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To establish a Medicare demonstration program on the use of third-party interest-free payment arrangements to reduce Medicare hospital part A bad debt claims.

Bill: 115-hr-3920
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Debt collection
Health care quality
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a three-year demonstration program to determine the impact of third-party, interest-free payment arrangements on: (1) health outcomes, (2) patient engagement and satisfaction, and (3) claims for bad debt that are attributable to a hospital's inability to collect deductibles and coinsurance for Medicare hospital services. Under the program, the CMS shall provide a payment incentive to a hospital that participates in such a payment arrangement and demonstrates improvement in those three areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
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: 2017-10-03
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: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3923
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Evidence and witnesses
Freedom of information
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish detention standards for each facility at which aliens in DHS custody are detained. Such standards shall provide for at least the level of detainee protections described in the American Bar Association's Civil Immigration Detention Standards.
 
A detained individual who is injured as a result of a violation of such standards may file a claim in U.S. district court.
 
The bill: (1) provides for facility oversight and transparency, (2) phases out the use of private detention facilities and jails for such aliens, and (3) revises procedures for detaining aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend funding for the special diabetes program for type I diabetes.

Bill: 115-hr-3924
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2019 the Special Diabetes Program. The program is administered by the National Institutes of Health and focuses on research regarding the prevention and cure of type I diabetes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Patriot Employer Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3925
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Labor standards
Taxation of foreign income
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Patriot Employer Act
 
of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a Patriot employer a business-related tax credit equal to 10% of up to $15,000 of wages paid to any employee in a taxable year. 
 
The bill sets forth criteria for designation as a Patriot employer, including requirements that such employer: (1) maintains its headquarters in the United States and does not expatriate to avoid payment of U.S. income taxes, (2) complies with the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage to its employees under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (3) provides employees with paid sick leave or paid family and medical leave, (4) compensates at least 90% of its employees at an hourly rate that is at least 218% of the federal poverty level for an individual for the calendar year divided by 1,750 and provides at least 90% of its employees with a basic level of retirement benefits, (5) provides for differential wage payments to its employees who are members of the Uniformed Services, (6) has a written policy in place for the recruitment of employees who have served in the Uniformed Services or who are disabled, and (7) increases the number of its employees performing substantially all of their services inside the United States to offset the number of employees who work outside the United States. 
 
The bill also sets forth a rule for the deferral of the tax deduction for foreign-related interest expense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7734)
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Community CARE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3926
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Community Coordination And Resource Empowerment Act or the Community CARE Act

 

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend funding through FY2019 for community health centers. Health centers that serve medically underserved populations may receive supplemental grant funds to increase access to primary care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XXI to allow for the blending of risk pools of children's health insurance buy-in programs with the risk pools of State child health plans under such title, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3927
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 
This bill allows a state to include in a single risk pool: (1) children enrolled in a state plan under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP); and (2) children enrolled in a health insurance buy-in program that is run by the state and provides, at minimum, benefits identical to those provided under CHIP. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3928
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Medical ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits any person from making any statement or engaging in any act that misrepresents: (1) whether the person holds a state health care license; or (2) the person's education, training, degree, license, or clinical expertise. 
 
A person's advertisement for the person's health care services must disclose the license under which the person is authorized to provide those services. 
 
A violation of this Act is an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.
 
 The Federal Trade Commission must study and report to Congress on health care professionals' misrepresentations under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3929
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Stranded Nuclear Waste Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide compensation to communities in which a nuclear waste storage facility is located.
 
DOE must provide payments equal to $15 per kilogram of spent nuclear fuel stored at the nuclear waste facility.
 
Each local government having a nuclear waste facility within its jurisdictional boundaries must submit an annual application to DOE for compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Harvey Small Business Recovery Grants Act

Bill: 115-hr-3930
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Natural disasters
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Hurricane Harvey Small Business Recovery Grants Act

 
This bill establishes within the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Hurricane Harvey Small Business Recovery Grants to compensate small businesses, located in a qualified disaster area, for substantial economic injury they suffered resulting from Hurricane Harvey beginning August 25, 2017, and ending August 25, 2018. This compensation (1) excludes interest on the amount of the payment before the settlement or payment of a claim or any punitive or noncompensatory damages; and (2) is limited to $100,000, except in cases where the SBA determines that a greater amount up to $250,000 is appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-3931
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act

 
This bill amends the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 to increase the number of states that may participate in two-year Medicaid demonstration programs that improve access to community mental health services. It also extends the two-year term for existing state demonstration programs by one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
HELP Puerto Rico Act

Bill: 115-hr-3932
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Healthcare Expenditures for Low-income Populations in Puerto Rico Act or the HELP Puerto Rico Act

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
This bill increases Medicaid funding for Puerto Rico through FY2019. Such funding shall be further increased through 2019 if Puerto Rico takes specified actions to improve its Medicaid program.
 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3933
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Veterans Health Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to publish and submit to Congress an annual report regarding efforts to recruit, hire, and retain Veterans Health Administration nurses. 
 
Such report shall include details regarding: (1) efforts to recruit, hire, and retain nurses at each VA medical facility, (2) VA resources provided for such efforts, and (3) recommendations for appropriate legislation.
 
The Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 is amended to restore the annual Educational Assistance Program reporting requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3934
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Foreign labor
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits an individual from collecting Social Security benefits based on wages and income earned for services illegally performed in the United States while the individual was an alien. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
BOOST Primary Care Act

Bill: 115-hr-3935
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

Bolstering Organizations and Options to Support Training in Primary Care Act or the BOOST Primary Care Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2019 enhanced funding for the National Health Service Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
National Flood Insurance Program Debt Forgiveness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3936
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-10-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Debt Forgiveness Act of

 2017

 
This bill cancels all indebtedness outstanding as of September 30, 2016, of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under any notes or other obligations issued pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956.
 
Such cancelled indebtedness may be treated as a public debt of the United States and is designated as an emergency pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Introduced in House
Megabank Accountability and Consequences Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3937
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Bankruptcy
Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Federal Reserve System
Financial crises and stabilization
Foreign and international banking
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority employment
State and local government operations
Women in business
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: 

Megabank Accountability and Consequences Act of 2017

 
This bill directs federal prudential banking agencies to review certain institutions for patterns or practices of (1) unsound banking practices, or (2) violations of federal consumer protection laws. Institutions found to demonstrate any such patterns or practices shall be subject to specified consequences, including the termination of their banking charters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Introduced in House
Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3938
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2017-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: 

Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into an arrangement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to examine and report on the various health impacts of air traffic noise and pollution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Introduced in House