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Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1657-1658) Bill TextTo amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to expand the category of individuals eligible for compensation, to improve the procedures for providing compensation, and to improve transparency, and for other purposes. 7/31/2008--Introduced. Compensation and Respect for Energy Workers Act of 2008 or the CARE Act - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to expand the diseases for which individuals who were exposed to radiation from nuclear testing may claim compensation to include chronic lymphocytic leukemia, posterior subcapsular cataracts, nonmalignant thyroid nodular disease, parathyroid adenoma, malignant tumors of the brain and central nervous system, and brochio-alveolar carcinoma, and benign neoplasms of the brain and central nervous system. Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to: (1) provide to potential claimants of compensation a list of physicians qualified to perform [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aviation safety, Bombs, Criminal justice, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Energy, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Independent regulatory commissions, Inspectors general, Law, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear power plants, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear security measures, Nuclear terrorism, Politics and government, Preventive medicine, Radiation victims, Radioactive wastes, Science policy, Solid wastes, Storage, Terrorism, Transportation, Transportation of hazardous substances
Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Bill TextA bill to provide for upgrading security at civilian nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials that could be used to construct a dirty bomb. 8/1/2008--Introduced. Nuclear Facility and Material Security Act of 2008 - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue a final rule requiring: (1) all commercial nuclear power reactors approved for construction after enactment of this Act to be designed to withstand a large commercial aircraft impact; and (2) certain spent fuel security enhancements.Directs the NRC to issue an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation security final rule that: (1) makes such installations subject to specified security evaluation requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and (2) incorporates such installations into a certain design basis threat rule.Requires the NRC to consider the likely consequences of a potential terrorist attack in any review it is required to undertake under the National Environmental Policy Act [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Aviation safety, Bombs, Criminal justice, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Energy, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Governmental investigations, Hazardous substances, Independent regulatory commissions, Inspectors general, Law, Medical care, Medical research, Medicine, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear power plants, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear security measures, Nuclear terrorism, Politics and government, Preventive medicine, Radiation victims, Radioactive wastes, Science policy, Solid wastes, Storage, Terrorism, Transportation, Transportation of hazardous substances
Latest Action: 08/01/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo provide for upgrading security at civilian nuclear facilities and of nuclear materials that could be used to construct a dirty bomb. 8/1/2008--Introduced. Nuclear Facility and Material Security Act of 2008 - Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue a final rule requiring: (1) all commercial nuclear power reactors approved for construction after enactment of this Act to be designed to withstand a large commercial aircraft impact; and (2) certain spent fuel security enhancements.Directs the NRC to issue an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation security final rule that: (1) makes such installations subject to specified security evaluation requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; and (2) incorporates such installations into a certain design basis threat rule.Requires the NRC to consider the likely consequences of a potential terrorist attack in any review it is required to undertake under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Armed forces, Brain, Cancer, Chemicals, Claims, Colon cancer, Compensation (Law), Data banks, Department of Energy, Department of Labor, Digestive diseases, Disability evaluation, Disabled, Estates (Law), Executive departments, Eye diseases, Families, Federal installations, Government contractors, Government information, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Hazardous substances, Kidney diseases, Labor, Law, Leukemia, Limitation of actions, Lung cancer, Medical care, Medical screening, Medicine, Nervous system diseases, Nuclear weapons, Occupational health and safety, Ombudsman, Pensions, Physical examinations, Physicians, Politics and government, Prostate cancer, Public contracts, Public records, Radiation victims, Skin cancer, Survivors' benefits, Technology, Transportation, Travel costs, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 07/24/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to expand the category of individuals eligible for compensation, to improve the procedures for providing compensation, and to improve transparency, and for other purposes. 7/24/2008--Introduced. Compensation and Respect for Energy Workers Act of 2008 or the CARE Act - Amends the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to expand the diseases for which individuals who were exposed to radiation from nuclear testing may claim compensation to include chronic lymphocytic leukemia, posterior subcapsular cataracts, nonmalignant thyroid nodular disease, parathyroid adenoma, malignant tumors of the brain and central nervous system, and brochio-alveolar carcinoma, and benign neoplasms of the brain and central nervous system. Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to: (1) provide to potential claimants of compensation a list of physicians qualified to [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Chemicals, Child health, Children, Food, Hazardous substances, Health education, Health policy, Medical care, Medicine, Mental health, Nutrition
Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextExpressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, should take action to educate the public on the importance of adequate iodine intake. 5/8/2008--Introduced. Calls for the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to take action to educate the public on the importance of adequate iodine intake to: (1) prevent mental impairment in children; (2) minimize the action of perchlorate on the thyroid; and (3) avoid the other effects of iodine deficiency. .
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Bone diseases, Business, Chemotherapy, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Coinsurance, Communication in medicine, Communications, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Drug therapy, Employee health benefits, Estrogen, Finance, Freedom of speech, Government information, Government paperwork, Health insurance, Health policy, Imaging systems in medicine, Insurance companies, Labor, Medical care, Medical tests, Medicine, Osteoporosis, Patients' rights, Physician-patient privilege, Preventive medicine, Radioisotopes in medicine, State and local government, State laws, Steroids, Technology, Women, Women's health, Women's health services, X-rays
Latest Action: 09/11/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for qualified individuals for bone mass measurement (bone density testing) to prevent fractures associated with osteoporosis. 6/28/2007--Introduced. Osteoporosis Early Detection and Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan to include coverage for bone mass measurement for individuals who: (1) are at a clinical risk for osteoporosis, including estrogen-deficient women; (2) have vertebral abnormalities; (3) are receiving chemotherapy or long-term gluococorticoid (steroid) therapy; (4) have primary hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, or excess thyroid replacement; or (5) are being monitored to assess the response to or efficacy of approved osteoporosis drug therapy. Requires [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/25/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Bill TextTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide special treatment of certain cancer hospitals under the Medicare Program. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to inpatient hospital service payments to certain hospitals (subsection (d) hospitals) on the basis of prospective rates, to exclude certain cancer hospitals from the meaning of subsection (d) hospital.
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