[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 8, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S3263]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 134--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ALL 
  INCIDENTS OF ABUSIVE, UNSANITARY, OR ILLEGAL HEALTH CARE PRACTICES 
   SHOULD BE CONDEMNED AND PREVENTED AND THE PERPETRATORS SHOULD BE 
                PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW

  Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. 
Franken) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:

                              S. Res. 134

       Whereas in recent years there have been rare and tragic 
     incidents of willful violations of law, human dignity, and 
     standards of care across a variety of health care settings 
     that have exposed trusting patients to death and disease, and 
     shocked the conscience of the United States, including--
       (1) a physician at the Women's Medical Society of 
     Philadelphia who is rightfully facing multiple criminal 
     charges related to horrific practices;
       (2) health care practitioners at the Endoscopy Center of 
     Southern Nevada who exposed 40,000 patients to hepatitis C 
     through unsanitary practices;
       (3) an Oklahoma dentist who exposed as many as 7,000 
     patients to HIV and hepatitis B and C through unsanitary 
     practices; and
       (4) a nursing director at Kern Valley nursing home in 
     California who, for her own convenience, inappropriately 
     medicated patients using antipsychotic drugs, resulting in 
     the death of at least 1 patient: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that all 
     incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care 
     practices should be condemned and prevented and the 
     perpetrators should be prosecuted to the full extent of the 
     law.

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