hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2415
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise modifies federal support for state-based efforts to improve maternal mortality review committees; enhance surveillance of pregnancy-associated and -related deaths; and otherwise improve, and reduce disparities in, maternal health outcomes.
 
The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to annually disseminate best practices for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives (i.e., networks of perinatal care providers and public health professionals that work to improve pregnancy outcomes through continuous quality improvement).

action_date: 2023-10-04
text: 

Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and otherwise modifies federal support for state-based efforts to improve maternal mortality review committees; enhance surveillance of pregnancy-associated and -related deaths; and otherwise improve, and reduce disparities in, maternal health outcomes.
 
The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to annually disseminate best practices for preventing maternal mortality and morbidity to hospitals, professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives (i.e., networks of perinatal care providers and public health professionals that work to improve pregnancy outcomes through continuous quality improvement).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 225.
action_date: 2023-10-04
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-10-04
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Relief for Survivors of Miners Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2416
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2417
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Addressing Teacher Shortages Act of 

2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish an Addressing Teacher Shortages Program. Through this program, ED shall award grants for local educational agencies to address teacher shortage challenges. 
 
Specifically, grant funds may be used to establish or expand teaching residency programs, teacher mentor programs, specified recruitment and training programs, and other evidence-based strategies to increase teacher retention and support teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
I CAN Act

Bill: 118-s-2418
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Sex and reproductive health
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act or the I CAN Act

 
This bill allows other health care providers besides physicians (e.g., nurses) to provide certain services under Medicare and Medicaid. 
 
Among other changes, the bill (1) allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for Medicare coverage of special shoes for diabetic individuals; (2) expedites the ability of physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise Medicare cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs; and (3) allows nurse practitioners to certify the need for inpatient hospital services under Medicare and Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
No Robot Bosses Act

Bill: 118-s-2419
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
District of Columbia Courts Judicial Vacancy Reduction Act

Bill: 118-s-2420
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Insuring Fairness for Family Farmers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2421
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural insurance
Department of Agriculture
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Livestock

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
ARCA Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2422
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
ADS for Mental Health Services Act

Bill: 118-s-2423
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Advancing Digital Support for Mental Health Services Act or the ADS for Mental Health Services Act

 
This bill requires certain digital advertising platforms to annually report to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about their free public service advertising, with a particular focus on advertisements for mental, behavioral, and physical health resources. Additionally, the FTC must provide Congress with a summary of the reported information.
 
The reporting requirement applies to social media platforms, search engines or other public-facing websites, online services, and applications that sell digital advertising space and have more than 100 million unique monthly users.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2424
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Indian Programs Advance Appropriations Act 

of 2023

This bill authorizes advance appropriations for several covered appropriations accounts of (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education within the Department of the Interior, and (2) the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services. The advance appropriations provide new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year.

The covered accounts within the Bureau of Indian Affairs are (1) Operation of Indian Programs, (2) Contract Support Costs, (3) the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program, (4) Construction, and (5) Payments for Tribal Leases.

The covered accounts within the Bureau of Indian Education are (1) Operation of Indian Education Programs, and (2) Education Construction.

The covered accounts within the Indian Health Service are (1) Indian Health Services, (2) Contract Support Costs, (3) Payments for Tribal Leases, and (4) Indian Health Facilities.

The bill also requires the President's budget and the supporting documents submitted to Congress to include detailed estimates related to the advance appropriations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Free Speech Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-2425
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Digital media
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal district courts
First Amendment rights
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media
Jurisdiction and venue
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2426
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply of contraceptives.

Bill: 118-s-2427
Sponsor: Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Prescription drugs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
PATHS to Tutor Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2428
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Partnering Aspiring Teachers with High-need Schools to Tutor Act of 2023 or the PATHS to Tutor Act of 

2023

 
This bill expands access to tutoring in hard-to-staff and high-need schools by establishing a grant program.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to local consortia to carry out high-quality tutoring programs. 
Local consortia
 refers to partnerships between teacher preparation programs, local educational agencies or individual schools, and community-based organizations. 
 
