DISEASES related term(s) Health
Addresses
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Senator Weicker, 27838 [17OC]
African Famine Relief: Bradford Morse, 5795-5797 [20MR]
———Javier Perez de Cuellar, 5794 [20MR]
Annual Convocation of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Senator Weicker, 19060-19062 [16JY]
Ceremony Honoring Hubert H. Humphrey: Charles S. Robb, Governor of Virginia, 17605 [27JN]
———Herbert H. Wotie, 17603 [27JN]
———Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, 17603 [27JN]
———John B. Amos, 17603 [27JN]
———John I. Sandson, 17603 [27JN]
———Walter F. Mondale, 17604 [27JN]
———Warren E. Burger, 17604 [27JN]
City of Hope National Medical Center Convention: Ben Horowitz, 22229 [1AU]
Easter Seal Society, 30440-30442 [4NO]
Future Trends in Health Care: Charles M. West, 5767 [20MR]
Nation's Health Care Research: Representative Conte, 5622-5624 [19MR]
Saving Health Care Dollars Through Psychological Services: Nicholas A. Cummings, 16953-16956 [24JN]
Second Annual Mayoral Conference on Alzheimer's Disease: Edward I. Koch (excerpt), 8062 [16AP]
———Janet S. Sainer (excerpt), 8062 [16AP]
———Marion Roach (excerpt), 8063 [16AP]
———Peter V. Rabins (excerpt), 8062 [16AP]
———(sundry excerpts), 8062-8064 [16AP]
———Yasmin Aga Kahn (excerpt), 8063 [16AP]
State of the Union: President Reagan (excerpt), 7368 [3AP]
Advertisements
How to talk to teenagers about drinking and driving, 5894 [20MR]
Amendments
Drugs: research and development of orphan drugs (S. 1147), 20473, 20510 [25JY]
Hunger: assistance for famine relief (H.R. 1239), 5801, 5859 [20MR], 7136 [2AP]
———assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries (S. 457), 3411, 3434 [25FE], 3575, 3583, 3601, 3625 [26FE], 3730, 3737, 3815 [27FE]
Medical personnel: training assistance (S. 1283), 19774, 19821 [19JY]
———training assistance (S. 1284), 19898, 19909 [22JY]
Medicare: extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3722), 37707 [18DE]
National Cancer Institute: reauthorize (S. 1309), 19779 [19JY]
National Diabetes Month: designate (S.J. Res. 145), 29653, 29654 [30OC]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: reauthorize (S. 1309), 19779, 19821 [19JY]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 61), 10637 [7MY]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (S.J. Res. 29), 30433 [4NO], 30886 [6NO]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 322), 26977 [9OC]
Nurses: education assistance (S. 1284), 19898, 19909 [22JY]
Public buildings: restrict smoking in certain (S. 1440), 27970 [17OC]
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: amend (S. 484), 10825, 10870 [7MY]
Social Security: prevent disinvestment of trust fund (H.R. 3669), 30315 [1NO]
———restore investments of trust funds (H.R. 3721), 31774 [13NO]
VA: improve delivery of services (H.R. 505), 30650, 30652, 30708, 30709 [6NO], 31643 [13NO], 31833 [14NO]
———improve services (S. 876), 19975 [23JY], 21372, 21386, 21459 [30JY]
Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act: enact (S. 1887), 33642, 33677 [2DE]
Analyses
Amendments to the Public Health Service Act (S. 1689), 24656 [23SE]
Assistance to Victims of Famine in Sub-Saharan Countries (S. 457), 2476 [19FE]
Atmospheric Nuclear Testing Compensation Act, 32087 [14NO]
Columbia University-American Legion—Vietnam Veterans Study Report No. 1 and Study Questionnaire: OTA, 32300-32302 [19NO]
Federal Occupational Disease Compensation Act (H.R. 3090), 20851 [26JY]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 1096, assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries, 3755 [27FE]
———H.R. 1239, assistance for famine relief, 5809 [20MR], 6405 [27MR]
———H.R. 2409, Health Research Extension Act, 24805 [24SE], 25160 [26SE]
Articles and editorials
Act of Mercy, 173 [3JA]
African Famine Assistance (excerpt), 3400 [25FE]
AIDS Children Struggle With Tragic Legacy, 18297 [9JY]
