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Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-773
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act of 

2019

 
This bill establishes (1) a telehealth service model, and (2) Medicare payment rules with respect to certain services tested under the model.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall test Medicare coverage of expanded telehealth services, as defined by the bill, in conjunction with existing models that test the use of accountable care organizations, bundled payments, and other coordinated care models under Medicare. The CMS must (1) establish a methodology for determining the amounts of payment for such services, and (2) provide for evaluations of the service model by an independent entity.
 
The CMS shall expand the application of a service tested under the model if (1) the required evaluation demonstrates that the service either reduced Medicare spending without reducing the quality of care or improved the quality of care without increasing spending, and (2) the Chief Actuary of the CMS certifies that such expansion would reduce net program spending. A service that meets these requirements is defined by the bill as a 
certified enhanced telehealth service
.
 
Medicare payment for a certified enhanced telehealth service shall equal 80% of the lesser of (1) the actual charge for the service, or (2) the amount determined using the payment methodology established under the test model. 
 
The CMS shall pay for such services without regard to a Medicare beneficiary's location or area of residence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

Bill: 116-s-774
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

 
This bill adjusts the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California as depicted on a specified map to include the Rim of the Valley Unit. 
 
The Rim of the Valley Unit, and any lands or interests acquired by the United States and located within its boundaries, shall be administered as part of the recreation area. 
 
The Department of the Interior may acquire only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller any nonfederal land within the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Unit. 

action_date: 2019-12-18
text: 

Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

 
This bill adjusts the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in California as depicted on a specified map to include the Rim of the Valley Unit. 
 
The Rim of the Valley Unit, and any lands or interests acquired by the United States and located within its boundaries, shall be administered as part of the recreation area. 
 
The Department of the Interior may acquire only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller any nonfederal land within the boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Unit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 380.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-308.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1849)
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Scientific Integrity Act

Bill: 116-s-775
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Research administration and funding
Research ethics
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Scientific Integrity Act

 
This bill revises provisions regarding the release of scientific research results by federal agencies. 
 
The bill prohibits specified federal employees and contractors of an agency that funds, conducts, or oversees scientific research from engaging in scientific or research misconduct or manipulating communication of scientific or technical findings. 
 
A covered individual may disseminate scientific or technical findings by (1) participating in scientific conferences; and (2) seeking publication through peer-reviewed, professional, or scholarly journals. 
 
The bill specifies the kinds of scientific community activities covered individuals may participate and engage in, including the reviewing of public statements and responding to media interview requests. 
 
Each covered agency must 
 
 
develop, adopt, and enforce a scientific integrity policy and also must submit it to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Congress; 
 
appoint a Scientific Integrity Officer; and 
 
 adopt and implement an administrative process and administrative appeal for dispute resolution and a training program that, among other things, provides regular scientific integrity and ethics training to employees and contractors. 
 
 
OSTP must collate, organize, and publicly share all information it receives under each scientific integrity policy on its website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Downwinders Compensation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-776
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government liability
Nevada
Nuclear weapons
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Downwinders Compensation Act of 2019

 
This bill expands eligibility for restitution that is provided to certain individuals who were exposed to atmospheric nuclear testing and developed specified cancers. Specifically, the bill expands eligibility to include qualified individuals who were exposed in any part of Clark County, Nevada, or Mohave County, Arizona. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
CHANCE in TECH Act

Bill: 116-s-777
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

CHampioning Apprenticeships for New Careers and Employees in TECHnology Act or the CHANCE in TECH Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to enter into contracts with industry intermediaries to promote the development of and access to apprenticeships in the technology sector.
 
The Department of Education (ED) may issue CHANCE in TECH Awards for 21st Century Schools to secondary schools or junior or community colleges that demonstrate high achievement in providing students necessary skills to compete in the 21st century workforce. In making an award, ED must consider the availability of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), career and technical education, and computer technology courses at the schools. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-778
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2019
 
 
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct and update at least once every seven years an ocean acidification coastal community vulnerability assessment with a corresponding public report. The assessment must identify (1) U.S. coastal communities that are most dependent on coastal and ocean resources that may be impacted by ocean acidification; (2) the nature of those communities' vulnerabilities; and (3) key knowledge gaps where research could be devoted to better understand the possible ocean acidification impacts and possible adaptation strategies for the communities.
 
