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| 104-s-2195 | 104 | s | 2195 | A bill to provide for the regulation of human tissue for transplantation to ensure that such tissue is handled in a manner to preserve its safety and purity, and for other purposes. | Health | 1996-10-03 | 1996-10-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 2 | Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to establish a specific definition for "human tissue" which expressly excludes vascularized human organs, gene therapy, blood, soluble blood components, milk, or products made by combining human tissue with biomaterials. Declares that human tissue is not a drug, biological product, or device unless reclassified under this Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to subject human tissue to regulation under such Act only if voluntary regulation is inadequate, or if it is reclassified as a drug, biological product, or device pursuant to specified guidelines established by this Act. Requires any person subject to such regulation who recovers, processes, stores, or distributes human tissue for transplantation or implantation in the United States to register in accordance with FFDCA drug registration procedures. Deems registrants to be authorized to conduct human tissue recovery, processing, storage, and distribution activities identified as applicable on the registration, unless, among other things, the Secretary of Health and Human Services suspends or revokes such authority after determining that the registrant fails to meet operating standards established by the Secretary. Prescribes certain human tissue labeling and advertising requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to reclassify human tissue as a drug, biological product, or device in specified circumstances. Outlines the mechanism for enforcement of this Act in the event that any violations of it constitute a significant risk to the public health. Subjects registrants to inspections under the Act. Applies the PHSA to umbilical cord blood to the same extent as it applies to human tissue. Prohibits the Secretary from regulating eyes until voluntary regulation is inadequate to protect the public health. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-s-2184 | 104 | s | 2184 | Tobacco-Free Children's Internet Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-10-01 | 1996-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Tobacco-Free Children's Internet Act of 1996 - Directs the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations limiting the advertising of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco over the Internet or other interactive computer service within the United States in a manner consistent with certain previously issued regulations. | 2025-08-21T20:15:01Z | |
| 104-s-2186 | 104 | s | 2186 | Healthy Children Family Assistance Health Insurance Program Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-10-01 | 1996-10-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Coverage for Children and Pregnant Women Subtitle A: Definitions Subtitle B: Participating State Program Title II: Qualifying Policies Subtitle A: Qualifying Policies Subtitle B: Access and Preexisting Condition Limitations Subtitle C: General Duties and Responsibilities of the Secretary Title III: Assistance to Families and Pregnant Women Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Healthy Children Family Assistance Health Insurance Program Act of 1996 - Title I: Coverage for Children and Pregnant Women - Subtitle A: Definitions - Sets forth definitions used in this Act. Subtitle B: Participating State Program - Sets forth the general framework for a State program negotiated and contracted with at least one health plan to provide access to qualified health plans to eligible children and pregnant women residing in the State. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide certain payments for operating and administrative costs of participating States. Title II: Qualifying Policies - Subtitle A: Qualifying Policies - Describes the qualifying health policies for children and pregnant women, with a prohibition under each policy against any cost-sharing requirements for preventive services. Subtitle B: Access and Preexisting Condition Limitations - Places certain limitations on the imposition of preexisting condition exclusions under such policies, prohibiting them outright with regard to pregnant women. Subtitle C: General Duties and Responsibilities of the Secretary - Authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations and interim final regulations to implement the State program. Title III: Assistance to Families and Pregnant Women - Prescribes guidelines for determining the eligibility of children and pregnant women for premium and cost-sharing assistance. Requires States to have such assistance programs in effect to qualify for Federal payments under this Act. Prescrib… | 2025-08-21T20:15:16Z | |
| 104-s-2167 | 104 | s | 2167 | Children's Health Insurance for Long-Term Development Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-30 | 1996-10-03 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12350-12351) | Senate | Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] | NE | D | K000146 | 0 | Children's Health Insurance for Long-Term Development Act of 1996 - Requires health plans and employee health benefit plans to ensure coverage of all medically necessary health care and related services for children during the Infant Neurological Risk Exposure Period (INREP), which extends through age three and encompasses the period of most rapid neurological changes in young children. Prohibits health plans from using a service limitation, including a lifetime benefit limit, to deny medically necessary health care and related services to a child. Sets forth enforcement provisions. | 2025-08-21T20:15:21Z | |
| 104-s-2171 | 104 | s | 2171 | Comprehensive Telehealth Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Medicare Reimbursement for Telehealth Services Title II: Telehealth Licensure Title III: Periodic Reports to Congress from the Joint Working Group on Telehealth Title IV: Development of Telehealth Networks Comprehensive Telehealth Act of 1996 - Title I: Medicare Reimbursement for Telehealth Services - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act in accordance with a specified payment methodology for professional consultation via telecommunications systems with an individual or entity furnishing a service for which payment may be made to a Medicare beneficiary residing in a rural or an underserved area, notwithstanding that the individual health care practitioner providing the professional consultation is not at the same location as the individual furnishing the service to the Medicare beneficiary. (Sec. 101) Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to require the Health Care Financing Administration's report to the Congress on Medicare's reimbursement of telemedicine services to include telehealth services. Title II: Telehealth Licensure - Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) practitioners licensed to provide telehealth services across State lines, including those licensed to provide them in more than three States; (2) any reciprocal or other licensure agreements between or among various States; (3) any efforts to develop uniform national sets of licensure standards for interstate telehealth services; (4) a projection of future interstate telehealth consultations; (5) State efforts to increase or reduce licensure as a burden to interstate telehealth practice; and (6) any State licensure requirements that appear to constitute unnecessary barriers to interstate telehealth services. (Sec. 202) Dir… | 2025-08-21T20:16:49Z | |
| 104-s-2178 | 104 | s | 2178 | Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act | Health | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 5 | Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for additional deferred effective dates for the approval of certain new drug applications to allow for additional pediatric information developed by further studies of the drug concerned. | 2025-08-21T20:16:14Z | |
| 104-hr-4277 | 104 | hr | 4277 | Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act | Health | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | G000439 | 6 | Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow for additional deferred effective dates for the approval of certain new drug applications to allow for additional pediatric information developed by further studies of the drug concerned. | 2025-08-21T20:15:40Z | |
| 104-hr-4284 | 104 | hr | 4284 | Late Term Abortion Restriction Act | Health | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] | MD | D | H000874 | 15 | Late Term Abortion Restriction Act - Makes it unlawful, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to knowingly perform an abortion after the fetus has become viable, except, if in the medical judgment of the attending physician, it is necessary to preserve the life of the woman or to avert serious adverse health consequences to her. | 2025-08-21T20:15:11Z | |
| 104-hr-4296 | 104 | hr | 4296 | Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 16 | Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 1996 - Requires health plans that provide medical and surgical benefits for the treatment of breast cancer to ensure that inpatient coverage is provided for a minimum of 48 hours after a mastectomy, and 24 hours after a lymph node disection, except where the attending physician and patient determine that a shorter period is appropriate. Prohibits health plans from modifying the terms and conditions of coverage based on an enrollee's determination to request less than the minimum coverage required. Prescribes appropriate health plan notice requirements regarding required coverage. | 2025-08-21T20:14:20Z | |
| 104-hr-4298 | 104 | hr | 4298 | To provide for a special Medicare part B enrollment period and a special Medigap open enrollment period for certain military retirees and dependents. | Health | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Ensign, John [R-NV-1] | NV | R | E000194 | 0 | Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of certain military retirees and dependents, to provide for a special enrollment period during which such an individual may enroll under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Prohibits an issuer of a Medicare supplemental policy, in the case of such an individual who seeks to enroll during such special enrollment period, from denying or conditioning the issuance or effectiveness of such a policy, or from discriminating in its pricing on the basis of the individual's health status, medical condition, claims experience, receipt of health care, medical history, genetic information, evidence of insurability, or disability. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 104-hr-4300 | 104 | hr | 4300 | Children Health Insurance Access Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1] | OR | D | F000434 | 0 | Children Health Insurance Access Amendments of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the guaranteed availability of individual health insurance coverage to uninsured children. | 2025-08-21T20:14:48Z | |
| 104-hr-4315 | 104 | hr | 4315 | Patient and Health Care Provider Protection Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-28 | 1996-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | O000159 | 9 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Health Plan Requirements Title II: Office of Consumer Advocacy for Health Title III: Independent Consumer Advisory Committees Title IV: Coordination Among Office, Committees, and Secretary Patient and Health Care Provider Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Health Plan Requirements - Prohibits a health plan that is part of any contract or agreement with a health care provider from providing any restriction on or interference with any medical communication (other than a knowing misrepresentation): (1) between the provider and a current, former, or prospective patient (or the guardian or legal representative of a patient); (2) between the provider and or any employee or representative of the plan; or (3) between the provider and any employee or representative of any State or Federal licensing or oversight authority. Authorizes States to establish or enforce requirements related to such prohibition, but only if they are more protective of a medical communication than that provided by such prohibition. (Sec. 102) Prohibits the operation of an improper health care provider incentive plan. (Sec. 103) Requires health plans to: (1) establish criteria for the denial of plan services, as well as criteria to assure the quality of plan care; (2) provide for an initial physical exam of enrollees before denying plan services; and (3) establish standards and procedures to protect certain private information from public disclosure. (Sec. 106) Requires a health plan to pay the State an annual fee of one percent of the total amount of the annual premiums paid by State residents enrolled in the plan. (Sec. 107) Provides for the enforcement of this title through the imposition of civil monetary penalties. (Sec. 108) Prohibits the taking of adverse actions against health care providers for certain actions, including those taken for the purpose of notifying a health plan of potentially dangerous conditions. Title II: Office of Consumer Advocacy for Health - Directs the Se… | 2025-08-21T20:14:55Z | |
