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[Q]: SECTION 1. INADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL CHILD
ABDUCTORS AND RELATIVES OF SUCH ABDUCTORS.

(a) In General.--Section 212(a)(10)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)(ii)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (I), by striking the comma at the end and
inserting a semicolon;
(2) in subclause (II), by striking '', or'' at the end and
inserting a semicolon;
(3) by amending subclause (III) to read as follows:
''(III) is a spouse (other than the
spouse who is the parent of the
abducted child), child (other than the
abducted child), parent, sibling,
cousin, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, or
grandparent of an alien described in
clause (i), is an agent of such an
alien, or is a principal employing such
an alien as an agent, if such person
has been designated by the Secretary of
State at the Secretary's sole and
unreviewable discretion; or'' and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
''(IV) is a spouse of the abducted
child described in clause (i), if such
person has been designated by the
Secretary of State at the Secretary's
sole and unreviewable discretion,
is inadmissible until such child is surrendered
to the person granted custody by the order
described in that clause, and such custodian
and child are permitted to return to the United
States or such custodian's place of
residence.''.
(b) Identification of Aliens Supporting Abductors and Relatives of
Abductors; Notice to Custodial Parents and Guardians; Annual Report;
Definitions.--Section 212(a)(10)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
''(iv) Identification of aliens supporting
abductors and relatives of abductors.--In all
instances in which an alien commits an act
described in clause (i), the Secretary of State
shall take appropriate action to identify the
individuals who are inadmissible under clause
(ii).
''(v) Notice to custodial parents and
guardians.--In all instances in which an alien
commits an act described in clause (i), the
Secretary of State shall, upon request of the
person granted custody of the child concerned,
inform the person of whether, and when, any
individual who is inadmissible under clause
(ii) by reason of such act has been issued a
visa or otherwise authorized to enter the
United States.
''(vi) Annual report.--The Secretary of
State annually shall submit to the Committee on
International Relations, the Committee on
Government Reform, and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the United States House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign
Relations, the Committee on Governmental
Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the United States Senate, a report that
provides, with respect to the preceding year,
an accounting of the number of cases known to
the Secretary of State, disaggregated according
to the nationality of the alien concerned--
''(I) in which an authority under
this subparagraph was exercised (and
with respect to each such case, the
specific ground for inadmissibility
shall be specified); and
''(II) in which an authority under
this subparagraph has not been
exercised but in which an alien, after
entry of an order by a court in the
United States granting custody to a
person of a United States citizen
child, detained or retained the child,
or withheld custody of the child,
outside the United States from the
person granted custody by that order.
''(vii) Definitions.--For purposes of this
subparagraph--
''(I) the term 'child' means an
individual who was a child at the time
the individual was detained or
retained, or at the time custody of the
individual was withheld, as described
in clause (i), regardless of the age or
marital status of the individual after
such time; and
''(II) the term 'sibling' includes
a step-sibling or half-sibling.''.
[A]: Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the U.S. admission of aliens supporting international child abductors and relatives of such abductors until the child is surrendered to the legal custodian and such child and custodian are permitted to return to the United States or the custodian's residence. (Currently such prohibition applies to relatives of abductors.) Expands the scope of "relatives" to include cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, and grandparents. Includes the spouse of the abducted child within such prohibition.Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) identify inadmissible aliens supporting child abductors and relatives of abductors; and (2) provide notice, upon request, to custodial parents and guardians if such an alien has been authorized to enter the United States.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine
Support Act of 2017'' or the ''VETS Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. LICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA TELEMEDICINE.

