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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF URGENT CARE AND EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT OF 
              VETERANS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Payment of Reasonable Costs of Urgent Care.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, 
        United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1725 
        the following new section:
``Sec. 1725A. Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall enter into contracts with 
urgent care providers under which the Secretary pays the urgent care 
provider the reasonable costs of urgent care provided to eligible 
veterans by the urgent care provider.
    ``(b) Eligible Veterans.--A veteran is an eligible veteran for 
purposes of this section if the veteran--
            ``(1) is enrolled in the system of annual patient 
        enrollment established and operated under section 1705(a) of 
        this title; and
            ``(2) has received health care under this chapter during 
        the two-year period preceding the date on which the veteran 
        receives urgent care under this section.
    ``(c) Cost Sharing.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Secretary shall establish a cost-sharing amount that eligible veterans 
shall pay to the Secretary to receive urgent care from an urgent care 
provider under this section.
    ``(2) The cost-sharing amount established under paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to an eligible veteran--
            ``(A) if the eligible veteran is admitted to a hospital for 
        treatment or observation after receiving urgent care under this 
        section; or
            ``(B) if the eligible veteran is receiving urgent care 
        under this section for the treatment of a service-connected 
        disability or condition.
    ``(d) Treatment of Department.--Notwithstanding the coverage of an 
eligible veteran under a health-plan contract, the Secretary shall be 
considered the primary payer for any urgent care provided to the 
eligible veteran under this section.
    ``(e) Types of Providers.--The Secretary shall ensure that all 
types of urgent care providers, including local urgent care providers, 
have an opportunity to enter into a contract with the Secretary under 
this section.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `health-plan contract' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 1725(f) of this title.
            ``(2) The term `urgent care' has the meaning given that 
        term by the Secretary.
            ``(3) The term `urgent care provider' means a health care 
        provider that provides urgent care at a non-Department 
        facility.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 1725 the following new item:

``1725A. Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care.''.
            (3) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is encouraged to contract 
        with urgent care centers that are accredited by a nationally 
        recognized accrediting body or organization to carry out 
        section 1725A of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
        paragraph (1).
    (b) Establishment of Cost-Sharing Amount for Veterans Receiving 
Emergency Room Care From Department.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a cost-sharing 
        amount that veterans shall pay to the Secretary to receive care 
        at an emergency room of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Exception.--The cost-sharing amount established under 
        paragraph (1) shall not apply to a veteran if the veteran--
                    (A) receives care for a service-connected (as 
                defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) 
                disability or condition;
                    (B) meets a hardship exception established by the 
                Secretary for purposes of this subsection; or
                    (C) is admitted to a hospital for treatment or 
                observation after receiving care at an emergency room 
                of the Department.
    (c) Limitation on Cost-Sharing Amounts.--The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may not require a veteran to pay multiple cost-sharing amounts 
if the veteran seeks urgent care under section 1725A of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), and care at an 
emergency room of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the same 
condition during a period determined by the Secretary for purposes of 
this subsection.
    (d) Report on Use by Veterans of Urgent and Emergency Room Care.--
Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and not less frequently than once every two years thereafter, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a report on the use by veterans 
eligible for health care under the laws administered by the Secretary 
of--
            (1) urgent care facilities; and
            (2) emergency room facilities of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs.
[A]: Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts under which the VA pays health care providers the reasonable costs of urgent care provided to eligible veterans at non-VA facilities. An &quot;eligible veteran&quot; is one who: (1) is enrolled in the VA health care system, and (2) has received health care through the VA during the two years preceding the date on which the veteran receives urgent care. The VA shall establish a cost-sharing amount that a veteran shall pay to the VA to receive such urgent care. Such amount shall not apply to a veteran who: (1) is admitted to a hospital for treatment or observation after receiving urgent care, or (2) is receiving urgent care for the treatment of a service-connected disability or condition.  The VA shall: (1) be considered the primary payer for the urgent care provided, and (2) ensure that all types of urgent care providers have an opportunity to enter into such a contract.  The VA also shall establish a cost-sharing amount that veterans shall pay to receive care at a VA emergency room. Such amount shall not apply to a veteran who: (1) is receiving care for a service-connected disability or condition, (2) meets a hardship exception, or (3) is admitted to a hospital for treatment or observation after receiving care at a VA emergency room.  The VA may not require a veteran to pay multiple cost-sharing amounts if the veteran seeks urgent care under this bill and care at a VA emergency room for the same condition during a period determined by the VA.  The VA shall report every two years on the use by veterans of urgent care facilities and of VA emergency room facilities.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Institute on Minority 
Health Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
            (1) heart disease and strokes lead to about 2\1/2\ times as 
        many deaths among Black Americans (between the ages of 25 and 
        44) as among White Americans;
            (2) diabetes is twice as prevalent among Mexican- and 
        Puerto Rican-Americans as among White Americans;
            (3) Black and Hispanic women account for 73 percent of the 
        reported cases of AIDS among American women, and the death rate 
        from AIDS is 9 times higher among Black women than among White 
        women;
            (4) between 1983 and 1985, when the infant mortality rate 
        among Whites was 9.0 deaths per 1,000 live births, the infant 
        mortality rate among Blacks was 18.7 and 13.9 among Native 
        Americans, with similar disparities among rates of low-
        birthweight babies;
            (5) in 1988, when the rates of death resulting from 
        homicides was 8 per 100,000 among young (ages 15 to 24) White 
        males, the rate among young Black males was 59 per 100,000, and 
        the rates for young Hispanic and Native American males was 
        roughly 2 to 3 times that of young White males;
            (6) biomedical research, including clinical trials for 
        pharmaceuticals, often has failed to include minorities in the 
        population being studied or tested, even when it is certain 
        that minorities will be among the population subject to the 
        medical condition or receiving the treatment or pharmaceutical 
        that is being studied or tested;
            (7) the percentages of medical professionals, especially 
        physicians, who are minorities are significantly lower than 
        their representation in the general population; and
            (8) the ratio of physicians to inhabitants of neighborhoods 
        that are heavily populated by minorities (or low-income 
        residents) is often much lower than the ratio of physicians to 
        inhabitants of predominantly White neighborhoods.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH.

