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113-s-3009 113 s 3009 Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-12 2014-12-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] CT D B001277 1 Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2014 - Directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish and operate directly, or by grant, contract, or interagency agreement, a 24-hour toll free telephone hotline to provide consumer information regarding advance care planning, which is the process of determining an individual's wishes for care in the future when the individual is no longer able to express his or her wishes. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop an online clearinghouse to provide comprehensive information on advance care planning and pediatric advance care planning. Directs HHS to develop an online advance care planning toolkit for availability on specified websites. Requires the CDC, directly or through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements, to develop a national campaign to inform the public of the importance of advance care planning and of the right of individuals to direct their health care decisions. Directs HHS and the Social Security Administration to update the online versions of the "Plan Ahead for Long-Term Care" section of the Medicare & You Handbook and the Social Security Handbook to include information about advance care planning and advance directives and provide this information in subsequently published paper and online versions. Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to authorize financial and legal assistance for advance care planning. Directs HHS to award grants to states for certain state health insurance assistance programs to provide advance care planning services to Medicare beneficiaries, their personal representatives, and their families. Authorizes Medicaid transformation grants for advance care planning and advance care planning community training grants. Directs HHS to make grants to establish new or expand existing state or local programs for orders regarding life sustaining treatment. Directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research a… 2023-01-11T13:25:03Z  
113-hr-5853 113 hr 5853 Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act Health 2014-12-11 2014-12-11 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] FL D G000556 0 Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal the exclusion from coverage (and so include) eyeglasses and eye exams for prescribing eye glasses, hearing aids and examinations therefor, and dental care. 2023-01-11T13:25:10Z  
113-hr-5854 113 hr 5854 To allow the importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices intended for use by terminally ill patients who execute an informed consent document. Health 2014-12-11 2014-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] FL D G000556 0 Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to declare that nothing in it or in the Public Health Service Act shall prevent or restrict, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shall not implement or enforce any law to prevent or restrict, the importation, distribution, or sale of investigational drugs or devices for terminally ill patients. 2023-01-11T13:25:10Z  
113-hr-5874 113 hr 5874 Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-11 2014-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] NY D I000057 0 Tim Fagan's Law or Counterfeit Drug Enforcement Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to establish a criminal fine and/or imprisonment for a person who: (1) knowingly causes a prescription drug to be adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented as an approved prescription drug and sells or trades the drug; or (2) purchases or trades for a drug knowing or having reason to know that the drug was knowingly adulterated, misbranded, or misrepresented. Requires a manufacturer of a drug to notify the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within 48 hours after first receiving or becoming aware of information that reasonably suggests that such a violation may have occurred. Deems a drug to be misbranded if it is not manufactured using technologies that HHS determines are technically feasible and assist in preventing such violations. Authorizes additional appropriations for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections, examinations, and investigations. Requires HHS to educate the public and health care professionals on counterfeit drugs. Directs HHS, upon a finding that a drug intended for human use may constitute a threat to the public health, to issue an order requiring the appropriate person (including the manufacturers, importers, distributors, or retailers of the drug) to cease distribution of the drug and to notify and instruct health professionals to cease administering, distributing, selling, or prescribing the drug. Requires HHS, after providing the person with an opportunity for an informal hearing, to amend the order to include a recall, if appropriate. Requires HHS and the Attorney General to establish a procedure through which the FDA is authorized to issue subpoenas. 2023-01-11T13:25:09Z  
113-s-3004 113 s 3004 Dormant Therapies Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-11 2014-12-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 1 Dormant Therapies Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate medicines being, or intended to be, investigated to address unmet medical needs as dormant therapies. Gives a dormant therapy a 15-year protection period during which no drug can be approved by relying on the approval of the dormant therapy absent a right of reference from the holder of the approved application for the dormant therapy. Requires the sponsor of a potential dormant therapy to have a clinical plan to investigate the medicine and intend to file an application for approval or licensure of the medicine as a new drug or biological product. Prohibits the active moiety of the medicine from being the same as an active moiety in a drug or highly similar to one in a biological product for which an application has been submitted. Requires the sponsor of a potential dormant therapy to list their patents that apply to the medicine and waive rights to those patents at the end of the dormant therapy protection period if the medicine is approved. Allows a sponsor to withdraw a dormant therapy designation request unless the medicine has been approved or licensed. Entitles the sponsor of a dormant therapy to extend patents that apply to the medicine to the end of the protection period. Prohibits a dormant therapy from receiving specified protections that apply to pediatric, infectious disease, or rare disease or condition medicines. Directs HHS to require a sponsor to certify that the clinical plan for a dormant therapy has been completed and that approval was based on investigations in the clinical plan. 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z  
113-s-3007 113 s 3007 Ensuring Enhanced Access to Primary Care Act Health 2014-12-11 2014-12-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] MN D K000367 1 Ensuring Enhanced Access to Primary Care Act - Extends through calendar 2016 the requirement that state plans under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act provide for payment of 100% of the payment rate for primary care services. Adds physicians with primary specialties in neurology, psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology to the types of those eligible for reimbursement for providing such services. 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z  
113-hr-5835 113 hr 5835 Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-10 2014-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] TX D G000410 0 Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Drug Shortages Strategic Plan to include plans to ensure coordination between the Drug Shortages Task Force and the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services, when awarding grants for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis, to give priority to state health departments proposing to focus on high-risk populations, including foreign-born, homeless, and uninsured populations. Authorizes the Health Resources and Services Administration to award grants to state and local governments and federally qualified health centers to coordinate their programs and services to ensure timely and appropriate prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis. Requires the Federal Tuberculosis Task Force to advise federal officials on strategies and systems to prevent and mitigate shortages of tuberculosis drugs. Reauthorizes the national strategy for combating and eliminating tuberculosis through FY2019. Allows the National Institutes of Health to enhance research on pediatric tuberculosis and tuberculosis infection and progression. 2023-01-11T13:25:11Z  
113-hr-5840 113 hr 5840 School Protection Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-10 2014-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] NY D I000057 2 School Protection Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants and enter contracts to train elementary and secondary school nurses to serve as first responders and crisis managers in the event of a biological or chemical attack at a school or an outbreak of pandemic influenza among individuals under their care. Requires this training to prepare school nurses to: (1) protect and preserve life; (2) notify public health authorities to help contain or mitigate the effects of an attack or outbreak; and (3) take other appropriate and feasible actions, such as preserve evidence of an attack. 2023-01-11T13:25:11Z  
113-hr-5841 113 hr 5841 Local Medicaid Enforcement Incentives Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-10 2014-12-10 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. House Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] NY D I000057 0 Local Medicaid Enforcement Incentives Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program to provide states with funds to: (1) detect and prevent Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse; (2) recover overpayments to individuals or entities receiving Medicaid funds that result from such fraud, waste, or abuse; and (3) share with localities within the state that assist in such detection and prevention, or the recovery of such overpayments, at least 50% of the state's share of the total overpayments recovered during a period, minus administrative costs. 2023-01-11T13:25:11Z  
113-hres-778 113 hres 778 Supporting the designation of a week as National Federal Nurse Recognition Week. Health 2014-12-10 2014-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] IL D S001145 3 Expresses support for the designation of National Federal Nurse Recognition Week. Recognizes the dedication and vital role of federal nurses and the need to maintain an adequate number of well-trained federal nurses. Commends federal nurses as integral in supporting the government's mission to provide quality, accessible, and affordable health care. 2023-01-11T13:25:07Z  
113-s-2996 113 s 2996 PATH Act Health 2014-12-10 2014-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] CO D B001267 1 Promise for Antibiotics and Therapeutics for Health Act or the PATH Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program to approve an antibacterial drug intended to treat a serious medical condition and address an unmet medical need within an identifiable limited population as a limited population antibacterial drug. Requires the sponsor of a drug eligible for approval as a limited population antibacterial drug to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the drug for its intended use. Requires an HHS determination of the safety and effectiveness of a limited population antibacterial drug to reflect the drug's benefit-risk profile in the intended limited population. Prohibits a lack of evidence of a favorable benefit-risk profile in a broader population from resulting in a denial of approval. Directs HHS to require: (1) the labeling of a limited population antibacterial drug to indicate that the drug has been approved for use only in a limited population, and (2) submission of promotional materials related to the drug prior to dissemination. Directs HHS to describe considerations for demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of limited population antibacterial drugs and how the limited population pathway can be expanded to other therapeutic areas. Requires HHS to conduct postapproval monitoring programs to study how antibacterial drugs approved through the limited population pathway are used and to monitor changes in bacterial drug resistance. Allows HHS to remove the labeling, marketing, and postapproval monitoring requirements of a limited population antibacterial drug if the drug is approved for broader use. Allows the limited population pathway to be expanded to other drugs intended to treat serious illness beginning October 1, 2016. 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z  
