POLICY BRIEFINGS

Upcoming Congressional Hearings and Markups


H.R.4992 — To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on suicide prevention in the military health care system; Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.4993 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to require members of the Armed Forces to receive physical examinations and mental health assessments during the 90-day period before separation from the Armed Forces, to include health care planning in the Transition Assistance Program for members of the Armed Forces, to require the Secretary of Defense to issue an annual report to Congress regarding health care for separating members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.4994 — To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on reimbursement rates for mental health care providers under the TRICARE program; Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.4995 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric care and maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4996 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a State option under the Medicaid program to provide for and extend continuous coverage for certain individuals, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.5006 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicaid program for services for the treatment of psychiatric or substance use disorders furnished to certain individuals in an institution for mental diseases, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.5010 — To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize the establishment of, and provide support for, State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Oversight and Reform; Armed Services; Education and Labor

H.R.5014 — To improve the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of diagnosis in health care, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.5017 — To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat as misbranded cosmetics with packaging or labeling using the term “natural” unless the product meets certain standards, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.5020 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine or the National Cancer Institute to conduct a study on radiation exposure relating prostate cancer; Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.5024 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand health care coverage provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs during the transition of members of the Armed Forces from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.5027 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish free and comprehensive mental health care to former members of the Armed Services, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs



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