POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation - contd


S.Res.635 — A resolution designating May 2022 as “ALS Awareness Month”; Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]; Latest Action: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

H.Res.1118 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States recognizes the mounting personal and financial burden of diet-related disease in the United States and calls on medical schools, graduate medical education programs, and other health professional training programs to provide meaningful physician and health professional education on nutrition and diet; Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.7780 — To support the behavioral needs of students and youth, invest in the school-based behavioral health workforce, and ensure access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits; Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [DCA-11]; Committees: House - Education and Labor

H.R.7784 — To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]; Committees: House - Education and Labor

H.R.7786 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to limit certain authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to require individuals to wear a mask, a face covering, or any other accessory during domestic air travel, to require the refund of civil fines imposed for refusal to wear such an accessory, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]; Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure; Energy and Commerce; Homeland Security

S.Res.637 — A resolution expressing support for viewing women’s health as a critical issue for the economy and workforce of the United States and for advancing the health and well-being of all people; Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.Res.642 — A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 17, 2022, as “DIPG Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day” to raise awareness of, and encourage research on, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma tumors and pediatric cancers in general; Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]; Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.4234 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements to the redistribution of residency slots under the Medicare program after a hospital closes; Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.4235 — A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to fix a technical error in the definitions; Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]; Committees: Senate – Judiciary

H.Res.1129 — Expressing support for viewing women’s health as a critical issue for the economy and workforce of the United States and for advancing the health and well-being of all people; Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.7798 — To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit sale or transactions relating to human fetal tissue; Sponsor: Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-15]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.7803 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to remove the exclusion from medical assistance under the Medicaid program of items and services for patients in an institution for mental diseases, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

S.4244 — A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos and mixtures and articles containing commercial asbestos, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]; Committees: Senate - Environment and Public Works

S.4256 — A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent food shortages, including shortages of infant formula and certain medical foods; Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P. [D-PA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.R.7810 — To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos and mixtures and articles containing commercial asbestos, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.7814 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to health care providers to enhance the physical and cyber security of their facilities, personnel, and patients; Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.7823 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the health coverage tax credit permanent; Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.7828 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to shorten the exclusivity period for brand name biological products from 12 to 5 years; Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.7831 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for certain charity care furnished by physicians, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

S.4260 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, social work schools, and other programs, including physician assistant education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine; Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.4264 — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to develop a strategy to integrate and coordinate Medicaid and Medicare coverage for full-benefit dual eligible individuals; Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.4268 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to health care providers to enhance the physical and cyber security of their facilities, personnel, and patients; Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.4269 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to award grants to State, local, and Tribal governments to purchase and distribute anti-blood loss supplies for use in a medical emergency, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.4273 — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with resources to support efforts to integrate or coordinate Medicare and Medicaid benefits for individuals that are eligible for both programs; Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P. [D-PA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.4286 — A bill to direct the Attorney General to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by first responders related to interacting with persons who have a traumatic brain injury, another form of acquired brain injury, or posttraumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]; Committees: Senate – Judiciary

S.4288 — A bill to allow manufacturers and sponsors of a drug to use alternative testing methods to animal testing to investigate the safety and effectiveness of a biological product; Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.R.7834 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from selecting certain activities relating to the development of anti-racism plans as clinical practice improvement activities under the Medicare program; Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.7845 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to take certain steps to increase clinical trial diversity, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [DIL-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.7850 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to award grants to State, local, and Tribal governments to purchase and distribute anti-blood loss supplies for use in a medical emergency, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. O’Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.7857 — To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Minority Fellowship Program; Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce



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