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in committee · Connecticut · House Mar 18, 2021

HR 1956: Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2021

Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2021 This bill accelerates and expands certain changes that are scheduled to take effect relating to the coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare. Currently, such programs require physician supervision. Effective January 1, 2024, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists may also supervise these programs. The bill expedites the effective date of these changes to January 1, 2022, and also allows these practitioners to administer programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill expands Medicare coverage for cardiac rehab by allowing PAs/NPs to supervise, improving patient access to care without restricting services.90% confidence
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) · 65 co-sponsors
in committee · Connecticut · House Mar 18, 2021

HR 1992: SCALE Act

Storing CO2 And Lowering Emissions Act or the SCALE Act This bill establishes programs within the Department of Energy that provide financial support and incentives to develop infrastructure for carbon dioxide capture, transport, utilization, and storage.
Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyFunds carbon capture infrastructure for emissions reduction, directly supporting clean energy infrastructure development under energy policy.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentBill funds carbon capture infrastructure to reduce CO2 emissions, directly advancing climate change mitigation through emission reduction technology.95% confidence
Marc A. Veasey (D) · 21 co-sponsors
in committee · Connecticut · Senate Mar 17, 2021

S 806: MPH Act of 2021

Monarch and Pollinator Highway Act of 2021 or the MPH Act of 20 21 This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide grants to states, Indian tribes, and federal land management agencies to carry out pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way, including the planting and seeding of native, locally-appropriate grasses, wildflowers, and milkweed.
Topics ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentBill mandates pollinator-friendly roadside plantings (native grasses, wildflowers, milkweed) to support monarchs and pollinators, directly advancing conservation and habitat protection.95% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill funds pollinator practices on highway rights-of-way, enhancing sustainable transportation infrastructure maintenance per DOT grant requirements.95% confidence
Jeff Merkley (D) · 5 co-sponsors
in committee · Connecticut · Senate Mar 17, 2021

S 344: Major Richard Star Act

Major Richard Star Act This bill allows a veteran with a combat-related disability and fewer than 20 years of creditable service to receive retirement pay, without reduction, concurrent with disability compensation.
Topics ✓ VeteransSupports VeteransBill removes reduction in retirement pay for veterans with combat-related disability and <20 years service, allowing concurrent receipt of retirement and disability pay. This expands veteran benefits.95% confidence
Jon Tester (D) · 66 co-sponsors
in committee · Connecticut · House Mar 17, 2021

HR 1974: Dynamic Glass Act of 2021

Dynamic Glass Act of 2021 This bill includes electrochromic glass as energy property for purposes of the 30% energy tax credit. The bill defines electrochromic glass as glass that uses electricity to change its light transmittance properties to heat or cool a structure, but only with respect to property whose construction begins before January 1, 2024.
Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill expands 30% energy tax credit to include electrochromic glass, providing tax relief for energy-efficient property installations.95% confidence ✓ EnergySupports EnergyIncentivizes energy-efficient building materials via tax credit, aligning with energy efficiency promotion under tax policy.95% confidence
Steven Horsford (D) · 19 co-sponsors
in committee · Connecticut · House Mar 17, 2021

HR 1959: Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act

Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act This bill expands special education and related services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing, students with visual disabilities, and children and youth who are deaf-blind. The individualized education program for each child who is visually and/or hearing impaired must include specified components and must provide the child with instruction that meets the child's unique learning needs. In addition, a state's closure of a special school serving deaf or blind children shall count as a reduction of its financial support for special education and related services. Among other provisions, the bill authorizes support, including grants for training special education personnel, to be used in preparing individuals to become qualified teachers and early intervention specialists for children with hearing disabilities. The bill establishes within the Department of Education the Anne Sullivan Macy Center on Visual Disability and Educational Excellence to better support students with visual disabilities.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationExpands special education services for deaf/hard of hearing and visually impaired students, requiring tailored IEPs to meet unique learning needs per bill summary.95% confidence
Matt Cartwright (D) · 55 co-sponsors
in committee · Connecticut · House Mar 17, 2021

