Child Tax Credit Permanency Act of 2015 [HB-1286]
Child Tax Credit Permanency Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) adjust the earned income threshold for determining the amount of the refundable portion of such credit, and (2) provide for an inflation adjustment to the $1,000 credit amount for calendar years after 2013.
HB-1286: Child Tax Credit Permanency Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Introduced In House on 03/04/2015
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-1312]
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to include optometry services in primary health services for purposes of the National Health Service Corps. Optometrists are eligible for the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.
HB-1312: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/06/2015
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-1342]
Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise conditions of and limitations on payment for home health care services. Allows payment for home health services to Medicare beneficiaries by: (1) a nurse practitioner, (2) a clinical nurse specialist working in collaboration with a physician in accordance with state law, (3) a certified nurse-midwife, or (4) a physician assistant under a physician's supervision.
HB-1342: Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/18/2015
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015 [HB-1344]
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to expand programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns and infants to include young children. The programs are revised and reauthorized for FY2016-FY2020.
HB-1344: Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 09/09/2015
Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 [HB-1356]
Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015 Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) establish standards to ensure that all VA medical facilities have the structural characteristics necessary to adequately meet the gender-specific health care needs of veterans at such facilities, including privacy, safety, and dignity; (2) integrate such standards into its prioritization methodology with respect to requests for funding major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases; and (3) report on such standards, including
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HB-1356: Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/19/2015
Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act [HB-1378]
Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and the Secretary on policy issues related to recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. The Commission shall study issues facing the social work profession, including: (1) fair market compensation, high educational debt, social work workforce trends, translating social work research
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HB-1378: Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/29/2015
New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act [HB-1406]
New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico to include the planning and design of those wells. Revises the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that may be
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HB-1406: New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Ben Lujan
Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 06/25/2015
Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015 [HB-1427]
Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015 Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015 - This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices furnished to a CGM qualified individual. The Department of Health and Human Services must establish a fee schedule and ensure that CGM qualified individuals are furnished with appropriate device components.
HB-1427: Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/20/2015
Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act [HB-1434]
Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to refinance the unpaid principal, accrued unpaid interest, and late charges on: (1) the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loans (DLs) of qualified borrowers if the DLs were first disbursed or, in the case of Direct Consolidation Loans, applied for, before July 1, 2015; and (2) the Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) of qualified borrowers as DLs. (FFELs were not disbursed
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HB-1434: Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Motion To Discharge Committee Filed By Mr. Courtney. Petition No: 114-6. ( ">discharge Petition Text With Signatures.) on 07/11/2016
Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act of 2016 [HB-1475]
Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation, Inc., to construct a Wall of Remembrance at the site of the Korean War Veterans Memorial. The wall shall include a list of names of members of the U.S. Armed Forces who died in the Korean War, as determined by the Department of Defense (DOD). DOD shall: (1) establish eligibility criteria for the inclusion of names on the wall, and (2) provide to the Department of the Interior a final list of names for inclusion
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HB-1475: Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act of 2016
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Became Public Law No: 114-230. (txt | Pdf) on 10/07/2016