Status of Federal Legislation: July 2015 Keyword Chamber / # Introduced Last Action Sponsor Description OH Co-Sponsors To repeal the ACA's Rob Portman (R‐OH) Health Care S149 1/13/2015 Finance (1/13) Orrin Hatch (R‐UT) Medical Device Tax (36) Sheldon Whitehouse (D‐ Pension S245 1/22/2015 Finance (1/22) Automatic IRA Act 0 RI) Retirement Security Act of 2015 ‐ To modify safe harbor requirements Pension S266 1/27/2015 Finance (1/27) Susan Collins (R‐ME) 2 applicable to automatic contribution arrangements, among other things
Prohibits the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny or delay coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs Rob Portman (R‐OH) Health Care S484 2/12/2015 Finance (2/12) Pat Roberts (R‐KS) and to ensure that (2) comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response. To improve access to medication therapy Sherrod Brown (D‐OH) Health Care S776 3/18/2015 Finance (3/18) Pat Roberts (R‐KS) management under (11) Part D of the Medicare Program. Repeal GPO/WEP (no Pension S1651 6/23/2015 Finance (6/23) Sherrod Brown (D‐OH) 14 pay‐for)
To repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by Signed by the improving physician Health Care HR 2 3/24/2015 President Michael Burgess (R‐TX) payments and making (4/16/2015) other improvements, to reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes
Bill Johnson (R‐OH) Robert Latta (R‐OH) Michael Turner (R‐OH) David Joyce (R‐OH) Brad Wenstrup (R‐OH) Reported by Bob Gibbs (R‐OH) Energy & The 21st Century Cures Health Care HR 6 5/19/2015 Fred Upton (R‐MI) Pat Tiberi (R‐OH) Commerce Initiative Steve Stivers (R‐OH) (5/21): 51‐0 Steve Chabot (R‐OH) Marcy Kaptur (D‐OH) Marcia Fudge (D‐OH) Tim Ryan (D‐OH) (230) Steve Chabot (R‐OH) Pat Tiberi (R‐OH) David Joyce (R‐OH) Jim Jordan (R‐OH) Bob Gibbs (R‐OH) Passed by the To repeal the ACA's Bob Latta (R‐OH) Health Care HR 160 1/6/2015 House (6/18): Erik Paulsen (R‐MN) Medical Device Tax James Renacci (R‐OH) 280‐140 Steve Stivers (R‐OH) Michael Turner (R‐OH) Brad Wenstrup (R‐OH) Bill Johnson (R‐OH) (282) Education & the Workforce, HELP Pension HR 506 1/22/2015 Richard Neal (D‐MA) Automatic IRA Act 0 Subcommittee (4/29)
Education & the Re: Automatic Workforce, HELP Pension HR 557 1/27/2015 Vern Buchanan (R‐FL) Contribution 1 Subcommittee Arrangements, etc. (4/29) Energy & Commerce, Promote provision of Bill Johnson (R‐OH) Health Care HR 691 2/3/2015 Doris Matsui (D‐CA) Subcommittee telehealth (1) on Health (2/6) Exclude prompt pay Energy & discount from average Commerce, Patrick Tiberi (R‐OH) Health Care HR 696 2/3/2015 Earl Whitfield (R‐KY) sales price for Subcommittee (12) drugs/biologics under on Health (2/6) Medicare Steve Stivers (R‐OH) Patrick Tiberi (R‐OH) Ways & Means Repeal the Windfall Pension HR 711 2/4/2015 Kevin Brady (R‐TX) James Renacci (R‐OH) (2/4) Elimination Provision Joyce Beatty (D‐OH) (28) Ryan (D‐OH) Joyce (R‐OH) Fudge (D‐OH) Ways & Means Repeal GPO and WEP Pensions HR 973 2/13/2015 Rodney Davis (R‐IL) Beatty (D‐OH) (2/13) (No Pay‐For) Turner (R‐OH) Kaptur (D‐OH) (107)
To promote the use of adaptive trial designs, Bayesian methods, and other innovative statistical methods in Energy & clinical protocols for Commerce, Health Care HR 1066 2/25/2015 Chris Collins (R‐NY) drugs, biological 2 Subcommittee products, and devices, on Health (2/27) and with respect to the requirement to conduct postapproval studies and clinical trials, and for other purposes.
To increase the Ways & Means maximum contribution Health Care HR 1169 2/27/2015 Jeff Fortenberry (R‐NE) 1 (2/27) limits for health savings accounts Energy & Commerce, Subcommittee on Health (3/6); Judiciary, To modify rules relating Health Care HR 1196 3/2/2015 Subcommittee Michael Burgess (R‐TX) to health savings 1 on Regulatory accounts Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law (3/31)
Energy & To extend the period of Commerce, Health Care HR 1353 3/13/2015 Gus Bilirakis (R‐FL) exclusivity with respect 4 Subcommittee to certain drugs … on Health (3/20)
To facilitate the development and Energy & expedite the review of Commerce, Tim Ryan (D‐OH) Health Care HR 1455 3/18/2015 Steve Stivers (R‐OH) a new drug, biological Subcommittee (1) product, or device that on Health (3/20) has been approved by the European Union To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Financial Federal Reserve System Services; Bob Gibbs (R‐OH) Pension HR 1476 3/19/2015 Brian Babin (R‐TX) from providing bailouts Education & the (22) or other financial Workforce (3/19) assistance to a pension plan of a State or political subdivision thereof …
To limit co‐payment, coinsurance, or other cost‐sharing requirements applicable to Energy & prescription drugs in a Tim Ryan (D‐OH) Commerce, specialty drug tier to Health Care HR 1600 3/25/2015 David McKinley (R‐WV) Joyce Beatty (D‐OH) Subcommittee the dollar amount (or (86) on Health (3/27) its equivalent) of such requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a non‐preferred brand drug tier ... Marcia Fudge (D‐OH) Marcy Kaptur (D‐OH) Ways & Means To repeal the Cadillac Health Care HR 2050 4/28/2015 Joe Courtney (D‐CT) Tim Ryan (D‐OH) (4/28) Tax Joyce Beatty (D‐OH) (115) To promote and Ways & Means expand the application (4/28); Energy & of telehealth under Health Care HR 2066 4/28/2015 Commerce, Greg Harper (R‐MS) 4 Medicare and other Subcommittee Federal health care on Health (5/1) programs Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Financial HR 2477 5/20/2015 Darrell Issa (R‐CA) Data Transparency 17 Exchanges, Energy & Credit (6/8) FAST Generics Act of 2015 (Misuse of REMS James Renacci (R‐OH) Energy & Health Care HR 2841 6/18/2015 Steve Stivers (R‐OH) program status to deny Pat Tiberi (R‐OH) Commerce (6/18) drug samples to generic (6) drug mfr)
Federal Government Education and should not bailout Pension H Res 41 1/21/2015 the Workforce Chaffetz (R‐UT) State/Local Public (1/21/2015) Retirement Systems