119 S 1261
CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
2025-04-02
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R · Wicker, Roger F. (Mississippi)D · Warner, Mark R. (Virginia)R · Hyde-Smith, Cindy (Mississippi)D · Welch, Peter (Vermont)R · Barrasso, John (Wyoming)D · Padilla, Alex (California)R · Thune, John (South Dakota)D · Smith, Tina (Minnesota)R · Lankford, James (Oklahoma)D · Cantwell, Maria (Washington)Federal Agencies on This Bill
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Presidential Message on National Day of Prayer
This National Day of Prayer, we honor America’s enduring tradition of prayer, faith, and trust in Almighty God. And as we celebrate 250 glorious years of American independence, we pledge to never forget the countless blessings God has bestowed upon our people and our country. Fro
Read on whitehouse.gov →Trump Administration proposes rule to expand access to fertility benefits with new legal pathway for employers to offer benefits directly to employees
WASHINGTON – The U.S. departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury announced a proposed rule that would create a new category of limited excepted benefits to further expand the ability of employers to offer meaningful fertility benefits to their employees. T
Read on dol.gov →Safeguard Veterans tests new ways to connect Veterans to suicide prevention support
Safeguard Veterans helps coordinate suicide prevention care and support for Veterans, ensuring they can access help easily, no matter where they first seek it.
Read on news.va.gov →The Veteran Interoperability Pledge (VIP) connects Veterans to care
The Veteran Interoperability Pledge securely connects VA and community providers to improve care coordination to support Veterans wherever they get care.
Read on news.va.gov →Veterans, spring into a new VA career
VA is always looking to hire talented, compassionate and qualified health care providers and support staff, and who better than Veterans themselves?
Read on news.va.gov →Regulators (rule-making and recall language)
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Stoltzfus Family Dairy Recalls Sour Cream and Onion Cheese Curds Because of Possible Health Risk
Stoltzfus Family Dairy of Vernon Center, NY is recalling Sour Cream & Onion cheese curds because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and othe
Read on fda.gov →Independent oversight (CBO, GAO, Federal Register, Congress.gov)
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H.R. 7995, Chafee Opportunities for New Networks and Existing Connection Trust Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 29, 2026
Read on cbo.gov →High-Tech Medical Equipment: VA Has Opportunities to Improve Its Acquisition of Maintenance Services
What GAO Found The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually to buy and maintain high-tech medical equipment (HTME)—such as magnetic resonance imaging equipment—to deliver health care to veterans. To maintain this equipment, and help ensu
Read on gao.gov →CBO's Baseline Projections of Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance
Presentation by Phill Swagel, Sean Dunbar, Sarah Masi, and Sarah Sajewski.
Read on cbo.gov →Markets vs Bill
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title = {119 S 1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025},
publisher = {Apprised.news},
url = {https://apprised.news/bill/119s1261},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-13}
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