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Medicare Advantage Bill of Rights Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4227
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business ethics
Business records
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 

Medicare Advantage Bill of Rights Act of 2015

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish limits on the removal of Medicare Advantage (MA) providers by MA organizations. Within 60 days before the first day of the annual coordinated election period for an MA plan, an MA organization may remove a provider from the plan only if the provider is: (1) medically negligent, (2) in violation of a legal or contractual requirement, or (3) otherwise unfit to furnish items and services as required.
 
An MA organization may remove a provider from an MA plan only after the completion of a fair notice and appeal process. Additionally, the MA organization must: (1) provide written notification of the removal to each enrollee receiving items or services from the provider, and (2) ensure that the removal satisfies certain continuity of care requirements.
 
The bill also establishes network adequacy requirements. Specifically, when establishing a plan network, an MA organization shall consider specified factors related to provider availability and the timely provision of care. Furthermore, an MA organization must annually certify to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that providers in each of its plan networks are able to provide services and meet enrollees' needs as required.
 
Sanctions for noncompliance with the bill's requirements apply.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-12-10
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: 2015-12-10
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: 2015-12-10
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: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Megaprojects Accountability and Oversight Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4228
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 

Transportation Megaprojects Accountability and Oversight Act of 2015

 
This bill requires a recipient of federal financial assistance under National Highway System provisions for a megaproject (a project that has an estimated total cost of $2.5 billion or more and such other projects as may be identified by the Department of Transportation [DOT]), in order to be authorized for construction, to submit to DOT a comprehensive risk management plan that contains:
 
 
 a description of the process by which the recipient will identify, quantify, and monitor the risks that might result in cost overruns, project delays, reduced construction quality, or reductions in benefits; 
 
 examples of mechanisms the recipient will use to track such risks;
 
 a plan to control such risks; and 
 
 assurances that the recipient will regularly submit updated cost estimates and maintain and regularly reassess financial reserves for addressing risks.
 
 
A recipient also must establish a peer review group to give expert advice on the scientific, technical, and project management aspects of the project. Each peer review group must:
 
 
 meet annually until the project is completed; 
 
 review the project within 90 days after any significant change in its scope, schedule, or budget; and 
 
 report on the findings of each review to DOT, Congress, and the recipient.
 
 
Each recipient must publish such report on its website, along with the name, license number, and license type of each engineer supervising an aspect of the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act

Bill: 114-hr-4230
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
New York City
Protest and dissent
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 

Stonewall National Historic Site Establishment Act

 
This bill establishes the Stonewall National Historic Site in New York as a unit of the National Park System. 
 
The boundary of the Historic Site shall be identical to that of the Stonewall National Historic Landmark. 
 
The Department of the Interior may enter into an agreement with New York City, New York, delineating the respective roles and responsibilities of the National Park Service and New York City in operating, maintaining, and interpreting the Historic Site. 
 
Interior shall prepare a general management plan for the Historic Site. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Bill: 114-hr-4231
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional agencies
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Library of Congress
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 
 This bill requires the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels that depict the seals of states that overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

action_date: 2016-05-03
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Librarian of Congress, concurrently with the planned renovation and replacement of such panels, to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the existing panels that depict the seals of states that overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-535, Part I.
action_date: 2016-05-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-535, Part I.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2016-04-20
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2015-12-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1762-1763)
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4232
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 

Ratepayer Fairness Act of 2015 

 
This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to require a state regulatory authority and a nonregulated electric utility (entities), to the extent that they allow electric utility rates to include charges that subsidize customer-side technology, to consider whether that subsidy would:
 
 
result in benefits predominately enjoyed by only the users of the customer-side technology;
 
shift costs of a customer-side technology to electricity consumers that do not use it, particularly in cases in which disparate economic or resource conditions exist among the electricity consumers cross-subsidizing the customer-side technology;
 
negatively affect resource utilization, fuel diversity, grid reliability, or grid security;
 
give any unfair competitive advantage to market the customer-side technology, including an analysis of whether a state regulatory authority has uncovered fraudulent customer-side technology marketing practices; and
 
be necessary to fulfill an obligation to serve electric consumers. 
 
 
The bill sets deadlines within which the entities must set a hearing date to consider and subsequently determine the subsidization of customer-side technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4233
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Monuments and memorials
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Pacific Ocean
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 
This bill makes certain rocks, pinnacles, reefs, and islands in the Pacific Ocean within a mile of the coast of Orange County, California, part of the California Coastal National Monument and repeals their current temporary reservation. 
 
The Department of the Interior shall ensure that economic and recreational activities conducted on the lands added to the California Coastal Monument shall continue to be allowed to the same extent they were authorized and ongoing on the day before such lands were added. 
 
