PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Bills and resolutions

Animals: require inspections of foreign laboratories conducting biomedical and behavioral research to ensure compliance with applicable animal welfare requirements (see H.R. 7165), H948 [20JA]

CDC: establish grant program to recruit, hire, and train public health nurses (see S. 3604), S115 [8JA] (see H.R. 6989), H252 [8JA]

——— reauthorize and expand WISEWOMAN program (see S. 3944), S706 [26FE] (see H.R. 7417), H2094 [9FE]

——— reauthorize programs relating to oral health promotion and disease prevention (see S. 4008), S881 [5MR]

Dept. of HHS: award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to establish, maintain, or improve activities relative to detection and monitoring of infectious diseases through wastewater (see S. 4048), S1009 [11MR]

——— award grants to eligible crisis centers to provide follow-up services to individuals receiving suicide prevention and crisis intervention services (see H.R. 8122), H2776 [26MR]

——— carry out national campaign to increase awareness of importance of maternal vaccinations for health of pregnant and postpartum individuals and their children (see S. 4132), S1205 [18MR] (see H.R. 8024), H2621 [19MR] (see H.R. 8153), H2790 [27MR]

——— conduct study on designation of general surgery shortage areas (see H.R. 7198), H1349 [22JA]

——— enhance outreach to first responders in implementation of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program (see H.R. 8367), H2994 [20AP]

——— ensure that Federally-qualified health centers are not required to pay more than 340B ceiling price for covered outpatient drugs at time of purchase (see H.R. 7391), H2040 [5FE]

——— ensure that women seeking chemical abortion are made aware of risks involved (see H.R. 7237), H1912 [23JA]

——— establish advisory committee on training in community health centers (see H.R. 7289), H1921 [30JA]

——— establish demonstration program to award grants to States to improve provision of recommended immunizations for children, adolescents, and adults through use of mobile vaccination units (see H.R. 7465), H2118 [10FE]

——— establish emergency grants to safeguard essential health care workers (see S. 4357), S1857 [21AP]

——— establish grant program for medical debt relief (see H.R. 7478), H2118 [10FE]

——— establish program for conduct and support of research, training, and health information dissemination relative to environmental risk factors of neurodegenerative diseases (see H.R. 7779), H2369 [3MR]

——— establish rural health center innovation awards program and rural health department enhancement program (see S. 4204), S1614 [25MR]

——— expand Project ECHO Grant Program and allow for such program to disseminate knowledge and build capacity to address Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias (see S. 4036), S958 [10MR]

——— improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see S. 3990), S802 [4MR] (see H.R. 7853), H2471 [5MR]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 4329), S1821 [16AP]

——— provide for health care workforce innovation program (see S. 4254), S1669 [26MR]

——— 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]

——— reauthorize and improve Living Organ Donation Reimbursement Program (see H.R. 7868), H2475 [9MR]

——— reauthorize Healthy Start Initiative (see S. 3799), S509 [5FE]

——— reauthorize public health and bio-preparedness workforce loan repayment program (see S. 4283), S1739 [14AP]

——— reauthorize school-based health centers (see H.R. 8209), H2825 [6AP]

——— reauthorize State Offices of Rural Health grant program (see H.R. 7956), H2550 [17MR]

——— require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services (see H.R. 8201), H2824 [6AP]

——— require recipients of certain grants to comply with State and local laws requiring reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, incest, intimate partner violence, or human trafficking (see H.R. 6972), H134 [7JA]

——— revise and extend certain health workforce programs (see S. 4110), S1090 [17MR]

——— strengthen mental health workforce (see H.R. 7787), H2419 [4MR]

Diseases and disorders: regulate human cadaveric islets for transplantation as organs (see H.R. 8018), H2621 [19MR]

Drugs: require out-of-pocket expenditures for drugs to count towards individual’s deductible and out-of-pocket maximum (see H.R. 8270), H2885 [14AP]

Health: end liability shield for vaccine manufacturers (see S. 3853), S578 [11FE]

——— remove certain limitations on health savings accounts contributions, provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, promote marketplace competition, and emphasize preventive care and wellness programs (see H.R. 8324), H2958 [16AP]

Health Resources and Services Administration: provide community-based training opportunities for medical students in rural areas and medically underserved communities (see S. 3989), S802 [4MR]

Insurance: provide for certain reforms relative to medical loss ratios and fraudulent enrollment in qualified health plans (see H.R. 7861), H2475 [9MR]

——— require all health insurance providers to reimburse divorced parents directly for any out-of-pocket medical expenses, regardless of source of insurance (see H.R. 8164), H2817 [30MR]

——— require group health plans and health insurance issuers providing coverage for mental health and substance use disorder services to eliminate cost-sharing from pregnancy diagnosis to 1-year postpartum (see S. 3698), S290 [27JA] (see H.R. 7227), H1350 [22JA]

NIH: ensure scientific integrity in activities and prevent diversion of funds to politically driven activities (see H.R. 7173), H1171 [21JA]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish public health insurance option (see S. 3599), S115 [8JA] (see H.R. 7023), H655 [12JA]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see S. 4109), S1090 [17MR]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: establish grant program to support models for providing stabilization services to individuals with serious thoughts of suicide (see H.R. 8124), H2776 [26MR]

——— establish Mental and Behavioral Health Career Promotion Grant Program (see S. 3783), S509 [5FE] (see H.R. 7394), H2040 [5FE]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs (H.R. 3419), H3023 [21AP]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit research involving human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to induced abortion and prohibit solicitation or knowing acquisition, receipt, or acceptance of donation of such tissue (H.R. 2075), H1340 [22JA]

Health Resources and Services Administration: reauthorize certain rural health care programs (H.R. 2493), H3021–H3023 [21AP]

Insurance: require all health insurance providers to reimburse divorced parents directly for any out-of-pocket medical expenses, regardless of source of insurance (H.R. 8164), E290 [30MR]

——— require group health plans and health insurance issuers providing coverage for mental health and substance use disorder services to eliminate cost-sharing from pregnancy diagnosis to 1-year postpartum (H.R. 7227), H2989 [20AP]

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

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of HHS: establish Pregnancy.gov website with resources for expectant mothers, improve access to pre- and post-natal resources, and apply child support obligations to period during pregnancy (S. 1630), S284 [27JA]

——— revise and extend certain health workforce programs (S. 4110), S1093 [17MR]

Medicaid: require States report abortion data to CDC to receive certain family planning funding (S. 178), S284 [27JA]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (S. 4109), S1093 [17MR]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: establish Mental and Behavioral Health Career Promotion Grant Program (S. 3783), S511 [5FE]

Texts of

H.R. 2493, Health Resources and Services Administration rural health care programs reauthorization, H3021 [21AP]

H.R. 3419, Dept. of HHS telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs reauthorization, H3023 [21AP]

S. 4008, Promoting Dental Health Act, S887 [5MR]