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Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2940
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Women's Obstetrician and Gynecologist Medical Access Now Act of 2009 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan to allow a participant or beneficiary the option to seek obstetrical and gynecological physician services directly from a participating provider without a referral.
 
States that this Act does not prevent a plan or issuer from establishing: (1) reasonable requirements for a participating provider to communicate with the participant's or beneficiary's primary care physician and surgeon regarding the participant's or beneficiary's condition and treatment; or (2) reasonable provisions governing utilization protocols and the use of obstetricians and gynecologists, or family practice physicians and surgeons, participating in the plan or issuer network. 
Applies such requirements to coverage offered in the individual market.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to House Education and Labor
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1497)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Highway Trust Fund Reclamation Act

Bill: 111-hr-2942
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Financial crises and stabilization
Government trust funds
Infrastructure development
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Highway Trust Fund Reclamation Act - Rescinds, effective July 15, 2009, any unobligated balances of certain stimulus funds made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (excluding funds for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for highway infrastructure investment). Appropriates rescinded amounts to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2943
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2009 - Prohibits the imposition of any penalty under an Act of Congress for the possession of marijuana for personal use or for the not-for-profit transfer between adults of marijuana for personal use.
 
Deems the possession of 100 grams or less of marijuana as personal use (one ounce or less for a not-for-profit transfer between adults).
 
Allows the imposition of a civil penalty under the Controlled Substances Act for the public use of marijuana if such penalty does not exceed $100.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Southern Arizona Public Lands Protection Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2944
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land use and conservation
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Southern Arizona Public Lands Protection Act of 2009 - Withdraws federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona, as well as all federally owned subsurface interests under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in lands in Pima County, from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and the mineral materials laws.
 
Withdraws all federally owned interests in BLM lands in Pima County from entry, location, or patent under the general mining laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-01-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit a Medicare beneficiary to elect to take ownership, or to decline ownership, of a certain item of complex durable medical equipment after the 13-month capped rental period ends.

Bill: 111-hr-2945
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit a Medicare beneficiary to elect to take, or decline to take, ownership of a Group 3 Support Surface item of complex durable medical equipment (DME) after the 13-month capped rental period ends. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Professional Pipeline Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2946
Sponsor: Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Health Care Professional Pipeline Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make a grant to a qualified youth serving organization to establish and expand emergency preparedness pipelines consisting of: (1) health science curricula in secondary schools, institutions of higher education, and continuing education programs that prepare students for careers as future health care professionals; and (2) school-based emergency preparedness chapters to recruit and prepare students for public health emergencies. Defines a &quot;qualified youth serving organization&quot; as a nonprofit organization that prepares youth exclusively for career entry and advancement opportunities in the health professions, offers a national recognition and competitive events program in which students can demonstrate their knowledge and skills in responding to public health emergencies, and operates at least 2,500 chapters in at least 40 states.
 
Requires the Secretary to make a grant each year to such an organization to conduct a national leadership conference that includes representatives of health science programs, emergency preparedness chapters, and the Medical Reserve Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Securities Law Technical Corrections Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2947
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Securities Law Technical Corrections Act of 2009 - Makes technical corrections to the following Acts: (1) the Securities Act of 1933; (2) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (3) the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; (4) the Investment Company Act of 1940; and (5) the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
 
Amends the following statutes to make conforming amendments for the repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA): (1) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (2) the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; (3) the Investment Company Act of 1940; and (4) the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. 

action_date: 2009-09-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Securities Law Technical Corrections Act of 2009 - Makes technical corrections to the following Acts: (1) the Securities Act of 1933; (2) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (3) the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; (4) the Investment Company Act of 1940; and (5) the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
 
Amends the following statutes to make conforming amendments for the repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA): (1) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (2) the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; (3) the Investment Company Act of 1940; and (4) the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-09-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9524-9525)
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9524-9525)
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2947.
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9524-9526)
action_date: 2009-09-15
text: Mr. Moore (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2948
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical education
Medical research
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 

 

 

 

 

 
Healthcare Improvements for Generating High Performance (HIGH Performance) Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) establish national priorities and goals for quality improvement in the delivery of health care services in the United States; (2) convene an interagency committee to coordinate the health care quality improvement activities of certain federal agencies; and (3) establish a Center for Health Extension (Center) within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of HHS to improve health care quality and evaluate progress in improving patient outcomes. 
 
Requires the Center to: (1) identify and develop clinical, managerial, and health care delivery best practices; (2) provide training and technical assistance to hospitals and health care facilities to implement such best practices; (3) establish Regional Health Care Centers to assist in training and education of health care providers in quality improvement; and (4) provide for public dissemination of information relating to activities and research conducted under this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Prostate Cancer Research and Prevention Act

Bill: 111-hr-2949
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Prostate Cancer Research and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY2015 for: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to states and local health departments to carry out preventive health measures related to prostate cancer; and (2) the Director of the National Cancer Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate prostate cancer research activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Restorative and Enhanced Vision Access for Medicare Patients (REVAMP) Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2951
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Restorative and Enhanced Vision Access for Medicare Patients (REVAMP) Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover vision restoration therapy devices and associated software used in the patient's home to treat impaired visual function as durable medical equipment (DME).
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to House Ways and Means
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Prostate Cancer Coverage Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2952
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Medicaid Prostate Cancer Coverage Act of 2009 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for optional Medicaid coverage of certain prostate cancer patients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1522)
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Evacuees Tax Relief Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2953
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accidents
Emergency planning and evacuation
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Natural disasters
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Evacuees Tax Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers to elect either a tax credit or tax deduction for up to $5,000 of their voluntary or mandatory evacuation expenses due to a disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1501)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive certain requirements under the visa waiver program for an additional 2 years.

Bill: 111-hr-2954
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for two years the Secretary of Homeland Security's (DHS) authority to waive the low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate requirement under the visa waiver program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Whaling Convention Act of 1949 to require that the United States Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission must be a Federal employee.

Bill: 111-hr-2955
Sponsor: Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: International organizations and cooperation
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Amends the Whaling Convention Act of 1949 to require that the U.S. Commissioner on the International Whaling Commission be an employee of the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1493-1494)
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To remove the additional tariff on ethanol.

Bill: 111-hr-2956
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to eliminate the additional tariff on ethanol used as fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Access Act of 2009

Bill: 111-hr-2957
Sponsor: Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18]
Introduced: 2009-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: 
Rural Health Access Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) increase the authorization of appropriations for the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs for FY2010-FY2012; and (2) authorize appropriations for such Programs for FY2013-2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2009-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2009-06-18
text: Introduced in House