| 104-hr-4325 | 104 | hr | 4325 | Patient's Compassion and Visitation Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 2 | Patient's Compassion and Visitation Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to extend fair visitors privileges to non-family members. | 2025-08-21T20:17:08Z | |
| 104-s-2154 | 104 | s | 2154 | Pharmaceutical Equity Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 3 | Pharmaceutical Equity Act of 1996 - Extends for a two-year period the term of any patent in force on September 24, 1984, and on this Act's effective date, that claims a drug product or a method of using or manufacturing it from the product's expiration date if: (1) an exemption became effective for the drug product before September 24, 1984; (2) the regulatory review period for such product exceeded 120 months or 60 months, as appropriate. Provides that during such extensions, the rights in the extended patents shall be the same as those that existed before their expirations, thereby guarding against patent infringements during the extensions. Requires: (1) the patentee to notify the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks of such patent extended number; and (2) the Commissioner to confirm the patent extension by placing a notice thereof in the official file of the patent and to publish an appropriate notice in the Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office. | 2025-08-21T20:14:31Z | |
| 104-hr-4229 | 104 | hr | 4229 | Medicare Home Health Services Prospective Payment Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] | CT | R | J000163 | 0 | Medicare Home Health Services Prospective Payment Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for payments for home health services in accordance with a prospective payment system (including an episodic system) developed according to specified criteria, with a special rule for Christian Science providers. Requires the Medicare Prospective Payment Review Commission, during the first three years in which payments are made under this Act, to report annually to the Congress on the effectiveness of the payment methodology established. Amends SSA title XI to require review by peer review organizations of home health services provided under Medicare. Eliminates certain fiscal intermediary responsibilities under Medicare with regard to home health services. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 to provide for a retroactive reinstatement of presumptive waiver of liability. | 2025-08-21T20:17:13Z | |
| 104-hr-4244 | 104 | hr | 4244 | To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services in the case of individuals classified within certain diagnosis-related groups. | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-28 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1797) | House | Rep. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL-20] | IL | D | D000563 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for coverage under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of extended care services for individuals with a condition classifiable within a select diagnosis-related group (DRG). (Waives the three-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services for such DRGs.) Requires the Secretary to select at least five DRGs beginning in FY 1998, and additional qualified groups for subsequent fiscal years. Provides for recovery of excessive expenditures by: (1) reductions in payable amounts for post-hospital extended care services in the following fiscal year; and (2) rescission of the selection of any DRG. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 104-hr-4248 | 104 | hr | 4248 | Medicare Antibiotic Coverage Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Waldholtz, Enid Greene [R-UT-2] | UT | R | G000408 | 0 | Medicare Antibiotic Coverage Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage of certain antibiotics, including vancomycin, parenterally administered in a home setting. Mandates adjustments in average standardized payment amounts in order to maintain budget neutrality. | 2025-08-21T20:15:20Z | |
| 104-hr-4250 | 104 | hr | 4250 | To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a State the option of covering community-based attendant services under the Medicaid program. | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 1 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit States the option of covering community-based attendant services. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 104-hr-4257 | 104 | hr | 4257 | To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a one-stop shopping information service for individuals with serious or life-threatening diseases. | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2] | NY | R | L000155 | 0 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate, in the National Institutes of Health, a program regarding information on research, treatment, detection, and prevention regarding serious or life-threatening diseases and conditions. Requires, in carrying out that program, establishment of a data bank of information on clinical trials and treatments. Authorizes appropriations. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 104-hr-4264 | 104 | hr | 4264 | Medicare Diabetes Education and Treatment Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] | WA | R | N000051 | 6 | Medicare Diabetes Education and Treatment Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes. | 2025-08-21T20:15:36Z | |
| 104-hr-4268 | 104 | hr | 4268 | Medicare Telemedicine and Medical Informatics Demonstration Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 1 | Medicare Telemedicine and Medical Informatics Demonstration Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, to make a grant to a consortium meeting specified criteria to provide for a project for the development and operation of telemedicine and medical informatics systems to demonstrate the application of high-capacity computing and advanced networks to the provision of health care to residents of medically underserved rural and inner-city areas. Requires the project to focus on Medicare beneficiaries and on improvements in primary care (and prevention of complications) for residents with diabetes (mellitus). Lists project objectives, which include improving patient access to and compliance with appropriate care guidelines for chronic diseases through direct telecommunications link with information networks in order to improve patient quality-of-life and reduce overall health care costs. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:14:43Z | |
| 104-hr-4270 | 104 | hr | 4270 | Health Care Research and Development and Consumer Protection Act | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 0 | Health Care Research and Development and Consumer Protection Act - Requires reporting to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and public disclosure of certain research and development (R and D) patent and funding information, including the amount of Federal funds expended, with regard to new drugs, new animal drugs, and antibiotics approved for marketing under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Provides that if any Federal agency or any nonprofit entity undertakes federally funded health care R and D, and is to convey or provide a patent or other exclusive right to use such R and D for a drug or other health care technology, such agency or entity shall not make such conveyance or provide such patent or other right until the person who will receive it first agrees to a reasonable pricing agreement with the Secretary or the Secretary makes a determination that the public interest is served by a waiver of the reasonable pricing agreement. Requires, for any drug approved for marketing by the Food and Drug Administration which was developed with significant Federal support, that the Secretary review the drug price to determine a reasonable price for Federal reimbursements under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act and other Federal programs that elect to participate in the Secretary's reasonable pricing program. Provides that, if in connection with R and D for health care technologies the Secretary determines that the public interest will be advanced by his or her ability to conduct research on biological substances or other materials, the Secretary shall have the authority to compel the owner of such substances or materials to provide them to him or her in accordance with a described materials transfer agreement. Requires any person engaged in the manufacture of drugs for introduction into interstate commerce to establish for each drug, in accordance with specified procedures, an account for funds to be reinvested in R and D for health care technologies. Requires certain … | 2025-08-21T20:15:09Z | |
| 104-hr-4271 | 104 | hr | 4271 | Primary Care Promotion Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] | NY | D | S000480 | 0 | Primary Care Promotion Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to direct graduate medical education for residents enrolled in combined approved primary care medical residency training programs. Provides for full-time-equivalent resident reimbursement for the minimum number of years of formal training required to satisfy the requirements for initial board eligibility in the longest of the individual programs plus one additional year. Declares that a resident enrolled in a combined medical residency training program that includes an obstetrics and gynecology program qualifies for the period of board eligibility under this Act if the other programs such resident combines with such obstetrics and gynecology program are for training a primary care resident. | 2025-08-21T20:17:03Z | |
| 104-s-2149 | 104 | s | 2149 | Transitional Health Insurance for Workers Changing Jobs Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | Transitional Health Insurance for Workers Changing Jobs Act of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title XXVIII (Health Insurance for Workers Changing Jobs) under which the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services are required to establish a joint program to award grants to States with approved plans to enable them to provide temporary health insurance premium assistance for eligible individuals and their families in accordance with specified guidelines. Makes appropriations. Expresses the sense of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate that the joint program established by this Act should be financed in a budget neutral manner by offsetting revenues derived from eliminating undeserved corporate tax breaks, especially tax breaks that encourage American corporations to move jobs overseas and that reward book-keeping transactions that artifically place corporate income overseas for tax purposes. | 2025-08-21T20:17:13Z | |
| 104-hr-4196 | 104 | hr | 4196 | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging Establishment Act | Health | 1996-09-26 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5] | NC | R | B001135 | 11 | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging Establishment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging, headed by a Director, which shall conduct and support research, training, and dissemination of health information and other programs with respect to radiologic and other imaging modalities, imaging techniques, and imaging technologies with biomedical applications. Directs the Director of the Institute to: (1) establish a National Biomedical Imaging Program; and (2) prepare and transmit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institutes of Health a plan to initiate, expand, intensify, and coordinate activities of the Institute respecting biomedical imaging. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:16:39Z | |