(a) In General.--Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 1730A the following new section:
''Sec. 1730B. Licensure of health care professionals providing
treatment via telemedicine
''(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of law regarding
the licensure of health care professionals, a covered health care
professional may practice the health care profession of the health care
professional at any location in any State, regardless of where the
covered health care professional or the patient is located, if the
covered health care professional is using telemedicine to provide
treatment to an individual under this chapter.
''(b) Property of Federal Government.--Subsection (a) shall apply
to a covered health care professional providing treatment to a patient
regardless of whether the covered health care professional or patient
is located in a facility owned by the Federal Government during such
treatment.
''(c) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to
remove, limit, or otherwise affect any obligation of a covered health
care professional under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et
seq.).
''(d) Covered Health Care Professional Defined.--In this section,
the term 'covered health care professional' means a health care
professional who--
''(1) is an employee of the Department appointed under the
authority under sections 7306, 7401, 7405, 7406, or 7408 of
this title, or title 5;
''(2) is authorized by the Secretary to provide health care
under this chapter;
''(3) is required to adhere to all quality standards
relating to the provision of telemedicine in accordance with
applicable policies of the Department; and
''(4) has an active, current, full, and unrestricted
license, registration, or certification in a State to practice
the health care profession of the health care professional.''.
(b) 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 1730A the following new item:

''1730B. Licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via
telemedicine.''.
(c) Report on Telemedicine.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, 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 effectiveness of the use of
telemedicine by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include an assessment of the following:
(A) The satisfaction of veterans with telemedicine
furnished by the Department.
(B) The satisfaction of health care providers in
providing telemedicine furnished by the Department.
(C) The effect of telemedicine furnished by the
Department on the following:
(i) The ability of veterans to access
health care, whether from the Department or
from non-Department health care providers.
(ii) The frequency of use by veterans of
telemedicine.
(iii) The productivity of health care
providers.
(iv) Wait times for an appointment for the
receipt of health care from the Department.
(v) The reduction, if any, in the use by
veterans of in-person services at Department
facilities and non-Department facilities.
(D) The types of appointments for the receipt of
telemedicine furnished by the Department that were
provided during the 1-year period preceding the
submittal of the report.
(E) The number of appointments for the receipt of
telemedicine furnished by the Department that were
requested during such period, disaggregated by Veterans
Integrated Service Network.
(F) Savings by the Department, if any, including
travel costs, of furnishing health care

through the use of telemedicine during such period.

Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 2017.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.
[A]: . Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 or the VETS Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill allows a licensed health care professional of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to practice his or her profession using telemedicine at any location in any state regardless of where the professional or patient is located if the covered health care professional is using telemedicine to provide VA medical or health services. Such authority shall apply to a covered health care professional regardless of whether the covered health care professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility. The bill defines "covered health care professional" as a health care professional who: (1) is a VA employee appointed under specified VA authorities or under the civil service; (2) is authorized by the VA to provide health care; (3) is required to adhere to all telemedicine quality standards; and (4) has an active, current, full, and unrestricted state license, registration, or certification for such health care profession. The VA shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of the VA's use of telemedicine.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Medicare+Choice
Program Improvement Act of 2000''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Increase in national per capita Medicare+Choice growth
percentage in 2001 and 2002.
Sec. 3. Increasing minimum payment amount.
Sec. 4. Allowing movement to 50:50 percent blend in 2002.
Sec. 5. Increased update for payment areas with only one or no
Medicare+Choice contracts.
Sec. 6. Permitting higher negotiated rates in certain Medicare+Choice
payment areas below national average.
Sec. 7. 10-year phase-in of risk adjustment based on data from all
settings.
Sec. 8. Delay from July to November 2000 in deadline for offering and
withdrawing Medicare+Choice plans for 2001.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN NATIONAL PER CAPITA MEDICARE+CHOICE GROWTH
PERCENTAGE IN 2001 AND 2002.

Section 1853(c)(6)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
23(c)(6)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iii), by adding ''and'' at the end;
(2) by striking clauses (iv) and (v);
(3) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (iv); and
(4) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by striking ''after
2002'' and inserting ''after 2000''.

SEC. 3. INCREASING MINIMUM PAYMENT AMOUNT.

(a) In General.--Section 1853(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23(c)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''(ii) For a succeeding year'' and
inserting ''(ii)(I) Subject to subclause (II), for a succeeding
year''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
''(II) For 2002 for any of the 50 States
and the District of Columbia, $500.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to
years beginning with 2002.

SEC. 4. ALLOWING MOVEMENT TO 50:50 PERCENT BLEND IN 2002.

