POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation- Contd

H.R.8878 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure adequate coverage of outpatient mental health services under the Medicare program; Sponsor: Chu, Judy [Rep.-D-CA-27]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.8879 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for improvements to the Medicare prospective payment system for psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units; Sponsor: Evans, Dwight [Rep.-D-PA-3]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.8881 — To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to disclose the percentage of in-network participation for certain provider types, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Horsford, Steven [Rep.-D-NV-4]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and Labor

H.R.8884 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide outreach and reporting on opioid use disorder treatment services furnished by opioid treatment programs under the Medicare program; Sponsor: Kelly, Mike [Rep.-R-PA-16]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.8885 — To amend the Public Health Service Act, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for provider directory improvements to enhance enrollee, participant, and beneficiary access to care; Sponsor: Kildee, Daniel T. [Rep.-D-MI-5]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and Labor

H.R.8886 — To amend the Public Health Service Act, Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure mental health and substance use disorder benefits are defined pursuant to external benchmarks based on nationally recognized standards; Sponsor: Moore, Gwen [Rep.-D-WI-4]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and Labor; Ways and Means

H.R.8887 — To direct the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to establish an occupational research program on mental health; Sponsor: Mrvan, Frank J. [Rep.-D-IN-1]; Committees: House - Education and Labor

H.R.8889 — To provide for improved access to group health plan and health insurance coverage summary of benefits and coverage explanation, require a joint report by the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor relating to summaries of benefits and coverage, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Plaskett, Stacey E. [Del.-D-VI-At Large]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and Labor

H.R.8890 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish exceptions for certain physician wellness programs, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Ruiz, Raul [Rep.-D-CA-36]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.8891 — To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for forensic medical exams with no cost sharing, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sánchez, Linda T. [Rep.-D-CA-38]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and Labor; Ways and Means

H.R.8892 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a public outreach campaign to inform individuals covered under a group health plan or group or individual health insurance coverage of Federal requirements relating to mental health and substance use disorder crisis services, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sewell, Terri A. [Rep.- D-AL-7]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and Labor

S.Res.776 — A resolution designating September 2022 as “National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month;” Sponsor: Menendez, Robert [Sen.-D-NJ]; Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.

S.Res.781 — A resolution recognizing the seriousness of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and expressing support for the designation of September 2022 as “PCOS Awareness Month;” Sponsor: Warren, Elizabeth [Sen.-D-MA]; Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

S.4899 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to Remedy election revocations relating to administration of COVID-19 vaccines; Sponsor: Portman, Rob [Sen.-R-OH]; Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.

H.Res.1373 — Honoring the life of Dr. Paul Farmer by recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to adopt a 21stcentury global health solidarity strategy and take actions to address past and ongoing harms that undermine the health and well-being of people around the world; Sponsor: Schakowsky, Janice D. [Rep.-D-IL-9]; Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Judiciary

H.Con.Res.107 — Designating the week of September 18 through September 24, 2022, as “National Fall Prevention Awareness Week” to raise awareness about, and encourage the prevention of, falls among older adults; Sponsor: Frankel, Lois [Rep.-D-FL-21]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.8908 — To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to review a safe harbor under the anti-kickback statute for certain contingency management interventions, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Estes, Ron [Rep.-R-KS-4]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.8910 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide outreach and reporting on certain behavioral health integration services furnished under the Medicare program; Sponsor: Smith, Jason [Rep.-R-MO-8]; Committees: House - Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce

H.R.8914 — To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education to make awards to increase or improve access to comprehensive mental and behavioral health services for individuals exposed to violent encounters involving law enforcement personnel, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Bush, Cori [Rep.-D-MO-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and Labor; Judiciary

H.R.8917 — To amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to the registration of opioid treatment programs to increase stakeholder input from relevant communities and to ensure such programs are treating patients in need, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Espaillat, Adriano [Rep.-D-NY-13]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Judiciary

S.4905 — A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide for 3 primary care visits and 3 behavioral health care visits without application of any cost-sharing requirement; Sponsor: King, Angus S., Jr. [Sen.-I-ME]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.4906 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Murphy, Christopher [Sen.-D-CT]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.4915 — A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve the recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian Health Service, restore accountability in the Indian Health Service, improve health services, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Barrasso, John [Sen.-R-WY]; Committees: Senate - Indian Affairs

H.Res.1379 — Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the wait times for veterans to receive primary care, mental health care, and specialty care appointments at medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Sponsor: Gosar, Paul A. [Rep.-R-AZ-4]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.8931 — To amend the Controlled Substances Act to require the Attorney General to remove a drug from scheduling within 180 days of a certain date pursuant to the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” [Rep.-R-GA-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Judiciary

H.R.8937 — To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve the recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian Health Service, restore accountability in the Indian Health Service, improve health services, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Johnson, Dusty [Rep.-R-SD-At Large]; Committees: House - Natural Resources; Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Oversight and Reform

S.Res.792 — A resolution expressing support for the designation of November 2022 as “National Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Awareness Month”; Sponsor: Scott, Rick [Sen.-R-FL]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.J.Res.63 — A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020; Sponsor: Marshall, Roger [Sen.-R-KS]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.4917 — A bill to amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Minority Fellowship Program; Sponsor: Menendez, Robert [Sen.-D-NJ]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.4918 — A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the use of patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property to inhibit competition; Sponsor: Hassan, Margaret Wood [Sen.-D-NH]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.4929 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure the consensual donation and respectful disposition of human bodies and human body parts donated or transferred for education, research, or the advancement of medical, dental, or mortuary science and not for use in human transplantation, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Murphy, Christopher [Sen.-D-CT]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.Res.1384 — Expressing support for the designation of September 2022 as “National Kinship Care Month”; Sponsor: Bass, Karen [Rep.-D-CA-37]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.Res.1390 — Expressing support for the protection of Medicare part D’s six protected classes; Sponsor: Napolitano, Grace F. [Rep.-D-CA-32]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.Res.1391 — Expressing support of the designation of September 2022 as Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month; Sponsor: Payne, Donald M., Jr. [Rep.-D-NJ-10]; Committees: House - Oversight and Reform

H.R.8964 — To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue to Federal agencies guidelines for developing procedures and requirements relating to certain primary care Federal health professionals completing continuing medical education on nutrition and to require Federal agencies to submit annual reports relating to such guidelines, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Grijalva, Raúl M. [Rep.-D-AZ-3]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.8968 — To allow States and local educational agencies to use unspent COVID-19 elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds to purchase life-saving opioid antagonists and to provide related training and education to students and teachers; Sponsor: Lamborn, Doug [Rep.-R-CO-5]; Committees: House - Education and Labor

H.R.8976 — To preempt State restrictions on dispensing mifepristone or misoprostol, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Ryan, Patrick [Rep.-D-NY-19]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.8979 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for the purpose of establishing, operating, or expanding one-stop crisis facilities, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Smith, Adam [Rep.-D-WA-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Financial Services; Judiciary

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