Likewise repealed is the lighthouse reservation with respect to the San Juan and San Mateo Rocks and the two rocks in the vicinity of Laguna Beach, off the coast of Orange County. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Primary Care Physician Reentry Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4234
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Performance measurement
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees
Veterans' medical care
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 

Primary Care Physician Reentry Act of 2015

 
 This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into primary care clinical practice. To be eligible to participate, a physician must agree to provide primary care at a health center for at least two years.
 
Grantees must assist reentering physicians by providing training, paying credentialing and other necessary fees, paying salaries, and providing loan repayment and other financial assistance.
 
HHS must: (1) assess the need for additional primary care physicians, (2) develop a directory of programs that help physicians reenter clinical practice, (3) disseminate evaluation tools to measure the core competencies of physicians reentering clinical practice, and (4) assist regulatory and credentialing authorities to structure requirements for reentering physicians that ensure patient safety while addressing the burdens on those physicians.
 
 This bill limits civil liability for physicians participating in a reentry project.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Women's Pension Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4235
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Employee benefits and pensions
Family relationships
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Temporary and part-time employment
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 

Women's Pension Protection Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to: (1) extend spousal consent requirements to defined contribution pension plans, and (2) allow certain long-term part-time workers to participate in pension plans that include either a qualified cash or deferred arrangement or a salary reduction agreement. 
 
Financial product or service providers who sell retirement financial products or services must provide purchasers of their products or services an easily accessible link to the website of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to obtain information relating to retirement planning or later life economic security. 
 
The Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor shall award grants to certain community-based organizations to improve the financial literacy of women who are working age or in retirement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2015-12-10
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: 2015-12-10
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: 2015-12-10
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: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Financial Security Credit Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4236
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2015-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: 

Financial Security Credit Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based tax credit equal to the lesser of $500 or 50% of the total amount deposited or contributed into designated savings products in a taxable year (financial security credit). A "designated savings product" is a qualified retirement plan, a qualified tuition plan, a Coverdell education savings account, a U.S. savings bond, a certificate of deposit with a duration of at least eight months, a savings account, or other savings product considered appropriate by the Department of the Treasury. 
 
The Internal Revenue Service must notify individual taxpayers who may qualify for a financial security credit that they have the option of an electronic direct deposit if they deposit any portion of their tax refund into a designated savings product. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Protect America Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4237
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2015-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Licensing and registrations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: 

Protect America Act of 2015

 

Preventing Terrorists From Obtaining Firearms Act of 2015

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Department of Justice (DOJ), after receiving notice of a request to transfer a firearm to a known or suspected terrorist, to: (1) confirm the identity of the prospective transferee and confirm or rule out a connection to terrorism, (2) notify relevant law enforcement or intelligence agencies, and (3) determine whether the prospective transferee is the subject of an ongoing terrorism investigation.
 
It authorizes DOJ or a U.S. Attorney's Office to delay for up to 72 hours and file an emergency petition to prohibit the firearm transfer.
 

Preventing Terrorists From Obtaining Explosives Act of 2015

 
If DOJ receives an application for an explosives permit or license from a known or suspected terrorist, it must: (1) confirm the identity of the applicant and confirm or rule out a connection to terrorism, (2) notify relevant law enforcement or intelligence agencies, and (3) determine whether the applicant is the subject of an ongoing terrorism investigation.
 
It authorizes DOJ or a U.S. Attorney's Office to delay for up to 90 days and file an emergency petition to prohibit the approval of the application.
 
The bill requires DOJ to review the terrorist watch and no-fly lists and remove the name of any person whose name was erroneously placed on such lists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act

Bill: 114-hr-4241
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2015-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: 

Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act

 
This bill establishes the U.S. Copyright Office as a separate independent agency in the legislative branch, to be headed by a Director appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. (Currently, the Copyright Office is part of the Library of Congress [LOC] and is headed by the Register of Copyrights.) 
 
 The Director's term of office is limited to 10 years without eligibility for reappointment. The Director must appoint officers and employees responsible for administering the Office's technology and data systems. Services must be provided in a manner that reflects technological needs and developments.
 
No U.S. agency is authorized to require the Copyright Office to obtain an agency's approval before the Copyright Office submits legislative recommendations to Congress.
 
Copyright owners may register their copyright claims by delivering examination copies of their works to the Copyright Office. The Copyright Office must then provide the LOC access to such examination copies and related data solely for the LOC's determination of whether to demand a deposit of the material or to otherwise engage with copyright owners regarding works of authorship that may be of curatorial and collection interest to the national library. The Copyright Office must also consult with the LOC on other matters of common interest. 
 
The director must establish a Copyright Advisory Board to advise the Copyright Office and to provide information on emerging technology practices. 
 
The Copyright Office must also: (1) submit a report on the future administration of mandatory deposit provisions and their application to the digital era, and (2) conduct studies to ensure that it has the technology and staff to establish and maintain a modern copyright system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-12-11
text: Introduced in House