Section 1853(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
23(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (F)
and inserting a semicolon; and
(2) by adding at the end the following flush matter:
''except that a Medicare+Choice organization may elect to apply
subparagraph (F) (rather than subparagraph (E)) for 2002.''.

SEC. 5. INCREASED UPDATE FOR PAYMENT AREAS WITH ONLY ONE OR NO
MEDICARE+CHOICE CONTRACTS.

(a) In General.--Section 1853(c)(1)(C)(ii) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23(c)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''(ii) For a subsequent year'' and
inserting ''(ii)(I) Subject to subclause (II), for a subsequent
year''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
''(II) During 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005,
in the case of a Medicare+Choice payment area
in which there is no more than one contract
entered into under this part as of July 1
before the beginning of the year, 102.5 percent
of the annual Medicare+Choice capitation rate
under this paragraph for the area for the
previous year.''.
(b) Construction.--The amendments made by subsection (a) do not
affect the payment of a first time bonus under section 1853(i) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23(i)).

SEC. 6. PERMITTING HIGHER NEGOTIATED RATES IN CERTAIN MEDICARE+CHOICE
PAYMENT AREAS BELOW NATIONAL AVERAGE.

Section 1853(c)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
23(c)(1)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
''or (C)'' and inserting ''(C), or (D)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
''(D) Permitting higher rates through
negotiation.--
''(i) In general.--For each year beginning
with 2001, in the case of a Medicare+Choice
payment area for which the Medicare+Choice
capitation rate under this paragraph would
otherwise be less than the United States per
capita cost (USPCC), as calculated by the
Secretary, a Medicare+Choice organization may
negotiate with the Secretary an annual per
capita rate that--
''(I) reflects an annual rate of
increase up to the rate of increase
specified in clause (ii);
''(II) takes into account audited
current data supplied by the
organization on its adjusted community
rate (as defined in section
1854(f)(3)); and
''(III) does not exceed the United
States per capita cost, as projected by
the Secretary for the year involved.
''(ii) Maximum rate described.--The rate of
increase specified in this clause for a year is
the rate of inflation in private health
insurance for the year involved, as projected
by the Secretary, and includes such adjustments
as may be necessary--
''(I) to reflect the demographic
characteristics in the population under
this title; and
''(II) to eliminate the costs of
prescription drugs.
''(iii) Adjustments for over or under
projections.--If this subparagraph is applied
to an organization and payment area for a year,
in applying this subparagraph for a subsequent
year the provisions of paragraph (6)(C) shall
apply in the same manner as such provisions
apply under this paragraph.
''(iv) Deadline for completion of
negotiations.--The Secretary shall complete
negotiations with a Medicare+Choice
organization under clause (i) for a year by not
later than 90 days after the date the
organization entered into negotiations with the
Secretary.''.

SEC. 7. 10-YEAR PHASE-IN OF RISK ADJUSTMENT BASED ON DATA FROM ALL
SETTINGS.

Section 1853(a)(3)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395w-23(c)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended--
(1) by striking the period at the end of subclause (II) and
inserting a semicolon; and
(2) by adding at the end the following flush matter:
''and, beginning in 2004, insofar as such risk
adjustment is based on data from all settings,
the methodology shall be phased-in in equal
increments over a 10-year period, beginning
with 2004 or (if later) the first year in which
such data is used.''.

SEC. 8. DELAY FROM JULY TO NOVEMBER 2000 IN DEADLINE FOR OFFERING AND
WITHDRAWING MEDICARE+CHOICE PLANS FOR 2001.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the deadline for a
Medicare+Choice organization to withdraw the offering of a
Medicare+Choice plan under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security
Act (or otherwise to submit information required for the offering of
such a plan) for 2001 is delayed from July 1, 2000, to November 1,
2000, and any such organization that provided notice of withdrawal of
such a plan during 2000 before the date of enactment of this Act may
rescind such withdrawal at any time before November 1, 2000.
[A]:
Delays from July to November 2000 the deadline for withdrawing the offer, or rescinding the withdrawal, of Medicare+Choice plans for 2001.