In carrying out the assessment, NOAA must collaborate with state, local, and tribal government entities that are conducting or have completed vulnerability assessments, strategic research planning, or other similar activities related to ocean acidification to determine whether those activities may serve as a model for others and to identify opportunities for federal agencies to support those activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

Bill: 116-s-779
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Evidence and witnesses
Federal district courts
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Jurisdiction and venue
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to impose restrictions on foreign jurisdictions or financial institutions to counter money laundering and efforts to significantly impede U.S. tax enforcement. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to
 
 
 expand reporting requirements for certain foreign investments and accounts held by U.S. persons,
 
 establish a rebuttable presumption against the validity of transactions by institutions that do not comply with reporting requirements under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, 
 
treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled primarily in the United States as domestic corporations for tax purposes, 
 
treat swap payments sent offshore as taxable U.S. source income, 
 
require reporting of United States beneficial owners of foreign-owned financial accounts, 
 
impose additional requirements for third party summonses used to obtain information in tax investigations that do not identify the person with respect to whose liability the summons is issued (i.e., John Doe summons), and
 
 modify the rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States). 
 
 
The bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to (1) require corporations to disclose certain financial information on a country-by-country basis, and (2) impose penalties for failing to disclose offshore holdings. 
 
The bill makes investment advisers and persons engaged in forming new business entities subject to new anti-money laundering requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act

Bill: 116-s-780
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Oil and gas
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act 

 
This bill modifies the tax treatment of the foreign source income of domestic corporations. The bill includes provisions that
 
 
 eliminate an exemption for certain returns from tangible investments made overseas, 
 
 eliminate deductions for a domestic corporation's foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income, 
 
 repeal a provision that excludes foreign oil and gas extraction income from the tested income of a controlled foreign corporation, 
 
 limit the tax deduction for the interest expenses of a U.S. corporation that is a member of a financial reporting group (i.e., a group that prepares consolidated financial statements according to generally accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards), 
 
 modify the rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States), and 
 
 treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled primarily in the United States as domestic corporations for tax purposes. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-781
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Capital gains tax
Financial services and investments
Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Carried Interest Fairness Act of 201

9

 
This bill modifies the tax treatment of carried interest, which is compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity or hedge fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits. (Under current law, carried interest is taxed as investment income rather than at ordinary income tax rates.)
 
This bill includes provisions that 
 
 
set forth a special rule for the inclusion in gross income of partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services,
 
 treat as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to an investment services partnership interest except to the extent such gain is attributable to a partner's qualified capital interest, 
 
 exempt income from investment services partnership interests from treatment as qualifying income of a publicly traded partnership, 
 
 exempt certain family partnerships from the application of this bill, 
 
 increase the penalty for underpayments of tax resulting from failure to treat income from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income, and
 
 include income and loss from an investment services partnership interest for purposes of determining net earnings from self-employment and applicable self-employment taxes.
 
 
The bill defines "investment services partnership interest" as any interest in a partnership held by a person who provides services to a partnership by (1) advising the partnership about investing in, purchasing, or selling specified assets; (2) managing, acquiring, or disposing of specified assets; or (3) arranging financing with respect to acquiring specified assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-782
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Nursing
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 

2019

 
This bill increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. The bill excludes clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare.
 
Additionally, the bill alters the definition of 
clinical social worker services
 as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, such services (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-783
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the operator of any website or online service directed to children to
 
 
provide notice on the website about how an individual over age 13, or the guardian of an individual over age 13, can request the deletion of all personal information in the operator's possession collected when the individual was a child; 
 
promptly delete, upon request, all such personal information; and 
 
provide written confirmation of such deletion.

 
The bill allows a limited exception to the deletion requirement if the personal information collected from or about a child is necessary to respond to judicial process or to provide information to law enforcement agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S1849-1850)
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act

Bill: 116-s-784
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act

 
This bill expands the military student identifier program to include students of parents who serve in reserve components of the Armed Forces, not just active duty members. The military student identifier program provides educators with information about the educational experience of children of members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act

Bill: 116-s-786
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Nutrition and diet
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act 

 
This bill allows tax credits and grants for activities that provide access to healthy food in food deserts, which are communities that have limited or no access to grocery stores and meet income requirements. 
 
For entities that are certified by the Department of the Treasury as special access food providers using specified criteria, the bill allows tax credits for operating a new grocery store or renovating an existing grocery store in a food desert. The bill also authorizes grants for a portion of (1) the construction costs of building a permanent food bank in a food desert, and (2) the annual operating costs of temporary access merchants (mobile markets, farmers markets, and food banks). 
 
Treasury, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture (USDA), must annually allocate the tax credits and grants to special access food providers. Grants authorized by this bill are not considered gross income for tax purposes. 
 
The bill also requires USDA to update the Food Access Research Atlas at least annually to account for food retailers that are placed in service during that year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in Senate