Grant recipients may use these funds for certain activities, including matching and placing tutors, purchasing instructional materials and connectivity resources, and providing transportation and meals to students who attend the tutoring program.
 
ED must also enter into an interagency agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service to include tutor positions as approved national service positions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
PROTECTS Act

Bill: 118-s-2429
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Promote Responsible Oversight and Targeted Employee background Check Transparency for Seniors Act or the PROTECTS Act

 
This bill allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information concerning affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to exclude certain air emissions from emergency notification requirements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-2430
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
HUBS for Veterans Act

Bill: 118-s-2431
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Consumer credit
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 
 
HUBS for Veterans Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a grant program to assist the transition of military personnel to civilian life. It directs the Department of Labor to carry out a five-year grant program for nonprofit organizations, state boards, or local boards to assist the transition of the following persons from Armed Forces service to civilian life:
 
 
members eligible for preseparation counseling,
 
former members who are transitioning to civilian life, and
 
spouses of such members or former members.
 
 
Funds must be used for a range of services and assistance, such as career and training services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Bridging the SNAP Gap Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2432
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Bridging the SNAP Gap Act of 2023

This bill expands certain income exclusions and the excess medical expense deduction under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Specifically, the bill excludes income from children in elementary or secondary schools who are age 21 or younger from income calculations for purposes of determining SNAP eligibility (currently, the exclusion is limited to children who are age 17 or younger).

In addition, the bill expands the excess medical expense deduction to include all individuals, rather than only individuals age 60 or older or individuals with disabilities. (The excess medical expense deduction allows for the deduction of certain out-of-pocket medical expenses that exceed $35 per month from income calculations under SNAP.) The bill also specifies that the amount of the deduction must be equal to the premium rate for Medicare medical services, although states may choose to set higher amounts.

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2433
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 programs and activities relating to mental health and substance use disorder services.

Reauthorized programs and activities include 

programs that enable access to drugs or devices that temporarily reverse opioid overdoses,

activities to support the capacity of laboratories to detect synthetic opioids (e.g., fentanyl),

residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum individuals, and

training and workforce development for providers of mental health and substance use disorder services.

The bill also modifies certain requirements relating to the regulation of controlled substances and the provision of mental health and substance use disorder services, including by requiring (1) the issuance of federal guidance to support at-home safe disposal systems for drugs, (2) studies to evaluate the efficacy of opioid treatment through buprenorphine and methadone, and (3) evaluations of the use of certain block grants by states to treat individuals with serious mental illnesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
PACCARB Act

Bill: 118-s-2434
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Act or the PACCARB Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. It also modifies the activities of the Antimicrobial Resistance Task Force, including by requiring the task force to seek input from the council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Nutrition Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2435
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
NO PBMs Act

Bill: 118-s-2436
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines Act or the NO PBMs Act

This bill specifies that prescription drug plan sponsors and pharmacy benefit managers under the Medicare prescription drug benefit must permit any pharmacy that meets the plan's contractual terms for network participation to participate in that network and that such terms must be reasonable. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must set standards for reasonable terms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2439
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Reproductive Health Patient Navigator Act of 2023

This bill provides funding for patient navigator grants to assist individuals in accessing abortion services.

The Department of Health and Human Services must award the grants to state, tribal, or local governments; nonprofits; or community organizations that offer unbiased and medically accurate programs, services, or activities to connect individuals with abortion services. Grant-funded activities include, among others, coordinating the scheduling, financing, and other logistics of abortion services.

Further, the bill prohibits individuals, entities, and states from preventing or otherwise disadvantaging an entity that is eligible to receive a grant from carrying out activities to assist individuals with accessing abortion services, including in any state in which those services are not lawful. Such activities include providing (or assisting in the provision of) abortion care and other reproductive health services that are either (1) lawful in the state where the services are provided, or (2) provided to an individual who does not reside in the state where the services are provided. The Department of Justice may bring civil actions for violations; the bill also provides for a private right of action.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Exploitative Workplace Surveillance and Technologies Task Force Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2440
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Food for Thought Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2441
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Food for Thought Act of 

2023

 
This bill allows the Department of Education to award grants for eligible institutions of higher education to provide free meals to low-income students through on-campus meal programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in Senate