Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act of 2015 [HB-1343]
Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) with respect to the hospital readmissions reduction program under the inpatient (hospital) prospective payment system (IPPS). The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in determining a hospital's excess readmission ratio for purposes of making payments for discharges occurring during FY2016-FY2017, is required to make a risk adjustment to the ratio that takes into account both: (1) a hospital's
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HB-1343: Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/19/2015
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
HB-136: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the "Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office".
Sponsored by: Rep. David Valadao
Became Public Law No: 114-166. (txt | Pdf) on 06/13/2016
You have voted HB-136: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the "Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office"..
Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act [HB-1384]
Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act (Sec. 2) Any person who is entitled to retired pay for nonregular (reserve) service or who, but for age, would be so entitled shall be honored as a veteran. A person shall not be entitled to any benefit by reason of such recognition.
Social Security 2100 Act [HB-1391]
Social Security 2100 Act Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to: increase the primary insurance amount formula factor from 90% to 93% for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2016; revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers; increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to increase the gross income threshold for
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HB-1391: Social Security 2100 Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/29/2015
Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2015 [HB-1396]
Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2015 Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow a bipartisan majority of Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding a specified open meeting provision, to hold a meeting that is closed to the public to discuss official business if: (1) no agency action is taken, (2) each person present is an FCC Commissioner or employee or a member or person on the staff of a joint board or conference to which the FCC has referred a matter, and (3) an attorney from the
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HB-1396: Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. John Shimkus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/20/2015
American Innovation Act [HB-1398]
American Innovation Act This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2016-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform basic science research. Adjustments are required for the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy Office of Science, Department of Defense science and technology programs, National Institute of Standards and Technology Scientific and Technical Research and Services, and the National Aeronautics
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HB-1398: American Innovation Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Jerry McNerney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Research And Technology. on 08/18/2015
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2015 [HB-1421]
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2015 Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in a title IV program (except a foreign school) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment that includes: (1) a prohibition of harassment of students by other students, faculty, and staff; (2) a description of its programs to prevent harassment; (3) a description of the procedures that students should follow
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HB-1421: Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/29/2015
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