POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation Contd.


H.R.5742 — To prohibit discrimination in health care and require the provision of equitable health care, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

S.3080 — A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider; Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3085 — A bill to assist in the transition of a certain hospital to a Medicare rural emergency hospital, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, Jim [R-OK]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.3087 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide authority to add additional vaccines to the list of taxable vaccines; Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Bob [D-PA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

H.Res.749 — Recognizing the outstanding contributions of respiratory therapists to patient care during “National Respiratory Care Week”; Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.5745 — To clarify Medicare coverage for COVID-19 testing and to provide support for cellular immune response research for COVID-19, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.5747 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include certain over-the-counter dietary supplement products as qualified medical expenses; Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.5750 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain grants (for youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies) to be used for school personnel in elementary and secondary schools and students in secondary schools to receive student suicide awareness and prevention training, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and Labor

H.R.5753 — To assist in the transition of a certain hospital to a Medicare rural emergency hospital, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]; Committees: House - Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce

H.R.5754 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the ability of veterans to electronically submit complaints about the delivery of health care services by the Department of Veterans Affairs; Sponsor: Rep. McClain, Lisa C. [R-MI-10]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.5755 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the assignment of patient advocates at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.5758 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize non-medical counseling services, provided by certain mental health professionals, to military families; Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]; Committees: House - Armed Services S.Con.Res.17 — A concurrent resolution celebrating the first anniversary of the coalition of signatory countries to the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family; Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]; Committees: Senate - Foreign Relations

S.3098 — A bill to provide for a national public health education campaign, grant program, and task force for recommended preventive health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics; Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3105 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a hospital revitalization program to assist certain health facilities in constructing and modernizing their facilities and to support community development; Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael [D-CO]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.R.5769 — To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage from imposing cost-sharing requirements or treatment limitations with respect to diagnostic examinations for breast cancer that are less favorable than such requirements with respect to screening examinations for breast cancer; Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.5772 — To authorize the Director of the National Science Foundation to award grants to support research on neurological and psychiatric illnesses associated with COVID-19 infection, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Science, Space, and Technology

H.R.5787 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a strategy for telehealth furnished by the Veterans Health Administration and submit a report on end-user devices distributed by the Secretary to veterans to facilitate such telehealth; Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.5789 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the ability of veterans to make appointments for mental health care furnished by the Secretary; Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs



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