AIDS Ranks With Cancer as Top Health Problem—Public OK's Trade Limits, 30360 [1NO]
Ailing Uninsured and Turned Away—Americans Without Health Coverage Finding Hospital Doors Closed, 28197 [21OC]
Alzheimer's Disease, 7507-7509 [3AP]
Amputee Breaks Barrier—State Resident Completes Run Across Country, 2517 [19FE]
Arthritis—Building an Industry on Pain, 24879-24882 [24SE]
Aspartame-Induced Granulomatous Panniculitis, 10806 [7MY]
Attacking High U.S. Infant Mortality Rate, 13614 [23MY]
Autism: Progress and Promise, 20474 [25JY]
Battle Against MS, 3961 [27FE]
Black Lung Appeal Delays, 13632 [23MY]
Black Lung—Delay Unfair, 22972 [5SE]
Black Lung—Not Uncommon for Them To Die While Waiting in the System, 13631 [23MY]
Blue Cross Will Put Your Records in Your Wallet, 10880 [7MY]
Cancer in Passive Smokers, 19117 [16JY]
Cancer Patience, 36931 [17DE]
Cancer Threat Seen for Vietnam Vets in Study for Deaths, 3048 [21FE]
Challenge to the VA Health Care System—Portents of the FY 1986 Medical Care Budget, 13784-13786 [24MY]
Chief Bethesda Surgeon's Suspension Is Latest Military Health Care Dispute, 1577 [31JA]
Cigarette, Cancer Link Fails To Appear in Mice, 1324 [30JA]
City's First Heart Transplant Performed, 23122 [9SE]
Congress Anxious About Military Hospitals' Care, 1576 [31JA]
Control Animal Research, 29156 [25OC]
Cost Controls Raise Concerns on Health Care, 21657 [31JY]
Cruelty to Research Animals, 29156 [25OC]
Danger of Denying Illness, 34037 [3DE]
David's Choice, 3063 [21FE]
Deadly Intentions of ``Right to Die'' Movement, 6496 [27MR]
Defects Reported in Military Care—Problem in Evaluating Doctors Found in 3 Health Audits, 1577 [31JA]
Diary of a Cancer Patient, 38820-38822 [20DE]
Did the Soft Drink Industry Resolve Its Safety Questions?, 10815 [7MY]
Does NutraSweet Cause Adverse Reactions?, 10816 [7MY]
Efforts Accelerated Against Use of Smokeless Tobacco, 30952 [6NO]
Elegy for a Lost Baby, 26976 [9OC]
EPA Study Links Deaths of Nonsmokers to Cigarettes, 20522 [25JY]
Esperanca—Hope, 13452 [23MY]
Establishing Health Care Facilities for Veterans (excerpt), 21383 [30JY]
Famine Aid Used, Envoy Says, 5803 [20MR]
Famine in Africa, 5809 [20MR]
Farmers' Health Jeopardized by Stress, 32867 [20NO]
Finding a Cure for AIDS, 22990 [5SE]
First Quarter of 1985—Hospitals Score Record Profits Under DRG's, 28196 [21OC]
Fish or Fish Oil in the Diet and Heart Attacks, 25198 [26SE]
Flight to Ethiopia—Food, Supplies, Compassion, 5170 [14MR]
Flulike Illness Can Last for Years, 2856 [20FE]
For Aged, Problem Drinking Is on the Rise, 17326 [26JN]
Former Senator Pleads for Dignified Death, 34456 [5DE]
Get to the Truth, 13614 [23MY]
Getting Tough on the Supply Side, 7509 [3AP]
Government Has No Business Keeping Bathhouses in Business, 28164 [21OC]
Graduate Medical Education—A Proposal for Reform, 13620-13622 [23MY]
Had the Flu for Ages? Virus May Be Culprit, 2856 [20FE]
Harvest of Harm—Farm-Health Crisis (series), 15779-15789 [13JN]
He Wanted To Do What the Other Kids Did, and He Still Does, 3081 [21FE]
Health Insurance Shortfalls Found—1 in 4 Under 65 Have Inadequate or No Coverage, HHS Says, 28198 [21OC]
Heart Transplant Requires Speed and Precision, 23123 [9SE]
Help Our First Atomic Victims, 32084 [14NO]
Hemispheric War on Polio Declared, 12210 [15MY]
Heroin for the Terminally Ill, 173 [3JA]
Hospitals Refusing To Admit Poor—Patient's Transferred to D.C. General, 28199 [21OC]
How Safe Is Your Diet Soft Drink?, 10807-10813 [7MY]
Illness Spurs Panic Bouts for Victims, 22447 [1AU]
Immunize the Children, 29982 [31OC]
Imposter's Odyssey in Medicine, 1578 [31JA]
In a Dither About Drinking, 5063 [7MR]
In Defense of the Reintroduction of Heroin Into American Medical Practice, 174 [3JA]
In Suffolk, Success for Smoking Law, 19119 [16JY]
Indoor Air Pollution, 13584 [23MY]
Infant Death Rate Fell Again—Did You Hear?, 12851 [21MY]
Insurance Cards To Detail Medical Histories, 10880 [7MY]
