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Category: Legislation
For news about legislative activity relevant to librarianship. Not for news about or from the HSLI Legislative Committee.
Legislative Update, 12/10/2019
Federal news Lots of legislative health-related stories are in the headlines. Here are some of the highlights: MLA comments on the use of the FHIR standard for capturing and sharing clinical data [MLA, 11/22/2019] “Today, the Medical Library Association (MLA) commented on how the Health Level Seven International (HL7®) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard…
Legislative Update, 11/21/2019
Federal news Democrats face a number of hurdles in order to enact a Medicare for All-type health care system, including recreating the health care insurance industry. This Roll Call story covers the complications of this central campaign issue. State news HB3888 – EPA-Ethylene Oxide Phase Out : This bill may be of interest to some. It…
Legislative Update, 11/06/2019
Federal news On October 1, 2019, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the FCC’s authority to eliminate net neutrality protections, but ruled that states or other local efforts can take action to support net neutrality. Read more from this ALA press release. Senate Democrats fail in bid to block Trump’s Obamacare opt-out [Politico, 10/30/2019] “The…
Legislative Update, 10/18/2019
Federal news: Trump suspends entry for migrants who will ‘financially burden the United States healthcare system’ [The Hill, 10/4/2019] “Migrants will be considered people who will burden the system if they are not covered by approved health insurance within 30 days of entering the country unless they have enough money to ‘pay for reasonably foreseeable medical…
Legislative Update, 09/29/2019
Federal news Senate bill would give NIH $3 billion in 2020, or 7.7% boost (Science, 9/18/2019) “Like the House bill, the Senate measure rejects Trump’s proposal to move the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality into NIH.” Pelosi unveils signature plan to lower drug prices (The Hill, 9/19/2019) Political tensions escalate as drug pricing bills…
Legislative Update, 08/27/2019
Federal news New Law Will Require Breastfeeding Rooms in Federal Buildings (FedSmith.com) “The Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act (H.R. 866) … stipulates that these lactation rooms will be hygienic places provided in addition to the restrooms that are ‘shielded from view’, ‘free from intrusion’ and ‘contains a chair, a working surface, and, if the public…
Legislative Update, 08/09/2019
Federal News Trump Administration Moves To Make Health Care Costs More Transparent [from Kaiser Health News] A recap of Wednesday’s Democratic debate, with a focus on healthcare remarks: Biden-Harris Debate Rematch Highlights Health Plan Differences [from Kaiser Health News] Juul [e-cigarette company] Targeted Schools and Youth Camps, House Panel on Vaping Claims [from The New…
Legislative Update, 07/22/2019
Federal news Exclusive: FDA enforcement actions plummet under Trump (from Science: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/exclusive-fda-enforcement-actions-plummet-under-trump) From the MLA Stay apprised on the CASE Act of 2019, which proposes a change to copyright policy, especially with regard to online copyright infringement (https://www.mlanet.org/p/cm/ld/fid=1122&&blogaid=2621). Scholarly Communications Slide Decks — prepared by health sciences librarians during the last 3 years (Must be…
Legislative Update, 07/03/2019
Federal news President Trump signed an executive order for the development of rules requiring hospitals to inform patients of their treatment costs prior to receiving the services. [The Hill] New research indicates that the Affordable Care Act has lowered racial disparities in cancer care. [The Washington Post] The House voted to block Trump’s recent policy…