POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation


H.Res.550 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services developing a mobility metric to guide providers in preventing mobility loss among hospitalized older adults. Sponsor: Houchin, Erin [Rep.-R-IN-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.Res.555 — Recognizing the importance of intersectionality for abortion access. Sponsor: Watson Coleman, Bonnie [Rep.-D-NJ-12]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4315 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect beneficiaries with limb loss and other orthopedic conditions by providing access to appropriate, safe, effective, patient-centered orthotic and prosthetic care; to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse with respect to orthotics and prosthetics; and for other purposes. Sponsor: Thompson, Glenn [Rep.-R- PA-15]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.4324 — To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide the Commission with notice and comment rulemaking authority respecting unfair or deceptive acts or practices and to provide for civil penalties for violations of such Act respecting unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Castor, Kathy [Rep.-D-FL-14]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4328 — To provide for establishment of the National Task Force on the Nursing Shortage. Sponsor: Costa, Jim [Rep.- D-CA-21]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4329 – To provide enhanced funding for family planning services. Sponsor: Davids, Sharice [Rep.-D-KS-3]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4330 — To amend title 18, United States Code, to require serial numbers to be engraved on ammunition, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Davis, Danny K. [Rep.-D-IL-7]; Committees: House - Judiciary

H.R.4331 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase Federal Medicaid funding for States that provide intensive community-based services for adults with serious mental illness, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Goldman, Daniel S. [Rep.-D-NY-10]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4334 — To amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow suit against the United States for injuries and deaths of members of the Armed Forces caused by improper medical care, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Issa, Darrell E. [Rep.-R-CA-48]; Committees: House - Judiciary

H.R.4339 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure enhanced Federal funding made available to States under the Medicaid program is equitably distributed to political subdivisions. Sponsor: Lawler, Michael [Rep.-R-NY-17]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4343 — To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to clarify the definition of valuable consideration, to clarify that pilot programs that honor and promote organ donation do not violate that Act, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Matsui, Doris O. [Rep.-D-CA-7]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4345 — To protect the dignity of fetal remains, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Miller, Mary E. [Rep.-R-IL-15]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4347 — To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic weapons, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Moulton, Seth [Rep.-D-MA-6]; Committees: House - Judiciary

H.R.4358 — To provide lawful permanent resident status and authorized dual intent for certain doctoral degree holders. Sponsor: Thanedar, Shri [Rep.-D-MI-13]; Committees: House – Judiciary

H.R.4363 — To address the health of cancer survivors and unmet needs that survivors face through the entire continuum of care from diagnosis through active treatment and posttreatment, in order to improve survivorship, treatment, transition to recovery and beyond, quality of life and palliative care, and long-term health outcomes, including by developing a minimum standard of care for cancer survivorship, irrespective of the type of cancer, a survivor’s background, or forthcoming survivorship needs, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [Rep.-D-FL-25]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and the Workforce

H.Res.561 — Expressing opposition to the use of State power against people in the United States seeking essential health care, including criminalization of the full range of sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care, and disapproving of State punishment of people for their pregnancy outcomes; Sponsor: Williams, Nikema [Rep.-D-GA-5]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Judiciary

H.R.4368 — Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Harris, Andy [Rep.-R- MD-1]; Committees: House – Appropriations

H.R.4371 — To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, to conduct a study on the causes of deaths and catastrophic injuries related to high school and collegiate sports and formulate recommendations to prevent such deaths and catastrophic injuries, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Carter, Troy [Rep.-D-LA-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce

H.R.4375 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of medically necessary home resiliency services under Medicare; Sponsor: Frost, Maxwell [Rep.-D-FL-10]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.4381 — To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the determination, termination, and renewal of public health emergencies, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Murphy, Gregory [Rep.-R-NC-3]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Rules

H.R.4382 — To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the accessibility of addiction and mental health care providers and services for farmers and ranchers who have been impacted by severe and persistent drought, extreme weather events, instability in the commodities market, misinformation targeting consumers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Neguse, Joe [Rep.-D-CO-2]; Committees: House – Agriculture

H.R.4383 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to waive cost-sharing under the TRICARE program for three mental health outpatient visits per year for certain beneficiaries, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Neguse, Joe [Rep.-D-CO-2]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.4391 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain assisted reproduction expenses as medical expenses of the taxpayer; Sponsor: Schiff, Adam B. [Rep.-D-CA-30]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.4392 — To increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV; Sponsor: Schiff, Adam B. [Rep.-D-CA-30]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Oversight and Accountability; Ways and Means; Veterans’ Affairs; Armed Services; Natural Resources; Financial Services; Education and the Workforce



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