Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Health information and medical records

Bill Introduced: H.R.1962 Free Flow of Information Act of 2013

2013-05-13T20:00:00Z

To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media.

Bill Introduced: S.928 Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013

2013-05-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of claims for compensation under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1915 Gestational Diabetes Act of 2013

2013-05-08T20:00:00Z

To provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.908 Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2013

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.907 Gestational Diabetes Act

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices.

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices.

Bill Introduced: S.895 Antimicrobial Data Collection Act

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

A bill to improve the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to study the use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.

Bill Introduced: S.886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

2013-05-06T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.883 Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013

2013-05-06T20:00:00Z

A bill to reform and modernize domestic refugee resettlement programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.875 Department of Veterans Affairs Disease Reporting and Oversight Act of 2013

2013-05-06T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the reporting of cases of infectious diseases at facilities of the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.877 Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013

2013-05-06T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow public access to research of the Department, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.867 Medicare Prescription Drug Program Integrity and Transparency Act of 2013

2013-05-05T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the Medicare prescription drug program, to establish basic audit standards of pharmacies, to further transparency of payment methodology to pharmacies, and to provide for recoupment returns to Medicare.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1797 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

2013-04-25T20:00:00Z

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1805 Veterans Claims Efficiency Through Automation Act

2013-04-25T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1774 Wounded Veteran Job Security Act

2013-04-25T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position of employment for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1784 Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013

2013-04-25T20:00:00Z

To reform and modernize domestic refugee resettlement programs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1729 VA Claims, Operations, and Records Efficiency Act

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide the service records of veterans to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an efficient, electronic format.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1759 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the United States.

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the United States.

Bill Introduced: S.810 Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to require a pilot program on an online computerized assessment to enhance detection of behaviors indicating a risk of suicide and other mental health conditions in members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1757 Vaccine Safety Study Act

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations in the United States with such outcomes in unvaccinated populations in the United States, and for other purposes.