2366] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Budget and Spending ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the selling of Jackie Withrow Hospital by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources.Â

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington Senate Requests House To Concur on 04/07/2017

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Medicare You Can Opt Into Act of 2017 [HB-2065] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ]
Medicare You Can Opt Into Act of 2017 This bill allows an individual to buy into Medicare for hospital insurance if the individual is residing in the United States and is a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent resident. The Department of Health and Human Services must establish enrollment periods and coverage for individuals who buy the insurance.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Shea-Porter Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/21/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. [HB-1473] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Criminal Justice ]
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; penalty. Creates the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (the Act). The Act prohibits an abortion after 20 weeks' gestation unless, in reasonable medical judgment, the mother has a condition that so complicates her medical condition as to necessitate the abortion to avert her death or to avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function. When an abortion is not prohibited post-20 weeks' gestation, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Relating to the organizational structure of state government [HB-2376] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Mental Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that the Bureau for Medical Services be renamed the Department of Medical Services with the Commissioner of the Bureau for Medical Services becoming the Secretary of the Department of Medical Services. The bill provides that the Department continue to operate as currently configured as the Bureau for Medical Services with the structure of the Department of the Health and Human Resources for administrative support, interagency cooperation and program support. The bill; removes the Human Rights Commission, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Ellington To Health And Human Resources on 03/29/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan. [SB-163] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ]
Relating to covered benefits under the child health plan.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jose Rodriguez Read First Time on 01/25/2017

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Federal
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Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 [S.872] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ]
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 This bill permanently extends the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program (which provides increased payments to certain smaller, rural hospitals that serve a proportionally high number of Medicare patients) and the program for increased payments under Medicare for low-volume hospitals.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/06/2017

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Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act [HB-2038] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Mental Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to excise taxes on manufacturers, to impose a one cent per milligram fee on the sale of active opioids by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. The fee excludes prescription drugs used exclusively for the treatment of opioid addiction as part of a medically assisted treatment effort. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program to provide rebates or discounts to cancer and hospice patients to ensure that they do (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

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. [SB-224] [Healthcare ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ]
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: Sen. Jane Nelson Senate Appoints Conferees-reported on 05/25/2017

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Behavioral Health Infrastructure Improvement Act [HB-2047] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ]
Behavioral Health Infrastructure Improvement Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to temporarily increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for behavioral health infrastructure and systems improvements under a state medical assistance program. For a period of five years, a state's FMAP for such improvements shall equal 90%. (Generally, a state's FMAP under Medicaid may range from 50% to 83%.) The bill also establishes a grant program for states to establish or support a behavioral health assistance (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette Clarke Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Insurance Opioid Regulation [HB-90] [Insurance ] [Healthcare ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Public Health ]
Insurance Opioid Regulation

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Evan Vickers Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/17/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to health benefit plan coverage of preexisting conditions. [HB-224] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ]
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of preexisting conditions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Rodriguez Read First Time on 02/13/2017

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

Hygiene Tax Act [HB-71] [Taxes ] [Consumer Protection ]
Hygiene Tax Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Duckworth House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/09/2017

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Federal
US Congress 115th Congress

Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017 [HB-1909] [Environmental ] [Healthcare ] [Student Loans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ] [Public Health ]
Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop model standards and guidelines for credentialing environmental health workers. HHS must develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan for the environmental health workforce that includes performance measures and identifies: (1) any gaps between existing programs and future environmental health workforce needs, (2) actions needed to address any identified gaps, and (3) any additional statutory authority required by HHS to implement (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry Johnson Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Neonatal abstinence syndrome; Board of Health to adopt regulations to include as reportable disease. [HB-1467] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Board of Health to adopt regulations to include neonatal abstinence syndrome on the list of reportable diseases. Requires the Board of Health to adopt regulations to include neonatal abstinence syndrome on the list of diseases that shall be required to be reported. This bill is identical to SB 1323.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0280) on 03/03/2017

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State (Utah)
Utah 2017 General Session

End of Life Options Act [HB-76] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
End of Life Options Act

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/09/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Pornography; public health hazard. [HJR-549] [Public Health ]
Pornography; public health hazard. Recognizes pornography as leading to individual and societal harms.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory Left In Rules on 02/21/2017

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Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017 [HB-1904] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ]
Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise physician supervision requirements under the Medicare program for radiology services performed by advanced level radiographers. Specifically, with respect to a state that has established such requirements for those services, the bill aligns Medicare's requirements with state requirements. An "advanced level radiographer" is a radiographer who has obtained specified certification from either the American Registry of Radiologic (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/17/2017

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