MEDICAL DEVICES

Bills and resolutions

Defense Production Act: ensure supply of certain medical articles essential to national defense (see H.R. 7777), H2369 [3MR]

Dept. of HHS: provide funding for trained school personnel to administer drugs and devices for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose (see S. 3588), S89 [7JA]

——— study and report to Congress on use of home cardiorespiratory monitors for infants (see S. 3712), S344 [28JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out demonstration project on coverage of over-the-counter hearing aids (see S. 3739), S377 [29JA]

——— offer annual preventative health evaluations to veterans with spinal cord injuries or disorders and increase access to assistive technologies (see S. 3988), S802 [4MR]

Depts. of HHS and State: formulate strategy to secure support from foreign countries, multilateral organizations, and others to facilitate development and commercialization of qualified pandemic or epidemic products (see H.R. 7879), H2476 [9MR]

Medicare: ensure continued access to diabetes technology upon enrollment (see S. 4037), S958 [10MR]

——— provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment (see S. 3872), S609 [12FE] (see H.R. 7546), H2218 [12FE]

NIH: establish National Institute for Biomedical Research and Development (see H.R. 7854), H2471 [5MR]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit pharmacy benefit managers, insurers, and prescription drug or medical device wholesalers from being under common ownership with certain medical service providers (see S. 3822), S552 [10FE]

Taxation: allow credit against income tax for purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 7770), H2369 [3MR]

Remarks in House

NIH: establish National Institute for Biomedical Research and Development (H.R. 7854), H2556 [18MR]