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Community Health Center Mental Health Screening Act

Bill: 117-hr-523
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee hiring
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Community Health Center Mental Health Screening Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants for mental and behavioral health screenings and mental health services to federally qualified health centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Restore America’s Main Street Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-524
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Restore America's Main Street Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill provides a small business with $1.5 million or less in gross receipts and not more than 50 full-time employees a refundable tax credit (rebate) equal to the lesser of 30% of its gross receipts for the first taxable year beginning in 2021, or $120,000. The credit is also available to certain charitable organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
COVID HCBS Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-525
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Mental health
Nursing
State and local government operations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

COVID HCBS Relief Act of 

2021

 
This bill temporarily increases the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) under Medicaid for certain approved home- and community-based services that are provided between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2022. 
 
As a condition for receiving the increased rate, a state must agree to undertake activities to improve the delivery of such services during and after the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), such as by providing additional benefits to home health workers and by helping individuals who were relocated to nursing facilities during the emergency move back to their homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-526
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Ensuring Coverage in Public Health Emergencies Act of 2021

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to provide a 30-day special enrollment period for eligible individuals after a public health emergency is declared. An employee who is eligible but not enrolled may enroll in an employer-provided group health plan during the special enrollment period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
CFPB Dual Mandate and Economic Analysis Act

Bill: 117-hr-527
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Economic performance and conditions
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

CFPB Dual Mandate and Economic Analysis Act 

 
This bill establishes the Office of Economic Analysis in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to review all proposed and existing guidance, orders, rules, and regulations. The CFPB must also identify in each proposed rulemaking the problem to be solved by the rule or regulation and the metrics the CFPB will use to measure the success of the rule or regulation. These metrics must include a measurement of changes regarding consumer access to, and the cost of, consumer financial products and services. 
 
Additionally, the purpose of the CFPB is revised to include strengthening private sector participation in markets, without government interference or subsidies, to increase competition and enhance consumer choice. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act

Bill: 117-hr-528
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Financial crises and stabilization

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act 

 
This bill subjects the budgets of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and the Office of Financial Research (OFR) to the annual appropriations process and establishes requirements for reports and a public notice and comment period. 
 
 The budgets of the FSOC and the OFR are funded by assessments on financial institutions which are deposited into the Financial Research Fund and, under current law, are immediately available to be spent. This bill requires the funding from the Financial Research Fund to be made available by appropriations acts. 
 
 The OFR must submit quarterly reports to Congress regarding its
 
 
finances;
 
workforce; and
 
actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and performance measures of the office. 
 
 
 The OFR must provide a public notice and comment period of at least 90 days before issuing any proposed report, rule, or regulation. 
 
 The bill expands the duties of the OFR to include
 
 
publishing an annual work plan; 
 
 consulting with other federal departments and agencies with relevant expertise prior to preparing any public report with respect to a specified entity, class of entities, or financial product or service; and 
 
 developing and implementing a cybersecurity plan. 
 
 
The Government Accountability Office must annually audit the cybersecurity plan and its implementation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

Bill: 117-hr-529
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Cemeteries and funerals
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Disaster relief and insurance
Domestic violence and child abuse
Educational facilities and institutions
Evidence and witnesses
Food assistance and relief
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Lawyers and legal services
Protest and dissent
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

 
This bill prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location unless there are exigent circumstances and written prior approval has been obtained from certain officials. 
 
Sensitive locations include 
 
 
health care facilities; 
 
schools and school bus stops; 
 
places that provide assistance for people such as children, pregnant women, and abuse victims; 
 
places that provide disaster or emergency services; 
 
places of worship; 
 
courthouses and lawyers' offices; and 
 
public assistance offices. 

 
The prohibition shall apply to Department of Homeland Security officers and agents, as well as state employees pursuing immigration enforcement actions. 
 
If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this prohibition (1) no information resulting from the action may be entered into the record in a resulting removal proceeding, and (2) the affected alien may move to immediately terminate such a proceeding.
 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall annually report to Congress about enforcement actions taken at sensitive locations in the preceding year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
REUNITE Act

Bill: 117-hr-530
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Domestic violence and child abuse
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Genetics
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Latin America
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Mexico
New Mexico
Right of privacy
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Reunite Every Unaccompanied Newborn Infant, Toddler and other children Expeditiously Act or the REUNITE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reunite children and their parents or legal guardians who were apprehended for illegal entry into the United States. 
 
DHS and HHS shall develop procedures and programs, including procedures to (1) identify separated family members, (2) allow apprehended parents or legal guardians to have frequent no-cost contact with their separated children, and (3) coordinate with foreign consulates to locate apprehended individuals.
 
DHS and HHS shall ensure immediate reunification of apprehended children with a parent or legal guardian, but may make exceptions for the child's safety.
 
DHS and HHS may use DNA testing to determine family relationships, but shall first use other methods, such as official documents. DHS and HHS shall develop procedures for instances where the aliens refuse to consent to DNA testing. Collected DNA information may not be used for any purpose other than family reunification, including criminal or immigration enforcement.
 
The bill restores the Family Case Management Program, an alternative to detention program that uses case managers to promote compliance with immigration law obligations. DHS, HHS, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) shall establish the Office for Locating and Reuniting Children with Parents.
 
Aliens shall have access to counsel inside immigration detention facilities, and DOJ may provide counsel for immigration proceedings. DOJ shall provide counsel if necessary for children and vulnerable individuals, and children's cases shall be heard individually.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-531
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Employee performance
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act

 
This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents and officers to wear body cameras when engaged in official operations.
 
Such agents and officers shall turn on their cameras for the duration of each shift. The footage shall be available to each party in any administrative proceeding, civil action, or criminal proceeding where such footage is pertinent. 
 
An agent or officer whose camera does not record footage during a shift shall be subject to furlough, reduction in pay or grade, or suspension. When a camera does not record during a shift, the Department of Homeland Security may not determine that the camera malfunctioned unless the agent or officer submits evidence to establish that a malfunction occurred.
 
ICE and CBP shall establish policies and procedures regarding use of the cameras and for carrying out adverse actions related to a failure to record footage.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act

Bill: 117-hr-532
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Birth defects
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act

 
 This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of an abortion on an unborn child who has Down syndrome.
 
It subjects a violator to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief.
 
A woman who undergoes such an abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Stop COVID–19 Test Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-533
Sponsor: Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Stop COVID-19 Test Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies provisions requiring health insurance plans to cover COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) diagnostic testing services at no cost, without prior authorization, and without medical management requirements. The bill specifies that a plan may not make determinations about the circumstances surrounding individuals' tests, such as why they sought testing or whether they showed symptoms of COVID-19. The bill also specifies that plans may encourage individuals to obtain tests from lower priced providers as long as such efforts do not delay, or impede access to, testing.
 
 The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to survey and report on the cash prices of testing services and the compliance of providers with the requirement to publish such prices.
 
Additionally, HHS, jointly with the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor, must issue guidance clarifying the process for submitting claims for testing services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

Bill: 117-hr-534
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Abortion
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for purposes outside the United States related to abortion.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits funding to certain foreign or domestic organizations that perform or promote abortions, furnish or develop items intended to procure abortions, or provide financial support for an entity that conducts such activities.
 
Current U.S. policy prohibits the provision of federal funds to a foreign nongovernmental organization unless it agrees to not perform or actively promote abortions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House