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Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act [HB-8900]
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Provides continuing FY2021 appropriations to federal agencies through December 18, 2020, and extends several expiring health programs. DIVISION A--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 This division provides continuing FY2021 appropriations to federal agencies through December 18, 2020. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2021 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on December 11, 2020.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Nita Lowey
Became Public Law No: 116-215. (txt | Pdf) on 12/11/2020
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The Resetting the Impact Act (TRIA) of 2020 [HB-8826]
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To amend the IMPACT Act of 2014 to reset data collection and the development of a payment system technical prototype for post-acute care providers under the Medicare program to take into account the effects of COVID-19.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Suozzi
Introduced In House on 11/30/2020
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COVID–19 Data Accuracy Act [HB-8811]
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To initiate an inquiry and report on COVID-19 data quality, sharing, transparency, access, and analysis and develop a process to correct inaccurate information reported with respect to the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Introduced In House on 11/24/2020
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National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act [S.864]
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National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act Amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Requires HHS to develop a transparent method for establishing nurse staffing requirements above minimum ratios. Directs HHS to adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs incurred in providing services to Medicare beneficiaries that are attributable to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/25/2015
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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 [S.843]
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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital requirement in order to entitle the individual to Medicare coverage of any post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/24/2015
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Community Based Independence for Seniors Act [S.704]
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Community Based Independence for Seniors Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a five-year Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to prevent and delay institutionalization under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) among eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older. HHS shall enter into agreements with up to five eligible Medicare Advantage (MA) plans under part C (Medicare+Choice) of SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) to conduct the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-103. on 07/30/2015
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Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act of 2015 [S.688]
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Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) with respect to the hospital readmissions reduction program under the inpatient (hospital) prospective payment system (IPPS). The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in determining a hospital's excess readmission ratio for purposes of making payments for discharges occurring during FY2016-FY2017, is required to make a risk adjustment to the ratio that takes into account both: (1) a hospital's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/10/2015
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Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 [S.607]
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Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Extension Act of 2015 This bill amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to extend the period of the Medicare rural community hospital demonstration program from 5 to 10 years. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall allow certain rural community hospitals participating in the demonstration program as of December 30, 2014, to continue during the second five years of the 10-year extension period.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 02/05/2016
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A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend the requirement of the Secretary to furnish hospital care and medical services through non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to veterans residing in certain locations. [S.374]
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A bill to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend the requirement of the Secretary to furnish hospital care and medical services through non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities to veterans residing in certain locations. Amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend indefinitely the requirement that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) furnish hospital care and medical services through non-VA facilities to veterans who reside: (1) in a state without a VA medical facility that
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/04/2015
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Native American Health Savings Improvement Act [S.3356]
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Native American Health Savings Improvement Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to specify that receiving hospital care or medical services under a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization does not disqualify an individual from being eligible for a health savings account.
Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/20/2016
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Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 [S.332]
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Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make permanent the Medicare-dependent, small rural subsection (d) hospital program and increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/02/2015
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Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016 [S.3191]
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Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/13/2016
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Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016 [S.3178]
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Fairness for Our Hospitals Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/13/2016
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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 2016. [S.3129]
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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 2016. 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 2016.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/06/2016
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary exception to the application of the Medicare long-term care hospital site neutral provisions for certain spinal cord specialty hospitals. [S.3107]
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary exception to the application of the Medicare long-term care hospital site neutral provisions for certain spinal cord specialty hospitals. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to certain spinal cord specialty hospitals, a temporary exemption from specified Medicare payment limits applicable to long-term care hospital (LTCH) inpatient services. Current law generally applies payment limits to inpatient services
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Sponsored by: Sen. David Perdue
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/29/2016
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Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2016 [S.3030]
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Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Jon Tester
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/08/2016
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Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2016 [S.2998]
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Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2016 This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions related to coverage and payment for certain breakthrough medical devices under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Specifically, with respect to such devices, the bill: (1) provides for transitional coverage; (2) establishes accelerated processes for determining regular coverage and payment; and (3) modifies provisions related to specified payment adjustments, cost thresholds,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Daniel Coats
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/26/2016
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ACE Kids Act of 2015 Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2015 [S.298]
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ACE Kids Act of 2015 Advancing Care for Exceptional Kids Act of 2015 Amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance) (CHIP) of the Social Security Act to allow a state, at its option, to elect to provide medical assistance for items and services furnished to eligible children with medically complex conditions enrolled in a Medicaid Children's Care Coordination (MCCC) program. Requires an MCCC program, among other things, to coordinate, integrate, and provide for the furnishing of the full range of MCCC program services to enrolled
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/28/2015
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Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 [S.297]
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Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to revive, for a three-year period, VA's Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program that was carried out between January 2013 and February 2014. Requires VA to: (1) expand the pilot program to include at least 250 intermediate care technicians, and (2) give priority in assigning those technicians to VA facilities at which veterans have the longest wait times. Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer credentialing data regarding DOD health care providers
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/03/2015
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Veterans First Act [S.2921]
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Veterans First Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Reported By Senator Isakson Without Amendment. Without Written Report. on 05/16/2016