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Military and Veterans Mental Health Provider Assessment Act of 2015 [S.715] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Military ] [Public Health ]
Military and Veterans Mental Health Provider Assessment Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that all health care providers under their respective jurisdictions receive, at least once every three years, empirically supported training on the recognition and assessment of individuals at risk for suicide and the management of such risk. Requires such Departments to: (1) conduct annual evaluations of the implementation by mental health care providers under their jurisdictions of Department-recommended (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Wicker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/11/2015

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Frontline Mental Health Provider Training Act [S.714] [Defense ] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Military ]
Frontline Mental Health Provider Training Act Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of expanding use of physician assistants specializing in psychiatric medicine at DOD and VA medical facilities in order to meet the increasing demand for mental health care providers at such facilities through the completion of two 18-month psychiatry fellowship programs for physician assistants. Directs DOD to carry out the pilot program (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Donnelly Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/11/2015

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Mental Health First Act of 2015 [S.711] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Veterans ] [Education ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ] [Disaster Relief ]
Mental Health First Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to award grants to initiate and sustain mental health first aid training programs. Requires such a program to include training on: (1) the skills, resources, and knowledge necessary to assist individuals in crisis to connect with appropriate local mental health care services; (2) mental health resources, including the location of community mental health centers; and (3) protocols for referral to mental (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/11/2015

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21st Century Women's Health Act of 2015 [S.674] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Science ] [Children and Youth ]
21st Century Women's Health Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to allow the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for family planning service projects, expansion of family planning preventive health services, and training of nurse practitioners specializing in women's health care. This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid programs to offer free preventive care, including contraceptives. A hospital cannot receive federal funds unless it promptly (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/04/2015

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Increasing the Safety of Prescription Drug Use Act of 2015 [S.636] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Mental Health ] [Science ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Law Enforcement ]
Increasing the Safety of Prescription Drug Use Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise, update, and expand state controlled substance monitoring programs, which ensure that prescription history information is accessible for investigations into drug diversion and errant prescribing and dispensing practices. A state's controlled substance monitoring program database must be interoperable with other states' databases and electronic health records, and must provide up-to-date patient information to practitioners. Practitioners (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/03/2015

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MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act [S.629] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Education ] [Funding ]
MEND Act Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act Requires the Department of Health and Human Services, for any reimbursements to providers under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the costs of nursing and allied health education activities, to apply the regulation establishing the payment methodology for such reimbursements by treating a provider as meeting the requirements: for consideration as operating an approved nursing or allied health education program if the provider or a wholly owned subsidiary educational (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/03/2015

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Improving Access to Maternity Care Act [S.628] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Improving Access to Maternity Care Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Health Resources and Services Administration to designate maternity care health professional shortage areas and review these designations at least annually. The Department of Health and Human Services must collect and publish data on health professional shortage areas so availability of maternal health professionals can be compared by professional category and geographic region. A maternity care health professional shortage area is: (1) an area determined (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/03/2015

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Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2015 [S.598] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Science ] [Public Health ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise Medicare payments for dialysis services provided to individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and acute kidney injury. Makes individuals with ESRD eligible for Medicare Advantage. Allows dialysis facilities to provide kidney disease education services and allows physician assistants, nurse practitioners, or clinical nurse specialists to refer individuals to those services. Requires the Department of Health (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1166; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1166-1168) on 02/26/2015

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BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act [S.587] [Defense ] [Animals ] [Military ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ]
BEST Practices Act Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act Requires the Department of Defense (DOD), no later than: (1) October 1, 2018, to develop, test, and validate human-based training methods for training members of the Armed Forces in the treatment of combat trauma injuries, with the goal of replacing live animal-based training methods; and (2) October 1, 2020, to use only use human-based training methods for such purposes. Prohibits the use of animals in such training after the latter date, but permits DOD to exempt (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 02/26/2015

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Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015 [S.570] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
Comprehensive Dental Reform Act of 2015 Removes restrictions on the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide dental care to veterans (thereby requiring dental care on the same basis as other VA-provided medical care and services). Authorizes the VA, Department of Defense, Bureau of Prisons, and Indian Health Service to carry out demonstration programs to train and employ alternative dental health care providers in order to increase access to dental services. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/25/2015

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Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2015 [S.536] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Native American Affairs ] [Student Loans ]
Indian Health Service Health Professions Tax Fairness Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income amounts received under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and the Indian Health Professions Scholarships Program.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/24/2015

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Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 [S.50] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ]
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the federal government and any state or local government receiving federal financial assistance from subjecting an institutional or individual health care entity, including any health professional, facility, organization, or insurance plan, to discrimination on the basis that the entity refuses to participate in abortion-related activities. Creates a cause of action for any violation of the abortion discrimination prohibition. Gives federal courts jurisdiction (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/07/2015

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SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act [S.473] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Finance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Budget and Spending ]
SONG Act Saving Our Next Generation Act Expresses the sense of the Senate that the federal programs most critical to improving child well-being should be fully funded. Establishes the President's Commission on Children. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study evidence-based best practices and innovations for fostering safe and stable families, including implementing mentoring programs. Requires the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities to implement best practices and innovations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/12/2015

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Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2015 [S.453] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ]
Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program for states with a shortage of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to streamline state requirements and procedures to assist veterans who completed military EMT training to meet state EMT certification, licensure, and other requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/11/2015

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Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act [S.440] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Student Loans ] [Agriculture ]
Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any other state loan repayment or forgiveness program that is intended to provide for increased access to veterinary services in such state.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S902-903) on 02/10/2015

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Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016 [S.3190] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Strengthening Our Rural Health Workforce Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/13/2016

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Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act [S.3075] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Mental Health ]
Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S4301-4303) on 06/16/2016

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Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2016 [S.3030] [Healthcare ]
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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Protect Continuing Physician Education and Patient Care Act [S.2978] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ] [Education ]
Protect Continuing Physician Education and Patient Care Act This bill amends title XI (General Provisions, Peer Review, Administrative Simplification) of the Social Security Act to exempt from required manufacturer transparency reporting to the Department of Health and Human Services any transfer of value to a covered recipient of peer-reviewed journals, journal reprints, journal supplements, conference reports, and medical textbooks that directly benefit patients or are intended for patient use. The bill also excludes from such mandatory reporting (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Barrasso Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/25/2016

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Compassionate Care Act [S.2961] [Healthcare ]
Compassionate Care Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/19/2016

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