| 104-hr-4217 | 104 | hr | 4217 | Safe Motherhood Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-26 | 1996-10-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 7 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Epidemiological and Educational Activities Regarding Pregnancy-Related Complications Title II: Public Education Regarding Folic Acid as Dietary Supplement Title III: Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 Title IV: Ultrasound Safe Motherhood Act of 1996 - Title I: Epidemiological and Educational Activities Regarding Pregnancy-Related Complications - Pregnancy-Related Morbidity and Mortality Surveillance and Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Secretary), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), to: (1) provide technical assistance to the States to assist them with various matters involving pregnancy-related complications; (2) carry out activities to educate health professionals and the public on the prevention of pregnancy-related complications and the treatments available for such complications; and (3) study and report to the Congress on such complications, including the extent to which research on the prevention and treatment of such complications is being conducted in the United States. Requires such report to include: (1) recommendations for improving the effectiveness of Federal and State activities for the collection of epidemiological data on such complications; and (2) an agenda for the conduct and support by the Federal Government of research on preventing and treating them. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Public Education Regarding Folic Acid as Dietary Supplement - Folic Acid Public Education Act - Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the CDCP Director, to carry out a program to encourage physicians, nurses, nutritionists, and other health professionals to educate patients that consuming a daily supplement of folic acid is effective in preventing birth defects. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 - Newborns' … | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-4220 | 104 | hr | 4220 | Managed Care Consumer Protection Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-26 | 1996-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Protections for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Managed Care Plans Title II: Medicare Title III: Medicaid Managed Care Consumer Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Protections for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Managed Care Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide beneficiaries under managed care health plans with certain consumer protections against plan abuses through the imposition of an excise tax on managed care group health plans, or issuers offering managed care health insurance coverage, which fail to meet specified requirements. (Sec. 101) Prohibits a plan from denying coverage of, or payment for, items and services on the basis of a utilization review program, unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies (and periodically recertifies) that the programs meets certain standards established by the Secretary in accordance with specified requirements. Includes among such requirements written descriptions of utilization review policies, clinical review criteria, information sources, and the process used to review and approve medical services under the program. Prohibits individuals who perform utilization reviews from receiving financial compensation based upon the number of coverage denials. Requires plans or issuers to: (1) assure enrollees timely access to the covered health services of a sufficient number, distribution, and variety of qualified health care providers, including, when medically necessary, specialty treatment; (2) provide procedures for hearing and resolving grievances between the plan or issuer and enrollees; (3) provide information on physician incentive plans to enrollees upon request; (4) provide certain minimum childbirth benefits; (5) demonstrate that enrollees with chronic diseases or who otherwise require specialized services would have access to designated Centers of Excellence; and (6) cover emergency services without prior authorization and without regard to whether or not the provider furnishing such services… | 2025-08-21T20:14:29Z | |
| 104-hr-4185 | 104 | hr | 4185 | Medicare Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrient Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Medicare Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrient Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of intradialytic parenteral nutrients provided to patients with end stage renal disease as part of the payment under Medicare for renal dialysis services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish criteria to determine medically appropriate uses of such nutrients when provided to a patient determined to have such disease. Conditions Medicare payment for such nutrients after a certain future date on their meeting such criteria. | 2025-08-21T20:17:14Z | |
| 104-hr-4189 | 104 | hr | 4189 | Medicare Vancomycin Home Parenteral Therapy Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Medicare Vancomycin Home Parenteral Therapy Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of vancomycin home parenteral therapy for treatment of an infection caused by: (1) beta-lactam-resistant gram-positive microorganisms; or (2) gram-positive microorganisms in the case of a patient with a severe allergy to beta-lactam antimicrobials. | 2025-08-21T20:16:19Z | |
| 104-hr-4190 | 104 | hr | 4190 | Medicare Coverage of Infectious Diseases Therapy Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Medicare Coverage of Infectious Diseases Therapy Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on coverage of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy, drugs, and services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA). Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for Medicare coverage of such antimicrobial-related items if outpatient administration would result in reduced costs. | 2025-08-21T20:15:58Z | |
| 104-hr-4191 | 104 | hr | 4191 | To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study of the effect on payments under medicare where certain inpatient services are replaced by outpatient services. | Health | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on coverage for outpatient services in lieu of inpatient services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. | 2025-04-07T15:27:23Z | |
| 104-s-2121 | 104 | s | 2121 | Medicare Access to Emergency Medical Care Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-25 | 1996-09-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 8 | Medicare Access to Emergency Medical Care Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish requirements for Medicare managed care regarding access to emergency services. | 2025-08-21T20:16:30Z | |
| 104-hr-4135 | 104 | hr | 4135 | Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection and Mental Health Parity Implementation Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 1 | Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection and Mental Health Parity Implementation Amendments of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (as amended by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) with respect to group health plan requirements to: (1) provide standards for benefits to mothers and newborns; and (2) provide for parity of specified mental health benefits with surgical and medical benefits. | 2025-08-21T20:14:04Z | |
| 104-hr-4149 | 104 | hr | 4149 | Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-24 | 1996-10-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] | TX | D | H000067 | 120 | Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1996 - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to provide, procure, furnish, fund, or support, or to compel any individual, institution, or government entity to provide, procure, furnish, fund, or support, any item, good, benefit, program, or service, the purpose of which is to cause, or to assist in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual. Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to incorporate a modified version of this prohibition. Adds a further prohibition, with regard to protection and advocacy systems, against certain assistance provided under such Federal laws for asserting or advocating a legal right to cause, or to assist in causing, or to receive assistance in causing, suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use or availability of appropriations under such Act to provide any item, or service, for the purposes of causing or assisting in suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. Prohibits Federal financial participation under title XIX (Medicaid), or Federal reimbursement under title XVIII (Medicare), of the Social Security Act for assisted suicide or related services. Provides for the treatment of advance directives under both Medicare and Medicaid. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for assisted suicide and related services under the Older Americans Act of 1965, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services Program) of the Social Security Act. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for assisted suicide and related services under the military and Federal employees health care systems, and as health care for Peace Corps volunteers and Federal prisoners. Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to ban the use of Federal funds for assisted suicide… | 2025-08-21T20:15:37Z | |
| 104-hr-4158 | 104 | hr | 4158 | To exclude certain general service wages and hours associated with a separate skilled nursing facility owned by certain hospitals in determining a hospital's eligibility for continued geographic reclassification under the Medicare program. | Health | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] | MN | R | R000033 | 1 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in calculating a municipality-owned hospital's average hourly wage for purposes of continued geographic reclassification as an urban hospital under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, to exclude the general service wages and hours of personnel associated with a separate skilled nursing facility owned by the hospital or the same municipality and physically separated from the hospital to the extent that such wages and hours are not shared with the hospital, and are separately documented. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 104-hr-4160 | 104 | hr | 4160 | Medicare and Medicaid Health Plan Beneficiary Orientation and Medical Profile Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-24 | 1996-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Medicare and Medicaid Health Plan Beneficiary Orientation and Medical Profile Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit any payments except to those entities which certify to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that they provide for orientation and medical profiles for enrollees. Applies the same requirement to payments under SSA title XIX (Medicaid), plus a requirement for appropriate immunizations of child enrollees. Directs the Secretary to promulgate requirements for orientation and medical profiles. | 2025-08-21T20:16:01Z | |
| 104-s-2108 | 104 | s | 2108 | Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 17 | Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1996 - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to provide, procure, furnish, fund, or support, or to compel any individual, institution, or government entity to provide, procure, furnish, fund, or support, any item, good, benefit, program, or service, the purpose of which is to cause, or to assist in causing, the suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of any individual. Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to incorporate a modified version of this prohibition. Adds a further prohibition, with regard to protection and advocacy systems, against certain assistance provided under such Federal laws for asserting or advocating a legal right to cause, or to assist in causing, or to receive assistance in causing, suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the use or availability of appropriations under such Act to provide any item, or service, for the purposes of causing or assisting in suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing. Prohibits Federal financial participation under title XIX (Medicaid), or Federal reimbursement under title XVIII (Medicare), of the Social Security Act for assisted suicide or related services. Provides for the treatment of advance directives under both Medicare and Medicaid. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for assisted suicide and related services under the Older Americans Act of 1965, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services Program) of the Social Security Act. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for assisted suicide and related services under the military and Federal employees health care systems, and as health care for Peace Corps volunteers and Federal prisoners. Amends the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to ban the use of Federal funds for assisted suicide… | 2025-08-21T20:15:46Z | |
