Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2019 [S.595]
Expands Medicare coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity. Specifically, the bill allows coverage for therapy that is provided by (1) a physician who is not a primary care physician; or (2) other health care providers (e.g., physician assistants and nurse practitioners) and approved counseling programs, if provided upon a referral from, and in coordination with, a physician or primary care practitioner. Currently, such therapy is covered only if provided by a primary care practitioner. The bill also allows coverage under Medicare's prescription
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S.595: Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/28/2019
Timely Review of Infrastructure Act [S.607]
Authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address insufficient compensation of its personnel without regard to civil service laws. FERC must consult with the Office of Personnel Management when making a determination of the appropriate compensation for its personnel. The Department of Energy must report on its authority to implement flexible compensation models for the purposes of hiring, recruiting, and retaining employees who conduct scientific, technological, engineering, or mathematical work.
S.607: Timely Review of Infrastructure Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Murkowski
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With An Amendment. With Written Report No. 116-134. on 10/22/2019
Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act [S.618]
Establishes a Medicare Advance Directive Certification Program. Under the program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall grant accreditation to advance directive vendors that meet specified accreditation criteria. The CMS shall establish procedures for an eligible beneficiary to register the adoption of a certified advance directive under the program. Beneficiary registration in the program shall be optional, but each eligible beneficiary who adopts and registers a certified advance directive shall receive a one-time incentive
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S.618: Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Coons
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/28/2019
Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2019 [S.594]
Directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish and biennially update a list of all rehabilitation innovation centers. The bill defines rehabilitation innovation centers as nonprofit or government-owned rehabilitation facilities that (1) hold specified federal research and training designations for traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke rehabilitation research; and (2) serve at least a certain number of Medicare patients. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission must analyze the three most recent years of cost report
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S.594: Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/28/2019
CARE for Reservists Act of 2019 Care and Readiness Enhancement for Reservists Act of 2019 [S.711]
Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide counseling without referral to any member of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who has a behavioral health condition or psychological trauma. Such counseling may include a comprehensive individual assessment, and outpatient services shall also be available. The bill authorizes the VA to furnish mental health services to reservists. The bill also expands specified VA programs to include reservists for the provision of (1) comprehensive suicide prevention, and (2) mental health
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S.711: CARE for Reservists Act of 2019 Care and Readiness Enhancement for Reservists Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Committee On Veterans' Affairs. Reported By Senator Moran Without Amendment. Without Written Report. on 09/15/2020
Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act [S.718]
Reauthorizes through FY2020 and revises the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program. The bill also authorizes new grants under the FIPSE program. Specifically, the Department of Education may award grants to institutions of higher education for dual or concurrent enrollment programs or early college high school programs that allow high school students to earn postsecondary credits.
S.718: Making Education Affordable and Accessible Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Peters
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/07/2019
REACH Act Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act [S.706]
Requires each institution of higher education (IHE) to (1) provide a comprehensive program to prevent hazing, and (2) report hazing incidents. Hazing means an intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a student, or a former student, of an IHE against another student (regardless of that student's willingness to participate), that (1) is connected with an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, an organization that is affiliated with the IHE (e.g., athletic teams); and (2) contributes to a substantial risk
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S.706: REACH Act Report and Educate About Campus Hazing Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/07/2019
SR-106: A resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Negro College Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. on 03/12/2019
S.801: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/14/2019
You have voted S.801: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission with access to certain drug payment information, including certain rebate information..