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To amend titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act to promote program integrity with respect to the enrollment of certain immigrants in State plans under Medicaid, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2348
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Immigrant health and welfare
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

 
This bill amends titles XI and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a state to delay or deny an individual's initial eligibility for Medicaid benefits without providing a reasonable opportunity to submit evidence of a satisfactory immigration status or pending official verification of such status. A state that elects to provide a reasonable period for an individual to provide such evidence may not receive payment for amounts expended on the individual's medical assistance during that period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
To ensure receipt of all health insurance benefits to which a member of a union is entitled.

Bill: 114-hr-2349
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 
This bill requires that all monies designated for union health insurance plans or funds be, without exception, fully reciprocated to a worker's home health plan or fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act

Bill: 114-hr-2350
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Higher education
Law enforcement officers
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to eliminate the expected family contribution (EFC) used to determine financial need in the case of a Pell Grant-eligible student whose parent or guardian died in the line of duty as a police officer, firefighter, or other public safety officer. Such student is eligible to receive an automatic zero EFC and qualify for the maximum Pell Grant award if the student was less than 24 years old or enrolled at an institution of higher education at the time of the parent or guardian's death.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Professional Boxing Safety Enhancement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2351
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
HIV/AIDS
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Professional sports
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

Professional Boxing Safety Enhancement Act of 2015

 
Amends the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to repeal a provision allowing a professional boxing match to meet an alternative requirement in effect under regulations of a boxing commission that provides protection of the health and safety of boxers and that is equivalent to requirements otherwise provided under such Act.
 
Requires a boxer to provide with the application for a boxing license or for renewal of such license an original or certified copy of the results of medical tests that: (1) were performed by a laboratory during the calendar year for which the license is being issued or no earlier than 30 days before the application is submitted, and (2) show that the boxer is not infected with the human immunodeficiency virus or the hepatitis virus.
 
Requires an ambulance and emergency medical personnel with appropriate resuscitation equipment (currently, one or the other) to be continuously present on site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act

Bill: 114-hr-2352
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Land transfers
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act

 
This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination.
 
The appropriate Department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act

Bill: 114-hr-2354
Sponsor: Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), within 5 years after enactment of this Act, and thereafter at least once within each 10-year period, to:
 
 
review each significant regulation it has issued;
 
determine by vote whether it is ineffective, excessively burdensome, unnecessary, or inconsistent with its mandate;
 
solicit public comment as to whether the regulation should be amended or repealed; and
 
subsequently amend or repeal accordingly.
 
 
The SEC shall report to certain congressional committees the steps it has taken to implement the results of its decision, including any action to amend or repeal the target regulation. 

action_date: 2016-01-28
text: 

Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), within 5 years after enactment of this Act, and thereafter at least once within each 10-year period, to:
 
 
review each significant regulation it has issued;
 
determine by vote whether it is ineffective, excessively burdensome, unnecessary, or inconsistent with its mandate;
 
solicit public comment as to whether the regulation should be amended or repealed; and
 
subsequently amend or repeal accordingly.
 
 
The SEC shall report to certain congressional committees the steps it has taken to implement the results of its decision, including any action to amend or repeal the target regulation. 
 
The bill declares that SEC determinations made pursuant to this Act are final and not subject to judicial review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-403.
action_date: 2016-01-28
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-403.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 16.
action_date: 2015-05-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-13
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
Women's Preventive Health Awareness Campaign

Bill: 114-hr-2355
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Family planning and birth control
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

Women's Preventive Health Awareness Campaign

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for a national public outreach and educational campaign, including a website, to raise awareness of women's preventive health.
 
The campaign must describe guidelines for women's preventive services, promote well-woman visits, explain the women's preventive services that are covered by health insurance without patient cost sharing, and address health disparities.
 
Well-woman visits that a health care provider determines a woman needs in order to obtain all necessary preventive services must be covered by health insurance without patient cost sharing.
 
Health insurers may limit coverage of women's preventive services where guidelines do not specify the frequency, method, treatment, or setting for the services.
 
Cost sharing for a preventive health service provided by an out-of-network provider shall not be imposed if a woman does not have an in-network provider with the capacity to provide the service.
 
For a preventive health service that varies based on the patient's risk of disease, a woman must be treated as being at high risk for a disease if she has a family history of the disease or if a health care provider determines she is at high risk.
 