| 104-sres-300 | 104 | sres | 300 | A resolution to designate the week of November 3, 1996, as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week". | Health | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-28 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 9 | Designates the week of November 3, 1996, as National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-s-2099 | 104 | s | 2099 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide post-eligibility treatment of certain payments received under a Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation program, and for other purposes. | Health | 1996-09-20 | 1996-09-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 1 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise the post-eligibility treatment of the income of certain individuals (veterans and related persons) who are institutionalized or receiving home or community-based services under a certain waiver. Requires that any and all payments received under a Department of Veterans Affairs pension or compensation program be taken into account as income, including payments attributable to the recipient's medical expenses or to the recipient's need for aid and attendance, but excluding that part of any augmented benefit attributable to a dependent. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hres-527 | 104 | hres | 527 | Relating to breast implants, the Food and Drug Administration, and public health. | Health | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. McIntosh, David M. [R-IN-2] | IN | R | M000481 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration should: (1) ensure that women with breast cancer and other women seeking breast reconstruction have enhanced access to silicone gel breast implants; (2) eliminate requirements that those women participate in clinical studies in order to obtain the implants; and (3) issue a definitive statement on the relationship (or lack thereof) between silicone gel breast implants and connective tissue disease, classic auto-immune symptoms, and other serious diseases. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 104-sres-295 | 104 | sres | 295 | A resolution to designate October 18, 1996, as "National Mammography Day". | Health | 1996-09-18 | 1996-09-25 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 56 | Designates October 18, 1996, as National Mammography Day. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 104-hr-4100 | 104 | hr | 4100 | Medicare and Medicaid Hospital Self-Referral Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-17 | 1996-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 1 | Medicare and Medicaid Hospital Self-Referral Amendments of 1996 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require hospitals participating in the Medicare or Medicaid programs to: (1) give notice of availability of providers as part of the discharge planning process; and (2) maintain and disclose information on certain referrals. Amends SSA title XI to provide for public disclosure of certain information on hospital financial interest and referral patterns by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. | 2025-08-21T20:15:59Z | |
| 104-sjres-60 | 104 | sjres | 60 | A joint resolution to disapprove the rule submitted by the Health Care Financing Administration on August 30, 1996, relating to hospital reimbursement under the medicare program. | Health | 1996-09-17 | 1996-09-17 | Failed of passage in Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 0 | Disapproves the rule submitted by the Health Care Financing Administration on August 30, 1996, relating to hospital reimbursement under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. | 2016-10-26T07:52:56Z | |
| 104-s-2075 | 104 | s | 2075 | Medigap Portability Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-16 | 1996-09-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] | RI | R | C000269 | 3 | Medigap Portability Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare supplemental policies, providing for additional consumer protections, among them: (1) guaranteeing policy issuance (with no preexisting condition exclusions and no discrimination in pricing because of the individual's health, claims experience, or disability) to certain individuals who have had continuous coverage (or no break in coverage longer than 63 days) if the policy in which they wish to enroll has a comparable or less generous benefits package; (2) prohibiting insurers from excluding benefits based on a pre-existing condition during the initial six-month enrollment period after an individual first becomes eligible for Medicare; and (3) extending the six-month initial enrollment period to non-elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to private, independent, nonprofit consumer organizations and State agencies applying to conduct programs to prepare and make available to Medicare beneficiaries comprehensive and understandable information on enrollment in health plans with a Medicare managed care contract and in Medicare supplemental policies in which they are eligible to enroll. Requires any eligible organization with a Medicare managed care contract or any issuer of a Medicare supplemental policy to conduct a consumer satisfaction survey of the enrollees under such contract or such policy and make the results of such survey available to the Secretary and the State Insurance Commissioner of the State in which the enrollees are so enrolled. Requires each organization which provides a Medicare managed care contract or issues a Medicare supplemental policy to pay to the Secretary its pro rata share of the estimated costs to be incurred in providing the grants. Makes necessary appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:14:23Z | |
| 104-hconres-214 | 104 | hconres | 214 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that a patient has certain rights regarding medical care that should be protected by law. | Health | 1996-09-12 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Smith, Linda [R-WA-3] | WA | R | S000587 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the law should protect a patient's right to receive disclosure from providers, choose providers, receive disclosure from health plans, have access to medical records and limit the access of others to those records, choose courses of treatment, refuse interference from third party payers, and contract with providers. | 2025-01-02T17:32:44Z | |
| 104-hr-4069 | 104 | hr | 4069 | Graduate Medical Education Trust Fund Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-12 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25] | TX | D | B000400 | 0 | Graduate Medical Education Trust Fund Act of 1996 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXI (Teaching Hospital and Graduate Medical Education Trust Fund), which establishes in the Treasury the Teaching Hospital and Graduate Medical Education Trust Fund for formula payments to teaching hospitals for the direct and indirect costs of operating approved medical residency training programs. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for certain adjustments in Medicare payments under SSA title XVIII, removing medical education and disproportionate share hospital payments from calculation of adjusted average per capita cost. Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a National Advisory Council on Postgraduate Medical Education to advise the Secretary on appropriate policies for making postgraduate medical education support payments in order to assure an adequate supply of physicians trained in various specialties, consistent with the health care needs of the United States. | 2025-08-21T20:14:54Z | |
| 104-hr-4075 | 104 | hr | 4075 | Essential Health Facilities Investment Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-12 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Essential Access Community Hospital Program Title II: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers Subtitle A: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Subtitle B: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers Title III: Capital Allocation Plans Essential Health Facilities Investment Act of 1996 - Title I: Essential Access Community Hospital Program - Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) revise the Essential Access Community Hospital Program (EACH), extending EACH to all States and authorizing increased appropriations for EACH grants; and (2) establish a program of assistance (PA) for activities related to the formation of State and local community health networks. (Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report on EACH and PA effectiveness in increasing medically underserved population health care. Title II: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers - Subtitle A: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to impose a tax on the hospital gross receipts of any person for the taxable year. Subtitle B: Capital Financing Assistance for Safety Net Providers - Amends SSA to establish a program to provide capital financing assistance in the form of loan guarantees, interest rate subsidies, matching loans, and direct grants to eligible hospitals and facilities. Creates in the Treasury the related Capital Financing Trust Fund. (Sec. 212) Provides for adjustment of Medicare hospital payments to take into account any capital financing assistance received by the hospital. (Sec. 213) Amends the IRC to grant tax-exempt status to State and local bonds guaranteed by the Fund. Title III: Capital Allocation Plans - Amends SSA title XVIII to mandate that each State establish a plan for Federal approval of capital expenditures for certain non-rural health care services in … | 2025-08-21T20:15:52Z | |
| 104-s-2067 | 104 | s | 2067 | A bill to extend certain Medicare community nursing organization demonstration projects. | Health | 1996-09-12 | 1996-09-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 6 | Provides for a three-year extension of certain Medicare community nursing organization demonstration projects under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hr-4047 | 104 | hr | 4047 | Medigap Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] | CT | R | J000163 | 42 | Medigap Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to certification of Medicare supplemental health insurance policies, particularly coverage for pre-existing conditions, providing for additional consumer protections for certain individuals whose enrollment with an eligible organization ceases for one or more specified reasons. Prohibits a Medicare supplemental policy issuer from denying or conditioning a policy to such an individual, from imposing preexisting condition exclusions, and from discriminating in pricing because of the individual's health, claims experience, or disability in the case of such an individual who has had continuous coverage (with no break longer than 63 days), if the policy in which the individual wishes to enroll has a comparable or less generous benefits package. Revises the prohibition against an insurer's excluding benefits based on a pre-existing condition during the initial six-month enrollment period after an individual first becomes eligible for Medicare. Extends the six-month initial enrollment period to non-elderly Medicare beneficiaries. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide grants to private, independent, nonprofit consumer organizations and State agencies applying to conduct programs to prepare and make available to Medicare beneficiaries comprehensive and understandable information on enrollment in health plans with a Medicare managed care contract and in Medicare supplemental policies in which they are eligible to enroll. Requires any eligible organization with a Medicare managed care contract or any issuer of a Medicare supplemental policy to: (1) conduct a consumer satisfaction survey of the enrollees under such contract or such policy; and (2) make the survey results available to the Secretary and the State Insurance Commissioner of the State in which the enrollees are so enrolled. Requires each organization which provides a Medicare managed care contract or issues a Medicare supplemental poli… | 2025-08-21T20:15:33Z | |
| 104-hr-4051 | 104 | hr | 4051 | To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for Managed Health Services of Wisconsin. | Health | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | K000259 | 1 | Waives for contract periods through December 31, 1999, with respect to Managed Health Services of Wisconsin, the requirement under the Social Security Act that Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries under titles XVIII and XIX of that Act constitute less than 75 percent of the membership of a participating health maintenance organization. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 104-hr-4052 | 104 | hr | 4052 | Health Care Assurance for Retired Employees Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | K000259 | 27 | Health Care Assurance for Retired Employees Act of 1996 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, to require advance notice to participants and the Secretary of Labor of material reductions in group health plan covered services. Prohibits any such change from taking effect until the Secretary determines that it does not violate the plan, including collective bargaining agreements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require qualified pension plans to provide qualifying persons 55 years of age or older a coverage continuation option until they are eligible for Medicare. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide retired workers who lose their retiree health benefits with specified Medicare enrollment and coverage protections. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-4058 | 104 | hr | 4058 | Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] | NJ | R | R000465 | 22 | Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 - Requires a group health plan that applies an aggregate lifetime (or annual) limit for medical or surgical services, if the plan also provides a mental health benefit, to include mental health payments in that limit or establish a separate aggregate lifetime (or annual) limit for mental health services, with the mental health limit not less than the medical or surgical limit. Prohibits a group health plan that does not apply a medical or surgical limit from applying a mental health limit. Exempts employers with fewer than 26 employees. Makes this Act ineffective after September 30, 2001. Exempts a purchaser from this Act if the Act's provisions result in a one percent or greater increase in the cost of a group health plan's premiums. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-s-2064 | 104 | s | 2064 | Breast Cancer Research Extension Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 2 | Breast Cancer Research Extension Act of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for breast cancer research. | 2025-08-21T20:16:22Z | |
