WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Terri A. Sewell, D-Ala., has introduced legislation (H.R. 8826) to amend the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 "to reset data collection and the development of a payment system technical prototype for post-acute care providers under the Medicare program to take into account the effects of COVID-19." The bill was introduced on Nov. 30 and was co-sponsored by Reps. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., and Thomas R. Suozzi, D-N.Y. It was joint  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (S. 4934) to "require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on mercury vapor released from synthetic flooring made using phenylmercuric acetate." The bill was introduced on Dec. 1. It was referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. For more information, Sen. Cory Booker, 717 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC, 20510; 202/224-3224; or in state at One Gatewa  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (S. 4929) to "address the history of discrimination against Black farmers and ranchers, to require reforms within the Department of Agriculture to prevent future discrimination." The bill was introduced on Nov. 30 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. Cory Booker, 717 Hart Senate Office Building,  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., has introduced legislation (S. 4944) to amend title XI of the Social Security Act "to improve access to care for all Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries through models tested under the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation." The bill was introduced on Dec. 2. It was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. For more information, Sen. Cory Booker, 717 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC, 20510; 202/224-3224; or in state at One Gateway  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., has introduced legislation (S. 4957) to "provide for an emergency increase in Federal funding to State Medicaid programs for expenditures on home and community-based services." The bill was introduced on Dec. 3 and has 18 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Debbie Staben  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., has introduced legislation (S. 4924) to "prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and to prevent and reduce the use of physical restraint in schools." The bill was introduced on Nov. 30 and has 15 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Ch  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, has introduced legislation (S. 4958) to provide for a vaccine safety public awareness campaign. The bill was introduced on Dec. 3 and was co-sponsored by Sens. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., John Thune, R-S.D., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J. It was referred to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. For more information, Sen. Rob Portman, 448 Russell Senate Office Building,Washington, DC 20510; 202/224-3353; or in state at 37 W. Broad   more