Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act [S.1779]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate copayments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for medicines relating to preventive health services, and for other purposes.
S.1779: Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 10/20/2021
BABIES Act Birth Access Benefiting Improved Essential Facility Services Act [HB-3337]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Medicaid demonstration program to develop and advance innovative payment models for freestanding birth center services for women with a low-risk pregnancy, and for other purposes.
BABIES Act Birth Access Benefiting Improved Essential Facility Services Act [S.1716]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Medicaid demonstration program to develop and advance innovative payment models for freestanding birth center services for women with a low-risk pregnancy.
NOPAIN Act Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act [HB-3259]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to combat the opioid crisis by promoting access to non-opioid treatments in the hospital outpatient setting.
HB-3259: NOPAIN Act Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/17/2021
HB-3203: To enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/14/2021
You have voted HB-3203: To enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes..
COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021 [HB-3191]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[National Security ]
To require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes.
HB-3191: COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Biggs
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/14/2021
Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2021 [S.1593]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the designation of general surgery shortage areas, and for other purposes.
S.1593: Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/12/2021
TRAIN Act Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses Act [S.1568]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Education ]
[Social Security ]
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide a waiver of the cap on annual payments for nursing and allied health education payments.
S.1568: TRAIN Act Technical Reset to Advance the Instruction of Nurses Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/11/2021
Marijuana Data Collection Act [HB-3043]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into a 10-year arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct and update biennially a study on the effects of State legalized marijuana programs, and for other purposes.
HB-3043: Marijuana Data Collection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 11/09/2021
Suicide Prevention Act [HB-2955]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Children and Youth ]
To authorize a pilot program to expand and intensify surveillance of self-harm in partnership with State and local public health departments, to establish a grant program to provide self-harm and suicide prevention services in hospital emergency departments, and for other purposes.
HB-2955: Suicide Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Josh Gottheimer
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/13/2021
Marijuana Data Collection Act [S.1456]
[Cannabis ]
[Healthcare ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into a 10-year arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct and update biennially a study on the effects of State legalized marijuana programs, and for other purposes.
S.1456: Marijuana Data Collection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2021
Opioid Workforce Act of 2021 [S.1438]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Social Security ]
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions to help combat the opioid crisis.
S.1438: Opioid Workforce Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/28/2021
COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021 [S.1348]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[National Security ]
A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for other purposes.
S.1348: COVID–19 Origin Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
Read Twice And Referred To The Select Committee On Intelligence. on 04/22/2021