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The House will vote on a series of noncontroversial health bills under suspension when lawmakers return Tuesday.
Why it matters: Some bills are sponsored by retiring members, making them prime candidates for inclusion in any year-end health deal.
Here's a breakdown of what's scheduled to go to the floor:
- The Chronic Disease Flexible Coverage Act would enable people with high-deductible health plans used with health savings accounts to have 14 preventive care services for chronic disease management covered before the plan deductible is reached.
- It's a priority for retiring members Reps. Brad Wenstrup and Earl Blumenauer and was approved with bipartisan support out of the Ways and Means Committee last year.
- The DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act would authorize a Down syndrome research project and is a priority of retiring House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
- The TELEMH Act would create a new Medicare modifier, or coding change, specifically for mental health services provided via telehealth, and is sponsored by Reps. John James, David Schweikert and Don Davis.
Other bills on the calendar focus on reauthorization of poison control centers, Alzheimer's and traumatic brain injury research programs, and addressing fraud in Medicaid.