113-hr-5815 113 hr 5815 Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act Health 2014-12-09 2014-12-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. House Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] GA R C001093 1 Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each contract entered into with a prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsor with respect to a PDP the sponsor offers to prohibit the PDP from entering into a contract with any pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) to manage the prescription drug coverage provided under such plan, or to control the costs of the prescription drug coverage under it, unless the PBM adheres to specified criteria when handling personally identifiable utilization and claims data or other sensitive patient data. Revises requirements for contracts with PDP sponsors to require that the PDP sponsor disclose to applicable pharmacies the sources used for making any update of the prescription drug pricing standard, and if the source for such a standard is not publicly available, disclose to such pharmacies all individual drug prices to be so updated in advance of their use for the reimbursement of claims. Requires the PDP sponsor, as well, to establish a process to appeal, investigate, and resolve disputes regarding individual drug prices that are less than the pharmacy acquisition price for a drug. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), with respect to the TRICARE retail pharmacy program, to ensure that a contract entered into with a TRICARE managed care support contractor includes requirements to ensure the provision of information regarding the pricing standard for prescription drugs. Establishes criteria to which a carrier and a PBM must adhere under a contract or an approved plan under which the carrier has an agreement with the PBM to manage prescription drug coverage or to control the costs of such coverage. Prohibits a PBM under such criteria from: (1) transmitting to a pharmacy owned by the PBM any personally identifiable utilization or claims data relating to an enrolled individual who has not voluntarily elected in writing or via secure electronic means to fill that particular prescri… 2023-01-11T13:25:13Z  
113-hr-5823 113 hr 5823 Incentivizing Healthcare Quality Outcomes Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-09 2014-12-09 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4] UT D M001142 0 Incentivizing Healthcare Quality Outcomes Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. in order to incentivize healthcare quality outcomes, to prescribe specific adjustment factors for incentive payments to: (1) healthcare delivery organizations, and (2) healthcare professionals (who are not part of an applicable healthcare delivery organization) in a geographic region to coordinate care and reduce potentially preventable outcomes. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish geographic regions to which health professionals shall be assigned. Requires the Secretary to select a methodology of identifying potentially preventable: (1) inpatient hospital complications, (2) admissions and readmissions, (3) emergency room visits, (4) outpatient procedures and tests, as well as (5) outcomes. Requires selection of a methodology also for risk adjusting the rate of each potentially preventable outcome. Directs the Secretary to: (1) give confidential reports to healthcare delivery organizations with respect to potentially preventable outcomes, (2) make information available to the public regarding potentially preventable outcomes of each applicable healthcare delivery organization, (3) apply to state plans (or waivers) under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) regulations that will relate to payment adjustments for potentially preventable outcomes, and (4) award quality improvement grants to eligible healthcare delivery organizations with an organization-specific adjustment factor lower than the factor for 75% of all other such organizations. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the impact of this Act on Medicare beneficiaries' care, Medicare expenditures, and Medicare providers. 2023-01-11T13:25:12Z  
113-hr-5805 113 hr 5805 Andrea Sloan CURE Act Health 2014-12-08 2014-12-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] TX R M001157 0 Andrea Sloan Compassionate Use Reform and Enhancement Act or the Andrea Sloan CURE Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the sponsor of a “breakthrough drug” (which is a drug that qualifies for expedited approval, is an infectious disease product, or qualifies the sponsor for a priority review voucher) to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and make available to the public a policy on requests for access to the drug for compassionate use, including the minimum criteria for consideration or approval of requests and the time needed to make a decision. Requires a breakthrough drug sponsor to explain a denied request for compassionate use to the person who made the request. Directs HHS to establish an Expanded Access Task Force. Requires the Task Force and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate patient access to investigational drugs and make recommendations for improving access. Directs HHS to finalize the draft guidance entitled “Expanded Access to Investigational Drugs for Treatment Use--Qs & As,” taking into account reports from the Task Force and GAO. 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z  
113-hr-5808 113 hr 5808 Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies of 2014 Health 2014-12-08 2014-12-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] CO D D000197 1 Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the special competitive acquisition program rule applied to diabetic testing strips to require the volume for such types of products to be determined through the use of multiple sources of data that measure consumption and utilization of such strips among individuals in the United States. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reject any bid submitted by an entity under the competitive acquisition program that does not demonstrate that it can furnish the types of strips included in its bid. Requires an entity to furnish to an individual the brand of strips compatible with the individual's home blood glucose monitor. Prohibits an entity from attempting to influence or incentivize an individual to switch the brand of glucose monitor or testing strips selected. Prohibits an entity from communicating directly to such an individual until it has given the individual verbally standardized information about the individual's rights with respect to the entity. Directs the Secretary to establish a process under which an individual furnished with diabetic testing strips under a competitive acquisition program may reject them by notifying the supplier and the Secretary. Permits the individual to obtain different strips from another supplier and have a new claim processed. 2023-01-11T13:25:13Z  
113-hr-5809 113 hr 5809 Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-08 2014-12-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] OH R T000462 1 Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from accepting a bid from an entity for an area unless it: (1) meets state licensure requirements for the area for all items in the submitted bid for a product category, and (2) has obtained a bid surety bond of between $50,000 and $100,000 for each such area. Prescribes requirements for the treatment of losing bidders and successful bidders that do not accept a contract. 2023-01-11T13:25:13Z  
113-hr-5797 113 hr 5797 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Act Health 2014-12-04 2014-12-04 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 0 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Act - Makes a $5 billion supplemental appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Public Health Emergency Fund. Designates the funding as an emergency requirement exempt from budget enforcement limits. Makes the funding available, however, only if the President subsequently designates the amount as an emergency requirement. Permits the activities funded under this Act to include acquisition of products such as drugs, vaccines and other biological products, and medical devices for deposit into the Strategic National Stockpile. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to add the Public Health Emergency Fund to the list of programs and activities exempt from a sequestration. (A sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z  
113-s-2975 113 s 2975 Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-04 2014-12-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] OH R P000449 2 Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from accepting a bid from an entity for an area unless it: (1) meets state licensure requirements for the area for all items in the submitted bid for a product category, and (2) has obtained a bid surety bond of between $50,000 and $100,000 for each such area. Prescribes requirements for the treatment of losing bidders and successful bidders that do not accept a contract. 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z  
113-s-2977 113 s 2977 MEDTECH Act Health 2014-12-04 2014-12-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] CO D B001267 1 Medical Electronic Data Technology Enhancement for Consumers’ Health Act or the MEDTECH Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude from regulation as a medical device: administrative, operational, or financial records software used in health care settings; products intended for health maintenance outside of medical treatment; electronic patient records, excluding diagnostic image data, provided that related software is validated prior to marketing, consistent with the standards for devices; software for clinical laboratory test reports; and software that provides medical recommendations and the basis for those recommendations to health care professionals, with exceptions for products related to regulated devices. 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z  
113-s-2980 113 s 2980 Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-04 2014-12-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] NJ D M000639 2 Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department (OPD) services, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create certain additional groups of covered OPD services that classify separately, from those that do not utilize such a drug, procedures that utilize a drug (other than contrast agents and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals) that both has a cost above the drug packaging threshold and functions as a supply when used in a diagnostic test or procedure. 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z  
113-hr-5790 113 hr 5790 Health Prizes Rewarding Innovation, Savings, and Effectiveness Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-03 2014-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9] IN R Y000064 0 Health Prizes Rewarding Innovation, Savings, and Effectiveness Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to design prize competitions open to competitors worldwide to realize innovations that improve health outcomes thereby reducing federal expenditures on health programs. Requires the NIH to identify as the subject of the competitions diseases or health conditions for which the federal government spends at least $5 billion per year on prevention and treatment, and the research investment is disproportionately small in comparison to other diseases with similar or greater federal expenditures on treatment and prevention. Directs the NIH to award contracts to perform a simulation of the designed prize competitions to assess the effectiveness of the design. Requires the NIH to contract with private entities to implement the competitions. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide competitors with guidance and access to testing facilities. Prohibits the federal government from gaining an interest in intellectual property development by a participant without the participant's written consent. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude prizes from gross income. 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z  
113-hr-5780 113 hr 5780 Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2014 Health 2014-12-02 2014-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] TX R B000755 21 Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish cost-effective procedures to ensure that: (1) a Social Security account number (or any derivative) is not displayed, coded, or embedded on the Medicare card issued to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of SSA title XVIII (Medicare) or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance); and (2) any other identifier displayed on such card is not identifiable as a Social Security account number (or any derivative). Directs the Secretary to establish procedures to ensure that Medicare payment is not made for items and services furnished to an individual incarcerated, deceased, or otherwise ineligible and not lawfully present in the United States. Directs the Secretary, if cost-effective and technologically viable, to consider appropriate measures to implement use of electronic Medicare beneficiary and provider cards. Extends the Medicare durable medical equipment (DME) face-to-face encounter documentation requirement to include physician assistants, practitioners, or specialists as well as physicians (as under current law). Requires each Medicare administrative contractor to establish an improper payment outreach and education program for service providers and suppliers in order to reduce improper Medicare payments. Requires the Secretary to develop a plan to revise the incentive program under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to encourage greater participation by individuals to report fraud and abuse in the Medicare program. Directs the Secretary to require a claim for a covered Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) drug for an individual enrolled in a prescription drug plan (PDP) or in a Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plan to include a valid prescriber National Provider Identi… 2023-01-11T13:25:14Z  
