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Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3037
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Nursing
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Hospice Care Access Improvement Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select one Medicare administrative contractor to conduct a one-year demonstration program during FY2016 in all hospice programs under the contractor's jurisdiction to test revisions to the methodology for determining hospice payment rates under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act contained in the &quot;Fiscal Year 2016 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements,&quot; published on May 5, 2015, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
 
No revisions to the hospice payment methodology may be made for FY2016-FY2017, except for demonstration program purposes. HHS shall implement the proposed hospice payment methodology revisions beginning with FY2018 after:
 
 
taking into account an evaluation of the demonstration program, and
 
making any necessary changes to the revisions. 
 
 
HHS shall implement a process for the medical review of hospice care furnished by a hospice program identified according to certain multiple factors, such as the percentage of patients discharged after receiving hospice care for between 120 and 180 days and who were alive upon discharge.
 
HHS shall also develop and publish guidance for hospice programs to develop interventions to reduce hospital admissions and visits to hospital emergency departments by hospice patients.
 
Medicare shall cover pre-hospice evaluation and counseling services performed by a registered nurse employed by a hospice program.
 
A skilled nursing facility (SNF) shall make a good faith effort to contract with more than one hospice program participating in the Medicare program that provides services in the area served by the SNF, if more than one hospice program is available to serve SNF residents.
 
SNF residents shall have the right to be fully informed of any financial interest the SNF has in any hospice program to which a resident is referred.
 
Any hospital discharge planning evaluation must evaluate, for an individual likely to need hospice care, the availability of such care through hospice programs that:
 
 
participate in the Medicare program and serve the area in which the patient resides, and
 
request to be listed by the hospital as available.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to develop guidelines regarding the use by the Secretaries of the military departments and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of unofficial sources of information to determine the eligibility of a member or former member of the Armed Forces for benefits and decorations when the member's service records are incomplete because of damage to the records, including records damaged by a 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bill: 114-hr-3040
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Fires
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Missouri
Personnel records
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 
Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop guidelines for use, by the Secretaries of the military departments and the Department of Veterans Affairs, of unofficial sources of information, including eyewitness statements, to determine the eligibility of a member or former member of the Armed Forces for benefits and decorations when the member's service records are incomplete because of damage to the records as a result of the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, or any subsequent incident while the records were in DOD's possession.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Low-Income Solar Act

Bill: 114-hr-3041
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Low-Income Solar Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a loan and grant program for photovoltaic solar (a method of converting energy from the sun into electricity) installations in low-income and underserved areas for FY2016-FY2030.
 
Loans must be provided for: (1) community solar facilities that provide solar energy to low-income households, or (2) solar installations at federally subsidized affordable housing at multi-family complexes.
 
The community solar facilities must: (1) be owned by an organization of electricity consumers that own a share of the facility's solar electricity generation; (2) have a certain a nameplate rating (or power generation capacity), (3) be located in or near a community that uses the electricity generated by the facility, and (4) reserve at least 25% of the electricity generated for low-income households. 
 
Grants must be given for: (1) solar electricity generating facilities installed on properties of eligible, low-income home owners; or (2) new solar projects for low-income households and individuals, including the costs of equipment and job training associated with solar projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Stop Tobacco Sales to Youth Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3042
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Stop Tobacco Sales to Youth Act of 2015

 
Amends the Jenkins Act to include within the definition of &quot;cigarette&quot; electronic cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco.
 
Defines &quot;electronic cigarette&quot; to mean any electronic device that delivers nicotine, flavor, or other substance via an aerosolized solution (including an electronic cigarette, cigar, pipe, or hookah) to the user inhaling from the device, excluding any product that: (1) is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product or for another therapeutic purpose, and (2) is marketed and sold solely for such a therapeutic purpose.
 
