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Child Custody Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-201
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Family relationships
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Teenage pregnancy

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Child Custody Protection Act of 2015

 
 Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly transporting a minor child across a state line to obtain an abortion (deems such transporting to be a de facto abridgment of the right of a parent under any law in the minor's state of residence that requires parental involvement in the minor's abortion decision). Makes an exception for an abortion necessary to save the life of the minor. 
 
Makes it an affirmative defense to a prosecution or civil action under this Act that a defendant reasonably believed that before the minor obtained the abortion, the required parental consent or notification or judicial authorization took place.
 
Imposes a fine and/or prison term of up to one year on anyone who has committed an act of incest with a minor and knowingly transports such minor across a state line to obtain an abortion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a technical change to the Medicare long-term care hospital moratorium exception.

Bill: 114-s-202
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 
This bill amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, as amended by other specified federal law, with respect to the five-year moratorium begining April 1, 2014, on the establishment of long-term care (LTC) hospitals and LTC satellite facilities and on the increase of LTC hospital beds in existing LTC hospitals or satellite facilities for purposes of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
 
A technical correction is made to an exception to this moratorium for certain LTC hospitals that:
 
 
began their qualifying period for Medicare payment on or before April 1, 2014;
 
have a binding written agreement as of that date with an outside, unrelated party for the actual construction, renovation, lease, or demolition for an LTC hospital, and have expended, before that date, at least 10% of the project's estimated cost (or, if less, $ 2.5 million); or
 
have obtained on or before that date an approved certificate of need in a state where one is required.
 
 
This bill applies the exception to any similar moratorium.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S349)
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
American Liberty Restoration Act

Bill: 114-s-203
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

American Liberty Restoration Act

 
Repeals provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that require individuals to maintain minimum essential health care coverage. Applies the Internal Revenue Code as if such provisions had never been enacted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Punishing Innocent Americans Act

Bill: 114-s-204
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Stop Punishing Innocent Americans Act 

 
Reinstates the 10-year statute of limitations period applicable to the collection of amounts paid to Social Security beneficiaries by administrative offset. (This former statute of limitations was repealed effective May 22, 2008.)
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), with respect to overpayments under OASDI or SSAct title XVI (Supplementary Security Income) (SSI), to prevent the recovery of any such overpayments made to or on behalf of individuals under age 18 by shielding such individuals from liability for the repayment of such amounts.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit any tax refund offset of Social Security overpayments made to or on behalf of a minor (under age 18).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-205
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Human trafficking
Lawyers and legal services
Medical education
Nursing
Right of privacy
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015

 
Requires the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to award one medical or nursing school a grant to develop best practices for health care professionals to recognize and respond appropriately to victims of severe forms of human trafficking.
 
Requires the grantee to: (1) develop methods or materials to train health care professionals on best practices, (2) make a subgrant to one entity in each of the 10 administrative regions of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a pilot program to test the best practices and training, and (3) analyze the results of the pilot programs and determine which best practices are evidence-based.
Directs HHS to disseminate evidence-based best practices on their website and to health care profession schools.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Transportation Infrastructure Act

Bill: 114-s-206
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Railroads
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Local Transportation Infrastructure Act

 
Revises and reauthorizes the state infrastructure bank program for FY2015 and FY2016.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-207
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2015

 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use the Secretary's existing authority to furnish health care to veterans at non-VA facilities to provide health care at non-VA facilities to veterans who reside more than 40 miles driving distance from the closest VA medical facility providing the care they seek.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-210
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified relicensing costs incurred by such spouse. Defines "qualified relicensing costs" as costs for a state license or certification to engage in the profession that such military spouse engaged in while residing in the former state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 114-s-211
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Outdoor recreation
Pennsylvania

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area Act

 
 Establishes the Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area in Pennsylvania. 
 
Designates the Susquehanna Heritage Corporation as the local coordinating entity for the Area. 
 
Requires the Corporation to prepare and submit a management plan for the Area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-502.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
LINE Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-212
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Lines Interfere with National Elections Act of 2015 
or the 
 LINE Act of 2015

 
 Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require each jurisdiction where a substantial number of voters waited more than 30 minutes to cast a vote in the federal election held on November 6, 2012, or any federal election held after that date, to comply with a state remedial plan to minimize voter waiting times.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Look-Alike Weapons Safety Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-213
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Department of Commerce
Firearms and explosives
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Look-Alike Weapons Safety Act of 2015 

 
Amends the Federal Energy Management Improvement Act of 1988 to prohibit manufacturing, entering into commerce, shipping, transporting, or receiving any toy, look-alike, or imitation firearm unless the permanent color of the entire exterior surface is white, bright orange, or another specified predominant bright color. (Currently, imitation firearms are required to have only an orange plug inserted into the barrel.)
 