| 104-hr-4045 | 104 | hr | 4045 | National Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-10 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Parity for Treatment of Mental Illness Title II: Medicare Mental Health Improvement National Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 - Title I: Parity for Treatment of Mental Illness - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on the applicable issuer a tax equal to 25 percent of a health plan's premiums received during the calendar year if the plan imposes limitations or financial requirements on the coverage of benefits provided with respect to any of specified psychiatric conditions (described in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), while similar limitations or requirements are not imposed on coverage of benefits with respect to other conditions. Provides similar obligations and sanctions with respect to group health plan parity for treatment of mental illness. Title II: Medicare Mental Health Improvement - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to restructure the mental health benefit, including: (1) coverage under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) of inpatient hospital services furnished primarily for the diagnosis or treatment of mental illness or substance abuse for up to 60 days during a year, as well as coverage of intensive residential services furnished to an individual for up to 120 days during a year; (2) lower co-payments for certain out-patient mental health and substance abuse services; (3) waiver of co-payment for case management services furnished to a seriously mentally ill adult, a seriously emotionally disturbed child, or an adult or child with serious substance abuse disorder; (4) case management services for an unlimited duration for such individuals; (5) provision of items and services furnished under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for the treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbances according to standards established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (6) a new category of intensive community- based services covering, among other services, current partial… | 2025-08-21T20:14:39Z | |
| 104-s-2055 | 104 | s | 2055 | A bill to waive temporarily the medicare enrollment composition rules for The Wellness Plan. | Health | 1996-09-05 | 1996-09-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] | MI | R | A000355 | 1 | Waives for contract periods through December 31, 1999, with respect to Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (doing business as The Wellness Plan), the requirement under the Social Security Act (SSA) that each eligible organization with which the Secretary of Health and Human Services contracts under Medicare have, for the duration of the contract, an enrolled membership at least one-half of which consists of individuals who are not entitled to Medicare or Medicaid benefits under SSA titles XVIII and XIX, respectively. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-hr-4022 | 104 | hr | 4022 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to reduce the Medicare payment for general overhead costs of transplant centers in acquiring organs for transplant from organ procurement organizations. | Health | 1996-09-04 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 0 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit Medicare payment of the overhead expenses of transplant centers to those costs directly attributable to acquiring organs from organ procurement organizations. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 104-s-2051 | 104 | s | 2051 | Pharmacotherapy Development Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-09-03 | 1996-09-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Development of Drugs for the Treatment of Addictions to Illegal Drugs Title II: Development, Manufacture, and Procurement of Drugs for the Addiction (sic) of Cocaine and Heroin Addictions Pharmacotherapy Development Act of 1996 - Title I: Development of Drugs for the Treatment of Addictions to Illegal Drugs - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add references to drugs for the treatment of addiction to illegal drugs to provisions relating to drugs for rare diseases or conditions, allowing exclusive approval, certification, or licensure, subject to exception. Requires that the sponsor of such a treatment drug be encouraged to design open protocols. Title II: Development, Manufacture, and Procurement of Drugs for the Addiction (sic) of Cocaine and Heroin Addictions - Requires that the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences establish criteria for an acceptable drug for the treatment of addiction to cocaine and an acceptable drug for the treatment of addiction to heroin. Allows the patent owner of a drug to treat cocaine or heroin addiction to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sell the patent rights to, or make an exclusive licensing agreement with, the Secretary. Sets the purchase amount at $100 million for the cocaine treatment drug and $50 million for the heroin treatment drug. Directs the Secretary, after the sale or licensing, to develop a manufacturing and distribution plan. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:16:40Z | |
| 104-hr-3958 | 104 | hr | 3958 | Federal Coverage for Clinical Trials Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care. | House | Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] | CT | R | J000163 | 0 | Federal Coverage for Clinical Trials Act of 1996 - Prohibits the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act), the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan, the veterans health care program, and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) from denying, limiting, or imposing additional conditions on coverage because of participation in an approved clinical study. Directs the Secretary of Heath and Human Services to make available to the public information about clinical investigations and results obtained from approved clinical studies. | 2025-08-21T20:14:30Z | |
| 104-hr-3959 | 104 | hr | 3959 | Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Program Coverage Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] | CT | R | J000163 | 1 | Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Program Coverage Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project which provides for payment under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of routine patient care costs for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an approved clinical trial program, while still applying the beneficiary cost sharing provisions of such program to project participants. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the impact on Medicare of covering such routine patient care costs if coverage were extended to Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis other than cancer. | 2025-08-21T20:15:37Z | |
| 104-hr-3991 | 104 | hr | 3991 | Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 6 | Prescription Drug Benefit Equity Act of 1996 - Prohibits a health plan from providing mail-order prescription drug coverage without also providing non-mail-order prescription drug coverage meeting benefit and cost-sharing requirements. Provides for enforcement. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-3992 | 104 | hr | 3992 | Medicare Commission Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Karen [D-MO-5] | MO | D | M000316 | 21 | Medicare Commission Act of 1996 - Establishes the National Commission on the Long-Term Solvency of the Medicare Program to provide analyses of and recommendations with respect to the current and long-term financial condition of the Medicare trust funds for a report to the President, the Congress, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Outlines steps for the development and consideration of legislation with regard to such recommendations that provides for the long-term solvency of the Medicare trust funds. | 2025-08-21T20:15:09Z | |
| 104-hr-4008 | 104 | hr | 4008 | Genetic Information Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Genetic Information Health Insurance Nondiscrimination Act of 1996 - Prohibits health insurance and group health plan discrimination on the basis of genetic information or on the basis of a request for, or receipt of, genetic information or a genetic test. Regulates the collection and disclosure of genetic information by insurers. Provides for enforcement, including fallback enforcement under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Amends ERISA to allow amounts appropriated under the Act to be used to carry out this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 104-hr-4012 | 104 | hr | 4012 | To waive temporarily the Medicare enrollment composition rules for The Wellness Plan. | Health | 1996-08-02 | 1996-10-02 | House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 4, 1996. | House | Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] | MI | R | U000031 | 4 | Waives for contract periods through December 31, 1999, with respect to Comprehensive Health Services, Inc. (doing business as The Wellness Plan), the requirement under the Social Security Act (SSA) that each eligible organization with which the Secretary of Health and Human Services contracts under Medicare have, for the duration of the contract, an enrolled membership at least one-half of which consists of individuals who are not entitled to Medicare or Medicaid benefits under SSA titles XVIII and XIX, respectively. | 2025-04-07T15:26:14Z | |
| 104-s-2024 | 104 | s | 2024 | A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a one-stop shopping information service for individuals with serious or life-threatening diseases. | Health | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] | ME | R | S000663 | 2 | Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate, in the National Institutes of Health, a program regarding information on research, treatment, detection, and prevention regarding serious or life-threatening diseases and conditions. Requires, in carrying out that program, establishment of a data bank of information on clinical trials and treatments. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-s-2031 | 104 | s | 2031 | Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 16 | Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 - Requires a group health plan that applies an aggregate lifetime (or annual) limit for medical or surgical services, if the plan also provides a mental health benefit, to include mental health payments in that limit or establish a separate aggregate lifetime (or annual) limit for mental health services, with the mental health limit not less than the medical or surgical limit. Prohibits a group health plan that does not apply a medical or surgical limit from applying a mental health limit. Exempts employers with fewer than 26 employees. | 2025-08-21T20:14:18Z | |
| 104-s-2034 | 104 | s | 2034 | Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 6 | Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover ambulance services, diagnostic tests, and anticancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy services; (3) permit contracting with independent physicians or physician groups for hospice care services; (4) allow waiver of certain staffing requirements for hospice care programs in non- urbanized areas; (5) define coverage denial, with respect to the limitation on the liability of beneficiaries and providers, to mean a determination that an individual is not terminally ill; and (6) extend the period for physician certification of an individual's terminal illness. | 2025-08-21T20:14:36Z | |