Interaction of Aspartame and Carbohydrates in an Eating-Disordered Patient, 10806 [7MY]
Internal FDA Uncertainties About Aspartame Safety Reflected in 1981 Memo, 10807 [7MY]
It's Better To Let Ailment Be Known, 32479 [19NO]
Join Fight Against Drug, Alcohol Abuse, 24049 [18SE]
Learning To Survive, 7715-7717 [4AP]
Life, Death and Human Dignity, 25535 [1OC]
Magnuson Solaces NIH Doctors, 6929 [1AP]
Malnutrition in Elderly—Widespread Health Threat, 24505 [20SE]
Many Not Insured for Maternity Costs—Study Says 1 in 4 Women of Prime Childbearing Age Lack Coverage, 28198 [21OC]
Marathon of Hope—Mom's Off for Daughter, Epilepsy, 23685 [12SE]
Marathon of Hope—Mon's Off for Daughter, Epilepsy, 23685 [12SE]
Marijuana Use Poses Danger to Your Health, 23676 [12SE]
Medicare Funding (excerpt), 30508 [5NO]
Medicare Rules, Fewer Patients Force Clinic To Phase Out Physician's Assistants, 23761 [13SE]
Medicare's Broken Promise, 17643-17645 [27JN]
My Son and Life's Lottery, 11870 [14MY]
Neurofibromatosis—Obscure Disorder Affects Young Mother, Daughters, 12128 [15MY]
New Name, New Clinics for NIH Center, 6928 [1AP]
Not-So-Bleak View of Our Kids, 7506 [3AP]
Official Backs VA Decision, 31660 [13NO]
Organ Center Urges Hospital Cooperation, 24791 [24SE]
``Pilgrims'' Against Alcoholism—Help Is a Telephone Call Away, 15523 [12JN]
Poll Finds Public Assertive on Health, 19981 [23JY]
Poor Mother, Poor Baby, 13615 [23MY]
Preventing Famine, 2510 [19FE]
Primary Care Is Mainstay of Amazon Medicine, 13454 [23MY]
Programs To Eradicate Vitamin A Deficiency, 23346 [11SE]
Public Health—A Measure of Failure, 37731 [18DE]
Radioactive Gas in Soil Raises Concern in 3-State Area, 13583 [23MY]
Recording of Song to Aid African Famine Victims, 8819 [23AP]
Relief for the Terminally Ill, 173 [3JA]
Rewards of Soul—Doctor Forgoes Civilization To Practice Along Amazon, 13454 [23MY]
Saving Lives With Transplant Surgery Is a Matter of More Organ Donors, According to the American Liver Foundation, 12202 [15MY]
SCAP Treats All Children Like Royalty, 25058 [26SE]
Sean Marsee's Smokeless Death, 26155 [3OC]
Self-Tests Find Skin Cancer Early, 18282 [9JY]
Should Smoking Restrictions Be Written Into Law?, 19118 [16JY]
Shuttle Crystal Growth Tests Could Advance Cancer Research, 4591 [6MR]
Slow, Steady, and Heartbreaking, 10639 [7MY]
Smokeless Tobacco Use Growing—Study Shows Youngsters Feel It's Safe, 34030 [3DE]
Smoking as a Form of Child Abuse, 19374 [17JY]
Soft Drink Use—A Continuing Controversy, 10813 [7MY]
Study Affirms Link Between Aspirin and Reye's Syndrome, 27188 [10OC]
Study Links Benzene Exposure Level Allowed by United States to Higher Cancer Risk, 6007 [21MR]
Surgeon's Dream of Medical Care in Jungle Alive and Well, 13453 [23MY]
Sweetener Worries Some Scientists, 10803 [7MY]
Sweeteners Face Scrutiny Over Safety, 10803 [7MY]
Torturing Animals, 29155 [25OC]
Transcript of Reagan's Comments on Farm Veto (excerpt), 4783 [7MR]
Transcript of Remarks by Presidents Truman and Johnson at the Signing of the Medicare Legislation, 21358-21359 [30JY]
Treating Phobias in a Specialized Clinic, 7512 [3AP]
Tribute to Jayne Mazzarella, 17527 [26JN]
Virginia Weighs Migrant Workers' Plight—Federal Report Says Delmarva Camps Among Nation's Worst, 22927 [4SE]
What Is Tourette Syndrome?, 34082 [4DE]
Who, How and When To Pay for Physicians' Training, 12326-12328 [16MY]
Who's Really Causing AIDS Epidemic?, 25521 [1OC]
Woman Doctor Closes Gender Gap, 7415 [3AP]
Worry About Survival of Society First—Then AIDS Victims' Rights, 28163 [21OC]
Bills and resolutions
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: grants for education and dissemination of information (see H.R. 3275)
———grants for education information and dissemination and blood test program (see S. 1430)
———penalty for certain blood donors (see H.R. 3649)
———program of blood tests to detect antibodies to human T-cell lymphotrophic virus (see H.R. 3275)
