Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act [HB-3641]
Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make technical revisions indicating that medical assistance is available to former foster care children regardless of whether they move between states.
HB-3641: Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/02/2015
Workplace Democracy Act [HB-3690]
Workplace Democracy Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify without an election an individual or labor organization as the exclusive representative of the employees in a unit appropriate for bargaining if a majority of the employees has signed valid authorizations designating the individual or labor organization specified in a properly filed petition as their bargaining representative and no other individual or labor organization is currently certified or recognized as
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HB-3690: Workplace Democracy Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016
Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2016 [HB-3691]
Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend support for residential substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women through FY2021. (Sec. 3) The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment must carry out a pilot program to make grants to state substance abuse agencies to support services for pregnant and postpartum women who have a primary diagnosis of a substance use disorder, including opioid use disorders (opioids are drugs with effects similar
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HB-3691: Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 05/12/2016
Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015 [HB-3706]
Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015 This bill directs the President to: establish a five-year strategy to achieve, with target countries and donors, the goal of ending preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally and ensure healthy and productive lives within a generation; and provide assistance to implement the strategy. The President shall designate a current U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee serving in the Senior Executive Service or at the level of a Deputy Assistant Administrator or higher to serve
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HB-3706: Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 10/07/2015
Improving Access to Mental Health Act [HB-3712]
Improving Access to Mental Health Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services, (2) exclude clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare, and (3) alter the definition of “clinical social worker services” as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, “clinical social worker services”: (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment
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HB-3712: Improving Access to Mental Health Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 10/09/2015
Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015 [HB-376]
Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015 Considers as a banned hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act: (1) any firearm receiver casting or firearm receiver blank (do-it-yourself assault weapon) that does not meet the definition of a firearm under the federal criminal code at the point of sale but that can be completed after purchase by the consumer to function as a firearm frame or receiver for a semiautomatic assault weapon or machine gun, or (2) an assault weapon parts kit or machine gun parts kit. Makes it unlawful to
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HB-376: Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commerce, Manufacturing, And Trade. on 01/16/2015
Seniors Deserve A Raise Act [HB-3761]
Seniors Deserve A Raise Act This bill requires cost-of-living increases in any benefit under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act as well as military retirement and survivor benefits by any increase in the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly. In addition to any such increase, each such benefit shall be further increased by 2.9% on January 1, 2016, and shall remain in effect every year thereafter.
HB-3761: Seniors Deserve A Raise Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 11/23/2015
Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act [HB-3785]
Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act This bill prohibits an executive agency from using the following terms in any rule, regulation, interpretation, publication, other document, display, or sign issued by the agency except to the extent that the term is used in quoting or reproducing text written by a source other than an officer or employee of the agency: "alien" when used to refer to an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national, and "illegal alien" when used to refer to an individual who is unlawfully
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HB-3785: Correcting Hurtful and Alienating Names in Government Expression (CHANGE) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 11/23/2015
Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015 [HB-3793]
Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015 Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to include LGBT individuals (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals) within the purview of such Act, particularly their status as LGBT individuals among those with the greatest social need. Authorizes the Administration of Aging to: (1) designate within it a person with responsibility for addressing issues affecting LGBT older individuals; (2) conduct studies and collect data to determine the services needed by LGBT older individuals; and (3)
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HB-3793: Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 03/23/2016
Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015 [HB-381]
Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015 Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to prohibit an insured depository institution from being an affiliate of any broker or dealer, investment adviser, investment company, or any other person or entity engaged principally in the issue, flotation, underwriting, public sale, or distribution of stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, or other securities. Prohibits officers, directors and employees of securities firms from simultaneous service on the boards of depository institutions, except in specified circumstances.
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HB-381: Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 01/14/2015