| 104-hr-3937 | 104 | hr | 3937 | HIV Prevention Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Coburn, Tom [R-OK-2] | OK | R | C000560 | 29 | HIV Prevention Act of 1996 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to add certain requirements relating to prevention of the transmission of the HIV virus which State Medicaid plans must incorporate in order to receive Federal approval. Includes among such requirements: (1) mandatory confidential reporting of HIV positive results by the health professional or other entity performing HIV tests to the State public health officer; (2) informing of individuals who may have been exposed to HIV by the public health officer of the State; (3) mandatory HIV testing of alleged rapists for which victims and their attorneys are notified of the results; (4) subjection to mandatory HIV testing of prospective patients who are to undergo an invasive medical procedure that would place the health professionals involved at risk of becoming infected with HIV, with the health professionals notified of the results; and (5) notification of individuals who are to undergo an invasive medical procedure by any health professional who is to perform such procedure and knows that he or she has HIV disease. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) with respect to health professionals with HIV disease who perform invasive medical procedures on patients, the medical profession should develop guidelines to assist them in complying with the requirements of this Act; (2) the States should have in effect laws providing that, in the case of individuals who know they have HIV disease, it is a felony to engage in any behaviors that the individual knows will place others at risk of infection with the disease, regardless of whether the behaviors actually transmit such infection; and (3) strict confidentiality should be maintained in carrying out the requirements added by this Act. | 2025-08-21T20:16:14Z | |
| 104-hr-3942 | 104 | hr | 3942 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the geographic reclassification of hospitals for purposes of disproportionate share hospital payment adjustments under the Medicare program. | Health | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18] | OH | R | N000081 | 17 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit the geographic reclassification of hospitals under Medicare for purposes of disproportionate share payment adjustments. | 2025-01-02T17:39:17Z | |
| 104-s-2004 | 104 | s | 2004 | Health Care Quality Improvement Act Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-31 | 1996-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 2 | Health Care Quality Improvement Act Amendments of 1996 - Amends the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to require, in a professional review action (PRA), the granting of a motion for summary judgment that PRA standards have been met unless, considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the opposing party, a reasonable finder of fact could conclude that the presumption that such standards have been met has been rebutted. Allows appeal as of right to a Federal court of appeals (except the Federal Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) of any decision on such a motion. (Sec. 3) Requires each person (as well as entity), including a Federal, State, or local government, and any Federal officer and employee, who makes payment in whole or partial settlement of a medical malpractice action or claim, to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services certain information on the payment and its circumstances. Applies this reporting requirement to any physician or other licensed health care professional who makes such a payment and whose acts or omissions are the basis for the action or claim. Waives this requirement for any such physician or other licensed health care professional whose payment is made as a refund of fees for the health service involved, when such payment does not exceed the amount of the original charge for such services. Applies other specified reporting requirements to Federal health facilities and any PRAs taken by them regarding the competence or professional conduct of Federal physicians to the same extent and in the same manner as they apply to health care entities and PRAs. (Sec. 4) Requires each Board of Medical Examiners to report to the Secretary any denials of a physician's license. (Sec. 6) Requires that certain information reported under the Act: (1) be available (to authorized entities) organized by medical field and specialty; and (2) in some cases, specify whether the action was a class action. (Sec. 7) Imposes on each Board of Medical Examiners the duty to req… | 2025-08-21T20:14:11Z | |
| 104-s-2005 | 104 | s | 2005 | Patient Communications Protection Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-31 | 1996-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 1 | Patient Communications Protection Act of 1996 - Prohibits an entity offering a health plan from prohibiting or restricting any communication by a health care provider with a patient regarding the patient's physical or mental condition or treatment options. Mandates a civil monetary penalty. Allows related State requirements only if they are more protective of such communications than the requirements of this Act. | 2025-08-21T20:16:51Z | |
| 104-hr-3908 | 104 | hr | 3908 | Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-26 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3] | CA | D | F000053 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Importation of Methamphetamine and Precursor Chemicals Title II: Provisions to Control the Manufacture of Methamphetamine Title III: Increased Penalties for Trafficking and Manufacture of Methamphetamine and Precursors Title IV: Legal Manufacture, Distribution, and Sale of Precursor Chemicals Title V: Education and Research Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 - Title I: Importation of Methamphetamine and Precursor Chemicals - Directs the Attorney General to coordinate internal drug enforcement efforts to decrease the movement of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursors into the United States. (Sec. 102) Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA) to: (1) make specified prohibitions against the possession, manufacture, or distribution for purposes of unlawful importation of a schedule I or II controlled substance applicable to a listed chemical; and (2) set penalties of a fine and ten years' imprisonment for manufacturing, possessing with intent to distribute, or distributing a listed chemical in violation of such prohibitions. Title II: Provisions to Control the Manufacture of Methamphetamine - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to: (1) include chemicals within the scope of provisions regarding penalties for simple possession; and (2) prohibit knowingly or intentionally possessing a list I chemical obtained pursuant to or under authority of a registration that has expired or that has been revoked or suspended or if the registrant has ceased to do business in the manner contemplated by his registration. Amends the CSA and the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the seizure and forfeiture of list I chemicals involved in illegal trafficking. (Sec. 202) Directs: (1) the Attorney General to study and report to the Congress on measures to prevent the diversion of agents used in methamphetamine production; and (2) the United States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) to amend … | 2025-08-21T20:14:04Z | |
| 104-hr-3904 | 104 | hr | 3904 | Clinical Research Enhancement Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-25 | 1996-08-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 8 | Clinical Research Enhancement Act of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the President to establish the President's Clinical Research Panel, as part of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to evaluate the status of the U.S. clinical research environment. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Advisory Committee to the Director (of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)) on Clinical Research to report to the Director and to the Panel and to implement recommendations as the Committee determines necessary to remedy NIH clinical research deficiencies. Terminates the Committee five years after enactment of this Act. Requires the OSTP to review the compositions, functions, and outcomes of study section activities at all Federal agencies as such activities relate to clinical research proposals for investigator-initiated support. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director to: (1) support and expand NIH's clinical research involvement; (2) support and expand available resources; and (3) establish certain peer review mechanisms. Mandates grants for: (1) the establishment of general clinical research centers to provide the infrastructure for clinical research training and career enhancement; (2) clinical research career enhancement awards; and (3) innovative medical science awards to support individual clinical research projects. Authorizes appropriations. Increases the maximum aggregate number of contracts that may be made under existing provisions relating to: (1) undergraduate scholarships regarding professions needed by NIH; and (2) loan repayments regarding clinical researchers (currently, clinical researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds). Authorizes appropriations for the loan repayment program. Requires that at least 50 percent of such funds for a fiscal year be used for contracts with qualified health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds. | 2025-08-21T20:14:24Z | |
| 104-hr-3871 | 104 | hr | 3871 | To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations. | Health | 1996-07-23 | 1996-10-09 | Became Public Law No: 104-267. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 2 | Waives for contract periods through January 1, 1999, with respect to Catholic Health Services Plan of Brooklyn and Queens, Inc. and Managed Healthcare Systems of New York, Inc., the requirement under the Social Security Act that Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries constitute less than 75 percent of the membership of a participating health maintenance organization. Provides a similar waiver for contract periods through December 31, 1999, with respect to Health Partners of Philadelphia, Inc. | 2025-04-07T15:30:33Z | |
| 104-hr-3881 | 104 | hr | 3881 | To establish the Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare to make findings and issue recommendations on the future of the Medicare program. | Health | 1996-07-23 | 1996-08-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 6 | Establishes the Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare to make findings and recommendations to the Congress concerning specified aspects of the Medicare program. | 2025-01-02T17:39:18Z | |
| 104-hr-3866 | 104 | hr | 3866 | To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations. | Health | 1996-07-22 | 1996-07-24 | See H.R.3871. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 2 | Waives for contract periods through December 31, 1999, with respect to Catholic Health Services Plan of Brooklyn and Queens, Inc. (doing business as Fidelis Health Plan), Managed Healthcare Systems of New York, Inc., and Health Partners of Philadelphia, Inc., the requirement under the Social Security Act that Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries under titles XVIII and XIX of that Act constitute less than 75 percent of the membership of a participating health maintenance organization. | 2025-01-02T17:38:54Z | |
| 104-hr-3847 | 104 | hr | 3847 | Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Consolidation and Reorganization Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-18 | 1996-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Administration Title II: Programs and Functions of Administration Subtitle A: Transfers from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Transfer from Other Agencies Subtitle B: Additional Provisions Regarding Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Subtitle C: Funding Title III: Advisory Council; Peer Review Title IV: Miscellaneous Authorities Title V: Disposition of Remaining Programs and Functions of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Title VI: General Provisions Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Consolidation and Reorganization Act of 1996 - Title I: Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Administration - Establishes as an independent agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Administration, to be headed by an Administrator appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Title II: Programs and Functions of Administration - Subtitle A: Transfers from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Transfer from Other Agencies - Transfers to the Administration programs and functions: (1) relating to the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Public Health Service Act substance abuse block grants, or the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); (2) under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994; (3) under specified provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 administered by the HHS' Administration for Children and Families (relating to drug abuse and youth gangs and or runaway and homeless youth); (4) under the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990; and (5) under the Drug-Free Public Housing Act of 1988. Subtitle B: Additional Provisions Regarding Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse - Mandates a program to… | 2025-08-21T20:14:41Z | |
