Rep. Kevin Yoder

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District HD-KS-3
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 7

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US Congress 114th Congress

Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015 [HB-1859]
Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include pediatric subspecialties in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). Psychiatrists who are pediatric subspecialists are included in behavioral and mental health professionals. (These amendments make pediatric subspecialists, including psychiatrists, eligible for the NHSC fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the NHSC Scholarship (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/17/2015

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Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016 [HB-1877]
Mental Health First Aid Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend through FY2021 training grants for mental health awareness. The bill makes additional categories of individuals eligible to be trained to identify and respond to individuals with a mental illness. Programs funded by these grants must provide education on: (1) recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental illness, and (2) either the availability of relevant resources or safe de-escalation of crisis situations involving individuals with a mental (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/27/2016

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To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits. [HB-1911]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase certain veteran funeral benefits. Increases the amounts payable through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) burial and funeral expenses of certain veterans, and (2) such expenses in connection with a veteran's death due to a service-connected disability. Directs VA, with respect to any fiscal year, to provide percentage increases for burial and funeral expenses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Disability Assistance And Memorial Affairs. on 05/01/2015

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To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research. [HB-1925]
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the Nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research. This bill directs the House of Representatives and the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal to Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodai in recognition of his many outstanding contributions to the nation, including a tireless commitment to breast cancer research.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 04/21/2015

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Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act [HB-194]
Medgar Wiley Evers Congressional Gold Medal Act Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Medgar Wiley Evers, in recognition of his contributions and sacrifice in the fight for racial equality in the United States. Requires the medal, following its award, to be given to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, where it is to be available for display or temporary loan to be displayed elsewhere.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Introduced In House on 01/07/2015

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American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act [HB-1992]
American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act (Sec. 2) Sets at 2%, for a five-year period, the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from federal land.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-236. on 07/29/2015

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Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015 [HB-2043]
Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from applying a multiple procedure payment reduction policy to the professional component of imaging services furnished: (1) after a specified date in the year this Act is enacted; or (2) in any subsequent year before the Secretary conducts and publishes, as part of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for a year, an analysis of the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale Data (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/11/2015

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FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2015 [HB-2058]
FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise premarket review and reporting requirements for products deemed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be tobacco products. A product is not subject to premarket review by the FDA if it is introduced to market before that type of product is deemed a tobacco product. A person introducing a tobacco product that is substantially similar to a marketed product less than 21 months after that type of product is deemed a tobacco product (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/01/2015

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EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act [HB-2061]
EACH Act Equitable Access to Care and Health Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage. The individual claiming such exemption must provide an attestation that he or she has not (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 09/29/2015

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Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 [HB-2096]
Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend to all domestic corporations, including S corporations, provisions allowing deferral of tax on gain from the sale of employer securities to an S corporation-sponsored employer stock ownership plan (ESOP); and (2) allow a tax deduction for 50% of the interest incurred on loans to S corporation-sponsored ESOPs for the purchase of employer securities. Directs the Department of the Treasury to establish the S Corporation Employee Ownership (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/16/2015

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