Subject Home and outpatient care | Current

State	Bill	Summary/Title	Last Action
US	SB412	Reduces lease amounts authorized in previous fiscal years for VA outpatient clinics in: (1) Johnson County, Kansas; (2) San Diego, California; and (3) Tyler, Texas. [Detail][Text]	2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
US	SB857	Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner (including a same-sex spouse) or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent,... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-06 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SR128	A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce ... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-06 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HR197	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workf... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-06 To House Energy And Commerce Committee
US	SB846	Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner (including a same-sex spouse) or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent,... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB1751	Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, or da... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
US	HB1346	Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase to $10.50 an hour (adjusted annually based on increases in the Consumer Price Index) the federal minimum wage for employees. Prescribes the federal minimum wage... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
US	HB1484	Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site during a specified in... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-12 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	SB672	Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as a part D drug any devices approved for home use by the Food and Drug Adm... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-09 To Senate Finance Committee
US	SCR8	Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2013, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2013-FY... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-23
US	HB1339	Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act [Detail][Text]	2013-03-22 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB1250	Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a process which subjects to a single, combined maximum annual limit, applied incrementally, the number of additional documentation requests... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-22 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB1331	Electronic Health Records Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt certain eligible physicians in solo practice and physicians near early retirement age from the application of the Medicare payment adjustme... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-22 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	SB641	Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act [Detail][Text]	2013-03-21 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB596	Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct pilot projects under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for the purpose of providing incentives to home health ... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-18 To Senate Finance Committee
US	HB1179	Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to deem an individual receiving outpatient observation services in a hospital to be an inpatient with respect to satisfying the three-day inp... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-15 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	SB569	Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward the three-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverag... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-14 To Senate Finance Committee
US	HB307	Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2013 - Title I: Strengthening National Preparedness and Response for Public Health Emergencies - (Sec. 101) Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the Secretary of Health an... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-13 Became Public Law No: 113-5.
US	HB902	Keep Our Commitment to Veterans Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out specified major medical facility leases in FY2013-FY2014 in New Mexico, New Jersey, South Carolina, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico,... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-08 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	SB11	Fiscal Sustainability Act of 2013 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize a five-year renewable comprehensive Medicaid waiver to allow a state to elect to provide medical assistance under SSA title XIX (Medicaid), directly or ... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-26 To Senate Finance Committee
US	HB713	Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the caps on Medicare outpatient rehabilitation physical therapy services and speech-language pathology services. [Detail][Text]	2013-02-19 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB752	Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of 2010 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to collaborate with professionals in the addiction field and primary health care pro... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-15 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	SB367	Medicare Access to Rehabilitation Services Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the caps on Medicare outpatient rehabilitation physical therapy services and speech-language pathology services. [Detail][Text]	2013-02-14 To Senate Finance Committee
US	SB264	Excellence in Mental Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to set forth criteria for the certification of federally-qualified community behavioral health centers. Requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-07 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB242	Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit the National Health Security Strategy to Congress in 2014. Gives th... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-07 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB29	Mobile Medical Homeless Health Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to hospitals or other local health care ... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-04 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee