Developments

First Look: Working on Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act. (HR 6623, 115th Congress)

Government
Elected Body
Energy
Genetics/Genomics
Nanotechnology
Neuroscience
Robotics/AI

Provides funding initiatives to advance STEM education and worker training, retention, and advancement programs throughout the country.

Updated last August 17, 2018

for the 07/26/2018 version of HR 6623.

First Look: Pilot Program on Opioid Management in the Military Health System (Section 704, HR 5515, 115th Congress)

Government
Elected Body
Neuroscience

Implements a pilot program to minimize early opioid exposure in TRICARE beneficiaries.

Updated last July 31, 2018

for the 06/19/2018 version of HR 5515.

First Look: Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (HR 6, 115th Congress)

Government
Elected Body
Neuroscience

Implements a wide variety of programs and initiatives to address the opioid crisis in the United States.

Updated last July 30, 2018

for the 06/26/2018 version of HR 6.

Legal Explainer: Arbitrary and Capricious Review

Government
Judicial
Energy
Genetics/Genomics
Nanotechnology
Neuroscience
Robotics/AI

Explains the history and use of judicial arbitrary and capricious review for changes to federal policies.

Updated last June 20, 2018

First Look: Speed Warrior Outcomes, Research, Detection and Diagnosis Act of 2018 (HR 5528, 115th Congress)

Government
Elected Body
Neuroscience

Requires the Department of Defense, in collaboration with other agencies and stakeholders, to create a plan to accelerate research of breakthrough therapies for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress.

Updated last April 27, 2018

for the 04/17/2018 version of HR 5528.

First Look: Preventing Overdoses While in Emergency Departments Act of 2018 (S 2610, 115th Congress)

Government
Elected Body
Neuroscience

Requires the awarding of grants to health care sites to enhance treatment options for discharged drug overdose patients.

Updated last April 26, 2018

for the 03/22/2018 version of S 2610.

First Look: Accelerating Biomedical Research Act (HR 5455, 115th Congress)

Government
Agency
Elected Body
Genetics/Genomics
Neuroscience

Allows for budget increases for the National Institutes of Health in excess of established spending limits in the event that Congress appropriates such excess funds to that agency.

Updated last April 25, 2018

for the 04/10/2018 version of HR 5455.

First Look: Aidan's Law (HR 5453, 115th Congress)

Government
Elected Body
Neuroscience

Provides for state administration of newborn screening for adrenoleukodystrophy.

Updated last April 16, 2018

for the 04/10/2018 version of HR 5453.

Jessie's Law (S 581 / HR 5009, 115th Congress)

Government
Elected Body
Neuroscience

Original Development Brief – Requires the creation of best practices for including information regarding a patient’s opioid use disorder history in certain medical records.

Updated last June 14, 2018

for the 08/04/2017 version of S 581 and the 06/12/2018 version of HR 5009.

Protecting Our Infants Act: Report to Congress (SAMHSA Report)

Government
Agency
Statute
Neuroscience

Original Development Brief – Provides relevant background information of opioid use disorder, prenatal opioid exposure, and neonatal abstinence syndrome, reviews current activities of the HHS with relation to these issues, and recommends strategies to abate the gaps and obstacles identified in these activities.

Updated last January 5, 2018

for the 05/2017 report.

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