| US | HB1492 | Intro | Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-23
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 131. |
| 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 | HB1222 | Intro | Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-07
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB2410 | Intro | Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to states to: (1) collect data on the prevalence ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-06-07
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. |
| US | HB2574 | Intro | Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to enable states to implement scholarship programs to ensure an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-26
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1545 | Engross | VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-24
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1725 | Engross | Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 This bill requires (current law authorizes) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accept, for purposes of establishing a claim for veterans disability benefits, a report of a medical examination adm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-24
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB2503 | Intro | AIM Act of 2017 Accelerating Innovation in Medicine Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-19
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB2535 | Intro | Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-19
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB1188 | Intro | Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-18
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB23 | Intro | Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-17
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. |
| US | SB1147 | Intro | Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-17
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HR320 | Intro | Expressing support for the designation of May 2017 as "Mental Health Month". Supports the designation of Mental Health Month to remove the stigma associated with mental illness and to place emphasis on scientific findings regarding mental health reco...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-12
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB1112 | Intro | Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB1106 | Intro | National Nurse Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | HB2163 | Intro | Medical Device Guardians Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-05
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HR304 | Intro | Expressing support for designation of May as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month". Expresses support for: (1) the designation of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, and (2) investment in asthma research. Salutes health care professi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-05
To House Subcommittee on Health 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 | HB2337 | Intro | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a State Medicaid option to enhance administrative matching funds to support statewide behavioral health access program activities for children under 21 years of age, and for other purposes....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-05
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1982 | Intro | Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-01
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee |
| US | SB652 | Intro | Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-05-01
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 44. |
| US | HB1882 | Intro | Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-26
To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee |
| US | HB1984 | Intro | Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2017 This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to expand, intensify, and coordinate programs for research on triple-negative breast cancer (the cells of these breast cancers are n...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-07
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB2047 | Intro | Behavioral Health Infrastructure Improvement Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to temporarily increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for behavioral health infrastructure and systems improvements u...
[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 | HB1912 | Intro | Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-05
To House Ways And Means Committee |
| US | HB1316 | Intro | Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-04-05
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee |
| US | HB1766 | Intro | Medical Practice Freedom Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services or any state from requiring a health care provider, as a condition of the provider's licensure, to participate in a health plan or comply with requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-31
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1834 | Intro | Cancer Care Payment Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish the Oncology Medical Home Demonstration Project, through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall make specia...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-31
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| 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 | HB1604 | Intro | Health IT Modernization for Underserved Communities Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-24
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1651 | Intro | National Nurse Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service as the National Nurse for Public Health. The duties of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-24
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1540 | Intro | Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-23
To House Subcommittee on Social Security Committee |
| US | HB1064 | Intro | Mental Health Care Provider Retention Act of 2017 This bill allows an individual who has been diagnosed with a mental health condition and who is transitioning from receiving treatment from the Department of Defense to receiving treatment from in the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-23
To House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee |
| US | HB1712 | Intro | Protection and Advocacy for Veterans Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a five-year grant program to improve the monitoring of VA mental health and substance abuse treatment programs. The VA shall award a grant...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-23
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | SB706 | Intro | Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2017 This bill requires (current law authorizes) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accept, for purposes of establishing a claim for veterans disability benefits, a report of a medical examination adm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-23
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| US | HB1270 | Intro | Living Donor Protection Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1318 | Intro | Preventing Maternal Deaths Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1563 | Intro | Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to develop a patient registry to collect data on mesothelioma. The agency mus...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1539 | Intro | Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1554 | Intro | Jessie's Law
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-17
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1194 | Intro | Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-16
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee |
| US | SB656 | Intro | Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act of 2017
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| US | HB985 | Engross | Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017 TITLE I--FAIRNESS IN CLASS ACTION LITIGATION Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017 (Sec. 103) This bill amends the federal judicial code to prohibit ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| US | HB1371 | Intro | Vet Connect Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to disclose to non-VA entities that provide hospital care or medical treatment to veterans (including private entities and other federal agencies) records of the ide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-09
To House Subcommittee on Health Committee |
| US | HB1313 | Intro | Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act This bill exempts workplace wellness programs from: (1) limitations under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 on medical examinations and inquiries of employees, (2) the prohibition on collecting gene...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 17. |
| US | SB581 | Intro | Jessie's Law
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-08
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee |
| US | SB530 | Intro | Vet Connect Act of 2017 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to disclose to non-VA entities that provide hospital care or medical treatment to veterans (including private entities and other federal agencies) records of the ide...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-06
To Senate Veterans' Affairs 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 |
