Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2017 [S.788]
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[Veterans ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (or another private, not-for-profit entity with comparable expertise) to review the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the last five years. A "covered veteran" is any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death. The review shall include: the total numbers of veterans who
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S.788: Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/30/2017
CARE for All Veterans Act Caregivers Access and Responsible Expansion for All Veterans Act [HB-1802]
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[Healthcare ]
[Military ]
[Human Services ]
CARE for All Veterans Act Caregivers Access and Responsible Expansion for All Veterans Act This bill expands eligibility for the family caregiver program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include members of the Armed Forces or veterans who are seriously injured or who became ill (or who aggravated such injury or illness) on active duty before September 11, 2001 (currently, limited to service after September 11, 2001). The bill establishes three monthly caregiver stipend starting dates for pre-September 11, 2001, members of the Armed Forces
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HB-1802: CARE for All Veterans Act Caregivers Access and Responsible Expansion for All Veterans Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/31/2017
Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 [HB-1809]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Mental Health ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Education ]
Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 TITLE I--DECLARATION OF FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITIONS (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) to revise an existing finding to specify that the increase in offenders who enter the juvenile justice system as the result of sexual abuse, exploitation, and trauma has changed the composition of violent juvenile offenders entering the juvenile justice system. (Sec. 102) The bill revises an existing purpose area to require the Department of Justice's (DOJ's)
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HB-1809: Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Read Twice. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 303. on 02/06/2018
Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 [S.774]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
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[Human Services ]
Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 This bill establishes: (1) the Interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care; (2) the National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center; (3) the Native American Technical Assistance Resource Center to provide trauma-informed technical assistance; and (4) Medicaid demonstration projects to test innovative, trauma-informed approaches for delivering early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to eligible children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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S.774: Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/29/2017
Save Our Seas Act of 2018 [S.756]
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[Trade ]
[International ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
Save Our Seas Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. (Sec. 3) The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine
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S.756: Save Our Seas Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Signed By President. on 12/21/2018
Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 [HB-1757]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017 This bill establishes: (1) the Interagency Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care; (2) the National Law Enforcement Child and Youth Trauma Coordinating Center; (3) the Native American Technical Assistance Resource Center to provide trauma-informed technical assistance; and (4) Medicaid demonstration projects to test innovative, trauma-informed approaches for delivering early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to eligible children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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HB-1757: Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/12/2017