HR 1914: CAHOOTS Act

Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets Act or the CAHOOTS Act This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain community-based mobile crisis intervention services for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance-use disorder crisis outside of a facility setting. Among other requirements, such services must be (1) provided by multidisciplinary teams composed of behavioral health professionals who are trained in trauma care and de-escalation techniques, (2) available 24-7, and (3) voluntary for the individual experiencing the mental health or substance-use disorder crisis. The bill provides an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such services, as well as specified funds for state planning and evaluation grants.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeBill diverts mental health crises from law enforcement response via community teams, reducing unnecessary criminal justice involvement and aligning with reform goals.85% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareExpands Medicaid coverage for mobile mental health crisis services, directly supporting access to behavioral health care for individuals in crisis.95% confidence
Peter A. DeFazio (D) · 10 co-sponsors
in committee · Connecticut · House Mar 17, 2021

HR 1911: Child Care is Infrastructure Act

Child Care is Infrastructure Act This bill establishes grants for child care facilities and higher education loan repayment and scholarship programs for child care educators, among other provisions. The Administration for Children and Families must conduct long- and short-term assessments of child care infrastructure, including the effect of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic on such facilities. The bill provides grants to (1) states to acquire, construct, or improve child care facilities; and (2) intermediary organizations with demonstrated experience in child care facilities financing to develop or finance child care facilities. The bill further provides for education loan repayments of up to $6,000 per year for up to five years for early childhood educators who agree to work for certain child care providers. Additionally, the bill establishes a program for institutions of higher education to award grants of up to $3,000 per academic year to individuals who are enrolled in early childhood educator programs and agree to serve in a state-licensed early learning program. Finally, the bill modifies and reauthorizes through FY2027 supports for campus-based child care for low-income parents enrolled in institutions of higher education and requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to consider early learning facilities in planning and implementation grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.
Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationProvides grants for child care facilities and higher education loan repayment/scholarships for child care educators, supporting early education infrastructure and workforce. Directly aligns with educational access and educator support indicators.85% confidence
Katherine M. Clark (D) · 40 co-sponsors
in committee · Connecticut · House Mar 17, 2021

HR 1946: Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021

Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act of 2021 This bill provides for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types.
Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareProvides Medicare coverage for multi-cancer screening, expanding patient access to preventive care and aligning with healthcare support indicators like coverage expansion.95% confidence
Terri A. Sewell (D) · 257 co-sponsors
passed · Connecticut · House Mar 17, 2021

HR 1085: To award three congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

This bill directs the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of three Congressional Gold Medals to the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) and other law enforcement agencies that protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Following the award of these medals, one medal shall be given to the USCP, one medal shall be given to the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and one medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution and displayed with a plaque listing all law enforcement agencies that participated in protecting the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Nancy Pelosi (D) · 335 co-sponsors
passed · Connecticut · House Mar 17, 2021

HR 5: Equality Act

Equality Act This bill prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. Specifically, the bill defines and includes sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity among the prohibited categories of discrimination or segregation. The bill expands the definition of public accommodations to include places or establishments that provide (1) exhibitions, recreation, exercise, amusement, gatherings, or displays; (2) goods, services, or programs; and (3) transportation services. The bill allows the Department of Justice to intervene in equal protection actions in federal court on account of sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill prohibits an individual from being denied access to a shared facility, including a restroom, a locker room, and a dressing room, that is in accordance with the individual's gender identity.
Topics ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProhibits discrimination in jury system, ensuring fair trials and equal protection under criminal justice laws per bill's explicit coverage of jury system.95% confidence ✓ HousingSupports HousingProhibits housing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, directly advancing tenant protections under housing provisions.95% confidence
David N. Cicilline (D) · 224 co-sponsors
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