Weekly Legislative & Regulatory Round-up

S. 2774

11/16/09

CHARLES GRASSLEY (R-IA)

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prevent Medicare payments being lost to fraud, waste, or abuse; Referred to the Committee on Finance.

H.R. 4078

11/16/09

TOM PERRIELLO (D-VA)

A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a national model disclosure form to assist consumers in purchasing long-term care insurance; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

S. 2790

11/17/09

CHIRSTOPHER DODD (D-CT)

A bill to allow Americans to receive paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs, and the health needs of their families, related to a contagious illness; Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

H.R. 4096

11/17/09

TOM PERRIELLO (D-VA)

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend the deadlines applicable to filing petitions for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H. Res. 910

11/17/09

MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)

A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Memory Screening Day, including the development of a national health policy on dementia screening and care; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 H. Res. 914

11/18/09

DIANA DEGETTE (D-CO)

A resolution supporting the observance of National Diabetes Month; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H. Res. 919

CLIFF STEARNS (R-FL)

A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month; Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

S. 2803

11/19/09

ROBERT CASEY (D-PA)

A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes; Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 S. 2806

JOHN ENSIGN (R-NV)

A bill to codify and enhance existing regulations designed to encourage individuals to adopt healthy behaviors through voluntary participation in programs of health promotion and disease prevention; Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 H.R. 4138

PHIL GINGREY (R-GA)

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an update under the Medicare physician fee schedule, to be fully paid for through medical liability reform, a pathway for biosimilar biological products, and other means; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary.

H.R. 4140

ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)

A bill to provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections, and for other purposes; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform.

H.R. 4151

ELEANORE HOLMES NORTON (D-DC)

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia under the Medicaid Program to 75 percent; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H. Con. Res. 215

SHEILA JACKSON-LEE (D-TX)

Concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day, and for other purposes; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

H. Res. 932

JUDY CHU (D-CA)

A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that all State public health departments, local public health departments, hospitals, doctor offices, and other health care providers should adhere to guidelines issued from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with regard to the H1N1 influenza virus; Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.