POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation Contd.

S.655 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit high deductible health plans to provide chronic disease prevention services to plan enrollees prior to satisfying their plan deductible; Sponsor: Thune, John [Sen.-R-SD]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.663 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Murphy, Christopher [Sen.-D-CT]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.665 — A bill to provide incentives to physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Klobuchar, Amy [Sen.-D-MN]; Committees: Senate – Judiciary

S.Res.95 — A resolution honoring the life of Dr. Paul Farmer by recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to adopt a 21st century 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: Brown, Sherrod [Sen.-D-OH]; Committees: Senate - Foreign Relations

S.669 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to psychological and behavioral services; Sponsor: Brown, Sherrod [Sen.-D-OH]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.689 — A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to define currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Booker, Cory A. [Sen.-D-NJ]; Committees: Senate – Judiciary

H.Res.204 — Honoring the life of Dr. Paul Farmer by recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to adopt a 21st- century 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.R.1385 — To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” [Rep.-R-GA-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1393 — To amend the Controlled Substances Act to define currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Dean, Madeleine [Rep.-D-PA-4]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Judiciary

H.R.1399 — To amend chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit gender affirming care on minors, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Greene, Marjorie Taylor [Rep.-R-GA-14]; Committees: House - Judiciary; Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce

H.R.1402 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide coverage for boxing-based exercise classes for veterans diagnosed with certain movement disorders, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Higgins, Brian [Rep.-D-NY-26]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.1406 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permanently extend certain in-home cardiopulmonary rehabilitation flexibilities established in response to COVID-19, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Joyce, John [Rep.-R- PA-13]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.1422 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve oral health care and dental benefits under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Simpson, Michael K. [Rep.-R-ID-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1423 — To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, to award grants to States, territories, political subdivisions of States and territories, Tribal governments, and consortia of Tribal governments to establish an unarmed mobile crisis response program, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Smith, Adam [Rep.-D-WA-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1425 — 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: Tiffany, Thomas P. [Rep.-R-WI-7]; Committees: House - Foreign Affairs

S.701 — A bill to protect a person’s ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider’s ability to provide abortion services; Sponsor: Baldwin, Tammy [Sen.-D-WI]; Latest Action: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time

S.703 — 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: Rosen, Jacky [Sen.-D-NV]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.704 — 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: Rosen, Jacky [Sen.-D-NV]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.705 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a loan repayment program to encourage specialty medicine physicians to serve in rural communities experiencing a shortage of specialty medicine physicians, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rosen, Jacky [Sen.-D-NV]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.708 — A bill to improve outcomes for Medicaid beneficiaries with major depressive disorder or other mental health conditions; Sponsor: Brown, Sherrod [Sen.-D-OH]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S. 712 – A bill to identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women; Sponsor: Cassidy, Bill [Sen.-R-LA]; Committees: Senate -- Finance

S.723 — A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of prescription digital therapeutics under such titles, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Shaheen, Jeanne [Sen.-D-NH]; Committees: Senate – Finance

H.Res.213 — Supporting the designation of March 2023 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month; Sponsor: Payne, Donald M., Jr. [Rep.-D-NJ-10]; Committees: House - Oversight and Accountability

H.R.1458 — To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of prescription digital therapeutics under such titles, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Hern, Kevin [Rep.-R-OK-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.1466 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit research with human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion, and for other purposes; Sponsor: McClain, Lisa C. [Rep.-R-MI-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1475 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and nationally disseminate accurate, relevant, and accessible resources to promote understanding about sensitivities regarding adoption in the health care industry, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Smucker, Lloyd [Rep.-R-PA-11]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce

S.727 — A bill to limit the price charged by manufacturers for insulin; Sponsor: Sanders, Bernard [Sen.-I-VT]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.729 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the waiver of certain telehealth requirements to permit reimbursement for audio-only telehealth services under the Medicare program during emergency declarations; Sponsor: Kennedy, John [Sen.-R-LA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.730 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to provide for Medicare and Medicaid mental and behavioral health treatment through telehealth; Sponsor: Kennedy, John [Sen.-R-LA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.731 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the permissible first-dollar coverage of telehealth services for purposes of health savings accounts; Sponsor: Kennedy, John [Sen.-R-LA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.750 — A bill to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit health centers from providing abortions, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Braun, Mike [Sen.-R-IN]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.762 — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of, and expand access to, home and community-based services under the Medicaid program, to award grants for the creation, recruitment, training and education, retention, and advancement of the direct care workforce and to award grants to support family caregivers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Casey, Robert P., Jr. [Sen.-D-PA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.765 — 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: Murkowski, Lisa [Sen.-R-AK]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.767 — A bill to enhance mental health and psychosocial support within United States development and humanitarian assistance programs; Sponsor: Casey, Robert P., Jr. [Sen.-D-PA]; Committees: Senate - Foreign Relations

H.Res.214 — Supporting the goals and ideals of “Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month”; Sponsor: Burgess, Michael C. [Rep.-R-TX-26]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.Res.217 — Supporting the designation of March 2023 as Endometriosis Awareness Month; Sponsor: Scott, David [Rep.- D-GA-13]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1485 — To limit the price charged by manufacturers for insulin; Sponsor: Bush, Cori [Rep.-D-MO-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1488 — To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish requirements with respect to cost-sharing for certain insulin products, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Craig, Angie [Rep.-D-MN-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and the Workforce

H.R.1493 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require coverage of, and expand access to, home and community-based services under the Medicaid program; to award grants for the creation, recruitment, training and education, retention, and advancement of the direct care workforce and to award grants to support family caregivers; and for other purposes; Sponsor: Dingell, Debbie [Rep.-D-MI-6]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce; Oversight and Accountability

H.R.1502 — To amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize comprehensive opioid recovery centers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Guthrie, Brett [Rep.-R-KY-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1503 — To provide for digital communication of prescribing information for drugs (including biological products), and for other purposes; Sponsor: Harshbarger, Diana [Rep.-R-TN-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1512 — To allow women to greater access to a wider range of self-administered contraceptives approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; Sponsor: Mace, Nancy [Rep.-R-SC-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1523 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce Federal financial participation for certain States that require political subdivisions to contribute towards the non-Federal share of Medicaid; Sponsor: Tenney, Claudia [Rep.-R- NY-24]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.1526 — 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: Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [Rep.-D-FL-25]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

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