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Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act

To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of provider relief funds, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act RPM Access Act 2. Clarification of authorized uses of provider relief funds (a) Clarification Title VIII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Provided further (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136

Summary: Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act or RPM Access Act This bill allows certain COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief funds for health care providers to be used for the provision of remote patient monitoring services that align with clinical guidelines and meet data security and privacy standards.
REACH VET reporting Act

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the REACH VET program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the REACH VET reporting Act 2. Report on REACH VET program of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the REACH VET program. (b) Elements The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An assessment of the impact of the REACH VET program on rates of suicide among veterans. (2) An assessment of how limits within the REACH VET program, such as caps on the number of veterans who may be flagged as high risk, are adjusted for differing rates of suicide across the country. (3) A detailed explanation, with evidence, for why the conditions included in the model used by the REACH VET program were chosen, including an explanation as to why certain conditions, such as bipolar disorder II, were not included even though they show a similar rate of risk for suicide as other conditions that were included. (4) An assessment of the feasibility of incorporating certain economic data held by the Veterans Benefits Administration into the model used by the REACH VET program, including financial data and employment status, which research indicates may have an impact on risk for suicide. (c) REACH VET program defined In this section, the term REACH VET program

Summary: REACH VET reporting Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on the Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health—Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET) program to assess, among other elements, the impact of the program on rates of suicide among veterans.
Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit prescription drug plan sponsors and MA–PD organizations under the Medicare program from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act 2. Prohibiting Medicare PDP sponsors and MA–PD organizations from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies (a) In general Section 1860D–12(b)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–112(b)(4)(A) (iv) Prohibiting retroactive reductions in payments on clean claims Each contract entered into with a PDP sponsor under this part with respect to a prescription drug plan offered by such sponsor shall provide that after the date of receipt of a clean claim submitted by a pharmacy, the PDP sponsor (or an agent of the PDP sponsor) may not retroactively reduce payment on such claim directly or indirectly through aggregated effective rate or otherwise except in the case such claim is found to not be a clean claim (such as in the case of a claim lacking required substantiating documentation) during the course of a routine audit as permitted pursuant to written agreement between the PDP sponsor (or such an agent) and such pharmacy. The previous sentence shall not prohibit any retroactive increase in payment to a pharmacy pursuant to a written agreement between a PDP sponsor (or an agent of such sponsor) and such pharmacy. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2020.

Summary: Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act This bill prohibits Medicare prescription drug plan sponsors from retroactively reducing payment on clean claims submitted by pharmacies. (A "clean claim" is a Medicare claim that is free of defects such as incomplete documentation.)
Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2020

To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations of statutory and regulatory provisions. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2020 2. Judicial review of statutory and regulatory interpretations Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking To the extent necessary (a) To the extent necessary (2) by striking decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and (3) by inserting after of the terms of an agency action and decide de novo all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of constitutional and statutory provisions, and rules made by agencies. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this subsection shall apply in any action for judicial review of agency action authorized under any provision of law. No law may exempt any such civil action from the application of this section except by specific reference to this section (4) by striking The reviewing court shall— (b) The reviewing court shall— .

Summary: Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2020 This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (i.e., without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. No law may exempt a civil action from the standard of review required by this bill except by specific reference to such provision.
RECOUPS Act of 2020

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the carbon capture credit to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the carbon oxide sequestration tax credit. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Redeeming Effectiveness to Carbon Oxide Utilization Plus Sequestration Act of 2020 RECOUPS Act of 2020 2. Enhanced efficiency election for carbon oxide sequestration credit (a) In general Section 45Q(f) (8) Efficiency election (A) In general In the case of any carbon capture equipment placed in service on or after the date of the enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, a taxpayer that claims a carbon oxide sequestration credit for any taxable year may elect to treat the credit as a payment in excess of the tax imposed, or the estimated tax payment required, by subtitle A to the extent such credit exceeds the tax liability of such taxpayer in such taxable year. (B) Limitation If the taxpayer described in subparagraph (A) makes an election under this paragraph (in such time and manner as the Secretary may prescribe by regulations), the dollar amounts applicable under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a) shall be 90 percent of the applicable dollar amount determined under paragraph (1) of subsection (b). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019.