    Part C of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285 
et seq.), as amended by section 124 of Public Law 102-321 (106 Stat. 
364), is amended by adding at the end the following subpart:

          ``Subpart 17--National Institute on Minority Health

                         ``purpose of institute

    ``Sec. 464V. (a) The general purpose of the National Institute on 
Minority Health is the conduct and support of research, training, the 
dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to 
minority health conditions, including the advancement of opportunities 
for and recruitment of minorities for training and placement as health 
professionals.
    ``(b) For purposes of this subpart:
            ``(1) The term `health care system' means the system in the 
        United States for the delivery of health care.
            ``(2) The term `minorities' means members of minority 
        groups.
            ``(3) The term `minority health conditions' means all 
        diseases, disorders, and conditions (including conditions 
        regarding mental health)--
                    ``(A) unique to, more serious in, or more prevalent 
                in minorities;
                    ``(B) for which the factors of medical risk or 
                types of medical intervention are different for 
                minorities, or for which it is unknown whether such 
                factors or types are different for minorities; or
                    ``(C) with respect to which there has been 
                insufficient clinical research involving minorities as 
                subjects, or insufficient clinical data on minorities.
            ``(4) The term `research on minority health' means research 
        on minority health conditions.
            ``(5) The term `Institute' means the National Institute on 
        Minority Health.

                         ``certain authorities

    ``Sec. 464W. (a) In carrying out section 464V, the Director of the 
Institute shall--
            ``(1) recommend an agenda for conducting and supporting 
        research on minority health;
            ``(2) identify projects of research on minority health that 
        should be conducted or supported by the national research 
        institutes;
            ``(3) identify multidisciplinary research relating to 
        research on minority health that should be so conducted or 
        supported;
            ``(4) promote coordination and collaboration among entities 
        conducting research identified under paragraph (2) or (3);
            ``(5) encourage the conduct of research identified under 
        paragraph (2) or (3) by entities receiving funds from the 
        national research institutes;
            ``(6) ensure that minorities are appropriately represented 
        as subjects in projects of clinical research conducted or 
        supported by the national research institutes and, as 
        appropriate, encourage similar representation in research 
        conducted under other circumstances; and
            ``(7) promote the sufficient allocation of the resources of 
        the national research institutes for conducting and supporting 
        such research.
    ``(b)(1) The Director of the Institute shall monitor the health 
care system for the purpose of determining the effects of the system on 
the health of minorities, including the extent to which minorities have 
access to health care. In monitoring the system, the Director shall 
determine, with respect to such purpose, the effects of the policies 
and practices of entities that provide health benefits plans.
    ``(2) With respect to Federal proposals for reforming the health 
care system, the Director of the Institute shall, in carrying out 
paragraph (1), monitor such proposals for the purpose of determining 
whether the proposals adequately provide for the health of minorities.
    ``(c)(1) The Director of the Institute shall serve as an advocate 
regarding the health of minorities. The Director may in so serving 
carry out advocacy activities regarding the Federal Government, State 
and local governments, and private entities, including public and 
private educational entities.
    ``(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of the Institute 
shall determine the health benefits for minorities that should, at a 
minimum, be provided for in any reform of the health care system.
    ``(d) The Director of the Institute shall encourage the creation of 
opportunities for the training of minorities as health professionals 
and shall facilitate the placement of minorities trained as health 
professionals into appropriate positions.''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 401(b)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
281(b)(1)), as amended by section 121 of Public Law 102-321 (106 Stat. 
358), is amended by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
            ``(Q) The National Institute on Minority Health.''.
[A]: National Institute on Minority Health Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that the National Institute on Minority Health's purpose is the conduct and support of research, training, information dissemination, and other programs regarding minority health, including the advancement of opportunities for and recruitment of minorities for training and placement as health professionals.  Adds the Institute to the list of research institutes of the National Institutes of Health.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Mechanical Insulation Installation 
Incentive Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. EXPENSING OF MECHANICAL INSULATION PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle A 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to itemized deductions 
for individuals and corporations) is amended by inserting after section 
179E the following new section:

``SEC. 179F. MECHANICAL INSULATION PROPERTY.