| 104-hr-3852 | 104 | hr | 3852 | Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-18 | 1996-09-26 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Heineman, Frederick K. (Fred) [R-NC-4] | NC | R | H000452 | 7 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Importation of Methamphetamine and Precursor Chemicals Title II: Provisions to Control the Manufacture of Methamphetamine Title III: Increased Penalties for Trafficking and Manufacture of Methamphetamine and Precursors Title IV: Legal Manufacture, Distribution, and Sale of Precursor Chemicals Title V: Education and Research Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 - Title I: Importation of Methamphetamine and Precursor Chemicals - Directs the Attorney General to coordinate internal drug enforcement efforts to decrease the movement of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursors into the United States. (Sec. 102) Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA) to: (1) make specified prohibitions against the possession, manufacture, or distribution for purposes of unlawful importation of a schedule I or II controlled substance applicable to a listed chemical; and (2) set penalties of a fine and ten years' imprisonment for manufacturing, possessing with intent to distribute, or distributing a listed chemical in violation of such prohibitions. Title II: Provisions to Control the Manufacture of Methamphetamine - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to: (1) include chemicals within the scope of provisions regarding penalties for simple possession; and (2) prohibit knowingly or intentionally possessing a list I chemical obtained pursuant to or under authority of a registration that has expired or that has been revoked or suspended or if the registrant has ceased to do business in the manner contemplated by such registration. Amends the CSA and the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the seizure and forfeiture of list I chemicals involved in illegal trafficking. (Sec. 202) Directs: (1) the Attorney General to study and report to the Congress on measures to prevent the diversion of agents used in methamphetamine production; and (2) the United States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) to amend… | 2025-04-07T15:23:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3856 | 104 | hr | 3856 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for prospective payment under the Medicare program for inpatient services of rehabilitation hospitals and units based on discharges classified by functional-related groups. | Health | 1996-07-18 | 1996-07-18 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] | NJ | R | L000554 | 8 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for prospective payment under Medicare for inpatient rehabilitation hospital services and units based on discharges classified by functional-related groups. | 2025-01-02T17:39:02Z | |
| 104-hr-3859 | 104 | hr | 3859 | To amend section 1848 of the Social Security Act to extend for 1 year the treatment of certain practice relative value units under the Medicare payment system for physicians' services. | Health | 1996-07-18 | 1996-08-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1] | KY | R | W000413 | 1 | Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year extension of the treatment of certain practice relative value units under the Medicare payment system for physicians' services. | 2025-01-02T17:39:02Z | |
| 104-s-1963 | 104 | s | 1963 | Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-17 | 1996-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 15 | Medicare Cancer Clinical Trial Coverage Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration project which provides for payment under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act of routine patient care costs for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer who are enrolled in an approved clinical trial program, while still applying the beneficiary cost sharing provisions of such program to project participants. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the impact on Medicare of covering such routine patient care costs if coverage were extended to Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis other than cancer. | 2025-08-21T20:14:04Z | |
| 104-s-1964 | 104 | s | 1964 | Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-17 | 1996-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 4 | Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services of registered dieticians and nutrition professionals. | 2025-08-21T20:15:38Z | |
| 104-s-1965 | 104 | s | 1965 | Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-17 | 1996-10-03 | Became Public Law No: 104-237. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 17 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Importation of Methamphetamine and Precursor Chemicals Title II: Provisions to Control the Manufacture of Methamphetamine Title III: Increased Penalties for Trafficking and Manufacture of Methamphetamine and Precursors Title IV: Legal Manufacture, Distribution, and Sale of Precursor Chemicals Title V: Education and Research Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996 - Title I: Importation of Methamphetamine and Precursor Chemicals - Directs the Attorney General to coordinate international drug enforcement efforts to decrease the movement of methamphetamine and methamphetamine precursors into the United States. (Sec. 102) Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (CSIEA) to: (1) make specified prohibitions against the possession, manufacture, or distribution for purposes of unlawful importation of a schedule I or II controlled substance applicable to a listed chemical; and (2) set penalties of a fine and ten years' imprisonment for manufacturing, possessing with intent to distribute, or distributing a listed chemical in violation of such prohibitions. Title II: Provisions to Control the Manufacture of Methamphetamine - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to: (1) include chemicals within the scope of provisions regarding penalties for simple possession; and (2) prohibit knowingly or intentionally possessing a list I chemical obtained pursuant to or under authority of a registration that has expired or that has been revoked or suspended or if the registrant has ceased to do business in the manner contemplated by his registration. Amends the CSA and the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit the seizure and forfeiture of list I chemicals involved in illegal trafficking. (Sec. 202) Directs: (1) the Attorney General to study and report to the Congress on measures to prevent the diversion of agents used in methamphetamine production; and (2) the United States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) to a… | 2025-04-07T15:23:04Z | |
| 104-s-1955 | 104 | s | 1955 | National Center for Pain Research Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 8 | National Center for Pain Research Act of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish, in the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Pain Research. Makes the National Pain Research Center Advisory Board the advisory council for the Center. Mandates establishment of not less than six regional pain research centers. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:14:07Z | |
| 104-hr-3787 | 104 | hr | 3787 | Healthy Start Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-11] | FL | D | G000153 | 10 | Healthy Start Act of 1996 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXI (Healthy Start), incorporating certain current SSA title XI peer review and fraud and abuse provisions. Establishes an entitlement program of health insurance for eligible children under age 13 and mothers-to-be who are not covered under a qualified health plan. Outlines the scope of benefits for such individuals, which generally consist of the same benefits that are available under SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) and enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), including well child services and pre- and post-natal care provided to such children and women, respectively, without the application of deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments. Entitles to benefits as both a child and a pregnant woman any individual entitled to program benefits as either the one or the other. Creates in the Treasury the Children Health Insurance Trust Fund. Makes necessary appropriations to it out of the premium tax imposed by this Act for use in financing the Healthy Start program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose: (1) a premium tax on certain individuals covered by the Healthy Start program, with exceptions for certain low-income families, in order to cover uninsured children and mothers-to-be; and (2) certain reporting requirements with regard to qualified health plans (and certain penalties to enforce them). | 2025-08-21T20:16:33Z | |
| 104-hr-3791 | 104 | hr | 3791 | HHS Women Scientist Employment Opportunity Act | Health | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] | NY | D | S000480 | 0 | HHS Women Scientist Employment Opportunity Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish policies for the Department of Health and Human Services on matters relating to the employment of women scientists; and (2) monitor compliance and take appropriate action if policies have been violated. Mandates implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force on the Status of NIH (National Institutes of Health) Intramural Women Scientists. Provides for a study and report on pay equity. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:15:37Z | |
| 104-hr-3796 | 104 | hr | 3796 | Women's Health and Dioxin Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 17 | Women's Health and Dioxin Act of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate research on the extent to which dioxin in tampons poses any health risks to women, including risks regarding cervical cancer. | 2025-08-21T20:16:01Z | |
| 104-s-1944 | 104 | s | 1944 | Harold Hughes Commission on Alcoholism Act | Health | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 6 | Harold Hughes Commission on Alcoholism Act - Establishes the Harold Hughes Commission on Alcoholism to study: (1) existing Federal agencies and programs related to alcoholism; (2) public education, both directly by governmental agencies and by governmental agencies working with private sector groups; (3) physician instruction; (4) unmet research needs; and (5) treatment effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:15:23Z | |
| 104-hr-3779 | 104 | hr | 3779 | Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-07-10 | 1996-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] | MN | D | O000006 | 16 | Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act of 1996 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reward States that recover by lawsuit from manufacturers of tobacco products Federal and State health care costs incurred under Medicaid for the treatment of individuals with diseases attributable to the use of tobacco products. Provides for: (1) attributing a portion of such recovered costs to the non-Federal share of expenditures under the Medicaid programs of such States; and (2) paying another portion to the National Institutes of Health for disease research. | 2025-08-21T20:15:45Z | |
| 104-hr-3757 | 104 | hr | 3757 | Safe Medications for the Elderly Act | Health | 1996-07-08 | 1996-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 19 | Safe Medications for the Elderly Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage of certain pharmaceutical care services; and (2) direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a relative value scale and fee schedules for the payment of such services. | 2025-08-21T20:15:52Z | |