Requirements are described for women's preventive services coverage of breast cancer susceptibility screening, HIV testing, breastfeeding support, and contraception.
 HHS must enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine (or another entity) to study and recommend the appropriate billing codes for a well-woman visit.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Disability Fraud Reduction and Unethical Deception (FRAUD) Prevention Act

Bill: 114-hr-2359
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Disability assistance
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Lawyers and legal services
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

Disability Fraud Reduction and Unethical Deception (FRAUD) Prevention Act 

 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to authorize the Social Security Administration (SSA) to disqualify or suspend immediately from appearing as a claimant representative before it any individual who has been convicted of a felony in a federal or state court, or, in the case of an attorney, upon the individual's disbarment from any court or bar to which he or she was previously admitted to practice.
 
Amends SSAct titles II, VIII (Special Benefits for Certain World War II Veterans), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) to subject to criminal penalties for fraud any conspiracy to commit specified offenses, and increase criminal as well as civil monetary penalties for certain individuals in positions of trust who commit fraud.
 
Amends SSAct title II to direct the SSA to establish rules under which fines and other appropriate sanctions may be imposed on claimant representatives for failure to comply with the SSA rules and regulations.
 
Amends SSAct title XI to: (1) establish a civil monetary penalty for any claimant representative who knowingly charges for services rendered in excess of the maximum fee prescribed by the SSA or allowed by a court, and (2) direct the SSA periodically to adjust civil monetary penalty maximum amounts for inflation.
 
Requires federal courts (which currently are merely authorized) to order defendants convicted of Social Security fraud to provide restitution to victims in certain cases.
 
Amends SSAct title II to ban any payment of benefits to individuals on whom a civil monetary penalty is imposed for fraudulently concealing work activity.
 
Directs the Inspector General of the SSA to conduct biennial reviews of the practices of a sample of the highest earning claimant representatives to ensure compliance with SSA policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Work-Study for Student Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-2361
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

Work-Study for Student Veterans Act

 
Reauthorizes through June 30, 2020 (under current law, the authorization expires as of June 30, 2013) certain qualifying work-study activities for individuals receiving educational assistance through the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2362
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

Medical Debt Act of 2015
 
 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any consumer report containing information related to: (1) a medical debt (arising from the receipt of medical services, products, or devises) if the date on which the debt was placed for collection, charged to profit or loss, or any similar action antedates the report by less than 180 days, or (2) a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 45 days. 
 
The bill also amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to require a debt collector, before informing a consumer reporting agency regarding a medical debt, to notify the consumer in writing that: (1) the debt collector could report the debt to a consumer reporting agency 180 days after the notification is sent, specifying the precise end date of the period; (2) the debt will not be reported if it is settled or paid during the 180-day period; and (3) the consumer may, during the 180-day period, either communicate with an insurance company to determine coverage for the debt or apply for financial assistance. 
 
The debt collector may not communicate with or report any information to a consumer reporting agency concerning such a debt during the 180-day period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Student Credit Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2363
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

Federal Adjustment in Reporting Student Credit Act of 2015 or the FAIR Student Credit Act of 2015

 
Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to allow a consumer to request the removal of a previously reported default regarding a qualified education loan from a consumer report if the consumer meets the requirements of a private loan rehabilitation program in which the number of consecutive on-time monthly payments is equal to the number of payments specified in a default reduction program under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
 
Permits a consumer to obtain such rehabilitation benefits only once per loan. 
 
Requires the Government Accountability Office to report on any challenges borrowers experience with the private loan rehabilitation program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2364
Sponsor: Rep. Carney, John C., Jr. [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: 

Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to accept specified risk-sharing requirements.
 
 For any fiscal year in which at least 25% of the IHE's student body is participating in the Direct Loan program, the IHE must remit a risk-sharing payment (a percentage of the total amount of its defaulted Direct Loans) that declines as the cohort default rate declines.
 
 If an IHE develops and implements an approved student loan management plan that includes individualized financial aid counseling for students and strategies to minimize student loan default and delinquency, the Department of Education (ED) must modify the risk-sharing requirements. ED may waive or reduce an IHE's risk-sharing payments in certain other instances.
 
 An IHE may not deny admission or financial aid based on a perception that a student may be at risk for defaulting on a Direct Loan.
 
 ED may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements for: (1) statewide or institutionally-based programs for the prevention of federal student loan delinquency and default at IHEs that have a high cohort default rate or serve large numbers of students who have a higher risk of defaulting on student loans under title IV, and (2) increasing the number of borrowers who successfully rehabilitate defaulted loans.
 
Risk-sharing payments are to be deposited in a separate account in the Treasury and used as follows: (1) up to 50% for ED to enter into the contracts or cooperative agreements for delinquency and default prevention or rehabilitation, and (2) the remainder to offset any future shortfalls in funding under the Federal Pell Grant program.
 
An IHE's ability to meet its obligation to make risk-sharing payments shall be part of the determination of its eligibility to participate in title IV programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Introduced in House