Subject Medical education | Current

State	Bill	Summary/Title	Last Action
US	SB744	Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act [Detail][Text]	2013-05-21 Committee on the Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
US	SB845	Extends through 2019 (under current law, 2014) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health professionals educational assistance program. Repeals the current $60,000 per-individual limit on education debt reduction payments made by the VA with resp... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
US	SB522	Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants to eligible institutions to: (1) establish a master's or doctoral degree program in orthotics and prosthetics, or (2) expand upon an existing m... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
US	SB852	Veterans' Health Promotion Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate and operate at least one center of innovation for complementary and alternative medicine in health research, education, and clinical activities in ea... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
US	HB1666	Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act [Detail][Text]	2013-04-26 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB11	Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act. Modifies or expands grant conditions under such Act, including requirements rela... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
US	HB1200	American Health Security Act of 2013 - Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident who is a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful resident alien with health care services. Requires each participating state ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
US	HB1330	Student Loan Fairness Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a 10/10 Loan Repayment Plan that allows borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans (FFELs) and Direct Loans (DLs) to limit their ... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
US	HB1559	Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter into contracts for preventive health care training of rural health care p... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-19 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	SB739	National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act [Detail][Text]	2013-04-16 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB726	Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants and enter into contracts for preventive health care training of rural health care p... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-15 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB719	Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-11 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB1252	Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include physical therapy within the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps. Makes physi... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-22 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB1339	Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act [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	HR135	Reaffirms the important role of frontline health workers in saving lives and fostering a healthier and more secure world. Commends the progress made by the United States in helping to build local capacity and to save lives in the world's most vulner... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-21 To House Foreign Affairs Committee
US	SB602	Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include physical therapy within the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps. Makes physi... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-19 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB616	Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to make the J-1 visa waiver (Conrad state 30/medical services in underserved areas) program permanent. Excludes from numerical immigra... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-19 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB1201	Training Tomorrow's Doctors Today Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (DGME) costs. ... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-15 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB1180	Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (D... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-15 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB1178	Creating Access to Residency Education Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make grants to or contracts with eligible partnerships between state or... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-15 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	SB577	Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to distribution of additional resident positions as they affect calculation of payments for direct graduate medical education (D... [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	HB1125	Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any other state loan repayment or forgiveness program ... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-13 To House Ways And Means Committee
US	SB553	Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments under the federal veterinary medicine loan repayment program or any other state loan repayment or forgiveness program ... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-13 To Senate Finance Committee
US	HB940	Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Amends title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to declare that nothing in such title shall require an individual to purchase individual health insurance coverage that includes coverage of an... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-08 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	SB47	Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) to add or expand definitions of several terms used in such Act, including : (1) "culturally specific services" to mean community-based ... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-07 Became Public Law No: 113-4.
US	HB809	Field EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2013 - Designates the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the primary federal agency for emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma care. Establishes the Office o... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-04 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB920	National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of "primary health services" for purposes of the National Health Service Corps to include optometry health services. Inclu... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-01 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	SB426	Health Emergencies Lack Provider Specialists Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make eligible for the National Health Service Corps loan repayment and scholarship programs specialists needed to serve medically underserved areas or ... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB424	National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in carrying out the Pediatric Research Initiative, to act through the Director of the Eunice ... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-28 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB380	Children's Recovery from Trauma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and revise the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI). Requires the NCTSI coordinating center to: (1) collect, analyze, and report NCTSI child outco... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-26 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions 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	HB669	Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to awa... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-15 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB702	Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and carry out a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program under which the Secretary agrees to ... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-15 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB487	Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a pilot project under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to test models for providing payment for direct gradua... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-14 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB235	Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program for states with a shortage of emergency medical technician... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-13 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB314	Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to awa... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-13 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB315	Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education (MD-CARE) Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the muscular dystrophy research program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Multip... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-13 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB594	Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the muscular dystrophy research program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Multiplies the f... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-08 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB225	National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in carrying out the Pediatric Research Initiative, to act through the Director of the Eunice ... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-07 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB297	Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and reauthorize appropriations for payments to children's hospitals for expenses associated with operating approved graduate medical residenc... [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	SB137	Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to codify the prohibition against any action by the federal government and any state or local government receiving federal financial assistance to subject a health profess... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-24 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB153	Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to awa... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-24 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	SB39	Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act or HeLP America Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, the Public Health Service Act, and other specified health law to esta... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-22 To Senate Finance Committee
US	HB274	Mental Health First Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to award g... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-18 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee
US	HB80	Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for the conduct and support of research on triple-negative breast cancer... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-04 To House Subcommittee on Health Committee