POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation

H.R.4507 — To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to promote transparency in health coverage and reform pharmacy benefit management services with respect to group health plans, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Good, Bob [Rep.-R-VA-5]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce; Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.4508 — To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify and strengthen the application of certain employer-sponsored health plan disclosure requirements; Sponsor: Courtney, Joe [Rep.-D-CT-2]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce

H.R.4509 — To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage to only pay claims submitted by hospitals that have in place policies and procedures to ensure accurate billing practices, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Foxx, Virginia [Rep.-R- NC-5]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce

H.R.4516 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the inclusion of a biological attribution strategy, and an early warning strategy and implementation plan, in the National Health Security Strategy, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Crenshaw, Dan [Rep.-R-TX-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4518 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers of veterans, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Davis, Donald G. [Rep.-D-NC-1]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.4525 — To provide an individual with an eligible medical condition access to an employee restroom facilities of a retail establishment under certain conditions, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Norton, Eleanor Holmes [Del.-D-DC-At Large]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

S.2231 — A bill to amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Merkley, Jeff [Sen.-D-OR]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.2237 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities to establish, maintain, or improve activities related to the detection and monitoring of infectious diseases through wastewater for public health emergency preparedness and response purposes, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Booker, Cory A. [Sen.-D-NJ]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2239 — A bill to prevent maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity among Black pregnant and postpartum individuals and other underserved populations, to provide training in respectful maternity care, to reduce and prevent bias, racism, and discrimination in maternity care settings, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Warnock, Raphael G. [Sen.-D-GA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2243 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and chaplaincy education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice care; Sponsor: Baldwin, Tammy [Sen.-D-WI]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2245 — A bill to require a review of women and lung cancer, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rubio, Marco [Sen.-R-FL]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2246 — A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on barriers to gender affirming care; Sponsor: Markey, Edward J. [Sen.-D-MA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.R.4527 — To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure plan fiduciaries may access de- identified information relating to health claims, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Chavez-DeRemer, Lori [Rep.-R-OR-5]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce

H.R.4529 — To amend the Public Health Service Act regarding guidance documents of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and for other purposes; Sponsor: McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [Rep.-R-WA-5]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4531 — To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Guthrie, Brett [Rep.-R-KY-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Judiciary; Education and the Workforce

H.R.4534 — To require a review of women and lung cancer, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Boyle, Brendan F. [Rep.-D- PA-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4535 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare; Sponsor: Boyle, Brendan F. [Rep.-D-PA-2]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.4541 — To improve the identification and support of children and families who experience trauma; Sponsor: Davis, Danny K. [Rep.-D-IL-7]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce; Energy and Commerce; Judiciary

S.2254 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish pharmacy benefit manager reporting requirements with respect to prescription drug plans and MA-PD plans under Medicare part D; Sponsor: Cortez Masto, Catherine [Sen.-D-NV]; Committees: Senate – Finance

S.2259 — A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to establish community integration network infrastructure for services for veterans, to require the collection from veterans of information related to social determinants of health, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Sullivan, Dan [Sen.-R-AK]; Committees: Senate - Veterans’ Affairs

S.2263 — A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse the cost of transportation by ambulance for highly rural veterans seeking care under the laws administered by the Secretary, regardless of whether such veteran qualifies for payments or allowances for beneficiary travel; Sponsor: Sullivan, Dan [Sen.-R-AK]; Committees: Senate - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.4572 — To provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Clarke, Yvette D. [Rep.-D-NY-9]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4581 — To amend title V of the Social Security Act to support stillbirth prevention and research, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Hinson, Ashley [Rep.-R-IA-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4582 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the use of Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to purchase life-saving opioid antagonists for schools and to provide related training and education to students and teachers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Lamborn, Doug [Rep.-R-CO-5]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4585 — To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide a higher Federal matching rate for increased expenditures under Medicaid for maternal health care services; Sponsor: Manning, Kathy E. [Rep.-D-NC-6]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

S.2329 — A bill to establish an emerging pathogen preparedness program within the Food and Drug Administration to improve regulatory oversight of medical countermeasures for future pandemics. Sponsor: Hickenlooper, John W. [Sen.-D- CO]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2323 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for expanded coverage of services furnished by genetic counselors under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Barrasso, John [Sen.-R-WY]; Committees: Senate - Finance

S.2308 — A bill to extend funding for teaching health centers that operate GME programs, community health centers, and the National Health Service Corps. Sponsor: Cassidy, Bill [Sen.-R-LA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2305 — A bill to improve the requirements for making a determination of interchangeability of a biological product and its reference product. Sponsor: Lee, Mike [Sen.-R-UT]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2304 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to support dual or concurrent enrollment programs in allied health. Sponsor: Casey, Robert P., Jr. [Sen.-D-PA]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2303 — A bill to provide for research and education with respect to uterine fibroids, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Booker, Cory A. [Sen.-D-NJ]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2300 — A bill to require that information on spending associated with national emergencies be subject to the same reporting requirements as other Federal funds under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Marshall, Roger [Sen.-R-KS]; Committees: Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

33. S.2297 — A bill to improve the provision of benefits and services to members of the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Duckworth, Tammy [Sen.-D-IL]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2294 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans and dependents who were stationed at military installations at which those veterans and dependents were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid or other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, to provide for a presumption of service connection for certain veterans who were stationed at military installations at which those veterans were exposed to such substances, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Stabenow, Debbie [Sen.-D-MI]; Committees: Senate - Veterans’ Affairs

S.2293 — A bill to establish the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers Council, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers, and Artificial Intelligence Governance Boards, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Peters, Gary C. [Sen.-D-MI]; Committees: Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

S.2288 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of medically necessary home resiliency services under Medicare. Sponsor: Markey, Edward J. [Sen.-D-MA]; Committees: Senate - Finance

S.Res.294 — A resolution expressing support for the designation of May 2023 as “American Stroke Month”. Sponsor: Lujan, Ben Ray [Sen.-D-NM]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

H.R.4599 — To provide for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish grant programs to improve the health and positive youth development impacts of youth sports participation, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Allred, Colin Z. [Rep.-D-TX-32]; Committees: House - Education and the Workforce; Energy and Commerce

H.R.4603 — To provide for the prioritization of projects that provide behavioral and mental health treatment services in selecting grantees under certain rural development programs, and extend the substance abuse disorder set-aside and priority under the programs; Sponsor: Caraveo, Yadira [Rep.-D-CO-8]; Committees: House – Agriculture

H.R.4605 — To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve maternal health coverage under Medicaid and CHIP, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Carter, Earl L. “Buddy” [Rep.-R-GA-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.4623 — To establish a voluntary program to identify and promote internet-connected products that meet industry- leading cybersecurity and data security standards, guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Lieu, Ted [Rep.-D-CA-36]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4626 — To encourage sponsors of oral contraceptive drugs to submit applications for the approval of such drugs as over-the-counter, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [Rep.-R-IA-1]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

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