Subject Medical tests and diagnostic methods | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | HB1980 | Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-14 |
| US | SB935 | Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-13 |
| US | SB422 | Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides chiropractic care and service... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB455 | Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, or care. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | HB1915 | GEDI Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB928 | Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-09 |
| US | SB907 | GEDI Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | SB908 | Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-08 |
| US | SB883 | Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study regarding the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs. Amends the Immi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-07 |
| US | SB859 | Animal and Public Health Protection Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-06 |
| US | HB1521 | Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act - Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend through 2018 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) authority for the performance of medical disability evaluations by contract physicians. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | HB1784 | Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study regarding the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs. Amends the Immi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-26 |
| US | SR116 | A resolution designating September 26, 2013, as "National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day". [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2991-2992; text as passed Senate: CR S3046) |
| US | SB822 | Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB810 | Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that, as the United States draws down combat operations in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense (DOD) should continue to seek to assist in the identification of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-25 |
| US | SB805 | Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| US | HB1697 | Mobile Mammography Promotion Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the motor fuel excise tax fuel used in any highway vehicle designed exclusively to provide mobile mammography services. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-24 |
| 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 |
| US | HB798 | Workforce Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to revise requirements and reauthorize appropriations for: (1) WIA title I, workforce investment systems for job training and employment services; and (2) WIA title ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | HB1463 | Military Suicide Reduction Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide a one-on-one mental health assessment for each member of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation once during each 180-day period of such deplo... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-23 |
| US | SR104 | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. Encourages state and local governments to recognize and support such a day. Promotes effective and comprehensive HIV prevention education programs as a tool to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-22 |
| US | HCR31 | Expresses support for: (1) Rare Pituitary Disease Awareness, and (2) a substantial national commitment to improving diagnostics and cures for rare pituitary diseases and quality of life for afflicted patients. Recognizes the importance of improving a... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-19 |
| US | HR144 | Express support for the designation of National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month. Declares that steps should be taken to: (1) raise awareness of and increase public knowledge about congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH); (2) inform mino... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HB1507 | Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education for Alzheimer's Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for comprehensive Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and services. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | HR148 | Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. Encourages state and local governments to recognize and support such a day. Promotes effective and comprehensive HIV prevention education programs as a tool to... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-12 |
| US | SB689 | Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 37. |
| US | SB709 | Health Outcomes, Planning, and Education for Alzheimer's Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for comprehensive Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and services. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | SB719 | Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | HB1515 | 21st Century Global Health Technology Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a program to develop technologies designed to: (1) improve the health and nutrition of populat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-11 |
| US | HB757 | Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act or SAVE Native Women Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include sex trafficking as a target of the grants to Indian tribal governments to combat violent crime aga... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB895 | Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2013 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the community. Requires such policy to include pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB1372 | Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), within one year after the enactment of this Act, to establish and maintain a special record to be known as the Canadian Forces Base Gagetown Health Registry containing the name of each individual who, w... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-08 |
| US | HB1236 | Requires any physical evaluation board within the Department of Defense (DOD) that will consider issues related to post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health condition of a member or former member of the Armed Forc... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-05 |
| US | HB975 | Servicemember Mental Health Review Act - Extends through 2014 (under current law, through 2009) the authority of the Physical Disability Board of Review (Board) to review the disability determinations of individuals who, since September 11, 2001, are... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-26 |
| US | HB1281 | Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | HB1309 | Health Information Technology Reform Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to exclude pathologists from Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments and, in particular, penalties relating to the meaningful use... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | HB1320 | Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2013 or SCREEN Act of 2013 - Increases Medicare payments to qualifying Medicare providers by 10% for cancer screening tests recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Terminates ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| US | SB642 | Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2013 [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HB1373 | Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), in conducting health and safety related accident investigations in coal or other mines, to: (1) d... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| US | HB1277 | Accountability in Unemployment Act of 2013 - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation) of the Social Security Act to require state laws to deny unemployment compensation to applicants unless they undergo drug testing and test ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | SR85 | Designates April 2013 as National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month. Declares that steps should be taken to: (1) raise awareness of and increase public knowledge about congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH); (2) inform minority populatio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2051; text as passed Senate: CR S2036-2037) |
| US | SB628 | Servicemember Mental Health Review Act - Extends through 2014 (under current law, through 2009) the authority of the Physical Disability Board of Review (Board) to review the disability determinations of individuals who, since September 11, 2001, are... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | SB623 | Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to payments for physician services, to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from applying a multip... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 |
| US | SB608 | Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2013 or SCREEN Act of 2013 - Increases Medicare payments to qualifying Medicare providers by 10% for cancer screening tests recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Terminates ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-19 |
| 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 |
| US | HB1070 | Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests (thus covering 100% of their cost under Medicare part B [Supplementary ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| US | HB1148 | Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize Medicare payment for the services of qualified radiologist assistants. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| US | HB1074 | National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission to evaluate and make recommendations regarding better coordination and leveraging of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| US | HB1146 | Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require personnel (excluding physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants) who furnish t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| 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. |
