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Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act

Bill: 116-hr-2062
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Health information and medical records
Housing discrimination
Prescription drugs
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act

 
This bill more closely aligns the federal privacy standards for substance use disorder (SUD) patient records with the standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Specifically, the bill authorizes the disclosure of SUD patient records without a patient's written consent to: (1) a covered entity for the purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations, as long as the disclosure is made in accordance with HIPAA; and (2) a public health authority, as long as the content of the disclosure meets HIPAA standards regarding de-identified information. Current law authorizes disclosure of SUD patient records without a patient's written consent only to medical personnel in a medical emergency, to specified personnel for research or program evaluations, or pursuant to a court order.
 
The bill also repeals and replaces criminal penalties for certain violations involving SUD patient records with the HIPAA civil penalty structure. It also applies HIPAA criminal penalties to wrongful disclosures of SUD patient records. In addition, the bill expands the current prohibition against using SUD patient records in criminal proceedings to include any use in specified federal, state, and local criminal and civil actions.
 
The bill prohibits certain discrimination based on the release of SUD information under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E397)
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
E-FRONTIER Act

Bill: 116-hr-2063
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Asia
China
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Iran
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Subversive activities
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Eliminate From Regulators Opportunities to Nationalize The Internet in Every Respect Act or the E-FRONTIER Act

 
This bill constrains the President and executive agencies from constructing, operating, or offering wholesale or retail service on a broadband network unless given authority to do so by Congress. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must study and report on potential threats facing U.S. broadband networks from China, Iran, Russia, and other foreign adversaries and the risks of using foreign equipment and services in U.S. broadband networks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require manufacturers of certain drugs, devices, biologicals, and medical supplies to report on product samples provided to certain health care providers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2064
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 
This bill requires drug manufacturers to provide the Department of Health and Human Services with aggregate data related to product samples of drugs, devices, biologic products, and medical supplies given to hospitals, physicians, or other medical professionals during the previous calendar year, beginning in 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-03
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: 2019-04-03
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: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Loans for Any Student Act

Bill: 116-hr-2065
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Debt collection
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marriage and family status
Public contracts and procurement
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Affordable Loans for Any Student Act

 
This bill addresses repayment options, loan disclosures, and loan counseling for student loans.
 
The bill revises requirements concerning repayment options for student loan borrowers. For instance, the bill terminates interest capitalization and origination fees for Federal Direct Loans, provides assistance to low-income borrowers or borrowers who are delinquent on loan payments, and replaces the existing income-based repayment plans with two new plans. Under the new plans, borrowers may choose (1) a fixed repayment plan with equal monthly payments paid over a period of 10 years, or (2) an income-based repayment plan with monthly payments equal to 10% percent of their income above the poverty level. The income-based plan is capped at 20 years of payments.
 
The bill also revises requirements concerning student loan disclosures and student loan counseling for borrowers. For instance, the bill requires the Department of Education to maintain online counseling tools that provide borrowers with annual and exit student loan counseling.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Aid for Trade Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2067
Sponsor: Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Africa
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic development
Foreign aid and international relief
Free trade and trade barriers
Multilateral development programs
Performance measurement
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Aid for Trade Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a body to coordinate the use of U.S. foreign aid to build trade capacity in recipient countries and contains other related provisions.
 
The President shall establish an interagency task force to improve effectiveness of trade-capacity-building assistance programs. The task force shall have members from relevant executive branch agencies including the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. 
 
The task force shall (1) review executive branch agency expenditures on trade-capacity-building assistance, and (2) make recommendations to the President as to the appropriate allocations of such funds. 
 
The State Department shall (1) have primary responsibility for overseeing and carrying out such assistance programs, (2) prioritize assistance to certain countries such as those that have consistently supported policies that promote the development of private enterprise, and (3) ensure that the programs are not duplicative.
 
