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Along with roll call votes this week, the House also passed the Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act , to improve access to durable medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries; passed the Senior Safe Act , to provide immunity from suit for certain individuals who disclose potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens; ... (more)
A bill passed by the the U.S. House this week would help victims of forced sterilization programs from being hurt again should they receive compensation from state governments for the wrongs done to them, said U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry, who introduced the legislation last year. "This helps address something that is really a horrible part of our history in North Carolina and a lot of other states," McHenry said.