———restrictions for health professionals (see H.R. 3647)
Adolescent health demonstration projects: funds (see H.R. 3616)
Aeronautics: excise tax exemption for certain emergency medical transportation (see S. 1661; H.R. 3139)
———in-flight emergency medical care aboard passenger aircraft (see H.R. 1647)
Africa: budget waiver for consideration of S. 457, emergency relief for certain sub-Saharan countries (see S. Res. 73)
———emergency relief for certain sub-Saharan countries (see S. 457)
Aged: home- and community-based services (see H.R. 2951)
———provide refundable tax credit for households which include (see H.R. 406)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: improve health-related authorities (see H.R. 3083)
Alcoholic beverages: warning label about health hazards (see H.R. 2656)
Aleuts: prevention and control of diabetes (see S. 1988)
Aliens: restrict payment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3161)
Alzheimer's disease: assistance for education, research, and treatment programs (see H.R. 2280)
———credit against tax for expenses incurred in care of family member (see H.R. 3523)
———demonstration projects for alternative medicare benefits (see H.R. 67)
———demonstration projects for medicare alternative (see S. 751)
———education, research, and treatment programs (see S. 1736)
———establish family support groups (see H.R. 66)
———family support group for families of victims (see S. 753)
———family support groups (see H.R. 3492)
———provide for regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524)
———research (see S. 750)
———tax deduction for certain households (see S. 263)
Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration, Research, Respite, and Assistance Act: enact (see S. 1835)
American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 202; H.J. Res. 127)
Animals: indemnity programs for control and eradication of brucellosis (see S. 715)
Antibiotics Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 616)
Armed Forces: legal rights for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 3174)
Asbestos: compensation for occupational exposure (see H.R. 1626)
———prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation for disability or death due to occupational exposure (see S. 1265)
Aspirin: warnings on certain drugs relative to Reye's syndrome (see H.R. 3640)
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 210; H.J. Res. 308)
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 93; H.J. Res. 162, 169, 475)
Black Lung Benefits Act: additional administrative law judges (see H.R. 1222, 3586)
———conditional resumption of benefits to a remarried surviving wife (see H.R. 3588)
———Dept. of Labor reduction of backlog of cases (see H.R. 2833)
———expedite hearing of claims (see H.R. 3194)
———prohibiting reduction of benefits (see H.R. 1323)
———relief for claimants who receive overpayments erroneously (see H.R. 3587)
Black lung disease: exclude from income tax liability payments from gross income for debt due to benefits repaid to U.S. (see H.R. 3539)
Blood donors: penalty for persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 3649)
Cardiac drugs: extension of patents for certain (see S. 456)
Carville, LA: designate Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center (see H.R. 3360)
Children: dependence on medical technology in the home for an extended period (see S. 1793)
———education in acquired immune deficiency syndrome cases (see H. Con. Res. 224)
———universal access to immunization (see S. Con. Res. 78; H. Con. Res. 211)
Cigarettes: cost-of-living adjustments to amount of tax and partial allocation of tax receipts to medicare trust fund (see H.R. 3039)
———earmark revenues from increased taxes to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3630)
———increase tax to fund cancer research (see H.R. 3788)
Community-Based Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Projects Act: enact (see S. 1873)
