POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation

H.Res.434 — Declaring a mental health crisis among youth in the United States, and expressing the pressing need for historic investments in mental health care for students; Sponsor: Moulton, Seth [Rep.-D-MA-6]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce

H.Res.436 — Expressing support for the designation of the week of May 22 through 26, 2023, as “Educator Mental Health Awareness Week”; Sponsor: Trone, David J. [Rep.-D-MD-6]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce

H.R.3561 —To promote hospital and insurer price transparency, and for other purposes; Sponsor: McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [Rep.-R-WA-5]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and the Workforce

H.R.3570 — To provide public awareness and outreach regarding the dangers of fentanyl, to expand the grants authorized under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, to expand treatment and recovery services for people with opioid addictions, and to increase and to provide enhanced penalties for certain offenses involving counterfeit pills; Sponsor: Jackson Lee, Sheila [Rep.-D-TX-18]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Judiciary

H.R.3577 — To require the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to establish an automated supply chain tracking application that provides near real-time insight into the amount of critical medical and health supplies available in the Strategic National Stockpile; Sponsor: Hudson, Richard [Rep.-R-NC-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3581 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the family caregiver program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include services related to mental health and neurological disorders, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Kiggans, Jennifer A [Rep.-R-VA-2]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.3583 — To provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion and attainment of lifelong sexual health and healthy relationships, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Lee, Barbara [Rep.-D-CA-12]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce; Energy and Commerce

H.R.3584 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct and support research on the efficacy and safety of medicinal cannabis, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [Rep.-R-IA-1]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.3589 — To require group health plans and group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for over-the-counter contraceptives; Sponsor: Pressley, Ayanna [Rep.-D-MA-7]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce; Ways and Means

H.Con.Res.48 — Condemning the Chinese Communist Party for the Wuhan Lab “leak” causing the deadly COVID-19 pandemic; Sponsor: Santos, George [Rep.-R-NY-3]; Committees: House - Foreign Affairs

H.R.3613 — To amend title XXVIII of the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the sunset of authority to make certain appointments for National Disaster Medical System, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Schrier, Kim [Rep.-D-WA-8]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3616 — To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to include medications and medical equipment for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose in aircraft emergency medical kits, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Trone, David J. [Rep.-D-MD-6]; Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure

H.R.3617 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the authority to provide a wig and treat traction alopecia under the TRICARE program, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Watson Coleman, Bonnie [Rep.-D-NJ-12]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.3619 — To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban certain substances in cosmetic products, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Schakowsky, Janice D. [Rep.-D-IL-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3620 — To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to cosmetic safety, with an emphasis on communities of color and professional salon workers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Schakowsky, Janice D. [Rep.-D-IL-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce

H.R.3621 — To amend title VI of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for greater transparency with respect to fragrance and flavor ingredients in cosmetics, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Schakowsky, Janice D. [Rep.-D- IL-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3622 — To amend title VI of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the supply chain transparency needed for companies to make safe cosmetics, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Schakowsky, Janice D. [Rep.-D-IL-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3623 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a national graduate nurse education program; Sponsor: Underwood, Lauren [Rep.-D-IL-14]; Committees: House - Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce

H.R.3629 — To amend the Controlled Substances Act to list fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Buchanan, Vern [Rep.-R-FL-16]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Judiciary

H.R.3631 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for grants for State strategic stockpiles; Sponsor: Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” [Rep.-R-GA-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3633 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a public awareness campaign with respect to human papillomavirus, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Castor, Kathy [Rep.-D-FL-14]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3635 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals; Sponsor: Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [Rep.- R-GA-3]; Committees: House - Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce

H.R.3641 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to rescind guidelines and ensure the removal of signs and guidance relating to the COVID-19 pandemic; Sponsor: Jackson, Ronny [Rep.-R-TX-13]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.3644 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization period for emergency treatment in non- Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities under the Veterans Community Care Program; Sponsor: Latta, Robert E. [Rep.-R-OH-5]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.3645 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Lee, Summer L. [Rep.-D-PA-12]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3649 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder; Sponsor: Murphy, Gregory [Rep.-R-NC-3]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.3659 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a demonstration program to facilitate the clinical adoption of pregnancy intention screening initiatives by health care and social service providers; Sponsor: Bonamici, Suzanne [Rep.-D-OR-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3664 — To prohibit the availability of Federal funds to the World Health Organization pending the conduct of an investigation relating to the influence over such organization by Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Santos, George [Rep.-R-NY-3]; Committees: House - Foreign Affairs

