[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 57 (Friday, May 8, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4558]
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              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
             Specter, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Leahy, and 
             Mr. Hagel):
       S. 2054. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a model 
     project to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs with 
     medicare reimbursement for medicare health-care services 
     provided to certain medicare-eligible veterans; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. REID:
       S. 2055. A bill to require medicare providers to disclose 
     publicly staffing and performance data in order to promote 
     improved consumer information and choice, to protect 
     employees of medicare providers who report concerns about the 
     safety and quality of services provided by medicare providers 
     or who report violations of Federal or State law by those 
     providers, and to require review of the impact on public 
     health and safety of proposed mergers and acquisitions of 
     medicare providers; to the Committee on Finance.
       S. 2056. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act and title 38, United States Code, to require hospitals to 
     use only hollow-bore needle devices that minimize the risk of 
     needlestick injury to health care workers; to the Committee 
     on Finance.

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