Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 [S.870]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Public Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: extend the Independence at Home demonstration program; modify provisions regarding access to home dialysis therapy under Medicare and special needs plans under Medicare Advantage (MA); expand testing of the MA Value-Based Insurance Design test model; allow an MA plan to provide additional telehealth benefits to enrollees and, to chronically ill enrollees, certain supplemental health
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S.870: Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Committee On Finance. Reported By Senator Hatch With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-146. on 08/03/2017
A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. [S.896]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Recreation ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. This bill amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The greater of 1.5% of the annual authorized funding amount or $10 million shall be used for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.
S.896: A bill to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 04/07/2017
Ensuring Patient Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatments Act of 2018 [S.916]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
Ensuring Patient Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatments Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to register an emergency medical services (EMS) agency to administer controlled substances if the agency submits an application demonstrating that it is authorized to conduct such activity in the state in which the agency practices. The DEA may deny an application if it determines that the registration is inconsistent with the public interest. An EMS agency may obtain
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S.916: Ensuring Patient Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatments Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus King
Held At The Desk. on 05/25/2018
S.931: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4910 Brighton Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, as the "George Sakato Post Office".
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Gardner
Became Public Law No: 115-220. (txt | Pdf) on 07/27/2018
You have voted S.931: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4910 Brighton Boulevard in Denver, Colorado, as the "George Sakato Post Office"..
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2017 [S.948]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2017 This bill designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. The bill sets forth administrative requirements for: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement
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S.948: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S2560-2561; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2556-2559) on 04/26/2017
Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act [S.963]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Nonprofit ]
[Poverty ]
Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act
S.963: Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/27/2017
SR-148: A resolution congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and leaders of charter schools across the United States for making ongoing contributions to education, and supporting the ideals and goals of the 18th annual National Charter Schools Week, to be held May 1 through May 5, 2017.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S2654; Text: Cr S2652) on 05/01/2017
You have voted SR-148: A resolution congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and leaders of charter schools across the United States for making ongoing contributions to education, and supporting the ideals and goals of the 18th annual National Charter Schools Week, to be held May 1 through May 5, 2017..