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Community Based Independence for Seniors Act [S.704] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ] [Social Security ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Community Based Independence for Seniors Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a five-year Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to prevent and delay institutionalization under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) among eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries age 65 or older. HHS shall enter into agreements with up to five eligible Medicare Advantage (MA) plans under part C (Medicare+Choice) of SSAct title XVIII (Medicare) to conduct the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-103. on 07/30/2015

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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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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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Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015 [S.578] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Senior Citizens ] [Social Security ]
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise conditions of and limitations on payment for home health care services. Allows payment for home health services to Medicare beneficiaries by: (1) a nurse practitioner, (2) a clinical nurse specialist working in collaboration with a physician in accordance with state law, (3) a certified nurse-midwife, or (4) a physician assistant under a physician's supervision.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1163-1164) on 02/26/2015

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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. [S.488] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Senior Citizens ]
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

  

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

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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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Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 [S.297] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Military ]
Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to revive, for a three-year period, VA's Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program that was carried out between January 2013 and February 2014. Requires VA to: (1) expand the pilot program to include at least 250 intermediate care technicians, and (2) give priority in assigning those technicians to VA facilities at which veterans have the longest wait times. Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transfer credentialing data regarding DOD health care providers (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/03/2015

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United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act of 2016 [S.2767] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Healthcare ]
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act of 2016 This bill deems as active military service for Department of Veterans Affairs purposes any service as a member of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 15, 1945 (qualified service). The Department of Defense shall issue an honorable discharge within one year to each person whose qualified service warrants one. Retroactive benefits shall not be paid to persons as a result of enactment of this Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Menendez Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 04/07/2016

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Medicare Home Infusion Site of Care Act of 2015 [S.275] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Social Security ] [Senior Citizens ]
Medicare Home Infusion Site of Care Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement the Medicare home infusion therapy benefit in a manner that ensures that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries have timely and appropriate access to infusion therapy in their homes, and (2) there is rapid and seamless coordination between drug coverage under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/28/2015

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Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act [S.2748] [Healthcare ] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Science ] [Mental Health ] [Human Services ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants or contracts for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. These Centers must improve the training of health professionals in palliative care and establish traineeships for individuals preparing for advanced education nursing degrees, social work degrees, or advanced degrees in physician assistant studies in palliative care. HHS may make grants to, and enter into contracts (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/05/2016

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Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 [S.2577] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a defendant, as a mandatory condition of supervised release, to pay court-ordered restitution. It amends the Justice for All Act of 2004, the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, the DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2004, and the Innocence Protection Act of 2004, to: reauthorize grants for victims assistance programs; reauthorize crime victims notification grants; give preference to Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program grant applicants that use funds for (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Became Public Law No: 114-324. on 12/16/2016

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NURSE Act Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act [S.2572] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
NURSE Act Nurses for Under-Resourced Schools Everywhere Act This bill establishes a competitive demonstration grant program through which the Department of Education (ED) shall award matching funds to increase the number of school nurses in public elementary and secondary schools served by an eligible entity. An eligible entity is a state educational agency or local educational agency (LEA) in which at least 20% of students are eligible to participate in the school lunch program. In awarding grant funds, ED shall give priority to high-need LEAs (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/24/2016

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Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 [S.2408] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Public Safety ]
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a standard on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for health care workers. The standard must require the use of engineering and safety controls to handle patients. The standard must require health care employers to: (1) develop and implement a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention program; (2) train their workers on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 12/16/2015

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Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act [S.2279] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Health ] [Military ]
Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a Docs-to-Doctors Program to recruit individuals separating from the Armed Forces who served in a health care capacity in the Armed Forces. The VA shall: (1) implement a uniform credentialing process for certain health care employees of the Veterans Health Administration; and (2) provide full practice authority to advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and such other licensed VA health care professionals as consistent (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Hearings Held. on 06/29/2016

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Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2015 [S.2173] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Mental Health ] [Social Security ]
Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services, (2) exclude clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare, and (3) alter the definition of "clinical social worker services" as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, "clinical social worker services": (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/08/2015

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Provider Payment Sunshine Act [S.2153] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ]
Provider Payment Sunshine Act This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to expand reporting requirements related to the transparency of physician ownership or investment interests. Under current law, a manufacturer of drugs, devices, or medical supplies that are covered under Medicaid or Medicare must regularly report on any payment or transfer of value by the manufacturer to a “covered recipient,” defined as either a physician who is not an employee of the manufacturer or a teaching hospital. The bill expands the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/07/2015

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An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 [S.2132] [Finance ] [Telecommunications ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Education ] [Social Security ] [Children and Youth ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Energy ] [Insurance ]
An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for financial services and general government; the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and several related agencies. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016 Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service. Executive (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 251. on 10/06/2015

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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to help build a stronger health care workforce. [S.2107] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Education ]
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to help build a stronger health care workforce. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to enable states to implement scholarship programs to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals. HHS may award grants to assist medical schools in developing and strengthening primary care mentorship programs and cultivating leaders in primary care among its students. HHS must award grants to medical and other health (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S7048-7049) on 09/30/2015

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Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 [S.205] [Healthcare ] [Human Rights ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Law Enforcement ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ]
Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 Requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to award one medical or nursing school a grant to develop best practices for health care professionals to recognize and respond appropriately to victims of severe forms of human trafficking. Requires the grantee to: (1) develop methods or materials to train health care professionals on best practices, (2) make a subgrant to one entity in each of the 10 administrative regions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Peters Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/21/2015

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Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 2015 [S.1916] [Healthcare ] [Telecommunications ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Senior Citizens ]
Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to include skilled nursing facilities among the types of health care providers that may request from a telecommunications carrier under the Universal Service Fund the necessary telecommunications and information services to serve persons who reside in rural areas at rates that are reasonably comparable to rates charged for similar services in urban areas.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune Under Authority Of The Order Of The Senate Of 09/29/2016 Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-368. on 10/27/2016

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