Federal News – Health Care industry seeks surprise billing changes this month (Roll Call, 12/8/2021) Senate passes resolution to end COVID-19 shots-or-test rule (Roll Call, 12/9/2021) State News – Two new opposing COVID-19 expenses bills filed with the Illinois state legislature: by State Rep. Carroll – HB4259 INS CODE – HEALTH CARE EXPENSES or…
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Legislative News 11/22/2021
Federal News Student Nurses Who Refuse Vaccination Struggle to Complete Degrees (Kaiser Health News, 10/4/2021) FDA guidance calls for voluntary salt reduction in food supply (The Hill, 10/13/21) Bills passed: SB1828: HAVANA Act of 2021 Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act of 2021 [became Public Law No. 117-46 on 10/8/2021] Specifically authorizes the…
Legislative News, 09/14/2021
Federal News Biden administration releases $25B in COVID-19 relief for providers (The Hill, 9/10/2021) Biden administration reveals its roadmap for lowering drug prices (Kaiser Health News Morning Briefing, 09/10/2021) Illinois News Today we are highlighting a resource for legislative news – The Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) – Legislative Advocacy website. “The Illinois State…
Legislative News, 07/30/2021
Federal News Biden bid for federal workers to get COVID-19 shots prompts debate [Roll Call, 7/28/21] See also from Roll Call: As COVID-19 cases rise, CDC urges masks indoors, including schools: Republicans criticize new guidelines, saying agency can no longer be trusted [7/27/21] ALA applauds FY 2022 federal funding for libraries in House Appropriations bill,…
Legislative News, 06/28/2021
Federal News US restores transgender health protections denied by Trump [AP News, 5/10/21] “…affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health care also protect gay and transgender people.” Genome researchers question security provisions in new U.S. Senate bill [Science, 6/14/21] “…would require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new security protocols aimed…
Legislative News, 06/09/2021
Federal news MLA signs onto CHLA ABSC statement on the importance of hospital libraries [MLAConnect, 6/1/2021] This statement outlines the role hospital libraries play in the provision of evidence-based health care, and our concern and disappointment regarding the continued decommissioning, closure, underfunding, and understaffing of hospital libraries. The statement will be sent to politicians, hospital…
Legislative News, 04/20/2021
Federal news The Great Undoing: Which of Trump’s [Health] Policies Will Biden Reverse? [Kaiser Health News, 4/14/2021] Latest action: On April 14, HHS proposed new regulations that would return the Title X family planning program to the policies in effect pre-Trump. Biden’s first budget request goes big on science [Science, 4/9/2021] The National Institutes of…
Legislative News, 03/16/2021
Federal news Bill passed H.R.1319 — American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 [became Public Law No. 117-2 on 3/11/2021] Specifically, the bill provides funding for [see full list of provisions at the above link] schools and institutions of higher education; COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, treatment, and prevention; mental health and substance-use disorder services; programs for health…
Legislative News, 02/10/2021
Federal news Biden changes health coverage, women’s health funding policies [Roll Call, 1/28/21] “The Biden administration announced two wide-ranging health care executive actions … one expanding access to reproductive health care and another supporting enrollment in the individual insurance market and Medicaid.” Death of EPA’s controversial ‘censored science’ rule delights researchers [Science, 2/3/21] “…would have…
Legislative News, 12/11/2020
Federal News Trump Administration Finalizes Rule Requiring Health Insurers to Disclose Price and Cost-Sharing Information [HHS.gov, 10/29/20] “Under this final rule, more than 200 million Americans with private-sector insurance (both individual-market and employer-based) will have access to a list of real-time price information, including cost-sharing, enabling them to know how much care will cost them…