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Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3940
Sponsor: Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to create a blanket exception for providers from the application of certain negative payment adjustments for failing to comply, during the 2015 reporting period, with requirements related to the meaningful use of electronic health records. Under current law, providers may be exempted due to significant hardship on a case-by-case basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-05
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: 2015-11-05
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: 2015-11-05
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: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
To provide for emergency preparedness for energy supply disruptions.

Bill: 114-hr-3941
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
Oil and gas
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 
The Department of Energy (DOE) shall adopt procedures to:
 
 
 improve communication and coordination between DOE's energy response team, federal partners, and industry; 
 
 leverage the Energy Information Administration's subject matter expertise within DOE's energy response team to improve supply chain situation assessments; 
 
 establish company liaisons and direct communication with DOE's energy response team to improve situation assessments; 
 
 streamline and enhance processes for obtaining temporary regulatory relief to speed up emergency response and recovery; 
 
 facilitate and increase engagement among states, the oil and natural gas industry, and DOE in developing state and local energy assurance plans; 
 
 establish routine education and training programs for key government emergency response positions with DOE and states; and 
 
 involve states and the oil and natural gas industry in comprehensive drill and exercise programs. 
 
 
These activities shall include collaborative efforts with state and local government officials and the private sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Save Christians from Genocide Act

Bill: 114-hr-3942
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Egypt
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Iraq
Libya
Middle East
Pakistan
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Syria
Visas and passports
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Save Christians from Genocide Act

 
This bill recognizes that Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, and Libya are targets of genocide. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for expedited visa processing and shall ensure that such applications receive first priority among refugee and (family- or employment-based) immigrant applications for an alien who: 
 
 
 is a citizen or national of Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, or Libya, or in the case of an alien having no nationality, whose country of last habitual residence was Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, or Libya; 
 
is a Christian or Yazidi; and 
 
is seeking refugee or immigrant admission to the United States.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2015-11-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7745)
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Physician Assistant Education Public Health Initiatives Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3943
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Physician Assistant Education Public Health Initiatives Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enter into contracts to repay the student loans of physician assistants who agree to serve as: (1) faculty members for physician assistant education programs; or (2) physician assistants in health professional shortage areas, in medically underserved areas, or at health centers serving medically underserved populations.
 
The bill extends through FY2021 programs that: (1) award grants to health professional schools to provide need-based scholarships, (2) repay the student loans of health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds who agree to serve as faculty members at health professional schools, (3) support fellowships to increase the number of underrepresented minority faculty members at health professional schools, and (4) award grants to health professional schools to assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
 
Support provided by HHS for the development, operation, expansion, and improvement of primary care training programs is revised and extended through FY2021.
 HHS must award grants to nonprofit organizations to increase research on physician assistant education.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3944
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical education
Medical research
Minority education
Minority health
Rural conditions and development
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Physician Assistant Higher Education Modernization Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to assist qualified individuals in receiving the education and training needed to become a physician assistant.
 
Students enrolled in physician assistant education programs are eligible for increased scholarship opportunities, increased unsubsidized loan limits, and loan forgiveness programs for those who serve in areas of national need upon graduation.
 
The bill provides educational institutions with the resources to keep up with the demand for new physician assistants. The Department of Education (ED) must:
 
 
provide Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions with grants to fund physician assistant studies,
 
prioritize the awarding of grants for physician assistant education programs that will benefit Hispanics and low-income students, and
 
 provide grants to prepare certified physician assistants to become faculty members in physician assistant education programs.
 
 
 In addition, ED is authorized to award grants for the improvement of technology in physician assistant education programs. ED may also create and expand physician assistant education programs at institutions in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act

Bill: 114-hr-3946
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
California
Colorado
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Property rights
Utah
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Protecting Local Communities from Executive Overreach Act

 
This bill declares that the President may not designate lands to be a new or expanded national monument unless within one year before a designation the Department of the Interior consults with each community, county, municipality, city, town, or township with boundaries within or adjacent to the land affected by the designation and obtains concurrence for the designation from:
 
 
the governing body of each such community, county, municipality, city, town, or township; and 
 
the wildlife management and land management authorities and the governor of each state in which the new or expanded national monument would be located. 
 
