| HB321 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the National Institutes of Health to establish, administer, and coordinate a national consortium on neuromyelitis optica (NMO), which is a neurological disease that can cause blindness and paralysis. The consortium must award grants for rese...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB71 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes which state law governs health insurers offering coverage in multiple states. Specifically, the bill provides that the laws of a state designated by a health insurer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR76 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses support for the designation of a Women's Health Research Day. It also supports efforts to (1) recognize the importance of biomedical and clinical research to women's health, (2) increase awareness of the value of sex- and ge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB456 | Intro
Sine Die | Eliminates restrictions on who may purchase catastrophic health plans and allows such plans to be offered in both the individual and group markets. Catastrophic health plans do not cover any benefits, other than three primary care visits per year, be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB383 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes severability between provisions relating to the requirement to maintain minimum essential health care coverage (i.e., the individual mandate) and other provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the bill p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB466 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits private rules, such as those imposed by a community association, that prevent an amateur radio operator from installing an outdoor antenna. Specifically, the bill prohibits a private land-use restriction from being applied to an amateur rad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB461 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires hospitals with emergency departments to be equipped with sexual assault forensic examiners as a condition of participation in the 340B drug pricing program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB763 | Intro
Sine Die | Imposes a fee on the carbon content of fuels, including crude oil, natural gas, coal, or any other product derived from those fuels that will be used so as to emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The fee is imposed on the producers or importers...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB233 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows state Medicaid fraud control units to investigate complaints of patient abuse or neglect in additional settings. Specifically, the bill allows a unit to review complaints regarding Medicaid patients who are in noninstitutional or other setting...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB207 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a grant program that supports violence prevention efforts. Specifically, the CDC must award grants to trauma centers or nonprofit entities for the purpose of conducting or exp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB320 | Intro
Sine Die | Institutes several requirements for the Administration for Community Living (ACL) relating to certain adult day programs. Specifically, the ACL must conduct a survey of current programs for individuals, including young adults, with neurological disea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB331 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Federal Trade Commission to review protections of customer information against cyber threats. The bill includes provisions related to investigations, enforcement, and regulations that apply to consumer reporting agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee |
| HB422 | Intro
Sine Die | Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise certain regulations regarding particulate matter emissions standards for nonemergency stationary diesel engines in remote areas of Alaska. The EPA must report on methods for assisting remote...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB711 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Congress on the filing requirements for telecommunications carriers or service providers that receive Universal Service Fund program supp...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB70 | Intro
Sine Die | Abolishes the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); HHS must transfer authority regarding certain national disease and toxic exposure registries to another appropriate HH...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB296 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from awarding federal family planning grants to entities that provide, or that financially support the provision of, abortions. Specifically, in order to receive such grants, entities must c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB692 | Intro
Sine Die | Reestablishes requirements for private health insurance plans with respect to preexisting conditions, guaranteed enrollment, and discrimination based on health-related factors if they are repealed by another law.In such event, the bill prohibits priv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB173 | Intro
Sine Die | Addresses eminent domain, environmental review for interstate natural gas pipeline projects, and the visual impacts of natural gas pipeline projects on national scenic trails. The bill revises the process for environmental reviews of natural gas proj...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB573 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research that involves the use of human fetal tissue from an induced abortion. The bill also prohibits soliciting or acquiring a donation of human fetal tissue fr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB708 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes reporting requirements for states regarding certain Medicaid payments to abortion providers. Specifically, the bill requires states that make Medicaid payments using federal funds for any items or services furnished by an abortion provide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HR16 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses support for women nationwide to have access to comprehensive, convenient, compassionate, life-affirming, and high-quality health care. The resolution also recognizes the high standards established by the Pro Women's Healthca...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB104 | Intro
Sine Die | Revises the renewable fuel program, including the renewable fuel standard (RFS). Under current law, the RFS specifies the minimum volume of renewable fuel, such as ethanol, that must be contained in gasoline sold in the United States, except in nonco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Environment and Climate Change Committee |
| HR70 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution thanks and promotes the profession of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and encourages patients, health care professionals, policymakers, and others to participate in National CRNA Week.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB249 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the reports of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods to include a description of the progress on the development and use of alternative methods for toxicological testing by participating federal agen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB105 | Intro
