POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation Contd.


S.3656 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide hereditary cancer genetic testing for individuals with a history of a hereditary cancer gene mutation in a blood relative or a personal or ancestral history suspicious for hereditary cancer, and to provide coverage of certain cancer screenings or preventive surgeries that would reduce the risk for individuals with a germline (inherited) mutation associated with a high risk of developing a preventable cancer; Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.3658 — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program; Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3660 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make diapers an allowable expense for purposes of health flexible spending arrangements and health savings accounts; Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.3670 — A bill to clarify that agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services do not have the authority to regulate the practice of medicine; Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.Res.518 — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that in order to effectively address the high prevalence of individuals suffering from mental health conditions and substance use disorders, the United States needs to make historic financial investments into mental health and substance use disorder care and finally acknowledge such care as a priority in health care equal to physical health, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.Res.523 — A resolution designating February 28, 2022, as “Rare Disease Day”; Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]; Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.3675 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a system to notify individuals approaching Medicare eligibility; Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.3686 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide education and training on eating disorders for health care providers and communities, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3688 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to facilitate the funding of community-based mental health and substance use disorder services and peer support programs, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.3696 — A bill to establish the position of Interagency Coordinator for Behavioral Health to coordinate the programs and activities of the Federal Government relating to mental health, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]; Committees: Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

S.3700 — A bill to provide for appropriate cost-sharing for insulin products covered under Medicare part D and private health plans; Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.3704 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to schools and school-based health centers to increase the number of behavioral health care providers in such schools and health centers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]; Committees: Senate - Finance



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