113-hr-5748 113 hr 5748 Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act of 2014 Health 2014-11-20 2014-11-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] MD D C000984 1 Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend to manufacturers of generic drugs the requirement that drug manufacturers in certain circumstances pay an additional rebate to state Medicaid programs. 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z  
113-hr-5750 113 hr 5750 Orphan Product Extensions Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2014 Health 2014-11-20 2014-12-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8938) House Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] FL R B001257 4 Orphan Product Extensions Now Accelerating Cures and Treatments Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to extend by six months the exclusivity period for a drug or biological product approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when the product is additionally approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a new indication that is a rare disease or condition (also known as an “orphan disease”). Allows the Secretary to revoke an extension if the application submitted to the FDA for the new indication contained an untrue material statement. Requires the sponsor of a product receiving an extension to notify HHS one year prior to discontinuing production for commercial reasons. Requires the Secretary to notify the public of products that receive this extension. Limits a product to one extension under this Act. Sets forth that extensions under this Act are in addition to other extensions. Applies only to products approved after enactment of this Act for a new indication that is a rare disease or condition. 2023-01-11T13:25:20Z  
113-s-2948 113 s 2948 Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act Health 2014-11-20 2014-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] VT I S000033 0 Medicaid Generic Drug Price Fairness Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend to manufacturers of generic drugs the requirement that drug manufacturers in certain circumstances pay an additional rebate to state Medicaid programs. 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z  
113-s-2966 113 s 2966 Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2014 Health 2014-11-20 2014-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] WI D B001230 2 Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires studies on critical care health services by the Institute of Medicine and the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  Directs HHS to establish the Critical Care Coordinating Working Group within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to: (1) advance research and research training in the critical care setting across NIH and HHS; (2) coordinate funding opportunities that involve multiple components of HHS; (3) catalyze the development of new funding opportunities; (4) inform investigators about funding opportunities; (5) represent NIH in government-wide efforts to improve the critical care system; (6) coordinate the collection and analysis of information on NIH research relating to critical care and identify gaps in this research; (7) report annually to the Director of NIH on NIH research efforts relating to critical care; and (8) make recommendations on how to strengthen partnerships within NIH and HHS and public and private entities to expand collaborative, cross-cutting research. Requires HHS to carry out a demonstration project to improve the quality and efficiency of critical care in acute care hospitals. 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z  
113-sres-585 113 sres 585 A resolution designating December 3, 2014, as "National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day". Health 2014-11-20 2014-12-03 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. Senate Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] GA R I000055 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates December 3, 2014, as National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day. (Phenylketonuria or PKU is a rare, inherited metabolic disorder that can cause intellectual disability and other neurological problems.) 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z  
113-sres-588 113 sres 588 A resolution recognizing that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas of the United States is essential to the survival and success of communities in the United States. Health 2014-11-20 2014-11-20 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6221; text as passed Senate: CR S6211) Senate Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] KS R M000934 18 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes that: (1) access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas of the United States is essential to the survival and success of U.S. communities, (2) preserving and strengthening access to quality health care in rural areas is crucial to the success and prosperity of the United States, (3) strengthening access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas makes Medicare more cost-effective and improves health outcomes for patients, and (4) rural health care providers are integral to the local economies and are one of the largest types of employers in rural areas. Celebrates the many dedicated medical professionals across the United States who work hard each day to deliver quality care to people living in rural areas. 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z  
113-hres-760 113 hres 760 Expressing support for designation of October 2, 2014, as World MRSA Day. Health 2014-11-19 2014-11-19 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. House Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] IL D S001145 0 Expresses support for the designation of World MRSA Day and International MRSA Testing Week. (MRSA is an acronym for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which causes deadly infections in patients in health care facilities and within communities.) 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z  
113-s-2942 113 s 2942 Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs Act Health 2014-11-19 2014-11-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] MA D M000133 1 Infectious Disease Hospital Hubs Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in an emergency or significant potential emergency which involves a specific infectious disease that requires the isolation and specialized treatment of patients, to award grants to states to improve surge capacity at hospitals designated by the state and enhance community and hospital preparedness. Allows HHS to award additional grants to compensate designated hospitals for unreimbursed costs for treating infectious disease patients or for damages for lost business activity or lost services attributable to the treatment of those patients. 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z  
113-hr-5729 113 hr 5729 Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act Health 2014-11-18 2014-11-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7] TN R B001243 4 Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add filoviruses, a family of viruses that includes the Ebola virus, to the list of tropical diseases under the priority review voucher program, which awards vouchers to sponsors of human drug applications that are approved to prevent or treat tropical diseases. (A voucher entitles the holder to have a future human drug application acted upon by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within six months.) Changes the process by which infectious diseases that do not significantly impact developed nations and disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations can be designated as tropical diseases from rulemaking to order of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Allows priority review vouchers to be transferred between sponsors of human drug applications any number of times. Reduces from 365 days to 90 days the advance notice required before submitting a human drug application subject to a priority review voucher. 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z  
113-hr-5732 113 hr 5732 Stop Schemes and Crimes Against Medicare and Seniors (Stop SCAMS) Act Health 2014-11-18 2014-11-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21] FL D D000610 1 Stop Schemes and Crimes Against Medicare and Seniors (Stop SCAMS) Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act with respect to standards for financial and administrative transactions and their data elements to enable the electronic exchange of health information. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adopt standards that: (1) ensure that any entity producing and transmitting valid transactions that include code sets for appropriate data elements is subject to a consistent, industry-wide framework that supports a seamless transition to new and modified code sets; and (2) establish an end-to-end testing procedure for new and modified code sets that shall require the participation of any entity producing and transmitting valid transactions that use the new or modified code set. Prohibits the Secretary from adopting a new or modified code set unless the Secretary: (1) assesses its impact on fraud prevention and pre-payment review, determines that anti-fraud edits work as intended, and confirms that a plan is in place to ensure continuing effective detection of fraud following the adoption of the code set; (2) ensures that the end-to-end testing procedure established has been completed; and (3) completes end-to-end testing with any federal government entity that produces and transmits valid transactions that include the code set with private sector tracking partners. Exempts routine, regularly scheduled updates to existing code sets from such prohibition. Directs the Secretary, with respect to information supplied to it by a disclosing entity about those with an ownership or control interest in the entity, to verify such information in a specified manner and confirm the accuracy of any Social Security account number or employer identification number. Holds immune from civil liability (in a safe harbor) any non-governmental entity participating in a Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership, including private insurers, for sharing information about potentially fraudulent providers with each oth… 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z  
113-hr-5723 113 hr 5723 Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women & Children Act Health 2014-11-17 2014-11-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] FL D C001066 0 Ensuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that the primary care services furnished in 2015 and 2016 by a physician with a primary specialty designation of family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatric medicine be paid at a rate that is not less than 100% of the payment rate that applies to such services and physician under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance). Extends this 100% of Medicare payment floor under certain conditions to the following providers, who are self-attested as Board-certified and at least 60% of whose services billed for under Medicaid must be for primary care services: (1) physicians with a primary specialty designation of obstetrics and gynecology; (2) advanced practice clinicians; (3) rural health clinics, federally-qualified health centers, or other specified health clinics; and (4) nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or certified nurse-midwives. Excludes from coverage of primary care services any such services provided in an emergency department of a hospital. 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z  
113-hr-5724 113 hr 5724 Permanent Investment in Health Research Act of 2014 Health 2014-11-17 2014-11-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] FL D C001066 0 Permanent Investment in Health Research Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to replace the current authorization of appropriations for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with specified actual appropriations for FY2015-FY2024. Appropriates $32 billion for FY2015, and for each of FY2016-FY2024 the amount for the preceding fiscal year adjusted by the percentage increase in nominal gross domestic product during the preceding calendar year. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to add NIH to the list of programs and activities that are exempt from a sequestration. (A sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently canceled to enforce specific budget policy goals.) 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z  