Makes specified exceptions with respect to Indian tribes and tribal matters.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Tax Incentive for Renewable Energy Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3043
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Tribal Tax Incentive for Renewable Energy Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Indian tribes an election to transfer a portion of the energy tax credit to another taxpayer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
ROADS SAFE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3044
Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Motor vehicles
Research administration and funding
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-Related Fatalities Everywhere Act of 2015 or the ROADS SAFE Act of 2015

 
This bill directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to: (1) carry out a collaborative research effort to continue to explore the feasibility and the potential benefits of, and public policy challenges associated with, more widespread deployment of in-vehicle technology to prevent alcohol-impaired driving; and (2) report annually to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
California Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act

Bill: 114-hr-3045
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Solid waste and recycling
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

California Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act

 
This bill amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Department of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled water system facilities in California in cooperation with:
 
 
 the cities of Benicia, Brentwood, Ceres, Fresno, Hayward, Modesto, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Redwood City, Sunnyvale, and Turlock;
 
the Dublin San Ramon Services District;
 
 the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District;
 
the Delta Diablo; 
 
 the Ironhouse Sanitary District;
 
the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency;
 
the Del Puerto Water District;
 
 Stanislaus County;
 
the Santa Clara Valley Water District;
 
the San Jose Water Company;
 
the West Bay Sanitary District; and 
 
the town of Yountville.
 
 
The federal share of each project is limited to 25%. Interior must enter into individual agreements to fund such projects and include in such agreements a provision for the reimbursement of design, planning, and construction costs, but may not provide funds for project operation and maintenance.
 
The bill increases the authorization of appropriations for the Antioch, California, recycled water system facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Rebuilding America's Schools Act

Bill: 114-hr-3046
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Rebuilding America's Schools Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to qualified zone academy bonds issued to finance public school facilities, to: (1) extend the national limitation amount for such bonds through calendar year 2014 and then increase such amount and make it permanent after calendar year 2014, (2) expand the enumerated purposes of such bonds to include the construction of public school facilities in a qualified zone academy, (3) lower the private business contribution requirement for such bonds from 10% to 5% of the proceeds of the bond issue, and (4) designate such bonds as specified tax credit bonds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

Bill: 114-hr-3047
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2015-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food assistance and relief
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: 

Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

 
This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to:
 
 
subject individuals to criminal background checks for drug-related offenses as well as substance abuse screening, and
 
deny TANF assistance for an individual who tests positive for a controlled substance.
 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services is required to reduce by 15% of the state TANF grant if a state has substantially failed to condition benefits on passing drug testing or screening.
 
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 are amended to set forth analogous drug testing and screening requirements under the supplemental nutrition assistance program and public housing and &quot;Section 8&quot; rental assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2015-07-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5187)
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Community Financial Institution Exemption Act

Bill: 114-hr-3048
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Community Financial Institution Exemption Act

 
Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to exempt community financial institutions from all rules and regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Defines a &quot;community financial institution&quot; as an insured depository institution or credit union with less than $10 billion in consolidated assets.
 
Authorizes the Bureau to: (1) revoke such an exemption with respect to a specific rule or regulation issued or modified after enactment of this Act and with respect to a specific class of community financial institutions if the Bureau finds that such class of institutions has engaged in a pattern or practice of activities that have been detrimental to the interests of consumers and that are of a type that the specific rule or regulation is intended to address, and (2) modify a rule or regulation issued before enactment of this Act with respect to such institutions if the effect of such modification is to expand a current exemption or to reduce the costs and the regulatory burden associated with complying with such rule or regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow rollovers from other retirement plans into simple retirement accounts.

Bill: 114-hr-3050
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free rollovers from tax-exempt retirement plans, annuities, and deferred compensation plans into a simple individual retirement account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Background Check Completion Act

Bill: 114-hr-3051
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Background Check Completion Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to completion of a background check. (Current law permits a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm to an unlicensed person if a submitted background check remains incomplete after three business days.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3052
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to prohibit federal courts from deciding any issue on the authority of foreign law, except to the extent that the Constitution or an Act of Congress requires the consideration of that foreign law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Ventricular Assist Device Access Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3053
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2015-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: 

Medicare Ventricular Assist Device Access Act of 2015

 
 Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to revise the Medicare national coverage determination relating to coverage of ventricular assist devices to extend the coverage of such devices under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for individuals approved for heart transplantation to apply also to: (1) individuals undergoing an evaluation to determine candidacy for heart transplantation; and (2) individuals who would be heart transplant candidates, but are not so eligible because of a contraindication that may be favorably modified by the use of a ventricular assist device.
 
Directs HHS to use specified processes to revise its national coverage determination relating to ventricular assist devices to incorporate the requirements of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-07-14
text: Introduced in House