Summary: Redeeming Effectiveness to Carbon Oxide Utilization Plus Sequestration Act of 2020 or the RECOUPS Act of 2020 This bill allows taxpayers who claim a carbon oxide sequestration tax credit to elect to treat the credit as a payment in excess of tax liability. This allows the taxpayer a direct payment of 90% of the dollar amount of the credit.
BIAS Act of 2020

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide a grant for research and training in the operation or establishment of an implicit bias training program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bias In Automobile Stops Act of 2020 BIAS Act of 2020 2. Implicit bias research and training grants (a) In general The Secretary of Transportation shall make grants to institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 (b) Qualifications To be eligible for a grant under this section, an institution of higher education shall— (1) have an active research program or demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the applicant is beginning a research program to study implicit bias as it relates to racial profiling before and during traffic stops; and (2) partner with State and local police departments to conduct the research described in paragraph (1) and carry out the implementation of implicit bias training with State and local police departments. (c) Report No later than 1 year after a grant has been awarded under this section, the institution of higher education awarded the grant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report summarizing the research on implicit bias as it relates to racial profiling before and during traffic stops, and recommendations on effective interventions and trainings. (d) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this section. (e) Definitions In this section, the term implicit bias training program

Summary: Bias In Automobile Stops Act of 2020 or the BIAS Act of 2020 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to provide grants to institutions of higher education for research and training in the operation or establishment of an implicit bias training program as it relates to racial profiling at traffic stops. To be eligible for grants such institutions must (1) have an active research program or demonstrate that the applicant is beginning a research program to study implicit bias as it relates to racial profiling before and during traffic stops, and (2) partner with state and local police departments to conduct the research and carry out the implementation of implicit bias training with state and local police departments.
SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2020

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide an incentive for households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables that are beneficial to good health. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2020 2. Amendments (a) Definition Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2012 (1) in subsection (k) by inserting , unless the context specifies otherwise, means (2) by redesignating subsections (u) and (v) as subsections (v) and (w), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (t) the following: (u) Supplemental fruits and vegetables . (b) Increase in value of allotment Section 8 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 ( 7 U.S.C. 2017 (g) increase in value of allotment The value of an allotment, determined under this section without regard to this subsection and issued to a household for a month, shall be increased by 30 percent of the cost of supplemental fruits and vegetables purchased by such household during such month, but not to exceed an aggregate monthly amount determined by the Secretary on the basis of household size. . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2020.

Summary: SNAP Healthy Incentives Act of 2020 This bill revises the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to provide a financial incentive for participants to purchase fruits and vegetables containing nutrients that promote the health of the population served by SNAP.
ANTI Viruses Act

To require the Administrator for General Services to obtain an antivirus product to make available to Federal agencies in order to provide the product to individuals whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the A Necessary and Targeted Impediment to Viruses Act ANTI Viruses Act 2. Requirements for provision of antivirus software to certain individuals affected by data breach (a) Requirement To procure antivirus product (1) In general The Administrator for General Services shall procure an antivirus product suitable for Federal agencies to provide to individuals whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised. (2) Deadline As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue a solicitation for vendors to provide the antivirus product described in paragraph (1). Not later than 1 year after such date, the Administrator shall award the contract for the product. (b) Requirement To provide one-Year license for use of antivirus product A Federal agency that experiences a compromise in its computer systems resulting in the loss of personally identifiable information shall provide to any individual directly affected a one-year license of the antivirus product procured under subsection (a). (c) Federal agency In this section, the term Federal agency Executive agency (d) Source of funds The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this Act shall be derived from amounts made available to the agency for operating expenses.

Summary: A Necessary and Targeted Impediment to Viruses Act or the ANTI Viruses Act This bill directs (1) the General Services Administration to procure an antivirus product suitable for federal agencies to provide to individuals whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised, and (2) a federal agency that experiences a compromise in its computer systems resulting in the loss of personally identifiable information to provide to any individual directly affected a one-year license of such product.
Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2020

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire psychiatrists. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2020 2. Appointment of psychiatrists by Veterans Health Administration (a) In general Chapter 74 section 7406 7406A. Appointment of certain psychiatrists who complete residencies (a) In general (1) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may appoint, without regard to civil service or classification laws, a psychiatrist who completes a residency under section 7406 of this title to a position under section 7401 or 7405 immediately after such residency, if the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in regulations prescribed by the Secretary for such position. (2) The Secretary may begin the process of appointing a psychiatrist under paragraph (1) before the psychiatrist completes a residency. (b) Positions permitted The Secretary may appoint a psychiatrist under subsection (a) if the position to which the psychiatrist is appointed has been unfilled for not less than 35 days as of the date of the appointment. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7406 the following new item: 7406A. Appointment of certain psychiatrists who complete residencies. .