113-s-2935 113 s 2935 STOP Act Health 2014-11-17 2014-11-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 0 Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act or STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program to reduce underage drinking for FY2015-FY2018. Revises reporting requirements for state programs on underage drinking. Specifies additional requirements for the development of the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking. Directs the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the screening of children and adolescents for alcohol use, to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21, including college students. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data and conduct or support new research on underage drinking that improves and conducts public health surveillance of alcohol use and alcohol-related conditions in states among individuals between age 18 and 20 by increasing the use of surveys, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, to monitor binge and excessive drinking and related harms. Amends the Federal Alcohol Administration Act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession of powdered alcohol. 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z  
113-hr-5707 113 hr 5707 Ebola Response Act of 2014 Health 2014-11-13 2014-11-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] FL R Y000065 2 Ebola Response Act of 2014 - Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prohibit any individual from entering the United States for 30 days following the individual's presence in a country experiencing an Ebola outbreak. Directs DHS and HHS to ensure that individuals who are nationals of or have recently been in a country experiencing an Ebola outbreak are certified by a medical professional as testing negative for Ebola and having a normal body temperature before they enter the United States and submit to 21 days of monitoring for Ebola symptoms. Allows the President to exempt officials, employees, and contractors of the Department of State and the Department of Defense (DOD) from the requirements of this Act if there are sufficient measures in place to protect against the transmission of Ebola by these individuals. 2023-01-11T13:25:22Z  
113-hr-5694 113 hr 5694 Contain Ebola and Stop the Epidemic Act of 2014 Health 2014-11-12 2014-11-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. House Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15] FL R R000593 3 Contain Ebola and Stop the Epidemic Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prohibit from landing in the United States any aircraft that: (1) is being used to provide scheduled passenger transportation for compensation; and (2) departed with passengers whose air travel originated, or included a stop, in a foreign country in which there is an Ebola epidemic as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prohibits a consular officer from issuing an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to any alien whose travel itinerary originates in, or includes transit through, a foreign country in which there is an Ebola epidemic. Requires the CDC to update and make available to the public a list of foreign countries in which there is an Ebola epidemic. 2023-01-11T13:25:22Z  
113-s-2917 113 s 2917 Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act Health 2014-11-12 2014-12-16 Became Public Law No: 113-233. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 45 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add filoviruses, a family of viruses that includes the Ebola virus, to the list of tropical diseases under the priority review voucher program, which awards vouchers to sponsors of human drug applications that are approved to prevent or treat tropical diseases. (A voucher entitles the holder to have a future human drug application acted upon by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within six months.) Changes the process by which infectious diseases that do not significantly impact developed nations and disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations can be designated as tropical diseases from rulemaking to order of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Allows priority review vouchers to be transferred between sponsors of human drug applications any number of times. Reduces from 365 days to 90 days the advance notice required before submitting a human drug application subject to a priority review voucher. 2023-03-22T18:49:24Z  
113-hr-5531 113 hr 5531 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the 2-year phase-in for changes in hospital wage index classification from rural to urban without requiring waiver of a wage index increase, and for other purposes. Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] PA D C001090 1 Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any subsection (d) hospital located in an area which after September 30, 2014, is reclassified from a rural to an urban area from being required to waive the application of a wage index increase in order to be eligible for such reclassification for the first two fiscal years for which the reclassification from rural to urban is effective. (Generally, a subsection [d] hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS] when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.) 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z  
113-hr-5537 113 hr 5537 To require the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the interoperability of computer systems used by hospitals to store and access electronic health records, and for other purposes. Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] WV R M001180 0 Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study and report on the interoperability of computer systems used by hospitals to store and access electronic health records. Requires the study to explore the ability of hospital computer systems to allow more than one hospital to access and update the electronic health records of the same patient, including: (1) the identity of hospitals that use computer systems with this ability, (2) reasons hospitals do not have computer systems with this ability, and (3) whether this ability allows hospitals to more effectively coordinate patient care. 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z  
113-hr-5539 113 hr 5539 To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain transfers used for educational purposes, and for other purposes. Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] TX R B001248 6 Amends title XI (General Provisions, Peer Review, Administrative Simplification) of the Social Security Act to exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) any transfer of value to a covered recipient of: (1) peer-reviewed journals, journal reprints, journal supplements, and medical textbooks that directly benefit patients or are intended for patient use; and (2) anything of value to a physician if it is intended solely to provide continuing medical education. 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z  
113-hr-5541 113 hr 5541 Exercise and Fitness For All Act Health 2014-09-18 2014-11-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. House Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20] CA D F000030 1 Exercise and Fitness For All Act - Directs the Access Board to develop and publish guidelines for exercise or fitness service providers to provide accessible exercise or fitness equipment, including relevant personnel training. Requires such guidelines to ensure that exercise or fitness equipment is accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow eligible small businesses a tax credit for providing accessible exercise or fitness equipment for use by individuals with disabilities. 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z  
113-hr-5544 113 hr 5544 Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-11-18 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. House Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] GA R B001262 13 Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2014 - Requires the Director of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science to carry out a research program on low dose radiation to enhance the scientific understanding of and reduce uncertainties associated with the effects of exposure to low dose radiation. Requires the Director to enter into an agreement with the National Academies to conduct a study assessing the current status and development of a long-term strategy for low dose radiation research. Requires such study to: identify current scientific challenges for understanding the long-term effects of ionizing radiation, assess the status of current low dose radiation research, formulate overall scientific goals for the future of low-dose radiation research, recommend a long-term strategic and prioritized research agenda to address scientific research goals for overcoming the identified scientific challenges in coordination with other research efforts, define the essential components of a research program that would address this research agenda within the universities and the National Laboratories, and assess the effectiveness of such a program. Directs the Secretary of Energy to deliver to Congress a five-year research plan that responds to the study's findings and recommendations and identifies and prioritizes research needs. Makes DOE's limitation on human research inapplicable to research under this Act. 2023-01-11T13:25:22Z  
113-hr-5547 113 hr 5547 Community Integration Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] PA D C001090 3 Community Integration Act of 2014 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid plans to give an individual with disabilities needing the level of care provided in an institutional setting the choice and opportunity to receive such care in a home and community-based setting, including rehabilitative services, assistance and support in accomplishing activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and health-related tasks, and assistance in acquiring, maintaining, or enhancing skills necessary to accomplish such activities, tasks, or services. Prescribes requirements for providing in home and community-based settings those services such an individual would otherwise receive in an institutional setting, such as a nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, institution for mental disease, or other similarly restrictive or institutional setting. 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z  
113-hr-5551 113 hr 5551 Heartbeat Informed Consent Act Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] MN R B001256 12 Heartbeat Informed Consent Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers, if performing an ultrasound on a pregnant woman prior to an abortion, to display the ultrasound images so that she may view them and provide a medical description of the ultrasound images of the unborn child's cardiac activity, if present and viewable. Requires an abortion provider to make the embryonic or fetal heartbeat audible for the pregnant woman to hear prior to the woman giving informed consent to an abortion if the pregnancy is at least eight weeks after fertilization. Exempts an abortion provider if the abortion is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. Requires a certification of the medical condition to be included in the pregnant woman's medical file and kept by the abortion provider for not less than five years. Subjects an abortion provider who knowingly or recklessly fails to comply with this Act to civil penalties and notification of the appropriate state medical licensing authority. Gives standing to file a civil action for violations of this Act to the Attorney General or a woman upon whom an abortion has been performed in violation of this Act or the parent or legal guardian of such a woman if she is an unemancipated minor. 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z  
113-hr-5556 113 hr 5556 Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] TN R B001273 4 Electronic Health Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any patient encounter of an eligible professional occurring at an ambulatory surgical center from being treated as such an encounter in determining whether an eligible professional qualifies as a meaningful electronic health record (EHR) user. Terminates this prohibition three years after the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies EHR technology for the ambulatory surgical center setting. 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z  
