Supporting reproductive health care in the United States. [HCR-40]
[Healthcare ]
[Reproductive Rights ]
[Public Health ]
This concurrent resolution expresses support for efforts to ensure that all women have access to comprehensive, preventative, and affordable health care services and are able to receive unbiased information about those services.
HCR-40: Supporting reproductive health care in the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/22/2019
Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act [HB-647]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take a series of actions relating to palliative-care training. Specifically, HHS must provide support for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. The centers must improve the training of health professionals in palliative care and establish traineeships for individuals preparing for advanced-education nursing degrees, social-work degrees, or advanced degrees in physician-assistant studies in palliative care. HHS may provide support to medical schools, teaching hospitals, and graduate
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HB-647: Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 10/29/2019
State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2020 [HB-2466]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Mental Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Reauthorizes through FY2026 and expands the scope of the State Opioid Response Grant program that is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Current law limits the use of these grants to specifically address the opioid crisis and opioid use disorders, while this bill allows the grants to address substance use disorders more broadly.
HB-2466: State Opioid Response Grant Authorization Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/18/2020
Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act [HB-2481]
[Taxes ]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Children and Youth ]
Treats certain military survivor benefits that are received by children as earned income of the child for the purposes of the kiddie tax (the tax on the unearned income of children). This has the effect of exempting the benefits from such tax.
HB-2481: Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/02/2019
Transformation to Competitive Employment Act [HB-873]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Economic Development ]
[Grants ]
Addresses employment standards for individuals with disabilities. The bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to states and certain eligible entities to assist them in transforming their business and program models to support individuals with disabilities by operating competitive integrated employment businesses, assisting disabled individuals in finding and retaining work in such employment, and providing integrated employment and integrated community participation and wraparound services for such individuals. The bill prohibits the
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HB-873: Transformation to Competitive Employment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 01/30/2019
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act [HB-1230]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Disabilities ]
Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to establish an unlawful employment practice when the complaining party demonstrates that age or participation in investigations, proceedings, or litigation under such Act was a motivating factor for any unlawful employment practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice (thereby allowing what are commonly known as "mixed motive" claims). The bill (1) permits a complaining party to rely on any type or form of admissible evidence, which need only be sufficient for a reasonable
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HB-1230: Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 01/16/2020
Respond NOW Act Respond to the Needs in the Opioid War Act [HB-2922]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Establishes the Opioid Epidemic Response Fund through FY2024 to fund programs and activities addressing the opioid and substance use epidemic, including Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration demonstration grants; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance, prevention, and treatment programs; Food and Drug Administration support of innovation in non-opioid and nonaddictive medical products for pain treatment; National Institutes of Health research on creating longer-lasting or faster-acting antidotes for opioid overdoses;
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HB-2922: Respond NOW Act Respond to the Needs in the Opioid War Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 06/26/2019
Chief Manufacturing Officer Act [HB-2900]
[Manufacturing ]
[Economic Development ]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Directs the President to appoint a United States Chief Manufacturing Officer who shall (1) coordinate manufacturing-related policies and activities across agencies; and (2) create and submit a national manufacturing srategy to develop the manufacturing sector, encourage economic growth, and promote the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing.
HB-2900: Chief Manufacturing Officer Act
Sponsored by: Rep. James McGovern
Referred To The Subcommittee On Consumer Protection And Commerce. on 05/23/2019
Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019 [HB-2888]
[Student Loans ]
[Crime ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Education ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishes criminal penalties for unauthorized access of certain student loan information and expands the requirements for student loan exit counseling. Specifically, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly use an access device (e.g., account number) that was issued to another person or was fraudulently obtained to access Department of Education (ED) information technology systems for commercial advantage or private financial gain. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. Further, the bill expands
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HB-2888: Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Lloyd Smucker
Introduced In House on 05/22/2019
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2019 [HB-2747]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Human Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Addresses harassment at institutions of higher education (IHEs). Harassment includes certain conduct undertaken through technological means that limits a student's ability to benefit from the IHE's programs, or creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at the school. Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment on the basis of a student's actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth,
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HB-2747: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Introduced In House on 05/15/2019