POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation Contd.


S.2434 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to continue the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Marshall, Roger [Sen.-R-KS]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2436 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assure pharmacy access and choice for Medicare beneficiaries; Sponsor: Manchin, Joe, III [Sen.-D-WV]; Committees: Senate – Finance.

S.2439 — A bill to establish a grant program to fund reproductive health patient navigators for individuals seeking abortion services; Sponsor: Cortez Masto, Catherine [Sen.-D-NV]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2444 — A bill to establish an interactive online dashboard to improve public access to information about grant funding related to mental health and substance use disorder programs; Sponsor: Fischer, Deb [Sen.-R-NE]; Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

S.2447 — A bill to reauthorize the distance learning and telemedicine grant program, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rosen, Jacky [Sen.-D-NV]; Committees: Senate - Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

S.2448 — A bill to establish a grant to provide mental and behavioral health services and diversion programs to at-risk youth, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Booker, Cory A. [Sen.-D-NJ]; Committees: Senate – Judiciary

S.2454 — A bill to require reports on and investments in pharmaceutical supply chain resiliency to reduce reliance on the People’s Republic of China for finished pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredients; Sponsor: Lankford, James [Sen.-R-OK]; Committees: Senate - Foreign Relations

S.2456 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit beneficiary cost-sharing to the net price of covered part D drugs; Sponsor: Casey, Robert P., Jr. [Sen.-D-PA]; Committees: Senate – Finance

H.R.4771 — To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permanently extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Barragan, Nanette Diaz [Rep.-D-CA-44]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4775 — To amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services under such titles, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Blunt Rochester, Lisa [Rep.-D-DE-At Large]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4779 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for custom fabricated breast prostheses following a mastectomy; Sponsor: Chu, Judy [Rep.-D-CA-28]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.4788 — To make opioid treatment programs eligible for grants under section 2008 of the Social Security Act; Sponsor: Higgins, Brian [Rep.-D-NY-26]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.4794 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit expenditures from health savings accounts, flexible spending arrangements, and health reimbursement arrangements for dietary supplements; Sponsor: LaHood, Darin [Rep.- R-IL-16]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.4796 — To establish a grant program to fund reproductive health patient navigators for individuals seeking abortion services; Sponsor: Lee, Susie [Rep.-D-NV-3]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.4803 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand and improve health savings accounts, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Roy, Chip [Rep.-R-TX-21]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.4813 — To require geographical diversity in the provision of health profession opportunity grants under section 2008 of the Social Security Act, and to require the support services provided through the use of the grants to include a transportation assistance plan; Sponsor: Sewell, Terri A. [Rep.-D-AL-7]; Committees: House - Ways and Means

H.R.4815 — To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the medical expense deduction, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Trahan, Lori [Rep.-D-MA-3]; Committees: House – Agriculture

H.R.4816 — To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply of contraceptives; Sponsor: Underwood, Lauren [Rep.-D-IL-14]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Education and the Workforce

H.R.4818 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Wenstrup, Brad R. [Rep.-R-OH-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means



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