POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation


H.R.9638 – To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of ALS-related services under the Medicare program for individuals diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Schakowsky, Janice D. [Rep.-D-IL-9]; Committees: House - Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce

H.R.9630 — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand availability of H-1B non-immigrant visas, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Krishnamoorthi, Raja [Rep.-D-IL-8]; Committees: House - Education and Labor; Judiciary

H.R.9624 — To end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives. Sponsor: Johnson, Henry C. “Hank,” Jr. [Rep.- D-GA-4]; Committees: House - Judiciary; Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce

S.5327 — A bill to establish the National Task Force on the Response of the United States to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sponsor: Feinstein, Dianne [Sen.-D-CA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.5325 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop best practices for the establishment and use of behavioral intervention teams at schools, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Cornyn, John [Sen.-R-TX]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.5322 — A bill to authorize the collection of supplemental payments to increase congressional investments in medical research, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Warren, Elizabeth [Sen.-D-MA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.5314 — A bill to improve the operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Sponsor: Young, Todd [Sen.-R-IN]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.5312 — A bill to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into appropriate arrangements with the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide for a report on the health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Warren, Elizabeth [Sen.-D- MA]; Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation

S.5303 — A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to allow health marketplace pools to be deemed an employer under section 3(5) of such Act for purposes of offering a group health plan or group health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Paul, Rand [Sen.-R-KY]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.5302 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitations on contributions to health savings accounts, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Paul, Rand [Sen.-R-KY]; Committees: Senate - Finance

S.Res.875 — A resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. Sponsor: Brown, Sherrod [Sen.-D-OH]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.5336 — A bill to reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early Act; Sponsor: Bennet, Michael F. [Sen.-D-CO]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.5348 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand access to the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include certain veterans seeking mental health or substance-use services and toxic- exposed veterans, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Daines, Steve [Sen.-R-MT]; Committees: Senate - Veterans’ Affairs

S.5350 — A bill to enact a transit ban if the order issued under sections 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 265 and 268) is terminated; Sponsor: Lankford, James [Sen.-R-OK]; Committees: Senate – Judiciary

S.5354 — A bill to assess, prevent, prepare for, respond to, recover, and mitigate biological threats by establishing the One Health Security Council; Sponsor: Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [Sen.-D-NY]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.R.9644 — To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award a contract to an eligible nonprofit entity to establish and maintain a health care claims database for purposes of lowering Americans’ health care costs, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [Rep.-D-VA-8]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Oversight and Reform; Education and Labor; Armed Services

H.R.9655 — To amend the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare for America health program to provide for comprehensive health coverage for all Americans; Sponsor: DeLauro, Rosa L. [Rep.-D-CT-3]; Committees: House - Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce; Judiciary; Natural Resources; Education and Labor; House Administration

H.R.9657 — To prohibit the use or declaration of a public health emergency with respect to abortion, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Hern, Kevin [Rep.-R-OK-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.9658 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a new criterion for the nonapplication of site- neutral payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program; Sponsor: Hern, Kevin [Rep.-R-OK-1]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.9661 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct certain outreach to legacy participants in the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Kim, Andy [Rep.-D-NJ-3]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.9689 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women’s Health, to create educational materials with respect to covered disorders for elementary and secondary school students, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Williams, Nikema [Rep.-D-GA-5]; Committees: House - Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce

H.R.9687 — To authorize the collection of supplemental payments to increase congressional investments in medical research, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Welch, Peter [Rep.-D-VT-At Large]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.9679 — To increase the number of manufacturers registered under the Controlled Substances Act to manufacture cannabis for legitimate research purposes, to authorize health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide recommendations to veterans regarding participation in federally approved cannabis clinical trials, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Gaetz, Matt [Rep.-R-FL-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Judiciary; Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.9676 — To expand and improve the programs and activities of the Department of Health and Human Services for awareness, education, research, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment concerning rare diseases and conditions. Sponsor: Carson, Andre [Rep.-D-IN-7]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce



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