Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 [S.2756]
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
S.2756: Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 07/31/2014
Criminal Justice and Forensic Science Reform Act [S.2177]
Criminal Justice and Forensic Science Reform Act - Establishes an Office of Forensic Science within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Justice (DOJ). Requires the Director of the Office to: (1) establish with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) a Memorandum of Understanding to ensure collaboration and coordination in the implementation of this Act; (2) establish, lead, and oversee implementation of standards for forensic science laboratory accreditation and forensic science personnel
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S.2177: Criminal Justice and Forensic Science Reform Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S1821-1822) on 03/27/2014
Empowering Patients First Act of 2013 [S.1851]
Empowering Patients First Act of 2013 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores or revives provisions amended or repealed by such Act or such health care provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for the cost of qualified health insurance costs for low-income taxpayers and a tax deduction for such costs for other taxpayers. Amends the Public Health Service Act
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S.1851: Empowering Patients First Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S8978-8980) on 12/18/2013
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 [S.137]
Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to codify the prohibition against any action by the federal government and any state or local government receiving federal financial assistance to subject a health professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, an accountable care organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan to discrimination on the basis that the entity refuses to participate in abortion-related
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S.137: Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/24/2013
HR-281: Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 07/30/2014
You have voted HR-281: Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups..
HIV Organ Policy Equity Act [HB-698]
HIV Organ Policy Equity Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to repeal the requirement that the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network adopt and use standards of quality for the acquisition and transportation of donated organs that include standards for preventing the acquisition of organs infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Replaces this requirement with authorization for the Network to adopt and use such standards with respect to organs infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
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HB-698: HIV Organ Policy Equity Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Reported By The Committee On Energy And Commerce. H. Rept. 113-181, Part I. on 07/30/2013
Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act [HB-676]
Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act - Establishes the Medicare for All Program to provide all individuals residing in the United States and U.S. territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as primary care and prevention, dietary and nutritional therapies, prescription drugs, emergency care, long-term care, mental health services, dental services, and vision care. Prohibits an institution from participating unless it is a public or nonprofit institution. Allows nonprofit health maintenance organizations
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HB-676: Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee Indian And Alaska Native Affairs. on 02/22/2013
You have voted HB-589: To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to prevent the sale of bone marrow and umbilical cord blood, and for other purposes..
Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act [HB-5815]
Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each contract entered into with a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor with respect to a PDP the sponsor offers to prohibit the PDP from entering into a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) to manage the prescription drug coverage provided under such plan, or to control the costs of the prescription drug coverage under it, unless the PBM adheres to specified criteria when handling
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HB-5815: Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 12/12/2014
Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2014 [HB-5587]
Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states to develop a peer review process to identify and investigate questionable or inappropriate prescribing and dispensing patterns of drugs classified as schedule II or III under the Controlled Substances Act, which are drugs with an accepted medical use that have the potential to be abused and addictive. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to establish grant programs to: (1) facilitate training
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HB-5587: Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/19/2014
Heartbeat Informed Consent Act [HB-5551]
Heartbeat Informed Consent Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers, if performing an ultrasound on a pregnant woman prior to an abortion, to display the ultrasound images so that she may view them and provide a medical description of the ultrasound images of the unborn child's cardiac activity, if present and viewable. Requires an abortion provider to make the embryonic or fetal heartbeat audible for the pregnant woman to hear prior to the woman giving informed consent to an abortion if the pregnancy is at least
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HB-5551: Heartbeat Informed Consent Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 09/19/2014
Justina's Law [HB-4989]
Justina's Law - Prohibits the use of federal funds to conduct or support treatment or research involving a ward of the state in which the individual's health is subjected to greater than minimal risk with no or minimal prospect of direct benefit.
HB-4989: Justina's Law
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 06/26/2014
Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act of 2014 [HB-4676]
Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to physician self-referral limitations to repeal the prohibition against payment of federal funds to a state for medical assistance expenditures for a designated health service furnished to an individual on the basis of a referral (self-referral) that would result in denial of payment under SSA title XVIII (Medicare). Requires a state plan for medical assistance to prohibit payment for a Medicaid designated health service furnished
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HB-4676: Medicaid Physician Self-Referral Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Jim McDermott
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/23/2014
Parental Protection Act [HB-4518]
Parental Protection Act - Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withhold all monies from state agencies or entities, hospitals, and medical facilities that: (1) allow research presenting greater than minimal risk to minors, juveniles, or wards of the state; (2) deny Fourteenth Amendment rights to the parents or child; or (3) investigate parents or charge them with medical neglect, or remove children from the parents' custody when they disagree with a subjective diagnosis involving psychotropic drugs.
HB-4518: Parental Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Stockman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/02/2014
Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act [HB-4437]
Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each contract entered into with a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor with respect to a PDP the sponsor offers to prohibit the PDP from entering into a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) to manage the prescription drug coverage provided under such plan, or to control the costs of the prescription drug coverage under it, unless the PBM adheres to specified criteria when handling
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HB-4437: Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act
Sponsored by: Rep. David Loebsack
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/11/2014
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 [HB-4023]
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. Applies these requirements to medication for a domesticated household animal that consumers are not allowed to purchase without a prescription. Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission
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HB-4023: Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 02/14/2014
Stark Administrative Simplification Act [HB-3776]
Stark Administrative Simplification Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prescribe a single civil monetary penalty as an alternative sanction to those already established for compensation arrangements between a physician (or an immediate family member) and a person or entity that is in violation of the limitation on certain physician referrals (Stark Law) solely due to technical noncompliance. (The Stark law, or Stark Rule, prohibits physician referrals of certain health services for Medicare and Medicaid patients
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HB-3776: Stark Administrative Simplification Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Susan Brooks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 12/20/2013
Common Sense Health Reform Americans Actually Want Act [HB-3165]
Common Sense Health Reform Americans Actually Want Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Acts. Requires each state to operate a qualifying high risk pool to provide health coverage to certain individuals with a preexisting condition. Prohibits a health insurance issuer from applying an annual or lifetime aggregate spending cap on any health insurance coverage or plan. Amends the Employee
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HB-3165: Common Sense Health Reform Americans Actually Want Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Fortenberry
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/09/2014