| 104-s-1926 | 104 | s | 1926 | Emergency Medicare Protection Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-06-28 | 1996-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Medicare Savings Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Part A Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Part B Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B Subtitle D: Medicare Part B Premium Title II: Expanded Medicare Choice Title III: National Commission on Medicare Reform Emergency Medicare Protection Act of 1996 - Title I: Medicare Savings - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Part A - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) part A of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for the Hospital Insurance program under it in order to achieve Medicare savings through measures involving, among other things: (1) adjustments for estimated case mix increase when recalibrating diagnosis-related group (DRG) prospective payment system (PPS) rates for inpatient hospital services; (2) temporary additional reduction in PPS capital and hospital-specific rates; (3) reduction in adjustment for indirect medical education (IME); (4) revisions in determination of amount of payment for medical education; (5) elimination of disproportionate share (DSH) adjustments and IME payments attributable to outlier payments; (6) changes in the treatment of certain transfer cases; (7) incentive payments for PPS-exempt hospitals; (8) reductions to capital payments for PPS-exempt hospitals; (9) updates to per diem cost limits effective for FY 1996 for skilled nursing facilities based on limits for FY 1993, with payment for such facilities made on an interim prospective basis until FY 1998 when a full prospective payment system is to be implemented; (10) salary equivalency guidelines for various specified therapy services; (11) additional payments to hospitals for graduate medical education programs and managed care enrollees; (12) expanding the choice of base years and eliminating the volume adjustment with regard to sole community hospitals; (13) expanding the essential access community hospital (EACH) program (renamed the rural primary care hospital progra… | 2025-08-21T20:15:08Z | |
| 104-hr-3751 | 104 | hr | 3751 | Managed Care Bill of Rights for Consumers Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-06-27 | 1996-07-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 7 | Managed Care Bill of Rights for Consumers Act of 1996 - Establishes certain requirements for managed care plans, including: (1) coverage for services furnished by a specialist not contracted with a managed care plan; (2) continued services of a specialist without pre-authorization; (3) assurance of equitable coverage with respect to emergency services; (4) availability on a continuous basis of translation bilingual resources in areas where enrollees speak English as a second language; (5) prohibition for payment of financial bonuses to physicians who reduce or limit medically necessary services; (6) submission of a plan outlining a proposal for service to a medically underserved population in an area a plan is seeking to provide services; (7) certification that a plan in an area provides a minimum number of doctors; (8) disclosure of information on certain financial arrangements; (9) geographical accessibility of items and services covered under the plan; and (10) right of an enrollee to seek care from an out of network provider. Establishes a civil money penalty. Applies provisions of the Social Security Act to civil money penalties in the same manner as they apply under such Act. | 2025-08-21T20:14:59Z | |
| 104-hr-3753 | 104 | hr | 3753 | Rural Health Improvement Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-06-27 | 1996-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3] | WI | R | G000524 | 59 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Equalization of Medicare Reimbursement Rates to Health Maintenance Organizations and Competitive Medical Plans Title II: Grants to Encourage Establishment of Community Rural Health Networks Title III: Medicare Rural Primary Care Hospitals and Rural Emergency Access Care Hospitals Subtitle A: Rural Primary Care Hospital Program Subtitle B: Rural Emergency Access Care Hospitals Title IV: Incentives for Health Professionals to Practice in Rural Areas Subtitle A: National Health Service Corps Subtitle B: Primary Care Services Furnished in Shortage Areas Title V: Classification of Rural Referral Centers Title VI: Promotion of Health Centers in Rural Regions Title VII: Medicare Payment Methodologies Title VIII: Antitrust Title IX: Financing Rural Health Improvement Act of 1996 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that this Act reflects the dedication of the late U.S. Representative Bill Emerson to ensuring health care access for all rural Americans. Title I: Equalization of Medicare Reimbursement Rates to Health Maintenance Organizations and Competitive Medical Plans - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise provisions for payments to health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and competitive medical plans (CMPs) for the stated purpose of equalizing Medicare reimbursement rates to HMOs and CMPs. Title II: Grants to Encourage Establishment of Community Rural Health Networks - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants over a three year period to eligible States for development of plans to increase access to health care services for residents of areas in the State that are designated as chronically underserved. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 202) Directs the HHS Secretary to make funds available to provide technical assistance and advice for certain entities see… | 2025-08-21T20:16:34Z | |
| 104-s-1910 | 104 | s | 1910 | Women's Cardiovascular Diseases Research and Prevention Act | Health | 1996-06-27 | 1996-06-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] | CA | D | B000711 | 0 | Women's Cardiovascular Diseases Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to mandate expansion, intensification, and coordination of research and related activities of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute with regard to cardiovascular diseases in women. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:17:00Z | |
| 104-hr-3714 | 104 | hr | 3714 | Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 | Health | 1996-06-25 | 1996-07-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] | MD | D | C000141 | 79 | Medicare Hospice Benefit Amendments of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to hospice care to: (1) restructure the hospice care benefit period; (2) cover ambulance services, diagnostic tests, and anticancer chemotherapy and radiation therapy services; (3) permit contracting with independent physicians or physician groups for hospice care services; (4) allow waiver of certain staffing requirements for hospice care programs in non-urbanized areas; (5) define coverage denial, with respect to the limitation on the liability of beneficiaries and providers, to mean a determination that an individual is not terminally ill; and (6) extend the period for physician certification of an individual's terminal illness. | 2025-08-21T20:16:03Z | |
| 104-hr-3715 | 104 | hr | 3715 | LAM Disease Research Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-06-25 | 1996-07-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] | OH | R | C000266 | 26 | LAM Disease Research Act of 1996 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that the National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Diseases and Blood Resources Program conduct or support research on lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T20:14:02Z | |
| 104-s-1898 | 104 | s | 1898 | Genetic Confidentiality and Nondiscrimination Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-06-24 | 1996-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 5 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Collection, Storage, and Analysis of DNA Samples Title II: Disclosure of Genetic information Title III: Discrimination Prohibited Title IV: Exceptions for Identification and Court-Ordered Genetic Analysis Title V: Research Activities Title VI: Minors Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VIII: Enforcement Title IX: Effective Dates; Applicability; and Relationship to Other Laws Genetic Confidentiality and Nondiscrimination Act of 1996 - Title I: Collection, Storage, and Analysis of DNA Samples - Prohibits, except as allowed under title IV, collection or analysis of DNA samples without the consent of the individual. Regulates written consent. Makes a DNA sample the property of the individual and gives the individual the right (subject to title IV provisions) to order sample destruction. Mandates certain notice. Title II: Disclosure of Genetic information - Prohibits disclosure or redisclosure of genetic information except in accordance with a written authorization meeting certain requirements. Provides for information inspection, copying, and amendment. Prohibits compelling disclosure in any judicial, legislative, or administrative proceeding unless: (1) the request for compulsory disclosure is in accordance with title IV; (2) the individual is a party; or (3) the information is for use in a law enforcement matter in which the individual is the subject or party. Title III: Discrimination Prohibited - Prohibits employment and insurance discrimination regarding genetic information, specifying prohibited acts. Applies enforcement provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to violations by employers and provides for insurance enforcement. Title IV: Exceptions for Identification and Court-Ordered Genetic Analysis - Allows use of DNA samples to identify a dead body. Allows sample collection and use for identification of active duty armed forces members. Declares that this Act does not prohibit certain inf… | 2025-08-21T20:15:54Z | |
| 104-s-1900 | 104 | s | 1900 | A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to permit a waiver of the prohibition of offering nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs in certain nursing facilities. | Health | 1996-06-24 | 1996-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 4 | Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit waiver of the prohibition on offering nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs in certain facilities. | 2025-04-07T15:23:09Z | |
| 104-s-1901 | 104 | s | 1901 | A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for annual resident review for nursing facilities under the Medicaid program and to require resident reviews for mentally ill or mentally retarded residents when there is a significant change in physical or mental condition. | Health | 1996-06-24 | 1996-06-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] | ND | D | D000432 | 2 | Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to repeal the requirement for annual resident review for mentally ill and mentally retarded nursing facility residents, and instead require a review in case of a significant change in the physical or mental condition of such a resident, as well as an appropriate, prompt notification to the applicable State authority after such change. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 104-s-1897 | 104 | s | 1897 | National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-06-21 | 1996-11-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 5 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Provisions Relating to the National Institutes of Health Title II: Provisions Relating to the National Research Institutes Title III: Specific Institutes and Centers Subtitle A: National Cancer Institute Subtitle B: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (sic) Subtitle C: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Subtitle D: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Subtitle E: National Institute on Aging Subtitle F: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Subtitle G: National Institute on Drug Abuse Subtitle H: National Institute of Mental Health Subtitle I: National Center for Research Resources Subtitle J: National Library of Medicine Title IV: Awards and Training Title V: Research with Respect to AIDS Title VI: General Provisions Subtitle A: Authority of the Director of NIH Subtitle B: Office of Rare Disease Research Subtitle C: Certain Reauthorizations Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle E: Repeals and Conforming Amendments National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1996 - Title I: Provisions Relating to the National Institutes of Health - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for: (1) the discretionary fund of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); and (2) the development and improvement of vaccines. Title II: Provisions Relating to the National Research Institutes - Authorizes appropriations for research and related activities concerning osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders. (Sec. 202) Declares that the purpose of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is to characterize the structure and function of the human genome, including: (1) mapping and sequencing of genes; and (2) addres… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 104-hr-3691 | 104 | hr | 3691 | Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act of 1996 | Health | 1996-06-20 | 1996-06-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. Johnson, Tim [D-SD-At Large] | SD | D | J000177 | 3 | Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act of 1996 - Establishes in the executive branch the Prescription Drug Price Review Board which shall review the prices of prescription drugs. Permits the Board, after notice and a hearing, to take such actions as may be necessary to revoke a drug patent, if the drug's manufacturer does not reduce the price of a drug found to have an excessive price. | 2025-08-21T20:14:25Z |
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