Sine Die | Nullifies federal and state energy efficiency and water conservation standards for certain consumer and commercial appliances. In addition, the bill eliminates the authority of the Department of Energy and states to set the standards for such applian...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB584 | Intro
Sine Die | Provides the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes plac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB585 | Intro
Sine Die | Amends the Clean Air Act to revise requirements for hazardous air pollutants. Specifically, the bill allows (1) emissions from oil or gas exploration or production wells and emissions from pipeline compressors or pump stations to be aggregated with e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Environment and Climate Change Committee |
| HB148 | Intro
Sine Die | Allows states to receive federal payment under Medicaid for 50% of their costs for providing education on the risk of renal medullary carcinoma to individuals with sickle cell disease. (Renal medullary carcinoma is a rare kidney disease usually found...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB674 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB107 | Intro
Sine Die | Terminates certain limitations regarding drug rebates under Medicaid. Currently, the maximum rebate that drug manufacturers must pay under Medicaid for single-source and innovator multiple-source drugs is 100% of the average manufacturer price of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB174 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, when deciding whether to issue licenses for hydropower projects, to give equal consideration to minimizing infringement on the useful exercise and enjoyment of property rights held by nonlicensees. I...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HB59 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes specific audit requirements, and rescinds funds, for certain states that are awarded grants to establish health insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Specifically, states that are awarded grants...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB106 | Intro
Sine Die | Alters provisions relating to personnel of the Public Health Service. Specifically, the bill states that provisions authorizing the appointment of special consultants or authorizing individual scientists to receive fellowships for the Public Health S...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB117 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to support pilot programs that address infant mortality. Specifically, grants must be awarded to local and tribal health departments in areas with the highest rates of infant mortality to esta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB594 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizes appropriations for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to conduct or support research on unruptured brain aneurysms in a patient population diversified by age, sex, and race.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB220 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes the Office of Oversight and Coordination for Tick-Borne Diseases within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The office must oversee the creation of a national strategy to address Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB171 | Intro
Sine Die | Transfers marijuana from schedule I to schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act. It also specifies that no provision of the Controlled Substances Act prohibits or restricts activities related to medical marijuana that comply with a state's medica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB88 | Intro
Sine Die | Permits an individual to transport a knife between two places (i.e., states) where knife possession, carry, or transport is legal. A knife must be securely stored during transport, unless it is an emergency knife designed to cut seat belts. The bill ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee |
| HB108 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibits sending bad faith patent demand letters. A patent demand letter is a written communication claiming that the recipient may be liable for patent infringement. Bad faith means making knowingly false or misleading statements, making claims wit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee |
| HB447 | Intro
Sine Die | Addresses the importation of drugs from Canada and other foreign countries. The bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to promulgate regulations within 180 days permitting wholesalers, pharmacies, and individuals to import certain presc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB465 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes a series of oversight and disclosure requirements relating to the prices of brand-name drugs. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review at least annually all brand-name drugs for excessive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB172 | Intro
Sine Die | Modifies terminology for purposes of the New Source Review (NSR) permitting program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In order for a change to a stationary source to be a modification (a change to a stationary source that increases the ai...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Environment and Climate Change Committee |
| HB634 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires abortion providers to conduct an ultrasound before performing an abortion. Specifically, before a woman gives informed consent to any part of an abortion, the abortion provider must (1) perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB460 | Intro
Sine Die | Incrementally lowers, from 70% in FY2020 to 54% in FY2028 and subsequent years, the maximum federal matching rate under Medicaid for the District of Columbia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB431 | Intro
Sine Die | Repeals the corporate average fuel economy standards, which regulate how far automobiles must travel on a gallon of fuel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee |
| HB441 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to examine the license for the Toledo Bend Hydroelectric Project (located on the Sabine River in Panola, Shelby, Sabine, and Newton Counties in Texas and DeSoto, Sabine, and Vernon Parishes in Louisia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Energy |
| HR19 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the importance of protecting the American people from drinking water polluted with carcinogens, such as hexavalent chromium.In addition, this resolution encourages state and local governments and the Environmental Protectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Environment and Climate Change Committee |
| HB660 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes several programs to support community health. Specifically, the bill establishes (1) an integrated database of epidemiological and health-claims information to monitor illness rates and associated health care costs; and (2) a grant progra...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Health |
| HB55 | Intro
Sine Die | Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct an annual inquiry on the availability of advanced telecommunications capability in broadband deserts, including whether such capability is being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology |
| HB330 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishes renewable energy standards, energy saving targets, and greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Specifically, the Department of Energy (DOE) must promulgate regulations to increase the percentage of electricity sold in the United States...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-25
To House Environment and Climate Change Committee |
