Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Home and outpatient care

Bill Introduced: S.857 Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

2013-05-05T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to permit leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.197 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.

2013-05-05T20:00:00Z

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.

Bill Introduced: S.Res.128 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.

2013-05-05T20:00:00Z

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that supporting seniors and individuals with disabilities is an important responsibility of the United States, and that a comprehensive approach to expanding and supporting a strong home care workforce and making long-term services and supports affordable and accessible in communities is necessary to uphold the right of seniors and individuals with disabilities in the United States to a dignified quality of life.

Bill Introduced: S.846 Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.1751 Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and title 5, United States Code, to permit leave to care for a domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent who has a serious health condition, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1484 Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2013

2013-04-10T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site Medicare payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient procedures, hospital outpatient procedures, and physicians' services.

Bill Introduced: S.672 Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2013

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage, as supplies associated with the injection of insulin, of containment, removal, decontamination and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destruction device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program under part D of the Medicare program.

Bill Introduced: S.641 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to promote education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1339 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, to promote education in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medicine.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1331 Electronic Health Records Improvement Act

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend certain requirements and penalties implemented under the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the HITECH Act of 2009, which would otherwise impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1346 Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to index future increases to such wage to increases in the consumer price index.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1250 Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2013

2013-03-18T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare integrity program, to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.596 Fostering Independence Through Technology Act of 2013

2013-03-17T20:00:00Z

A bill to establish pilot projects under the Medicare program to provide incentives for home health agencies to furnish remote patient monitoring services that reduce expenditures under such program.

Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.8 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

2013-03-14T20:00:00Z

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

Bill Introduced: S.569 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1179 Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013

2013-03-13T20:00:00Z

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services under Medicare.

Bill Enacted: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.

March 12, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-5.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

Bill Sent To President: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-04T19:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.902 Keep Our Commitment to Veterans Act

2013-02-27T19:00:00Z

To authorize certain Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases, and for other purposes.