The bill also establishes that one goal of each mission to a foreign country shall be to (1) identify local barriers to international trade and investment, (2) advise the State Department on trade-capacity-building assistance, and (3) coordinate and supervise trade-capacity-building assistance programs.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall periodically review the impact of the trade-capacity-assistance programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Security Partner Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-2068
Sponsor: Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Foreign aid and international relief
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement administration and funding
Protest and dissent
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Security Partner Modernization Act

 
This bill establishes allows the use of certain foreign assistance funds to provide training and support for foreign-government law-enforcement forces. However, such funds may not be used to (1) provide assistance otherwise prohibited, such as assistance for units that the Department of State believes have committed gross human-rights violations; (2) provide assistance that the State Department believes would aggravate or substantially contribute to corruption, human-rights violations, or suppression of dissent; or (3) support any foreign-government intelligence or surveillance program.
 
Currently, such funds may not be used for such training and assistance, with various exceptions such as where the recipient country has a longstanding democratic tradition and does not have standing armed forces or a history of committing gross human-rights violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
SPIKE Act

Bill: 116-hr-2069
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping drugs Expensive Act or the SPIKE Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine at least annually whether certain covered drugs under Medicare were subject to a price increase that exceeded specified thresholds. Drug manufacturers must submit justifications for such price increases to the CMS, subject to civil penalties. The bill's requirements do not apply to low-cost drugs, as identified by the CMS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-03
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: 2019-04-03
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: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
POWER Act

Bill: 116-hr-2070
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Chemistry
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employment and training programs
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act

 
This bill authorizes the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase a chemical screening device and to train personnel to use, and interpret data collected by, such device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-2071
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Second Amendment Protection Act

 
This bill removes the federal prohibition on the sale, purchase, shipment, receipt, or possession of a firearm or ammunition for an individual who uses marijuana for medical purposes in accordance with state law. (Currently, marijuana is on the list of controlled substances, and an individual who illegally uses or is addicted to a controlled substance, including marijuana, is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2072
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions
Motor vehicles
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2019

 
This bill increases the standard mileage rate for the tax deduction for the charitable use of a passenger automobile. The bill increases the rate from the standard charitable rate of 14 cents per mile to the standard business mileage rate (58 cents per mile for 2019). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 7.5 percent adjusted gross income floor for the medical expense deduction.

Bill: 116-hr-2073
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 
This bill makes permanent the reduction in the adjusted gross income threshold that must be exceeded before a taxpayer is allowed to claim an itemized tax deduction for medical expenses. (In 2017, the threshold was temporarily reduced from 10% to 7.5% for 2017 and 2018. This bill makes the 7.5% threshold permanent.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2074
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Grain
Nutrition and diet
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits the sale of any drug intended for human use that contains an ingredient derived from a gluten-containing grain unless the drug's label (1)states that the drug contains such an ingredient, and (2)identifies the type of grain from which the ingredient is derived.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-2075
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the School-based Health Centers program and removes specified limitations on the receipt of additional or multiple funds under the program.

action_date: 2020-09-24
text: 

School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the School-based Health Centers program and removes specified limitations on the receipt of additional or multiple funds under the program.

action_date: 2020-09-29
text: 

School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2020

 
 This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the School-based Health Centers program and removes specified limitations on the receipt of additional or multiple funds under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5008-5009)
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2075.
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5008-5010)
action_date: 2020-09-29
text: Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-532.
action_date: 2020-09-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-532.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-04-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
Early Detection to Stop Infant Abuse and Prevent Fatalities Act

Bill: 116-hr-2076
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2019-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: 

Early Detection to Stop Infant Abuse and Prevent Fatalities Act

 
 This bill establishes a three-year grant program to detect and prevent the abuse of infants under seven months old. Specifically, health services organizations, including multidisciplinary partnerships, receiving such grants must develop (1) best practices to assist medical professional in identifying, assessing, and responding to potential abuse and (2) strategies to improve communication between child protective services agencies and individuals that report infant abuse. Funding also may be used to address injuries resulting from infant abuse and to raise awareness about infant abuse within the health and child care community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-04-03
text: Introduced in House