Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Surgery

Bill Introduced: S.3187 Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2008

2008-06-25T00:00:00Z

A bill to establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner.

Bill Introduced: H.J.Res.82 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing castration after conviction for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.

2008-05-08T00:00:00Z

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing castration after conviction for the rape of a child under 16 years of age.

Bill Introduced: S.2788 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act

2008-03-31T00:00:00Z

A bill to impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions.

Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.71 A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D..

2008-03-13T00:00:00Z

A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to Michael Ellis DeBakey, M.D..

Bill Introduced: H.R.5033 Hospital Price Reporting and Disclosure Act of 2007

2008-01-17T00:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the public disclosure of charges for certain hospital and ambulatory surgical center services and drugs.

Bill Introduced: S.2250 Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007

2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare Program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3558 Military Eye Trauma Treatment Act of 2007

2007-09-18T00:00:00Z

To provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1998 International Child Marriage Prevention and Protection Act of 2007

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

A bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1999 A bill to provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and for other purposes.

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide for the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Prevention, Diagnosis, Mitigation, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Military Eye Injuries, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3342 Freedom From Unnecessary Litigation Act of 2007

2007-08-02T00:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for the cost of insurance against negative outcomes from surgery, including against malpractice of a physician.

Bill Introduced: S.1588 Children's Access to Reconstructive Evaluation and Surgery Act

2007-06-11T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2583 Physician Workforce and Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Act of 2007

2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

To amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2584 High-Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act of 2007

2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act to alleviate critical shortages of physicians in the fields of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, general surgery, and obstetrics-gynecology, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.456 Supporting the goals and ideals of an annual National Time Out Day to promote patient safety and optimal outcomes in the operating room.

2007-06-05T00:00:00Z

Supporting the goals and ideals of an annual National Time Out Day to promote patient safety and optimal outcomes in the operating room.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2114 Repairing Young Women's Lives Around the World Act

2007-05-02T00:00:00Z

To provide a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations Population Fund only for the prevention, treatment, and repair of obstetric fistula.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.335 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should declare lung cancer a public health priority and should implement a comprehensive interagency program to reduce the lung cancer mortality rate by at least 50 percent by 2015.

2007-04-24T00:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should declare lung cancer a public health priority and should implement a comprehensive interagency program to reduce the lung cancer mortality rate by at least 50 percent by 2015.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1983 Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act of 2007

2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1903 Post-Prostate Cancer Treatment Equity Act of 2007

2007-04-17T00:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for reconstructive prosthetic urology surgery if they provide coverage for prostate cancer treatment.

Bill Introduced: S.1023 A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the remainder of funding shortfalls for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the remainder of funding shortfalls for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1823 Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007

2007-03-29T00:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare Program.