    ``(a) Treatment as Expenses.--There shall be allowed as a deduction 
an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the cost of mechanical 
insulation property placed in service during the taxable year.
    ``(b) Applicable Percentage.--For purposes of subsection (a)--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `applicable percentage' means 
        the lesser of--
                    ``(A) 30 percent, and
                    ``(B) the excess (if any) of--
                            ``(i) the energy savings (expressed as a 
                        percentage) obtained by placing such mechanical 
                        insulation property in service in connection 
                        with a mechanical system, over
                            ``(ii) the energy savings (expressed as a 
                        percentage) such property is required to meet 
                        by Standard 90.1-2007, developed and published 
                        by the American Society of Heating, 
                        Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
            ``(2) Special rule relating to maintenance.--In the case of 
        mechanical insulation property placed in service as a 
        replacement for insulation property--
                    ``(A) paragraph (1)(B) shall be applied without 
                regard to clause (ii) thereof, and
                    ``(B) the cost of such property shall be treated as 
                an expense for which a deduction is allowed under 
                section 162 instead of being treated as depreciable for 
                purposes of the deduction provided by section 167.
    ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) Mechanical insulation property.--The term `mechanical 
        insulation property' means insulation materials, facings, and 
        accessory products--
                    ``(A) placed in service in connection with a 
                mechanical system which--
                            ``(i) is located in the United States, and
                            ``(ii) is of a character subject to an 
                        allowance for depreciation, and
                    ``(B) utilized for thermal, acoustical, and 
                personnel safety requirements for mechanical piping and 
                equipment, hot and cold applications, and heating, 
                venting and air conditioning applications which can be 
                used in a variety of facilities.
            ``(2) Cost.--The cost of mechanical insulation property 
        includes--
                    ``(A) the amounts paid or incurred for the 
                installation of such property,
                    ``(B) in the case of removal and disposal of the 
                old mechanical insulation property, 10 percent of the 
                cost of the new mechanical insulation property 
                (determined without regard to this subparagraph), and
                    ``(C) expenditures for labor costs properly 
                allocable to the preparation, assembly, and 
                installation of mechanical insulation property.
    ``(d) Coordination.--
            ``(1) Section 179d.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the 
        cost of mechanical insulation property which is taken into 
        account under section 179D or which, but for subsection (b) of 
        section 179D, would be taken into account under such section.
            ``(2) Other deductions and credits.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The amount of any other 
                deduction or credit allowable under this chapter for 
                any cost of mechanical insulation property which is 
                taken into account under subsection (a) shall be 
                reduced by the amount of such cost so taken into 
                account.
                    ``(B) Exception for certain costs.--Subparagraph 
                (A) shall not apply to any amount properly attributable 
                to maintenance.
    ``(e) Allocation of Deduction for Tax-Exempt Property.--In the case 
of mechanical insulation property installed on or in property owned by 
an entity described in paragraph (3) or (4) of section 50(b), the 
person who is the primary contractor for the installation of such 
property shall be treated as the taxpayer that placed such property in 
service.
    ``(f) Certification.--For purposes of this section, energy savings 
shall be certified under regulations or other guidance provided by the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy.''.
    (b) Deduction for Capital Expenditures.--Section 263(a)(1) of such 
Code (relating to capital expenditures) is amended by striking ``or'' 
at the end of subparagraph (K), by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (L) and inserting ``, or'', and by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
                    ``(M) expenditures for which a deduction is allowed 
                under section 179F.''.
    (c) Technical and Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Section 312(k)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by 
        striking ``or 179E'' each place it appears in the text or 
        heading thereof and inserting ``179E, or 179F''.
            (2) Paragraphs (2)(C) and (3)(C) of section 1245(a) of such 
        Code are each amended by inserting ``179F,'' after ``179E,''.
            (3) The table of sections for part VI of subchapter B of 
        chapter 1 of subtitle A of such Code is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 179E the following new item:

``Sec. 179F. Mechanical insulation property.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
[A]:
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for a specified percentage of the cost, including labor costs, of installing and maintaining mechanical insulation property. Defines "mechanical insulation property" as insulation materials, facings, and accessory products placed in service in connection with a mechanical system which is utilized for thermal, acoustical, and personnel safety requirements for mechanical piping and equipment, hot and cold applications, and heating, venting and air conditioning applications which can be used in a variety of facilities.