| US | HB1215 | Intro | Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 This bill establishes provisions governing health care lawsuits where coverage for the care was provided or subsidized by the federal government, including through a subsidy or tax benefit. The bill does not pree...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-13
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 382 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1215 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order. The resolution makes in order as original text for purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-10. The resolution makes in order only those amendments printed in the report. |
| US | HB1628 | Engross | American Health Care Act of 2017 American Health Care Act of 2017 TITLE I--ENERGY AND COMMERCE Subtitle A--Patient Access to Public Health Programs (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to eliminate fundin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-08
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 120. |
| US | SB1291 | Intro | Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB2550 | Intro | Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-26
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB467 | Engross | VA Scheduling Accountability Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that each VA medical facility annually certifies that it is in full compliance with all provisions of law and regulations relating to schedu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-25
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1162 | Engross | No Hero Left Untreated Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to treat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-24
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1677 | Engross | Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017 This bill declares that it is U.S. policy to use all diplomatic and economic means to compel the government of Bashar al Assad to halt the slaughter of the Syrian people and work toward a democratic govern...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-18
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee |
| US | HB1662 | Intro | To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit smoking in any facility of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-17
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| US | SB1133 | Intro | Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB1130 | Intro | Rural Emergency Acute Care Hospital Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB1109 | Intro | Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB244 | Pass | HIRE Vets Act Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) Provides that references to "this Act" included in any division of this bill refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-05
Became Public Law No: 115-31. |
| US | HB2336 | Intro | Behavioral Health Care Integration Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-05
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB1022 | Intro | MISSION ZERO Act Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-03
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB849 | Intro | SMASH Act Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-01
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 45. |
| US | HB2224 | Intro | Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-28
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | SB989 | Intro | Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-28
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB980 | Intro | Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | SB968 | Intro | Veterans Access to Care Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-27
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HJR43 | Pass | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecip...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-13
Became Public Law No: 115-23. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB1301 | Engross | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--MILITARY PERSONNEL Provides appropriations for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force (the military departments), and for National Guard personnel in th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 36. |
| US | HR262 | Intro | Supporting the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. Expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. Promotes effective and comprehensive HIV prevention education programs. Urges youth-fri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-07
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1704 | Intro | ACCESS Act of 2017 Accessible Care by Curbing Excessive lawSuitS Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-06
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee |
| US | HB1362 | Pass | To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Pago Pago, American Samoa, the Faleomavaega Eni Fa'aua'a Hunkin VA Clinic. (Sec. 1) This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient cli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-31
Became Public Law No: 115-16. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB1279 | Intro | Helping Veterans Exposed to Burn Pits Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a center of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-27
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1676 | Intro | Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide support for Palliative Care and Hospice Education Centers. These centers mus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-24
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB693 | Intro | Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB1259 | Engross | VA Accountability First Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-21
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1367 | Engross | To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. (Sec. 2) This bill provides that the annual determination of the Veterans H...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-21
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1322 | Intro | Women's Health Protection Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1310 | Intro | SMASH Act Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB609 | Pass | To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Abie Abraham VA Clinic". This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
Became Public Law No: 115-9. (TXT | PDF) |
| US | HB1436 | Intro | To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-10
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1084 | Intro | Today's American Dream Act This bill establishes new programs or amends existing programs related to workforce and community development. It directs: (1) the Department of Labor to award grants for job skills training for older individuals (age 45 or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-10
To House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee |
| US | SB554 | Intro | A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-07
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB1254 | Intro | Veterans Health ID Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program under which: (1) eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and services at non-VA facilities, and (2) the VA shall reimb...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1133 | Intro | Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) provide for an operation on a live donor to carry out a transplant procedure for an eligible veteran notwithstanding that the live donor may...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1131 | Intro | VA Health Center Management Stability and Improvement Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and implement a plan to hire a director for each VA medical center without a permanent director. Hiring priority shall be g...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1253 | Intro | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Accessibility Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1275 | Intro | World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirements for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage and for large employers to offer affordable coverage to full time employees. Health ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1152 | Intro | Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2017 This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to make the Veterans Choice Program permanent. Program eligibility is expanded to include veterans with a 50% service-connected disability....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1255 | Intro | CCM-CARE Act Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness, Research, and Education Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen and coordinate its efforts concernin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-03
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1156 | Intro | Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB527 | Intro | Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB510 | Intro | Women's Health Protection Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | SB514 | Intro | No Hero Left Untreated Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a one-year pilot program to provide access to magnetic EEG/EKG-guided resonance therapy to treat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | SB493 | Intro | Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability First Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-02
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1148 | Intro | FAST Act of 2017 Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-01
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB475 | Intro | CCM-CARE Act Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness, Research, and Education Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen and coordinate its efforts concernin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-28
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB1027 | Intro | Hallways to Health Act This bill amends titles XIX (Medicaid) and XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to: establish a grant program for school-based health centers to, with respect to children who are eligible ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-02-17
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
