Rep. Doris Matsui

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District HD-CA-7
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 115

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US Congress 113th Congress

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 [HB-1150]
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require an applicant for approval of a new animal drug that is a medically important antimicrobial to demonstrate that there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health due to the development of antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to refuse approval if the applicant fails to make such a demonstration. Defines “medically important (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/15/2013

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Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 [HB-1179]
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inpatient hospital requirement in order to entitle the individual to Medicare coverage of any post-hospital extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (SNF).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/11/2013

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Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 [HB-1180]
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DGME) costs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), for each of FY2015-FY2019 (and each succeeding fiscal year if additional residency positions are available to distribute), to increase the otherwise applicable resident limit for each qualifying hospital. Directs the Secretary to determine (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/11/2013

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Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2013 [HB-1199]
Safe Schools Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit conduct, including bullying and harassment, that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to: (1) limit students' ability to participate in, or benefit from school programs; or (2) create a hostile or abusive educational environment that adversely affects their education. Requires LEAs to also provide: (1) students, parents, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 04/23/2013

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Voter Empowerment Act of 2013 [HB-12]
Voter Empowerment Act of 2013 - Voter Registration Modernization Act of 2013 - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) to require each state to make available official public websites for online voter registration. Authorizes automated voter registration of certain individuals and establishes other initiatives to promote voter registration, such as same day registration and voter registration of individuals under 18 years of age. Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit hindering, interfering with, or preventing voter registration. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/23/2013

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To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the "Doolittle Tokyo Raiders", for outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and service to the United States in conducting the bombings of Tokyo. [HB-1209]
Directs the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to arrange for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal in honor of the members of the 17 Bombardment Group (Medium), who became known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, in recognition of their military service during World War II. Requires the medal to be given to the National Museum of the United States Air Force for display. Expresses the sense of Congress that such Museum should make the medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Signed By President. on 05/23/2014

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Accessing Medicare Therapies Act of 2013 [HB-1239]
Accessing Medicare Therapies Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to cost-sharing under a prescription drug plan, to require incurred costs to include the negotiated price of a covered part D drug if the drug is: (1) classified in the highest copayment tier; (2) furnished to the individual free or at nominal charge under a compassionate treatment program; and (3) covered under the formulary of the plan, if the drug is furnished other than through (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Wittman Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/10/2013

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Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013 [HB-1250]
Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a process which subjects to a single, combined maximum annual limit, applied incrementally, the number of additional documentation requests made to a hospital by Medicare administrative contractors, recovery audit contractors, or Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program contractors pursuant to prepayment and postpayment audits requiring a hospital to submit a medical record for audit purposes. Directs the Secretary also to establish (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/22/2013

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Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2013 [HB-1252]
Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include physical therapy within the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps. Makes physical therapists eligible for repayment of their educational loans in order to ensure an adequate supply of physical therapists.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/22/2013

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Overdraft Protection Act of 2013 [HB-1261]
Overdraft Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a depository institution from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with overdraft coverage, or in acts designed to evade the provisions of this Act. Requires each depository institution that provides overdraft coverage for transaction accounts clearly and conspicuously to disclose overdraft coverage fees and that, if a consumer does not opt-in to such overdraft coverage: (1) the consumer's transaction may be declined if there are insufficient (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr E335-336) on 03/19/2013

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