Health Care

Emmer seeks help of Education Department in supporting students’ mental health

As America’s K-12 schools face a shortage of health professionals, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) wants to ensure they are…

2 years ago

Steil leads GOP effort calling for release of most-recent data on youth suicides

Ahead of the national launch of the 9-8-8 Mental Health Hotline, U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) led 19 of his…

2 years ago

Emmer-led effort seeks to bolster FDA’s proposed rule on opioid disposal

U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) led a bipartisan contingent of 10 of his colleagues in urging the Food and Drug…

2 years ago

Bipartisan Burgess bill seeks to provide Medicare patients with more timely treatments

Qualifying providers would be exempt from prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage plans if recently introduced legislation from U.S. Rep.…

2 years ago

Three bipartisan Katko bills pass House as part of larger mental health package

Three bipartisan bills authored by U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) to increase funding for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, improve…

2 years ago

Expanding Access to Mental Health Training Act introduced by Cassidy

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on June 23 signed on as the original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill to reauthorize…

2 years ago

Fitzpatrick’s bipartisan HERO Act advances to Senate

A bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) that would provide mental health resources to America’s first responders…

2 years ago

Capito joins bipartisan effort to encourage CMS to finalize low wage index for FY 2023

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently joined a bipartisan contingent of lawmakers in urging the Centers for Medicare and…

2 years ago

Buchanan, Healthy Future Task Force outline updates to improve doctor-patient relationship

Republicans want to improve the patient care experience by allowing providers to focus on patients over paperwork, modernizing processes that…

2 years ago

House advances sweeping mental, behavioral health bill offered by McMorris Rodgers

The U.S. House of Representatives on June 22 voted 402-20 to approve a comprehensive, bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep.…

2 years ago

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