POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation -cntd


H.R.990 —To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a methodology for determining State allotments for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments that is based on State poverty levels, to require States to prioritize disproportionate share hospital payments on the basis of Medicaid inpatient utilization and low-income utilization rates, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Bilirakis, Gus M. [Rep.-R-FL-12]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.991 — To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to entities that refuse to provide treatment based on COVID-19 vaccination status; Sponsor: Bishop, Dan [Rep.-R-NC-8]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.994 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a public education campaign across all relevant programs of the Health Resources and Services Administration to increase oral health literacy and awareness; Sponsor: Cárdenas, Tony [Rep.-D-CA-29]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1001 — To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include service as a veteran family caregiver as a public service job for purposes of the public service loan forgiveness program, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Connolly, Gerald E. [Rep.-D-VA-11]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce

H.R.1003 —To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study and clinical trials on the effects of cannabis on certain health outcomes of veterans with chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Correa, J. Luis [Rep.-D-CA-46]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.1004 — To establish the Public Health Information and Communications Advisory Committee for purposes of providing recommendations and reports, and to support educational initiatives on communication and dissemination of information during public health emergencies; Sponsor: DeGette, Diana [Rep.-D-CO-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1011 —To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to conduct an audit of any unobligated coronavirus-related funding and to rescind all such funding, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Finstad, Brad [Rep.-RMN-1]; Committees: House - Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations

H.R.1012 —To amend the Public Health Service Act to clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators; Sponsor: Franklin, C. Scott [Rep.-R-FL-18]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1024 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that nonanimal methods are prioritized, where applicable and feasible, in proposals for all research to be conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health, to provide for the establishment of the National Center for Alternatives to Animals in Research and Testing, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Pappas, Chris [Rep.-D-NH-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1025 — To prohibit Federal funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and to require a GAO study regarding Federal funds previously provided to such institute or to entities affiliated with the Chinese Government; Sponsor: Perry, Scott [Rep.-R-PA-10]; Committees: House - Foreign Affairs

H.R.1029 — To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make improvements to the treatment of the United States territories under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Plaskett, Stacey E. [Del.-D-VI-At Large]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

S.444 — A bill to require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by the World Health Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification; Sponsor: Johnson, Ron [Sen.-R-WI]; Committees: Senate - Foreign Relations

S.449 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the assignment of patient advocates at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Sponsor: Stabenow, Debbie [Sen.-D-MI]; Committees: Senate - Veterans’ Affairs

S.455 — A bill to terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Marshall, Roger [Sen.-R-KS]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.456 — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize non-medical counseling services, provided by certain mental health professionals, to military families; Sponsor: Sinema, Kyrsten [Sen.-I-AZ]; Committees: Senate - Armed Services

S.457 — A bill to establish a Federal tort against pediatric gender clinics and other entities pushing gender-transition procedures that cause bodily injury to children or harm the mental health of children; Sponsor: Hawley, Josh [Sen.-R-MO]; Committees: Senate – Judiciary

S.460 — A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human Services; Sponsor: Smith, Tina [Sen.-D-MN]; Committees: Senate - Indian Affairs

S.462 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to modify the loan repayment program for the substance use disorder treatment workforce to relieve workforce shortages; Sponsor: Smith, Tina [Sen.-D-MN]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.464 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the deduction for advertising and promotional expenses for tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems; Sponsor: Shaheen, Jeanne [Sen.-D-NH]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.466 — A bill to provide for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on a Federal research agenda to advance the understanding of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Peters, Gary C. [Sen.-D-MI]; Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation

S.468 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance compliance with hospital price transparency requirements, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Kennedy, John [Sen.-R-LA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.470 — A bill to repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Lankford, James [Sen.-R-OK]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.471 — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow for greater State flexibility with respect to excluding providers who are involved in abortions; Sponsor: Lankford, James [Sen.-R-OK]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.476 — A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to protect access to genetically targeted technologies; Sponsor: Menendez, Robert [Sen.-D-NJ]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.492 — A bill to prohibit the imposition of certain substantial burdens, relating to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, on religious exercise, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rubio, Marco [Sen.-R-FL]; Committees: Senate – Judiciary

S.526 — A bill to strengthen the use of patient-experience data within the benefit-risk framework for approval of new drugs; Sponsor: Wicker, Roger F. [Sen.-R-MS]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions



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