113-hr-5557 113 hr 5557 Streamlining Verification for Americans Act Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] TN R B001273 1 Streamlining Verification for Americans Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to allow large employers to prospectively report information regarding health care coverage available to employees eligible for premium subsidies on a health care exchange. Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), upon an individual's request, to make an advance determination of the individual's eligibility for premium subsidies based on information other than the individual's most recent taxable year income. Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the notification of employers by health care exchanges regarding employees determined to be eligible for premium subsidies and the appeals process for eligibility determinations. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a person reporting an individual's health coverage to the Treasury to identify the individual using their birth date in place of their taxpayer identification number (TIN) in certain circumstances. Allows large employers or persons reporting an employee's or individual's health coverage to the Treasury to provide the required statement to the employee or individual electronically. Prohibits provision of premium subsidies and assessment of the penalty for not maintaining minimum essential coverage between December 31, 2014, and the date a process is established to verify eligibility for premium subsidies. 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z  
113-hr-5558 113 hr 5558 ACO Improvement Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] TN R B001273 1 ACO Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the shared savings program under which groups of service providers and suppliers meeting specified criteria may work together to manage and coordinate care for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries through an accountable care organization (ACO). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to permit an ACO that has elected a two-sided risk model to: (1) reduce or eliminate cost-sharing under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for some or all primary care services furnished by health care professionals within the ACO network; and (2) develop additional incentive programs to encourage patient engagement and participation in their own wellness. Prescribes requirements for fostering stronger patient-provider ties.  Directs the Secretary to require a primary care ACO professional to provide the beneficiary with information concerning the ACO program as part of the initial preventive physical examination of the beneficiary. Directs the Secretary to form a stakeholder group including representatives of ACOs, health care providers, Medicare beneficiaries, and ACO experts.  Requires such parties to advise the Secretary with recommendations to improve the process of ACO-to-beneficiary communication. Prescribes requirements for regulatory relief for an ACO that has elected a two-sided risk model and for improving care coordinatiion through access to telehealth. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a demonstration project to test the use of payment benchmarks that take into account geographic area differences, (2) study the feasibility of establishing a system of electronic access of service providers and suppliers to in-process and complete patient claims data, (3) establish one or more demonstration programs to test the global capitation payment model, and (4) develop a mechanism to make permanent those ACO-related pilot programs that have been successful. 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z  
113-hr-5580 113 hr 5580 Accelerating Biomedical Research Act Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 4 Accelerating Biomedical Research Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2015-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 2023-01-11T13:25:34Z  
113-hr-5587 113 hr 5587 Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] IL D F000454 5 Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states to develop a peer review process to identify and investigate questionable or inappropriate prescribing and dispensing patterns of drugs classified as schedule II or III under the Controlled Substances Act, which are drugs with an accepted medical use that have the potential to be abused and addictive. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to establish grant programs to: (1) facilitate training to increase the capacity of health care providers to screen and treat patients to prevent drug abuse, and (2) develop continuing education criteria that allow health profession boards or state agencies to certify appropriate education for safe prescribing of schedule II or III drugs. Requires the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to award grants to evaluate the prospect of state health professions boards expanding the authority of providers to prescribe drugs to treat drug abuse. Requires the Attorney General to request that practitioners registered to dispense controlled substances screen patients for potential drug abuse before prescribing a schedule II or III drug. Directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider whether naloxone (a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an overdose of heroin or other opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium) should be available without a prescription. Requires the Secretary to use an interagency working group to encourage states and local governments to increase opportunities for disposal of opiates (drugs derived from opium) and to reduce opportunities for abuse of opiates. Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review federal opioid abuse activities and make recommendations to reduce opioid abuse and overdoses. 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z  
113-hr-5592 113 hr 5592 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include certain areas within the frontier and remote area levels designations. Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2] HI D G000571 1 Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in developing methodology for designating areas with limited access to goods and services generally only found in urban areas (e.g., advanced medical care) as frontier and remote (FAR) areas, to: (1) designate as a FAR area any area in Hawaii or Alaska that the state designates as rural for a federal program, and (2) include, in addition to otherwise defined levels of remoteness for FAR areas, a level for areas with unique characteristics that should qualify those areas to be designated as FAR areas. 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z  
113-hr-5610 113 hr 5610 Healthcare Consumer Privacy Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5] VA R H001060 1 Healthcare Consumer Privacy Act of 2014 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure individuals who enter personal information on a health exchange website can remove their information from the website if they decide not to apply for health care coverage. 2023-01-11T13:25:33Z  
113-hr-5613 113 hr 5613 Protecting Our Kids' Medicine Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] NY D I000057 0 Protecting Our Kids' Medicine Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale of liquid formulations of over-the-counter drugs that are not packaged with a dosage delivery device, such as a calibrated cup or spoon, and that do not have measurements on the label and on the dosage delivery device exclusively in metric units. Allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to waive the requirement for metric units if that requirement would not benefit public health. Prohibits the sale of over-the-counter liquid drugs labeled for pediatric use that do not have a flow restrictor or another mechanism to reduce accidental ingestion. 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z  
113-hr-5620 113 hr 5620 First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act Health 2014-09-18 2014-10-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. House Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] NY R K000210 3 First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), for the purpose of domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism, to: (1) make available surplus vaccines and antimicrobials, and vaccines and antimicrobials with short shelf lives, from the strategic national stockpile for administration to emergency response providers who voluntarily consent to such administration; (2) establish any necessary logistical and tracking systems to facilitate making such vaccines and antimicrobials available; and (3) distribute disclosures regarding associated risks to end users. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an 18-month pilot program to administer such vaccines and antimicrobials to emergency response providers, (2) select providers based in at least two states to participate in the program, and (3) provide to each participating provider disclosures and educational materials regarding the risks of any vaccine or antimicrobial administered and of exposure to anthrax. Requires the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis to: (1) support homeland security-focused risk analysis and assessments of the threats posed by anthrax from an act of terror; (2) leverage homeland security intelligence capabilities and structures to enhance prevention, protection, response, and recovery efforts with respect to an anthrax terror attack; and (3) share information and provide tailored analytical support on threats posed by anthrax to state, local, and tribal authorities, as well as other national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders. 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z  
113-hr-5633 113 hr 5633 In-Home CARE Act Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] NJ D P000096 0 In-Home Caregiver Assessment Resources and Education Act or the In-Home CARE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administration for Community Living to award grants to carry out home visiting programs for unpaid caregivers. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate with the National Family Caregiver Support Program, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and others on this grant program. Requires grantees to provide: caregiver education and training regarding medication management, food preparation, falls prevention, and other subjects; services or referrals for services related to home care, such as transportation, home modification, or respite care; and an assessment and referral for physical and mental health services for the caregiver or person receiving care from the caregiver. 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z  
113-hr-5644 113 hr 5644 Medicare CGM Access Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] NY R R000585 42 Medicare CGM Access Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices furnished to a CGM qualified individual. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a fee schedule and ensure that CGM qualified individuals are furnished with appropriate device components. 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z  
113-hr-5657 113 hr 5657 Fair Access for Safe and Timely Generics Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] OH R S001187 1 Fair Access for Safe and Timely Generics Act of 2014 or the FAST Generics Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to prohibit the license holder of a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug from restricting availability of the drug for testing by a product developer seeking to develop a drug, generic drug, or biosimilar, including restricting availability with any aspect of a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS). Directs the Secretary to authorize product developers to obtain approved drugs for testing if the product developer is a license holder of an approved drug or the Secretary determines the product developer can comply with laws applicable to drug development. Requires the Secretary to authorize a product developer to conduct human clinical trials with an approved drug if the product developer's clinical trial protocol includes protections comparable to the distribution restrictions on the approved drug. Establishes a process for a product developer to obtain reasonable quantities of an approved drug when those quantities are not available commercially. Allows the Secretary to prohibit or limit transfer of an approved drug to a product developer if the transfer poses an imminent hazard to public health. Eliminates license holder liability for claims arising from a product developer's testing of an approved drug. Requires the FDA and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to report on noncompliance with this Act. Allows the Secretary to waive the requirement that a drug use a single, shared system of elements to assure safe use with a comparable approved drug if the developer of the drug is unable to finalize terms for a shared system with the license holder of the approved drug. 2023-01-11T13:25:31Z  
113-hres-740 113 hres 740 Expressing support for designation of September 2014 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month". Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] TX R N000182 0 Expresses support for the designation of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Declares that steps should be taken to: (1) raise awareness of prostate cancer screening and treatment; (2) support research to improve screening and treatment of prostate cancer and to discover the causes of, and a cure for, prostate cancer; and (3) improve detection and treatment of prostate cancer. 2023-01-11T13:25:29Z  
