Rep. Doris Matsui

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District HD-CA-7
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 115

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US Congress 113th Congress

Excellence in Mental Health Act [HB-1263]
Excellence in Mental Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth criteria for the certification of federally-qualified community behavioral health centers. Limits such a certification to five years, but requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to provide an opportunity for recertification at the end of each certification period. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make such centers eligible for payments for services under Medicaid. Amends the Public Health (continued...)

  

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

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Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014 [HB-1281]
Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2019 a grant program for screening, counseling, and other services related to heritable disorders that can be detected in newborns. Allows grants to be used to improve timeliness of newborn screening and provide training to health care professionals on the importance of timely screening and on the sharing of medical and diagnostic information with providers and families. (Sec. 3) Extends through FY2019 a grant (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Became Public Law No: 113-240. on 12/18/2014

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Healthy Families Act [HB-1286]
Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to permit each employee to earn at least 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked. Declares that an employer shall not be required to permit an employee to earn more than 56 hours of paid sick time in a calendar year, unless the employer chooses to set a higher limit. Allows employees to use such time to: (1) meet their own medical needs; (2) care for the medical needs of certain family members (including (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/23/2013

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Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act [HB-1318]
Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act or the Youth Promise Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a PROMISE Advisory Panel to assist the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in: (1) assessing and developing standards and evidence-based practices to prevent juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity, and (2) collecting data in designated geographic areas to assess the needs and existing resources for juvenile delinquency (continued...)

  

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

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Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act [HB-1339]
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants or contracts for the establishment or operation of Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. Requires such Centers to: (1) improve the training of health professionals in palliative care for individuals with serious or life-threatening illnesses; (2) develop and disseminate related curricula; (3) support the training and retraining of faculty to provide instruction in palliative (continued...)

  

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

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Natomas Basin Flood Protection Improvements Act of 2013 [HB-135]
Natomas Basin Flood Protection Improvements Act of 2013 - Modifies the project for flood damage reduction, American and Sacramento Rivers, California, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent to those rivers in the vicinity of Sacramento, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers entitled "American River Watershed (Common Features) Project, Natomas Basin, Sacramento and Sutter Counties, California," dated December 30, 2010, at a specified cost. Requires (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ami Bera Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/04/2013

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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1444 Main Street in Ramona, California, as the "Nelson 'Mac' MacWilliams Post Office Building". [HB-1356]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1444 Main Street in Ramona, California, as the "Nelson 'Mac' MacWilliams Post Office Building."

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform. on 03/21/2013

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Flood Protection Public Safety Act of 2013 [HB-136]
Flood Protection Public Safety Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement any flood risk management project for which the Secretary has transmitted to Congress, before the date of enactment of this Act, a letter that includes: (1) a description of the project as recommended in a report by the Chief of Engineers that concludes that the project is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, and economically justified; and (2) notification that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ami Bera Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 01/04/2013

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Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 [HB-137]
Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 - Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NICS Act) to modify the periods during which penalties are applicable to states that do not make certain records pertaining to firearms eligibility electronically available to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICBCS). Repeals provisions authorizing the Attorney General to waive certain penalties if a state provides substantial evidence that it is making a reasonable effort to provide such records. Directs the Attorney General to publish, and make (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/25/2013

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To designate the United States Federal Judicial Center located at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, California, as the "John Rhoades Federal Judicial Center" and to designate the United States courthouse located at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, California, as the "James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse". [HB-1378]
Designates the U.S. Federal Judicial Center and the U.S. courthouse located at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, California, as the "John Rhoades Federal Judicial Center" and the "James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse," respectively.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Became Public Law No: 113-241. on 12/18/2014

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