Revises the definition of &quot;look-alike firearm&quot; to include traditional B-B and pellet-firing air guns that expel a projectile through the force of air pressure. Maintains the exclusion of paint-ball guns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act

Bill: 114-s-215
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Child care and development
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Child and Dependent Care FSA Enhancement Act
 
 
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $7,500 the amount of employer-provided dependent care assistance that an employee may exclude from gross income. Allows an annual inflation adjustment to such increased amount after 2016. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
National Prostate Cancer Plan Act

Bill: 114-s-216
Sponsor: Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

National Prostate Cancer Plan Act

 
Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer to: (1) develop and implement a strategic plan for the accelerated development of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer, (2) review the effectiveness of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer, (3) coordinate prostate cancer research and services across federal agencies, (4) evaluate all active federal prostate cancer programs, and (5) ensure the inclusion of men at high risk for prostate cancer in clinical, research, and service efforts.
 
Directs the Council to submit annual reports. Requires the first report to include recommendations based on an evaluation of prostate cancer research and gaps in the development and validation of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer. Requires subsequent reports to include an outline for a national research plan, roles for specified agencies, an analysis of the disparities in the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer in high-risk men, and a review of the progress towards the realization of the strategic plan. 
 
Terminates the Council on December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Women's Health Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-217
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Women's Health Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill prohibits any government from imposing on abortion services:
 
 
a requirement that a medical professional perform specific tests or medical procedures;
 
a requirement that the same clinician who performs a patient's abortion also perform additional tests, services or procedures;
 
a limitation on an abortion provider's ability to prescribe or dispense drugs or provide services via telemedicine;
 
a requirement or limitation concerning the physical plant, equipment, staffing, or hospital transfer arrangements of facilities where abortions are performed, or the credentials, hospital privileges, or status of personnel at those facilities;
 
a requirement that, prior to obtaining an abortion, a patient make medically unnecessary in-person visits to any individual or entity;
 
a limitation on medical training for abortion procedures;
 
a prohibition prior to fetal viability;
 
a prohibition after fetal viability when continuation of the pregnancy would pose a risk to the woman's life or health;
 
a restriction on a woman's ability to obtain an immediate abortion when a delay would pose a risk to the woman's health; or 
 
a restriction on obtaining an abortion prior to fetal viability based on a woman's reasons or perceived reasons or that requires her to state her reasons before obtaining an abortion.
 
 A measure or action that is similar to a requirement or limitation listed above is prohibited if it singles out abortion services or makes abortion services more difficult to access and does not significantly advance women's health or the safety of abortion services.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-218
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act of 2015

 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the grant program to improve emergency medical services in rural areas to include as a permissible use of grant funds the provision of coursework and training to enable veterans to satisfy emergency medical services personnel certification requirements. Requires such coursework and training to take into account previous medical coursework and training received by such veterans when they were on active duty in the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Hyde Amendment Codification Act

Bill: 114-s-219
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Appropriations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Hyde Amendment Codification Act

 
This bill prohibits federal funds from being expended for abortion or health coverage that includes coverage of abortion. Abortions are eligible for federal funding only in cases of rape or incest, or where a physical condition endangers a woman's life unless an abortion is performed. Currently, federal funding of abortion and health coverage that includes abortion is prohibited, with the same exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act

Bill: 114-s-220
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

 Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act

 
Prohibits the federal government and any state or local government that receives federal financial assistance from discriminating or retaliating against any individual or health care entity because of a refusal to recommend, refer for, provide coverage for, pay for, provide, perform, assist, or participate in any abortion. Includes within prohibited discrimination: (1) denial, deprivation, or disqualification in licensing; (2) withholding accreditations, authorizations, loans, grants, aids, assistance, benefits, or privileges; and (3) withholding authorization to expand, improve, finance, or create facilities or programs.
 
Creates a cause of action for any violation of this Act. Gives federal courts jurisdiction to order any form of legal or equitable relief, including injunctive relief or an order preventing the disbursement of all or a portion of federal financial assistance to a state government until the prohibited conduct has ceased.
 
 Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief to enforce compliance with this Act. Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to designate the HHS Office for Civil Rights to receive and investigate complaints alleging a violation of this Act.
 
 Requires this Act to be construed in favor of broad conscience protection for individuals and health care entities to the maximum extent permitted by the terms of this Act and the Constitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Pregnancy Assistance Fund Expansion Act

Bill: 114-s-221
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Teenage pregnancy
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

Pregnancy Assistance Fund Expansion Act

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize additional funding for FY2016-FY2019 for the Pregnancy Assistance Fund for grants to states to assist pregnant and parenting teens and women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
National Prostate Cancer Plan Act

Bill: 114-s-222
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: 

National Prostate Cancer Plan Act

 
Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the National Prostate Cancer Council on Screening, Early Detection, Assessment, and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer to: (1) develop and implement a strategic plan for the accelerated development of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer, (2) review the effectiveness of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer, (3) coordinate prostate cancer research and services across federal agencies, (4) evaluate all active federal prostate cancer programs, and (5) ensure the inclusion of men at high risk for prostate cancer in clinical, research, and service efforts.
 
Directs the Council to submit annual reports. Requires the first report to include recommendations based on an evaluation of prostate cancer research and gaps in the development and validation of diagnostic tools for prostate cancer. Requires subsequent reports to include an outline for a national research plan, roles for specified agencies, an analysis of the disparities in the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer in high-risk men, and a review of the progress towards the realization of the strategic plan. 
 
Terminates the Council on December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate