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Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 [S.2896]
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Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2016 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make the Veterans Choice Program permanent. Program eligibility is expanded to include all veterans who are enrolled in the annual patient enrollment system under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital care and medical services program. The VA shall provide information about the availability of Program care and services to veterans who are new to, or already enrolled, in the system. The VA shall contract with a national chain
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 05/24/2016
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Janey Ensminger Act of 2016 [S.2888]
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Janey Ensminger Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, at least every three years, to: review the scientific literature relevant to the relationship between the employment or residence of individuals at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for at least 30 days during the period of August 1, 1953, to December 21, 1987, and specific illnesses or conditions incurred by those individuals and determine whether and to what extent the evidence shows that toxic substance exposure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Burr
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 05/24/2016
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Veterans Choice Program Resolution Act [S.2871]
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Veterans Choice Program Resolution Act This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to direct the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to select from among employees of the Office of Inspector General a Choice Program Ombudsman to manage complaints about program hospital care and medical services. The VA shall publish on publicly available Internet websites of the VA and the Office of Inspector General information regarding the process for submitting a complaint to the Ombudsman.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Thune
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 04/28/2016
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Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016 [S.2832]
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Fair Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish, with respect to hospitals not located in a frontier state, a floor on the area wage adjustment factor for hospital inpatient and outpatient services covered under Medicare. (Such a floor already applies with respect to hospitals located in frontier states.)
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/21/2016
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Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [S.2806]
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Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Provides appropriations to DOD for Military Construction for: the Army; the Navy and Marine Corps; the Air Force; Defense-Wide agencies and activities (other than military departments); the Army and Air National Guard; and the Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves. Provides appropriations to DOD for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program. Provides appropriations for the Department of Defense Base Closure
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Kirk
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Kirk. With Written Report No. 114-237. on 04/18/2016
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PROP Act of 2016 Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act of 2016 [S.2758]
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PROP Act of 2016 Promoting Responsible Opioid Prescribing Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exclude certain pain-related measures for purposes of calculating incentive payments under the value-based purchasing program (VBP). (VBP is a program that links hospital payments to the quality of care provided.) Specifically, VPB measures shall not include measures based on a patient's assessment of: (1) the patient's need for pain medicine during a hospital stay; (2) how often, during the stay, the patient's
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Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/07/2016
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Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 [S.2680]
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Mental Health Reform Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. Reported By Senator Alexander With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 04/26/2016
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Puerto Rico Recovery Act of 2016 [S.2675]
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Puerto Rico Recovery Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make citizens of Puerto Rico eligible for the federal earned income tax credit and allow them to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit on the same basis as U.S. taxpayers. Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) is amended to terminate the limitations on general Medicaid funding, as well as the specific federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP, or matching rate), beginning FY2017 for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1465-1466) on 03/14/2016
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Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2016 [S.2671]
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Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise payment rules for graduate medical education (GME) costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program. With respect to a hospital that has not entered into a GME affiliation agreement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall establish the hospital's full-time equivalent (FTE) resident amount only after determining that the hospital's medical residency
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/14/2016
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Veterans Health Administration Spending Transparency and Oversight Act of 2016 [S.2660]
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Veterans Health Administration Spending Transparency and Oversight Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to make an ongoing evaluation, including under contract with a federally funded research and development center, of the costs of VA hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care as compared to the costs of the same care or services furnished in the private sector.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/10/2016
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Veterans Choice Equal Cost for Care Act of 2016 [S.2649]
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Veterans Choice Equal Cost for Care Act of 2016 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to permit the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recover or collect reasonable charges for hospital care or medical services from a health-care plan when an eligible veteran is furnished such care or services for a non-service-connected disability. The VA shall have the primary (and sole) responsibility to pay any related health insurance cost sharing amount. An eligible veteran shall not pay a greater amount for receiving
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Donnelly
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/08/2016
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Veterans Choice Improvement Act of 2016 [S.2646]
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Veterans Choice Improvement Act of 2016 This bill codifies, revises, and makes permanent the Veterans Choice Program (VCP) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VCP is enlarged to include additional health care providers that meet specified VA criteria. Veterans eligibility provisions are revised, including by: eliminating the August 1, 2014, deadline for enrollment in the VA patient enrollment system; requiring that a veteran does not live within 40 miles driving distance of a VA medical facility with a full-time primary care physician
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Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Capito
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 03/15/2016
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Improving Veterans Access to Care in the Community Act [S.2633]
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Improving Veterans Access to Care in the Community Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts or agreements with eligible providers to furnish hospital care and medical services to electing, eligible veterans, which include veterans who are unable to schedule an appointment with a VA health care provider within a specified time frame or who do not reside within 40 miles of a VA medical facility. Such provisions may be referred to as the Veterans Choice Program. VA reimbursement of veterans for emergency
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 03/15/2016
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Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015 [S.258]
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Critical Access Hospital Relief Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the 96-hour physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services under which a physician must certify that a patient may reasonably be expected to be discharged or transferred to a hospital within 96 hours after admission to the critical access hospital.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/27/2015
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Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act [S.2562]
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Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise requirements for and limitations on practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish grant programs to: (1) encourage prescribing and purchase of opioid overdose reversal drugs (e.g., naloxone), and (2) develop prescribing guidelines for such drugs. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin or certain pain
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sherrod Brown
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/22/2016
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Health Savings Act of 2016 [S.2499]
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Health Savings Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the taxation of health savings accounts (HSAs), to: rename high deductible health plans as HSA-qualified health plans; allow spouses who have both attained age 55 to make increased catch-up contributions to the same HSA; make Medicare Part A (hospital insurance benefits) beneficiaries eligible to participate in an HSA; allow individuals eligible for hospital care or medical services under a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or of a tribal organization
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/04/2016
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A bill to expand eligibility for hospital care and medical services under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include veterans who are age 75 or older, and for other purposes. [S.2493]
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A bill to expand eligibility for hospital care and medical services under section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to include veterans who are age 75 or older, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to extend hospital and medical services under the Veterans Choice Program to veterans who are 75 years or older.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 02/03/2016
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Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2016 [S.2467]
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Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and stakeholders, to develop a framework to improve the consistency and reliability of hospital data on health care-associated infections. AHRQ must establish a pilot program to test collection and reporting of health care-associated infections data by additional health facilities. The Department of Health and Human Services
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/27/2016
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Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act [S.2425]
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Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act (Sec. 2) This bill temporarily exempts from certain Medicare payment adjustments wheelchair accessories and seat and back cushions furnished in connection with Group 3 complex rehabilitative power wheelchairs. (Group 3 power wheelchairs are those that meet the highest performance requirements with regard to speed, range, and climbing capability.) The Government Accountability Office must study wheelchair accessories and seat and back cushions furnished in connection with Group 3 complex rehabilitative power
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Signed By President. on 12/28/2015
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Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015 [S.2409]
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Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015 This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify payment rules and other provisions related to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The bill includes off-campus outpatient department (OPD) services in Medicare's prospective payment system (in which predetermined amounts form the basis of payment) with respect to departments that are under development. The existing Medicare payment adjustment for cancer hospitals shall apply to off-campus
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/16/2015