113-s-2851 113 s 2851 Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] NJ D M000639 2 Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH research on Tourette syndrome. Requires the Director to develop a system to collect data on Tourette syndrome, including epidemiological information, primary data, and data on the availability of medical and social services for individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families. Requires the Director to award grants and contracts to public or nonprofit private entities to support four to six Collaborative Research Centers for Tourette Syndrome in different regions to conduct basic and clinical research on Tourette syndrome. Requires the Director to award grants for research on the full range of symptoms within the Tourette syndrome clinical spectrum and the efficacy of treatment options for particular patient subpopulations. Requires the Director to designate a portion of the amounts made available to carry out NIH programs and activities for a fiscal year to carry out programs and activities with respect to Tourette syndrome. 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z  
113-s-2864 113 s 2864 Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] MA D M000133 2 Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to the impact of climate change on health systems. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) publish and implement a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the impact of climate change on public health in the United States and other nations, particularly developing nations; (2) revise the plan periodically to reflect new information; (3) establish a permanent science advisory board; and (4) contract with the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine to assess the need for health professionals to prepare for and respond to the impact of climate change on public health. 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z  
113-s-2866 113 s 2866 In-Home CARE Act Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] NJ D B001288 0 In-Home Caregiver Assessment Resources and Education Act or the In-Home CARE Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Administration for Community Living to award grants to carry out home visiting programs for unpaid caregivers. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to coordinate with the National Family Caregiver Support Program, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and others on this grant program. Requires grantees to provide: caregiver education and training regarding medication management, food preparation, falls prevention and other subjects; services or referrals for services related to home care, such as transportation, home modification, or respite care; and an assessment and referral for physical and mental health services for the caregiver or person receiving care from the caregiver. 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z  
113-s-2872 113 s 2872 Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] CT D B001277 0 Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 - Title I: Strengthening and Improving Intervention Efforts - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program to award grants to states, political subdivisions, or nonprofit private entities for the expansion of mental health crisis assistance programs. Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise a community children and violence program to assist local communities and schools in applying a public health approach to mental health services, including by: (1) revising eligibility requirements for a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement; and (2) providing for comprehensive school mental health programs that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, trauma-informed, and age appropriate. Requires a comprehensive school mental health program funded under this Act to assist children in dealing with trauma and violence. Makes only a partnership between a local educational agency and at least one community program or agency that is involved in mental health eligible for such funding. Sets forth assurances required for eligibility, including that: (1) the local education agency will enter into a memorandum of understanding with at least one relevant community-based entity that clearly states how school-employed mental health professionals will be utilized and the responsibilities of each partner; (2) the program will include training of all school personnel, family members of children with mental health disorders, and concerned members of the community; and (3) the program will demonstrate the measures to be taken to sustain the program after funding terminates. Requires grantees to comply with the health information privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Requires the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop a fiscally appropriate process for evaluating grant program activities, including: (1) the development of g… 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z  
113-s-2876 113 s 2876 Emergency Contraception Access and Education Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] WA D M001111 7 Emergency Contraception Access and Education Act of 2014 - Prohibits payment to a hospital under titles XVIII (Medicare) or XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act unless the hospital promptly provides information about emergency contraception to any woman who arrives at the hospital and is stated to be, or hospital staff have reason to believe is, a victim of sexual assault. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop and disseminate information on emergency contraception. Directs the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop and disseminate to health care providers, including pharmacists, information on emergency contraception, including a recommendation for providers working in emergency rooms to consult with survivors of sexual assault regarding emergency contraception and provide follow-up care and referral services. 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z  
113-s-2888 113 s 2888 Exercise and Fitness For All Act Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5792-5793) Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 0 Exercise and Fitness For All Act - Directs the Access Board to develop and publish guidelines for exercise or fitness service providers to provide accessible exercise or fitness equipment, including relevant personnel training. Requires such guidelines to ensure that exercise or fitness equipment is accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow eligible small businesses a tax credit for providing accessible exercise or fitness equipment for use by individuals with disabilities. 2023-01-11T13:25:25Z  
113-s-2902 113 s 2902 Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] NY D G000555 0 Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the distribution of a cosmetic that contains synthetic plastic microbeads beginning on January 1, 2018. 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z  
113-sres-568 113 sres 568 A resolution designating the month of September 2014 as "National Sepsis Awareness Month". Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5798) Senate Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] NY D S000148 0 Designates the month of September 2014 as National Sepsis Awareness Month. 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z  
113-sres-569 113 sres 569 A resolution designating September 23, 2014, as "National Falls Prevention Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of falls among older adults. Health 2014-09-18 2014-12-04 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. Senate Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] FL D N000032 3 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates September 23, 2014, as National Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Recognizes that there are cost-effective falls prevention programs and policies. Commends the Falls Free Coalition and others for their efforts to increase awareness of falls prevention. Urges the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Administration for Community Living, and others to continue developing, evaluating, and promoting interventions and programs to prevent falls. 2023-01-11T13:25:23Z  
113-sres-575 113 sres 575 A resolution designating September 2014 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month". Health 2014-09-18 2014-09-18 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5880; text as passed Senate: CR S5800-5801) Senate Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] AL R S001141 14 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates September 2014 as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Declares that steps should be taken to: (1) raise awareness of prostate cancer, (2) increase research funding to improve screening and treatment for prostate cancer, and (3) improve access to care for prostate cancer. 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z  
113-hr-5503 113 hr 5503 James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act Health 2014-09-17 2014-10-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. House Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] NY D M000087 43 James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Fund through FY2041 and index appropriations to the medical care component of the consumer price index for urban consumers. Makes funding available for: a quality assurance program for services delivered by health care providers, the WTC Program annual report, WTC Health Program Steering Committees, and contracts with Clinical Centers of Excellence. Removes the disqualification of individuals on the terrorist watch list maintained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from being identified as WTC responders or WTC survivors eligible for benefits provided by the WTC Health Program. Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act to make individuals (or relatives of deceased individuals) who were injured or killed in the rescue and recovery efforts after the aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, eligible for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Allows individuals to file claims for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 up to 30 years after regulations are updated based on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. Removes the cap on payments under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Adds the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and World Trade Center Health Program Fund to the list of accounts that are not subject to budget sequestration. 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z  
113-hr-5507 113 hr 5507 Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-17 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] NJ D P000096 0 Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study: (1) health disparities; (2) existing programs and policies intended to reduce disparities; and (3) priorities for, and expansion of, programs targeting disparities. Requires the Secretary to develop guidelines for entities to develop and implement programs to reduce health disparities. Directs the Secretary to incorporate these guidelines into HHS activities. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for programs to reduce health disparities. Requires the Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test a payment and service delivery model that includes incentives for reducing health disparities. 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z  
113-hres-731 113 hres 731 Expressing support for designation of the week of September 15, 2014, through September 21, 2014, as "Balance Awareness Week". Health 2014-09-17 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] TX D J000126 2 Expresses support for the designation of September 15-September 21, 2014, as Balance Awareness Week, and recognizes the importance of raising public awareness about vestibular (inner ear balance) disorders. 2023-01-11T13:25:30Z  
113-hres-733 113 hres 733 Expressing support for designation of the month of September as "Clinical Research Innovation Month". Health 2014-09-17 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] CA D P000608 4 Expresses support for the designation of September 2014 as Clinical Research Innovation Month. Honors and recognizes the contributions of Clinical Research Organizations. 2023-01-11T13:25:30Z  
113-s-2841 113 s 2841 Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-17 2014-09-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] NJ D B001288 1 Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with the Institute of Medicine to study health disparities, existing programs and policies intended to reduce disparities, and priorities for, and expansion of, programs targeting disparities. Requires the Secretary to develop guidelines for entities to develop and implement programs to reduce health disparities. Directs the Secretary to incorporate these guidelines into HHS activities. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants for programs to reduce health disparities. Requires the Innovation Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to test a payment and service delivery model that includes incentives for reducing health disparities. 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z  
