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Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2015 [S.1883]
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Childhood Cancer STAR Act Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide support to collect the medical specimens and information of children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer to improve the understanding of these cancers and of the effects of treatment. The national childhood cancer registry is reauthorized through FY2020 and revised to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S6138) on 07/29/2015
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Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 [S.1650]
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Home Health Documentation and Program Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: develop a single form or document to be used by a physician to satisfy the documentation requirements necessary to fulfill the requirement of a face-to-face encounter and other criteria for home health eligibility (otherwise known as the certification for home health services); and notify and provide guidance and education to Medicare administrative contractors,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/23/2015
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Transition to Independence Act [S.1604]
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Transition to Independence Act This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program over five fiscal years, beginning with FY2017, under which a Medicaid Buy-In State meeting certain criteria may receive bonus payments for: meeting specific measurable benchmarks in expanding individual integrated employment and reducing subminimum wage work, congregate setting work, or facility-based day habilitation placements for working-age individuals with a disability receiving Medicaid-funded home or community-based
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/18/2015
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Care Planning Act of 2015 [S.1549]
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Care Planning Act of 2015 Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to cover advanced illness planning and coordination services furnished to an eligible individual with progressive illness, including Alzheimer's disease, by a hospice or other provider through an interdisciplinary team. Amends SSAct title XI with respect to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and its selection for Phase I testing of innovative payment and service delivery models to reduce Medicare and Medicaid expenditures while preserving or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/10/2015
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Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2015 [S.1466]
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Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to create certain additional groups of covered OPD services that classify separately, from those that do not utilize such a drug, procedures that utilize a drug (other than contrast agents, diagnostic radiopharmaceutical, or anesthesia drugs) that both has a cost above the drug packaging threshold
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/22/2015
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A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015. [S.1461]
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A bill to provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015. (Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2015.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds
Became Public Law No: 114-112. (txt | Pdf) on 12/18/2015
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Treatment and Recovery Investment Act [S.1410]
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Treatment and Recovery Investment Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to award grants to state agencies responsible for administering funds received under the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant program, to local governments that have a high rate of, or have had a rapid increase in, the use of, or death related to the use of, heroin or other opioids (including prescription opioids), and to Indian tribes or tribal organizations in order to permit such entities to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/21/2015
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 [S.1376]
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Sec. 3) Defines "congressional defense committees" as the House and Senate Armed Services and Appropriations Committees. (Sec. 4) Specifies procedures for determining the budgetary effects of this bill for compliance with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I--PROCUREMENT Subtitle A--Authorization of Appropriations (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for Procurement at the levels identified
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Committee On Armed Services. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Mccain. With Written Report No. 114-49. Additional Views Filed. on 05/19/2015
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A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify waiver authority regarding programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE programs). [S.1362]
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A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to clarify waiver authority regarding programs of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE programs). This bill amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to waive applicable general and Medicaid requirements of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in order to conduct demonstration projects through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) that involve
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Became Public Law No: 114-85. (txt | Pdf) on 11/05/2015
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NOTICE Act Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act [S.1349]
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NOTICE Act Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a hospital or critical access hospital with an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give each individual who receives observation services as an outpatient for more than 24 hours an adequate oral and written notification within 36 hours after beginning to receive them which: explains the individual's status as an outpatient and not as an inpatient and the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi
Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-107. on 07/30/2015
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Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 [S.1347]
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Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit, for a payment year after 2015, any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user. Terminates this prohibition three years after the Department of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Received In The House. on 09/08/2015
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A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic in Newark, Ohio, as the Daniel L. Kinnard Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic. [S.1325]
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A bill to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic in Newark, Ohio, as the Daniel L. Kinnard Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic. Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic in Newark, Ohio, as the "Daniel L. Kinnard Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic."
Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 05/13/2015
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SCREEN Act of 2015 Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015 [S.1079]
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SCREEN Act of 2015 Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to maintain calendar year 2015 Medicare reimbursement rates for colonoscopy procedures for providers participating in colorectal cancer screening quality improvement registry. Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing is eliminated for colorectal cancer screening tests, for the removal of tissue or other matter during the screening test, or for a follow-up procedure. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid
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Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Cardin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S2403; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2403-2405) on 04/23/2015
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Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2015 [S.1066]
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Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2015 Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as a part D drug any devices approved for home use by the Food and Drug Administration for the safe and effective containment, removal, decontamination, and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destructive device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Coons
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/23/2015
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Expressing support for the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust victims live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years, and urging the Federal Republic of Germany to reaffirm its commitment to this goal through a financial commitment to comprehensively address the unique health and welfare needs of vulnerable Holocaust victims, including home care and other medically prescribed needs. [HCR-129]
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Expressing support for the goal of ensuring that all Holocaust victims live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years, and urging the Federal Republic of Germany to reaffirm its commitment to this goal through a financial commitment to comprehensively address the unique health and welfare needs of vulnerable Holocaust victims, including home care and other medically prescribed needs. Urges the working group established by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany to recognize
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Received In The Senate And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 06/08/2016
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To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic in Newark, Ohio, as the Daniel L. Kinnard Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic. [HB-960]
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To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic in Newark, Ohio, as the Daniel L. Kinnard Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic. (Sec. 2) The Department of Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic in Newark, Ohio, shall be known as the "Daniel L. Kinnard VA Clinic."
Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Fudge
Signed By President. on 12/16/2016
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CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-919]
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CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2015 Revises and extends through FY2019 at generally increased levels the program under title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), and adjusts CHIP allotment requirements accordingly, including the rebasing and growth factor update rules for computing state allotments. Makes appropriations for certain allotments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to shortfall states from the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund in each of FY2016-FY2019.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/27/2015
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Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-887]
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Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit for a payment year after 2015 any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) from being treated as such a patient encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user. Terminates this prohibition three years after the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-40, Part I. on 03/13/2015
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NOTICE Act Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act [HB-876]
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NOTICE Act Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require a hospital or critical access hospital with an agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give each individual who receives observation services as an outpatient for more than 24 hours an adequate oral and written notification within 36 hours after beginning to receive them which: explains the individual's status as an outpatient and not as an inpatient and the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Became Public Law No: 114-42. (txt | Pdf) on 08/06/2015
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Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2015 [HB-795]
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Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site during a specified initial period: (1) Medicare payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient and outpatient procedures and services, as well as for physicians' services; and (2) the period for which payment rates are applicable. Requires posting also after the initial period of an expanded selection of such items.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Grothman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/27/2015