H.R.3668 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the TRICARE program for certain members of the Retired Reserve of the reserve components; Sponsor: Johnson, Bill [Rep.-R-OH-6]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.3669 — To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve mental health services for students, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Allen, Rick W. [Rep.-R-GA-12]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce

H.R.3671 — To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to improve the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Bera, Ami [Rep.-D-CA-6]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Science, Space, and Technology

H.R.3674 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase the nonfacility practice expense relative value units for specified services furnished under the Medicare program; Sponsor: Bilirakis, Gus M. [Rep.-R-FL-12]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.3677 — To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct reviews of certain budget requests of the President for the medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Sponsor: Brownley, Julia [Rep.-D-CA-26]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.3679 — To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation administration to develop an interagency task force to develop and implement a strategy to identify and advance research on communicable diseases in air travel, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [Rep.-D-FL-20]; Committees: House - Science, Space, and Technology

H.R.3680 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for a national outreach and education strategy and research to improve the behavioral and mental health of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander population, while addressing stigma within such population against behavioral and mental health treatment; Sponsor: Chu, Judy [Rep.-D-CA-28]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3682 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize certain grants (for youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies) to be used for school personnel in elementary and secondary schools and students in secondary schools to receive student suicide awareness and prevention training, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Cleaver, Emanuel [Rep.-D-MO-5]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce

H.R.3684 — To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a grant program for using psychedelic substances to treat certain conditions, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Crenshaw, Dan [Rep.-R-TX-2]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.3688 — To provide for the mandatory recall of drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration; Sponsor: DeLauro, Rosa L. [Rep.-D-CT-3]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3691 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revise payment for air ambulance services under the Medicare program; Sponsor: Estes, Ron [Rep.-R-KS-4]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.3701 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to strengthen coverage under the Medicaid program for certain foster youth individuals; Sponsor: Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [Rep.-D-CA-37]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3703 — To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct and complete a review examining the efforts of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that the United States is prepared to rapidly produce certain medical countermeasures in the event of a public health emergency, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Latta, Robert E. [Rep.-R-OH-5]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3706 — To expand and enhance existing adult day programs for younger people with neurological diseases or conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, or other similar diseases or conditions) to support and improve access to respite services for family caregivers who are taking care of such people, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Lee, Barbara [Rep.-D-CA-12]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3707 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for expenses for household and elder care services necessary for gainful employment; Sponsor: Lee, Barbara [Rep.-D-CA-12]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.3710 — To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit health professionals from providing false or misleading information with respect to assisted reproduction, and for other purposes; Sponsor: McClain, Lisa C. [Rep.-R-MI-9]; Committees: House – Judiciary

H.R.3713 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs; Sponsor: Napolitano, Grace F. [Rep.-D-CA-31]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3718 — To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain actions to improve the processing by the Department of Veterans Affairs of claims for disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Neguse, Joe [Rep.-D-CO-2]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.3722 — To require a pilot program on activities under the pre-separation transition process of members of the Armed Forces for a reduction in suicide among veterans, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Nunn, Zachary [Rep.-R-IA-3]; Committees: House - Armed Services; Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.3723 — To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to expand the types of devices for which required labeling may be made available solely by electronic means; Sponsor: Obernolte, Jay [Rep.-R-CA-23]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3725 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide benefits under the Medicare program for first responders at the age of 57; Sponsor: Panetta, Jimmy [Rep.-D-CA-19]; Committees: House - Ways and Means; Energy and Commerce

H.R.3726 — To direct the Secretary of Education to study student mental health at institutions of higher education and to issue guidance on compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 for mental health and substance use disorder policies of institutions of higher education, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Porter, Katie [Rep.-D-CA-47]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce

H.R.3730 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize provisions relating to rural health clinics under Medicare; Sponsor: Smith, Adrian [Rep.-R-NE-3]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.3731 — To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to reduce barriers to immigrants becoming nurses or allied health professionals in the United States, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Smith, Adam [Rep.- D-WA-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3732 — To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants for career support for skilled internationally educated health professionals; Sponsor: Smith, Adam [Rep.-D-WA-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3733 — To address barriers immigrants and refugees face to entering the health care workforce, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Smith, Adam [Rep.-D-WA-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.3736 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the requirement for State Medicaid plans to provide coverage for medication-assisted treatment; Sponsor: Tonko, Paul [Rep.-D-NY-20]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.3737 — To direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to submit a report to Congress on the feasibility of reporting data relating to injuries in high school sports to improve the safety of student athletes; Sponsor: Veasey, Marc A. [Rep.-D-TX-33]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce

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