113-s-2842 113 s 2842 Caregiver Corps Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-17 2014-09-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] PA D C001070 0 Caregiver Corps Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to contract with a nonprofit to develop an online toolkit and guidance providing for the establishment and implementation of Caregiver Corps volunteer programs in which volunteers provide assistance to individuals who are in need of assistance to remain in the community and are either aged 65 or older, or eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance. Requires Caregiver Corps volunteers to provide assistance by giving an informal caregiver respite from caregiving duties, serving as a companion, or providing other assistance for which the volunteer is qualified. Prohibits volunteers from providing personal care or administering prescription medications. Allows the Secretary to award grants for the operation of local Corps programs. Requires local Corps programs to screen, train, and supervise volunteers. Directs local Corps programs to appropriately recognize volunteers. Allows programs to provide compensation to volunteers. 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z  
113-s-2844 113 s 2844 James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act Health 2014-09-17 2014-09-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] NY D G000555 9 James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Fund through FY2041 and to index appropriations to the medical care component of the consumer price index for urban consumers. Makes funding available for: a quality assurance program for services delivered by health care providers, the WTC Program annual report, WTC Health Program Steering Committees, and contracts with Clinical Centers of Excellence. Removes the disqualification of individuals on the terrorist watch list maintained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from being identified as WTC responders or WTC survivors eligible for benefits provided by the WTC Health Program. Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act to make individuals (or relatives of deceased individuals) who were injured or killed in the rescue and recovery efforts after the aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, eligible for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Allows individuals to file claims for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 up to 30 years after regulations are updated based on this Act. Removes the cap on payments under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Adds the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and World Trade Center Health Program Fund to the list of accounts that are not subject to budget sequestration. 2023-01-11T13:25:26Z  
113-sres-555 113 sres 555 A resolution designating the week of September 15 through September 19, 2014, as "National Health Information Technology Week" to recognize the value of health information technology in transforming and improving the health care system for all individuals in the United States. Health 2014-09-17 2014-09-17 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5720; text as passed Senate: CR S5704) Senate Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] MI D S000770 1 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the week of September 15-September 19, 2014, as National Health Information Technology Week. Recognizes the value of information technology and management systems in transforming health care and encourages promotion and use of health information technology. 2019-02-20T12:29:02Z  
113-hr-5481 113 hr 5481 To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2015 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other purposes. Health 2014-09-16 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] NC R E000291 23 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in specifying the electronic health record (EHR) reporting period under EHR electronic health record technology incentive payment programs under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act, to continue through 2015 (in the case of eligible professionals) and FY2015 (in the case of eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals) to permit the use of a three-month quarter EHR reporting period to demonstrate meaningful use without regard to the payment year or the stage of meaningful use criteria involved. 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z  
113-hr-5498 113 hr 5498 Primary Care Physician Reentry Act Health 2014-09-16 2014-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] MD D S001168 0 Primary Care Physician Reentry Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into primary care clinical practice in exchange for the physician providing primary care at an eligible health center for at least two years. Requires the Secretary to award one grant to an entity in each of the 10 administrative regions of HHS to carry out physician reentry projects. Directs grantees to assist reentering physicians by providing training, paying credentialing and other necessary fees, paying salaries, and providing loan repayment and other financial assistance. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assess the need for additional primary care physicians, (2) develop a directory of programs that help physicians reenter clinical practice, (3) disseminate evaluation tools to measure the core competencies of physicians reentering clinical practice, and (4) assist regulatory and credentialing authorities to structure requirements for reentering physicians that ensure patient safety while addressing the burdens on those physicians. Limits civil liability for physicians participating in a reentry project. 2023-01-11T13:25:36Z  
113-s-2813 113 s 2813 National Prostate Cancer Council Act Health 2014-09-16 2014-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] CA D B000711 1 National Prostate Cancer Council Act - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer to: (1) develop and implement a strategic plan for the accelerated development of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer, (2) review the effectiveness of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer, (3) coordinate prostate cancer research and services across federal agencies, (4) evaluate all active federal prostate cancer programs, and (5) ensure the inclusion of men at high-risk for prostate cancer in clinical, research, and service efforts. Directs the Council to submit annual reports. Requires the first report to include recommendations based on an evaluation of prostate cancer research and gaps in the development and validation of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer. Requires subsequent reports to include: (1) an outline for a national research plan for creation and validation of diagnostic tools, (2) roles for specified agencies, (3) an analysis of the disparities in rates of prostate cancer in men at high risk, and (4) a review of the progress towards the realization of the strategic plan. Terminates the Council on December 31, 2019. 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z  
113-s-2818 113 s 2818 Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-16 2014-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 3 Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2014 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require physical therapists furnishing outpatient physical therapy services to use specified locum tenens arrangements for payment purposes in the same manner as such arrangements are used to apply to physicians furnishing substitute physicians services for other physicians. (Locum tenens [place holder], or substitute, physicians usually assume professional practices in the absence of a regular physician for reasons such as illness, pregnancy, vacation, or continuing medical education.) 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z  
113-s-2830 113 s 2830 A bill to permanently reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Indians. Health 2014-09-16 2014-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] MT D T000464 4 Amends the Public Health Service Act to make permanent the special diabetes programs for Indians, which provide services for prevention and treatment of diabetes through the Indian Health Service and Indian health programs. 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z  
113-s-2804 113 s 2804 Family Asthma Act Health 2014-09-15 2014-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] NY D G000555 1 Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to collaborate with state and local health departments to: (1) conduct activities regarding asthma, including deterring the harmful consequences of uncontrolled asthma, and disseminating health education and information regarding prevention of asthma episodes and strategies for managing asthma; and (2) develop state plans incorporating public health responses to reduce the burden of asthma, particularly regarding disproportionately affected populations. Revises and expands requirements for asthma surveillance activities. Requires the Director to coordinate data collection activities to maximize the comparability of results. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit an assessment of current activities related to asthma prevention, management and surveillance along with recommendations for the future direction of asthma activities. 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z  
113-s-2808 113 s 2808 Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-15 2014-09-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] LA R V000127 0 Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2014 - Permits a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering such coverage for sale during 2014 outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Treats such coverage as a grandfathered health plan for purposes of an individual meeting the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage. 2023-01-11T13:25:27Z  
113-hr-5451 113 hr 5451 Next Generation Research Act Health 2014-09-11 2014-09-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] WI D P000607 7 Next Generation Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Next Generation of Research Initiative in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate NIH policies and programs aimed at promoting and providing opportunities for new researchers. Requires the NIH to: (1) promote policies and programs to improve opportunities for new researchers; (2) develop or modify policies, as needed, including to strengthen mentorship programs and enhance diversity efforts; and (3) request the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study and report on policies affecting the next generation of researchers as part of a study on biomedical and behavioral research personnel. 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z  
113-hr-5453 113 hr 5453 To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes. Health 2014-09-11 2014-09-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] IA D B001259 0 Permits a health insurance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage in the group market on any date during 2013 to continue offering such coverage for sale through 2016 outside of a health care exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Treats such coverage as a grandfathered health plan for purposes of an individual meeting the requirement to maintain minimum essential health coverage. 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z  
113-hr-5458 113 hr 5458 Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act Health 2014-09-11 2014-09-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] CA D R000599 3 Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award matching grants to enable states to implement scholarship programs to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to assist medical schools in developing and strengthening primary care mentorship programs and cultivating leaders in primary care among its students. Requires the Secretary to award grants to medical and other health professions schools to promote priority competencies that are selected annually by the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry in order to foster curricular innovations to improve the education and training of health care providers. Directs the Institute of Medicine to study the documentation requirements for cognitive services (evaluation and management services) required under Medicare and Medicaid and through private health insurers. 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z  
113-hr-5460 113 hr 5460 Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-11 2014-09-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] OR R W000791 11 Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2014 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the ambulance fee schedule to: (1) increase the conversion factor for ground ambulance services in the formula for determining the appropriate fee, and (2) increase the mileage rate for such services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study how the conversion factor should be modified, if at all, to take into account the cost of providing ambulance services in urban, rural, and super-rural areas. Directs the Secretary to establish a process to determine, in advance of furnishing end stage renal disease (ESRD) ambulance services, whether payment for them may not be made because they are not covered or because they are excluded from coverage. Prohibits any payment unless the Secretary determines, pursuant to this process, that the service meets coverage requirements. Directs the Secretary to develop a data collection system for providers and suppliers of ambulance services to collect cost, revenue, utilization, and other appropriate information. 2023-01-11T13:25:37Z  
