119-hr-1909·119th Congress·healthcare
AI summaryThis bill reauthorizes and expands federal support for state-based maternal mortality review committees under the Public Health Service Act. It requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to d…
119-hr-1902·119th Congress·healthcare+1
AI summaryThe HERO Act requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national data system to track suicide incidence among public safety officers, including police, firefighters, and emerge…
119-s-862·119th Congress·veterans+1
AI summaryThe HBOT Access Act of 2025 amends the Veterans Health Care law to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to veterans with traumatic brain injury or post-…
119-hr-602·119th Congress·veterans+1
CRS summarySexual Assault Nurse Examiner in VA Hospitals Act of 2025 or the SANE Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to employ at each of its hospitals and urgent care facilit…
119-hr-1805·119th Congress·healthcare+1
CRS summaryAssistance for Rural Community Hospitals Act or the ARCH Act
This bill extends through FY2031 (1) the Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program, which provides additional payments to certain small rural ho…
119-hr-1776·119th Congress·healthcare+1
AI summaryThe New Health Options Act of 2025 amends the Affordable Care Act to establish a reinsurance program for certain off-exchange health insurance plans, funded at $50 per member per month (capped at $6 b…
119-hr-1757·119th Congress·social security+1
CRS summaryEliminating the Marriage Penalty in SSI Act or the EMPSA Act
This bill excludes a spouse's income and resources when determining eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and disregards ma…
119-hr-1667·119th Congress·healthcare
CRS summaryThis bill provides for Medicare coverage of acupuncturist services, including those provided by a physician (as authorized under state law).
119-hr-1616·119th Congress·healthcare
CRS summaryThis bill allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for coverage, under Medicare, of special shoes for diabetic individuals. Under current law, such requ…
119-s-717·119th Congress·healthcare
CRS summaryThis bill expands coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare.
Specifically, the bill allows physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical n…
119-s-729·119th Congress·healthcare+1
CRS summaryThis bill increases the monetary penalties for noncompliance with the requirement that hospitals publish, and periodically update, a list of their standard charges for items and services.
The bill in…
119-hr-1529·119th Congress·taxes+1
AI summaryThis bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to create a refundable tax credit for individuals who purchase qualified access technology for the blind. The credit allows up to $2,000 per qualified blind…
119-hr-1521·119th Congress·healthcare
CRS summaryDentist and Optometric Care Access Act of 2025 or the DOC Access Act of 2025
This bill prohibits private health insurance plans from setting rates for items and services, except for dental cleanings,…
119-hr-1464·119th Congress·healthcare+1
CRS summaryMore Options to Develop and Enhance Remote Nutrition in WIC Act of 2025 or the MODERN WIC Act of 2025
This bill permanently allows individuals to remotely certify their eligibility for, and receive b…
119-hr-553·119th Congress·veterans+1
CRS summaryBe Ready to Assist Veterans in Extremis Act or the BRAVE Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a patient outreach system under which it must ensure that veteran…
119-hr-1410·119th Congress·healthcare+1
CRS summaryThis bill modifies the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), including by updating the formula for determining the program’s annual funding amounts and authorizing mental health providers to prov…
119-hr-1414·119th Congress·taxes+1
CRS summaryCameron's Law
This bill increases the orphan drug tax credit to 50% (from 25%) of qualified clinical testing expenses paid or incurred in the development of drugs to treat certain rare diseases or co…
119-hr-1389·119th Congress·social security+1
CRS summaryThis bill eliminates certain marriage-related criteria for individuals entitled to Social Security child’s benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Specifically, the bill removes the requirem…
119-hr-1317·119th Congress·healthcare
CRS summaryImproving Care and Access to Nurses Act or the I CAN Act
This bill allows other health care providers besides physicians (e.g., nurses) to provide certain services under Medicare and Medicaid.
Am…
119-hr-1300·119th Congress·healthcare
CRS summaryProstate-Specific Antigen Screening for High-risk Insured Men Act or the PSA Screening for HIM Act
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover evidence-based, preventive care and scree…
119-hr-1227·119th Congress·healthcare+1
CRS summaryAlternatives to Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the Alternatives to PAIN Act
This bill reduces cost-sharing and prohibits the imposition of certain utilization requirements under the Medicare…
119-hr-1266·119th Congress·criminal justice+2
AI summaryThe Combating Illicit Xylazine Act places xylazine, an animal sedative increasingly used illicitly in drug supplies, into Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. The bill defines xylazine and e…
119-hr-1254·119th Congress·healthcare
CRS summaryThis bill creates and expands federal grant programs within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase capacity to provide emergency obstetric health services in rural areas o…
119-hr-1189·119th Congress·healthcare
CRS summaryThis bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a national plan, form an advisory council, and take other actions to address epilepsy. The requirements sunset on Dece…
119-s-529·119th Congress·healthcare+1
AI summaryThe Capping Prescription Costs Act of 2025 establishes annual limits on out-of-pocket cost-sharing for prescription drugs covered by health plans. Beginning in 2026, individuals would pay no more than…