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Affirming the need to achieve environmental justice, commending the work of environmental justice advocates, and for other purposes. [HR-362]
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[Air Quality ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
Affirming the need to achieve environmental justice, commending the work of environmental justice advocates, and for other purposes. Reaffirms the importance of clean air, clean water, resource conservation, and other policy goals that led to the enactment of existing environmental and public health protections. Affirms the need to achieve environmental justice so that environmental and public health policies adequately and equally protect all Americans. Commends environmental justice advocates for their work to achieve fairer, healthier, more sustainable
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alcee L. Hastings
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 05/26/2017
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Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act [HB-2677]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop and implement an outreach and education strategy to promote behavioral and mental health and reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions and substance abuse among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Julia Brownley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/26/2017
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Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 [S.1250]
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[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Health ]
Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Steve Daines
Committee On Indian Affairs. Ordered To Be Reported With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute Favorably. on 04/11/2018
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Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017 [HB-2644]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. David G. Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/06/2017
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Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2017 [HB-2545]
[Healthcare ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Health ]
Special Diabetes Program for Indians Reauthorization Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/19/2017
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CONNECT for Health Act of 2017 Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2017 [HB-2556]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
CONNECT for Health Act of 2017 Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Rep. David G. Valadao
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 06/01/2017
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Invest in Women's Health Act of 2017 [S.689]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Invest in Women's Health Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide support to public or nonprofit entities to expand certain preventive health services, with an emphasis on increasing access to cancer screening, particularly for women of color. The bill reauthorizes through FY2020: (1) programs related to breast and gynecologic cancers under Medicaid and family planning programs, and (2) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/21/2017
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
[Human Rights ]
[International ]
[Crime ]
TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Cloture On The Motion To Concur In The House Amendment To The Senate Amendment To H.r. 1625 Invoked In Senate By Yea-nay Vote. 67 - 30. Record Vote Number: 62. on 03/23/2018
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Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2017 [HB-1603]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Student Loans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2017 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to assist qualified individuals in receiving the education and training needed to become a physician assistant. Graduate students enrolled in physician assistant education programs are eligible for: (1) increased Unsubsidized Stafford Loan limits, and (2) loan forgiveness programs for those who serve in areas of national need upon graduation. The Department of Education (ED) must: provide Historically
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Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Bass
Introduced In House on 03/17/2017
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Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Latino AIDS Awareness Day" on October 15, 2017, and for other purposes. [HR-208]
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[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Latino AIDS Awareness Day" on October 15, 2017, and for other purposes. Expresses support for: (1) the goals and ideals of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day; (2) the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy; (3) effective and comprehensive HIV prevention education programs; (4) appropriate funding of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment, research, and housing; and (5) a comprehensive prevention and treatment strategy that empowers stakeholders to engage their communities to help decrease violence,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/24/2017
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Native American Health Savings Improvement Act [HB-1476]
[Healthcare ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Taxes ]
Native American Health Savings Improvement Act (Sec. 2) 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: Rep. Raul Ruiz
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/25/2018
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Welfare Benefit Reform and Alignment Commission (BRAC) Act [HB-1469]
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[Funding ]
[Poverty ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Social Security ]
Welfare Benefit Reform and Alignment Commission (BRAC) Act This bill establishes within the legislative branch the Benefit Reform and Alignment Commission to review certain means-tested welfare programs. A "means-tested welfare program" is any federal program that is designed to specifically provide assistance or benefits exclusively to low-income Americans. The bill specifies several programs that are either considered or not considered means-tested welfare programs for the purpose of this bill. The commission must identify changes in law to structure
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Sponsored by: Rep. David Rouzer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Nutrition. on 03/23/2017
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Indian Healthcare Improvement Act of 2017 [HB-1369]
[Healthcare ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Public Health ]
Indian Healthcare Improvement Act of 2017 This bill reaffirms existing amendments to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act and certain other provisions of law relating to health care for Native Americans. The bill prohibits federal funds provided by those amendments from being used to pay for any abortion or to cover any part of the costs of any health plan that covers abortion, except when a women's life would otherwise be endangered or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 03/20/2017
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Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018 [HB-1318]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program under which HHS may make grants to states for the purpose of: (1) reviewing pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths (maternal deaths); (2) establishing and sustaining a maternal mortality review committee to review relevant information; (3) ensuring that the state department of health develops a plan for ongoing health care provider education in order to improve the quality of maternal care, disseminate findings,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Signed By President. on 12/21/2018
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Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 [S.465]
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[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Health ]
Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with private entities to assess the health care delivery systems and financial management of the Indian Health Service (IHS). The assessment must address IHS issues including: the demographics and health care needs of the patient population, health care capabilities and resources, staffing levels at medical facilities and the productivity of each health care provider, information technology strategies related
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Committee On Indian Affairs. Ordered To Be Reported With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute Favorably. on 09/26/2018
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Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 [S.435]
[Poverty ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Two-Generation Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Interagency Council on Multigenerational Poverty to carry out specified objectives and the 2-generation approach, including by providing guidance, and addressing questions pertaining to 2-generation programs and other programs engaging in efforts to break the cycle of multigenerational poverty. The "2-generation approach" means the approach to breaking the cycle of multigenerational poverty by improving family economic security through the implementation of 2-generation pilot
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/16/2017
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Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act [HB-1194]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act This bill establishes within the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Office of the Staff Director the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to make a systematic study of the conditions affecting black men and boys.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 03/16/2017
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Health Savings Act of 2017 [HB-1175]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Funding ]
Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to 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 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 program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization to participate in an HSA; allow members
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Comstock
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/16/2017
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Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018 [S.382]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018 This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and maintain a voluntary registry of firefighters to collect history and occupational information that can be linked to existing data in state cancer registries. The registry must be used to improve monitoring of cancer among firefighters and to collect and publish epidemiological information regarding cancer among firefighters. The CDC should seek to include specified information in the registry, including the number and type
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. Reported By Senator Alexander With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. Without Written Report. on 04/25/2018
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Health Savings Act of 2017 [S.403]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Health Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to 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 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 program of the Indian Health Service or a tribal organization to participate in an HSA; allow members
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Sponsored by: Sen. Marco Rubio
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/15/2017