113-s-2800 113 s 2800 Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act Health 2014-09-11 2014-09-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] AK D B001265 1 Patient Centered Quality Care for Life Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Patient-Centered Health Care and Quality of Life Stakeholder Strategic Summit to analyze health system barriers to patient-centered care and make recommendations to improve patient-centered care and address quality of life concerns for individuals with serious, complex, and chronic illness and their families. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award grants to increase demand for and delivery of integrated, patient-centered care to improve the quality of life of seriously ill patients. Directs the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award health care professional workforce training grants to promote quality of life focused clinical core competencies across clinical specialties that serve patients who are seriously ill or have complex chronic disease. Requires the Secretary to update and expand the September 2002 HRSA report "The Supply, Demand and Use of Palliative Care Physicians in the United States" and to establish a Quality of Life Cross-Agency Advisory Committee to disseminate findings on best practices and to assist the CDC and HRSA in conducting the grant programs established by this Act. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and implement a strategy to expand national research programs in symptom management, palliative, psychosocial, and survivorship care in accordance with the Advisory Committee's recommendations. 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z  
113-s-2801 113 s 2801 Heath Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act Health 2014-09-11 2014-09-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] WY R E000285 1 Heath Care Consumer Choices Preservation Act - Prohibits automatic renewal for 2015 of an individual's health plan purchased through a health exchange for coverage in 2014 unless the 2015 premiums are the same as the 2014 premiums (before and after federal subsidies) or the individual requests automatic renewal. 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z  
113-hr-5435 113 hr 5435 Medicare Home Infusion Site of Care Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-10 2014-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] NY D E000179 7 Medicare Home Infusion Site of Care Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy and home infusion drugs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the Medicare home infusion therapy benefit in a manner that ensures that: (1) Medicare beneficiaries have timely and appropriate access to infusion therapy in their homes, and (2) there is rapid and seamless coordination between drug coverage under Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) and home infusion therapy services coverage under Medicare part B (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to avoid the filing of duplicative or otherwise improper claims. 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z  
113-hr-5436 113 hr 5436 AGE-IN Act Health 2014-09-10 2014-09-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Gibson, Christopher P. [R-NY-19] NY R G000564 0 Assistance in Gaining Experience, Independence, and Navigation Act of 2014 or the AGE-IN Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award a grant to: (1) analyze existing research on youth and young adults with an autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities as they transition out of the school-based support system; (2) research existing infrastructure for transitioning youth, including access to health care, continuing education programs, and community integration programs; and (3) develop a strategic plan for a Transition Navigator Grant Program to provide transitioning youth with support services. Requires the Secretary to establish a Transition Navigator Grant Program to award grants to provide services based on the strategic plan. Directs the Secretary to contract a third party to evaluate the effectiveness of grantees in meeting the goals of the strategic plan. 2023-01-11T13:25:38Z  
113-s-2783 113 s 2783 VBID for Better Care Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-10 2014-09-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] SD R T000250 1 Value Based Insurance Design for Better Care Act of 2014 or the VBID for Better Care Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a three-year demonstration program to test the use of value-based insurance design methodologies under the eligible Medicare plans offered by Medicare Advantage organizations under part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Defines "value-based insurance design methodology" as one for identifying specific prescription medications, and clinical services reimbursable under Medicare, for which copayments, coinsurance, or both should be reduced or eliminated because of the high-value and effectiveness of these medications and services for specific chronic clinical conditions (as approved by the Secretary). Directs the Secretary to expand the demonstration program to implement, on a permanent basis, those components beneficial to Medicare beneficiaries and the Medicare program, unless a required evaluation of the program states that it: (1) increases expenditures under Medicare with respect to participating beneficiaries, or (2) decreases the quality of health care services furnished to such beneficiaries. 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z  
113-hr-5411 113 hr 5411 Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014 Health 2014-09-08 2014-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] NC R E000291 0 Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014 - Requires the Administrator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to award one medical or nursing school a grant to develop best practices for health care professionals to recognize and respond appropriately to victims of severe forms of human trafficking. Requires the grantee to: (1) develop methods or materials to train health care professionals on best practices, (2) make a subgrant to one entity in each of the 10 administrative regions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a pilot program to test the best practices and training, and (3) analyze the results of the pilot programs and determine which best practices are evidence-based.Directs HHS to disseminate evidence-based best practices on their website and to health care profession schools. 2023-01-11T13:25:39Z  
113-hr-5393 113 hr 5393 Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act of 2014 Health 2014-08-01 2014-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] NY R R000585 1 Hospice Opportunities for Supporting Patients with Integrity and Care Evaluations (HOSPICE) Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to subject any entity certified as a hospice program to a standard survey by an appropriate state or local survey agency, or an approved accreditation agency, at least once every 36 months. Specifies funding from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for FY2014-FY2016 for such survey requirements. Applies certain rules for the limitation of a beneficiary's liability with respect to denial of a Medicare payment for hospice care provided to an individual for more than 180 days in the same manner as such limitation applies with respect to denial of a payment for items and services as not reasonable or necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of an illness or injury. 2023-01-11T13:25:41Z  
113-sres-536 113 sres 536 A resolution designating September 2014 as "National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month". Health 2014-08-01 2014-08-01 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5330; text as passed Senate: CR S5326) Senate Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] MI D S000770 27 (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates September 2014 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and expresses support for the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. 2019-02-20T12:29:00Z  
113-hr-5304 113 hr 5304 Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2014 Health 2014-07-31 2014-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] KS R J000290 2 Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the coverage of audiology services to treat as physicians qualified audiologists authorized by the state and acting within the scope of their license to furnish such services. Enables Medicare beneficiaries to choose a qualified audiologist without regard to any requirement to be under the care of (or referred by) a physician or other health care practitioner, or that services be provided under the supervision of a physician or other health care practitioner. 2023-01-11T13:25:54Z  
113-hr-5313 113 hr 5313 Mom and Pop SHOP Act of 2014 Health 2014-07-31 2014-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] NY D M001185 3 Mom and Pop SHOP Act of 2014 or the Mom and Mom SHOP Act of 2014 or the Pop and Pop SHOP Act of 2014 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make an individual (and his or her spouse or domestic partner) who owns, or is a partner in, a business that has no employees eligible for the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP Exchange). 2023-01-11T13:25:53Z  
113-hr-5318 113 hr 5318 LATTS Act of 2014 Health 2014-07-31 2014-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4] AZ R G000565 1 Label and Transport Tissues Safely Act of 2014 or the LATTS Act of 2014 - Sets forth guidelines for handling human tissue specimens. Prohibits sale of human tissue for research or education unless the seller has a non-transplant tissue bank license and each package of tissue is labeled with specified information. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a process for the approval, suspension, and revocation of non-transplant tissue bank licenses. Prohibits falsely labeling packages of human tissue. Allows HHS or any accrediting body authorized by HHS to enter and inspect any establishment engaged in the preparation of any human tissue specimen. Requires HHS to recall any human tissue specimen that is an imminent or substantial hazard to public health. 2023-01-11T13:25:53Z  
113-hr-5321 113 hr 5321 Protecting Insurance Coverage for Sick Americans Act of 2014 Health 2014-07-31 2014-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Benishek, Dan [R-MI-1] MI R B001271 8 Protecting Insurance Coverage for Sick Americans Act of 2014 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to maintain, upon repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, restrictions on health insurers rescinding or cancelling an enrollee's coverage. 2023-01-11T13:25:52Z  
113-hr-5324 113 hr 5324 SAFE PLAY Act Health 2014-07-31 2014-11-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. House Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24] CA D C001036 7 Supporting Athletes, Families and Educators to Protect the Lives of Athletic Youth Act or the SAFE PLAY Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop public education and awareness materials and resources concerning cardiac health, including: information to increase education and awareness of high risk cardiac conditions and genetic heart rhythm abnormalities that may cause sudden cardiac arrest in children, adolescents, and young adults; sudden cardiac arrest and cardiomyopathy risk assessment worksheets to increase awareness of warning signs of, and increase the likelihood of early detection and treatment of, life-threatening cardiac conditions; training materials for emergency interventions and use of life-saving emergency equipment; and recommendations for how schools, childcare centers, and local youth athletic organizations can develop and implement cardiac emergency response plans. Requires the Director to: (1) provide for dissemination of such information to school personnel, coaches, and families; and (2) develop data collection methods to determine the degree to which such persons have an understanding of cardiac issues. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to enable eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools served by such LEAs to purchase AEDs and implement nationally recognized CPR and AED training courses. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require a state, as a condition of receiving funds under such Act, to certify that it requires: (1) LEAs to implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management for public schools; (2) public schools to post information on the symptoms of, the risks posed by, and the actions a student should take in response to, a concussion; (3) public school personnel who suspect a student has sustained a concussion in a school-sponsored activity to notify the parents and prohibit the student from partic… 2023-01-11T13:25:52Z  

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