Search Results: keywords:"healthcare facilities"

  • H. R. 9412 — To enhance the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,338

    The Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2024 (H.R. 9412) aims to improve the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector by mandating coordination between the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Health and Human Services...

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    The Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2024 is like a superhero team-up between two groups that want to keep hospitals and healthcare places safe from computer problems. One group helps protect lots of important things, and the other makes sure people stay healthy. They promise to share important news, help train people, and keep an eye on the most important places, but they won’t get any extra money to do it.

  • H. R. 9093 — To prioritize healthcare facilities and mental or behavioral health facilities in the Community Facilities program for fiscal years 2025 through 2031, and allow loans and grants under the program to be used for medical supplies, increasing telehealth capabilities, supporting staffing needs, or renovating and remodeling closed facilities.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:379

    H.R. 9093 aims to give priority to healthcare and mental or behavioral health facilities in the Community Facilities program from 2025 to 2031. The bill allows these facilities to receive loans and grants for purchasing medical supplies, enhancing telehealth services,...

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    H.R. 9093 is a plan to help hospitals and health centers by giving them money or loans to buy needed supplies, improve online doctor visits, hire more staff, or fix up old buildings. This plan will focus on these kinds of places from 2025 to 2031 to make sure they get some extra help.

  • H. R. 7503 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide health equity for people with disabilities.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:863

    H.R. 7503 is a proposed amendment to the Public Health Service Act, aiming to ensure that people with disabilities receive equitable healthcare. The bill seeks to include people with disabilities in programs that serve populations in public housing and medically underserved...

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    H.R. 7503 is a plan to make sure people with disabilities get fair healthcare, by making hospitals and clinics easier to use and making sure they include everyone, just like a rule that already exists helps people with disabilities.

  • H. R. 6855 — To ensure timely bills for patients.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,090

    H.R. 6855, titled the "Timely Bills for Patients Act," aims to ensure that medical bills are sent to patients promptly. It requires health care facilities and practitioners to provide a list of services and send all approved bills no later than 45 days after a patient's discharge. Patients...

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    H.R. 6855, the "Timely Bills for Patients Act," is a plan to make sure doctors and hospitals send bills to people fast—within 45 days after going home from the hospital—and people get at least 30 days to pay. If they don't follow the rules, they could get in trouble and have to pay extra money, unless there's a really good reason like a mix-up or a big storm.

  • S. 4079 — To improve obstetric emergency care.
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    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,881

    S. 4079, titled the “Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act,” aims to improve emergency obstetric care in rural areas by funding training programs and purchasing necessary equipment. It authorizes grants for rural health care facilities to integrate obstetric training, develop...

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    The Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act is a plan to help doctors and nurses in small town hospitals take care of moms who need quick help having their babies. It gives money to buy important tools and let doctors from far away help using computers.

  • S. 3864 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for congenital Cytomegalovirus screening of newborns.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:1,125

    S. 3864 aims to amend the Public Health Service Act to require screening for congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in newborns. It mandates hospitals and healthcare facilities to administer CMV tests to infants within the first 21 days of life. The bill outlines the process for...

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    S. 3864 wants to make sure that when babies are born, doctors check if they have a virus called CMV to help them stay healthy. It also asks scientists to learn more about this virus, so they can find better ways to stop it or make a vaccine.

  • H. R. 9098 — To provide for surveillance of Clostridioides difficile, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:728

    H.R. 9098 proposes to improve the tracking and reporting of Clostridioides difficile (commonly known as C. diff), a bacterium responsible for serious health issues, including life-threatening inflammation of the colon. This bill instructs the Centers for Disease Control and...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 9098 is a plan to help doctors and hospitals better track a nasty germ called C. diff that can make people really sick, but the plan doesn't say who will pay for everything, so it might be hard for some places to follow the new rules.

  • S. 4054 — To require entities to meet minimum cybersecurity standards to be eligible for Medicare accelerated and advance payment programs if the reason for the need for such payments is due to a cybersecurity incident.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:530

    S. 4054, titled the “Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2024,” aims to enhance cybersecurity in healthcare facilities participating in Medicare payment programs. The bill mandates that hospitals and service providers must meet specific cybersecurity standards to...

    Simple Explanation

    The Health Care Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2024 wants hospitals to have good computer safety rules to get extra money help from Medicare if a cyber problem happens. This way, they ensure hospitals' computers are safe, so patients continue to receive care even if there's a computer issue.

  • H. R. 9079 — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to nurses working in certain facilities.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:427

    H. R. 9079, also known as the “National Urgent Recruitment for Skilled Employees Visa Act of 2024” or the “NURSE Visa Act of 2024,” aims to alter the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow more nonimmigrant visas for nurses to work in certain facilities facing shortages in...

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    The bill wants to help hospitals in the U.S. get more nurses from other countries by giving out more special work visas. They'll make sure hospitals follow some rules about how many nurses take care of patients.