 
Furthermore, a declaration of a national monument shall not:
 
 
include private property without the informed written consent of the property owner; 
 
be construed to increase the amount of funding for the monument for any fiscal year; 
 
apply to more than 5,000 acres; or 
 
be used to create or expand a national monument located in specified counties in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah. 
 
 
Water rights associated with a national monument created or expanded by a declaration:
 
 
may not be reserved expressly or by implication by such a declaration, and 
 
may be acquired for a national monument created or expanded by a declaration only according to the laws of the state in which the water rights are based.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Payment Optimization Act

Bill: 114-hr-3947
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Student Loan Payment Optimization Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Truth in Lending Act to establish rules that lenders must follow regarding the overpayment and underpayment of student loan payments for borrowers with one or more loans that are grouped together. These rules are applicable to the Federal Family Education Loan and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan programs, except for income-based repayment plans, and federal Perkins Loans. 
 
The bill requires lenders to apply payments that are more than the monthly payment amount towards any outstanding fees owed and then towards the principal due on the loan that bears the highest interest rate. In addition, lenders must apply payments that are less than the monthly payment amount towards any outstanding fees owed and then towards the loan with the smallest balance of principal and interest combined unless the borrower requests otherwise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Transfers Disclosure Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3948
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Student Loan Transfers Disclosure Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish requirements related to the transfer of servicing of postsecondary education loans. "Transfer of servicing" refers to the assignment, sale, or transfer of student loan servicing from one servicer to another.
 
A postsecondary education lender must disclose to each loan applicant, at the time of application, whether there may be a transfer of servicing of the loan.
 
Both the transferor servicer and the transferee servicer must provide specified notice of a transfer to the borrower within a certain timeframe.
 
Loan payments improperly received by the transferor servicer instead of the transferee servicer (or vice versa) during the transfer period may not be treated as late.
 
A transferee servicer shall make available a simple, online process through which the borrower may transfer any electronic fund transfer authority that the borrower had provided to the transferor servicer.
 
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is authorized to establish regulations and grant reasonable exceptions in accordance with the bill. A lender shall not be liable to a borrower for failure to comply with the bill's disclosure and notice requirements with respect to events that occur before such regulations take effect.
 
As a condition of eligibility for certain federal funding, an institution of higher education must ensure compliance with the bill's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' STEM Education Program

Bill: 114-hr-3949
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Veterans' STEM Education Program 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay an additional appropriate amount, beyond other educational assistance, to each individual entitled to post-9/11 educational assistance who is pursuing a program of education with a STEM focus (science, technology, engineering, and math). 
 
Information on such additional payments must be included in a currently required annual VA educational assistance report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3950
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax credits
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Veteran Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2015
 
 
This bill allows a new business-related tax credit for the start-up expenses of a veteran-owned small business. The allowable amount of such credit is 15% of start-up expenditures that do not exceed $80,000. The credit is allowed to any individual (or the surviving spouse of such individual) who: (1) has served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, (2) was stationed outside the United States, and (3) was not discharged or released under dishonorable conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
To establish in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs the Office of Health Care Quality.

Bill: 114-hr-3951
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 
This bill establishes in the Veterans Health Administration an Office of Health Care Quality to oversee the implementation and dissemination of best practices, quality improvements, corrective actions, and Inspector General recommendations across all Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.
 
The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be an expert in health care quality or administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3952
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2015-11-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Birth defects
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: 

Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to replace the authorization for a National Congenital Heart Disease Surveillance System with a requirement for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), regarding congenital heart disease, to enhance and expand research and surveillance infrastructure, and plan and implement a public outreach and education campaign. (Congenital heart disease is a condition caused by a heart defect that is present at birth.)
 
The CDC must award grants to nonprofit entities to conduct: (1) a cohort study of congenital heart disease, from birth to adulthood, that considers health care utilization, demographic factors, and outcomes; and (2) an awareness, outreach, and education campaign regarding congenital heart disease.
 
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute must report on its ongoing research efforts regarding congenital heart disease, future plans for such research, and areas of greatest need for such research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-11-05
text: Introduced in House