Summary: Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to appoint a psychiatrist who completes a residency at a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility to a VHA health care position immediately after such residency, without regard to civil service or classification laws, if (1) the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in regulations prescribed for the position, and (2) the position has been unfilled for at least 35 days.
Critical Infrastructure Employee Protection Act of 2020

To require the Secretary of Transportation to support the efforts of State and local governments to provide for priority testing of essential critical infrastructure workers with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Infrastructure Employee Protection Act of 2020 2. Identification of COVID–19 testing needs of critical infrastructure employees (a) In general The Secretary of Transportation shall— (1) adopt, for use by the Department of Transportation in carrying out response efforts relating to, and operations during, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic, the categorization of essential critical infrastructure workers (2) coordinate with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support efforts of State and local governments to provide for— (A) priority testing of essential critical infrastructure workers (as such term is used in paragraph (1)) with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19); and (B) priority access to personal protective equipment, sanitizers, nonmedical-grade facial coverings, and other health-related or protective supplies necessary to safely perform essential critical infrastructure work. (b) Application Nothing in this section requires the provision of priority testing or priority access to personal protective equipment for essential critical infrastructure workers (as such term is used in subsection (a)(1)) to be prioritized over the provision of that testing or access to personal protective equipment for other individuals who are identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or any other relevant Federal, State, or local agency as having a higher priority for that testing or access to personal protective equipment, including— (1) patients; (2) healthcare workers; and (3) first responders.

Summary: Critical Infrastructure Employee Protection Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Transportation to support state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in providing (1) priority COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) testing for essential critical infrastructure employees; and (2) priority access to personal protective equipment, sanitizers, face coverings, and health-related or protective supplies necessary to safely perform essential critical infrastructure work. (Essential critical infrastructure employees include, but are not limited to, medical and health care, telecommunications, information technology systems, defense, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, water and wastewater, law enforcement, and public works.)
To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial located at 6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, Texas and for other purposes.

To designate the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial located at 6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, Texas and for other purposes. 1. Designation of El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial (a) In general The Healing Garden located at 6900 Delta Drive, El Paso, Texas is designated as the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial (b) Effect of designation The national memorial designated by this section is not a unit of the National Park System and the designation of the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial shall not require or authorize Federal funds to be expended for any purpose related to that national memorial.

Summary: This bill designates the Healing Garden located at 6900 Delta Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the El Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial.
Eliminating CECL Accounting Standard Act

To specify that no person shall be required to comply with the CECL Rule under any Federal statute or regulation. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminating CECL Accounting Standard Act 2. Removing any requirement to comply with the CECL Rule (a) In general No person shall be required to comply with the CECL Rule under any Federal statute or regulation. (b) CECL Rule defined In this section, the term CECL Rule Financial Instruments–Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments

Summary: Eliminating CECL Accounting Standard Act This bill provides that no one shall be required to comply with a specified accounting standard applicable to credit losses (i.e., the current expected credit losses standard, also known as the CECL standard).
Removing Barriers to Basic Needs Act of 2020

To temporarily waive section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 as applied to the TANF and SNAP programs, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Removing Barriers to Basic Needs Act of 2020 2. Emergency extension of SNAP and TANF benefits (a) Applicability of ban on SNAP and TANF benefits Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 21 U.S.C. 862a (b) Effect on State policies Any law enacted by a State under the authority under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (d)(1) of section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ( 21 U.S.C. 862a (c) Sunset The authority under this section shall be in effect beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and until December 31, 2022. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) State The term State 7 U.S.C. 2012(r) (2) Supplemental nutrition assistance program The term supplemental nutrition assistance program 7 U.S.C. 2012(t) (3) Temporary assistance for needy families program The term temporary assistance for needy families program 42 U.S.C. 601(a)

Summary: Removing Barriers to Basic Needs Act of 2020 This bill modifies eligibility requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to temporarily waive requirements related to the denial of assistance and benefits for certain drug-related convictions. Any state law, policy, or regulation that imposes conditions on eligibility for SNAP and TANF based on an individual's conviction of an offense related to a controlled substance shall have no force or effect until December 31, 2022.