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Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016 [S.3166]
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Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study access by underserved populations to general surgeons, including whether the health professional shortage area designation under the National Health Service Corps program accurately assesses adequacy of access or whether another measure or designation would be more appropriate. HHS must consider potential methodologies for designating surgical health professional shortage areas.
Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/12/2016
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Dialysis PATIENT Demonstration Act of 2016 Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and Treatment Demonstration Act of 2016 [S.3090]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Dialysis PATIENT Demonstration Act of 2016 Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and Treatment Demonstration Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program for the provision of integrated care to Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Under the voluntary program, eligible participating providers may form organizations to offer ESRD integrated care models and serve as medical homes for program-eligible beneficiaries. Such a model: (1)
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/23/2016
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Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016 [S.3052]
[Veterans ]
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Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for an operation on a live donor to carry out a transplant procedure for an eligible veteran notwithstanding that the live donor may not be eligible for VA health care. The VA shall furnish to such a donor any care or services that may be required before and after conducting such procedure.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 06/13/2016
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TRICARE Expedited Evaluation and Treatment for Prenatal Surgery Act of 2016 [S.3019]
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[Military ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
TRICARE Expedited Evaluation and Treatment for Prenatal Surgery Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Defense to implement processes and procedures to ensure that a covered TRICARE program beneficiary whose pregnancy is complicated with a fetal anomaly or suspected of being so complicated receives, at the beneficiary's discretion, expedited evaluation and treatment from a perinatal or pediatric specialist capable of providing surgical management and intervention in utero.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 06/06/2016
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Veterans First Act [S.2921]
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Veterans First Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Reported By Senator Isakson Without Amendment. Without Written Report. on 05/16/2016
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TRICARE Treatment for Fetal Repair Improvement Act of 2016 [S.2910]
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[Children and Youth ]
TRICARE Treatment for Fetal Repair Improvement Act of 2016 This bill directs the Department of Defense to ensure that a covered beneficiary under the TRICARE program who is diagnosed with a fetal anomaly receives expedited evaluation and treatment from a qualified provider in the pediatric specialties of fetal medicine and surgery.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Rounds
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Armed Services. on 05/10/2016
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Living Donor Protection Act of 2016 [S.2584]
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[Insurance ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Living Donor Protection Act of 2016 This bill prohibits discrimination based on an individual's status as a living organ donor in the offering, issuance, cancellation, coverage, price, or any other condition of a life insurance policy, disability insurance policy, or long-term care insurance policy. The bill amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to specifically include living organ donation as a serious health condition that entitles a covered employee to leave under that Act. The Department of Health and Human Services must update public
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/25/2016
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Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2016 [S.2467]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and stakeholders, to develop a framework to improve the consistency and reliability of hospital data on health care-associated infections. AHRQ must establish a pilot program to test collection and reporting of health care-associated infections data by additional health facilities. The Department of Health and Human Services
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/27/2016
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015 [S.2424]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to expand programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns and infants to include young children. The programs are revised and reauthorized for FY2016-FY2020.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 12/18/2015
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Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015 [S.2409]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Medicare and Medicaid Improvements and Adjustments Act of 2015 This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify payment rules and other provisions related to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The bill includes off-campus outpatient department (OPD) services in Medicare's prospective payment system (in which predetermined amounts form the basis of payment) with respect to departments that are under development. The existing Medicare payment adjustment for cancer hospitals shall apply to off-campus
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/16/2015
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Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015 [S.2071]
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[Social Security ]
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Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the payment system for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revise quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) require the Department of Health and Human
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/24/2015
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Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 [S.1347]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit, for a payment year after 2015, any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user. Terminates this prohibition three years after the Department of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Received In The House. on 09/08/2015
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Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015 [S.1192]
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[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Health ]
Breast Cancer Patient Education Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to provide for the planning and implementation of an education campaign to inform breast cancer patients anticipating surgery about the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options, with a focus on informing patients who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/05/2015
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Supporting the goals and ideals of May 23 as the "International Day to End Obstetric Fistula" to significantly raise awareness and intensify actions towards ending obstetric fistula. [HR-747]
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[Human Rights ]
[Public Health ]
[International ]
Supporting the goals and ideals of May 23 as the "International Day to End Obstetric Fistula" to significantly raise awareness and intensify actions towards ending obstetric fistula. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula to significantly raise awareness and intensify actions towards ending obstetric fistula (a childbirth injury).
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Introduced In House on 05/24/2016
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Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-887]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit for a payment year after 2015 any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) from being treated as such a patient encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user. Terminates this prohibition three years after the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines, through notice and comment rulemaking, that certified
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Ways And Means. H. Rept. 114-40, Part I. on 03/13/2015
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21st Century Cures Act [HB-6]
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[Science ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
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21st Century Cures Act (Sec. 2) The NIH and Cures Innovation Fund is established and funds are appropriated: (1) for biomedical research, including high-risk, high-reward research and research conducted by early stage investigators; (2) to develop and implement a strategic plan for biomedical research; and (3) to carry out specified provisions of this Act. TITLE I--DISCOVERY Subtitle A--National Institutes of Health Funding (Sec. 1001) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through FY2018.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 07/13/2015
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Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016 [HB-5734]
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[Healthcare ]
Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) provide for an operation on a live donor to carry out a transplant procedure for an eligible veteran notwithstanding that the live donor may not be eligible for VA health care, and (2) provide for such an operation at a VA or a non-VA facility. The VA shall furnish to such a donor any care or services that may be required before and after conducting with such procedure.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/14/2016
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary exception to the site neutral payment rate for certain discharges from long-term care hospitals that involve severe wounds. [HB-5723]
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[Senior Citizens ]
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary exception to the site neutral payment rate for certain discharges from long-term care hospitals that involve severe wounds.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sander Levin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/19/2016
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Dialysis PATIENT Demonstration Act of 2016 Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and Treatment Demonstration Act of 2016 Official Titles: Official Titles - House of Representatives Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, and for other purposes. [HB-5506]
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Dialysis PATIENT Demonstration Act of 2016 Patient Access To Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists and Treatment Demonstration Act of 2016 Official Titles: Official Titles - House of Representatives Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for Medicare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease, and for other purposes. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish a demonstration program for the provision
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Introduced In House on 06/16/2016
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Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2016 [HB-5497]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Hospital Price Transparency and Disclosure Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): (1) the frequency of certain treatment episodes for the most frequently treated conditions in each setting, (2) the total number of such treatment episodes, and (3) the average charge for the insured and uninsured for such a treatment episode. HHS must publish on its website: (1) such information in a manner that promotes charge comparisons
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Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Lipinski
Introduced In House on 06/16/2016