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see H.R. 3852)
———consideration of H.R. 2817 to amend (see H. Res. 331)
Daycare expenses: tax treatment for dependents with brain disorders (see H.R. 468)
Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 301)
Dept. of Defense: incentive for recruitment and retention of health professionals (see H.R. 1498)
Dept. of HHS: establish home health care clearinghouse (see S. 752)
Designate (see H.J. Res. 112)
Diethylstilbestrol (DES): registry to identify and assist affected individuals (see S. 551)
Disability: special advisory council to study medical and vocational aspects (see H.R. 3359)
Disability Advisory Council: establish (see S. 1626)
Dr. Jonas E. Salk Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 123; H.J. Res. 258)
Drug Benefits Council: establish (see H.R. 3311)
Drug industry: disclosure of active and inactive ingredients on label (see S. 1411)
———establish conditions for exports (see S. 1848; H.R. 3995)
———establish export conditions (see S. 1770)
Drugs: benefits for the aged (see H.R. 3311)
Education: children with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 224)
Employee life support programs: tax treatment (see H. Res. 184)
Employment: discrimination on basis of cancer history (see H.R. 1294)
Eskimos: prevention and control of diabetes (see S. 1988)
Establish (see H.R. 2295)
False claims: penalties (see H.R. 3317, 3335)
False Claims Act: amend (see H.R. 3334)
Farm animal husbandry: effective use of antibiotics (see H.R. 616)
Federal employees: improve health protection (see S. 1388)
———parental leave for birth, adoption, or serious illness of a child (see H.R. 2020)
———temporary leave for inability to work due to nonoccupational medical reasons (see H.R. 2020)
Firefighters: lower limitation on defined benefit plans (see H.R. 2073)
Florida: construct VA hospital in southwest region (see H.R. 2727)
Food: prohibit imports from countries having substandard use of certain antibiotics in food-producing animals (see H.R. 2379)
Government: recovery of certain costs of hospital and other medical treatment (see S. 1407)
Handicapped: independence and capacity to participate in community and family life (see H.R. 3774)
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285)
Hawaiians: prevention and control of diabetes (see S. 1988)
Hazardous substances: compensation system for individuals injured by exposure (see H.R. 2242)
Health: tax treatment for daycare expenses for dependents with brain disorders (see H.R. 468)
Health Care Expo Week: designate (see S. Res. 189)
Health maintenance organizations: eliminate Federal support (see S. 1642)
Health planning activities: block grant to States (see S. 1560)
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 125; H.J. Res. 227)
Hemochromatosis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 178; H.J. Res. 356)
Immunization: U.S.-U.S.S.R. effort to achieve worldwide (see S. Res. 227)
———U.S.-U.S.S.R. worldwide cooperation (see H. Res. 295)
———universal access (see S. Con. Res. 78; H. Con. Res. 211)
Indians: alcoholism prevention and treatment programs for youth (see H.R. 1156)
———health promotion and disease prevention services (see S. 400)
———prevention and control of diabetes (see S. 1988)
Infant mortality: reduction (see H.R. 1873)
Influenza vaccine: medicare coverage (see H.R. 482)
Insurance: tax incentives for statewide pools for high-risk individuals (see S. 1372)
Laetrile: exemption from Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's effectiveness requirements (see H.R. 1471)
Law enforcement officers: lower limitation on defined benefit plans (see H.R. 2073)
Lifeline Telephone Service Act: enact (see S. 950)
Long Term Care Insurance Promotion and Protection Act: enact (see S. 1378)
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 57; H.J. Res. 197)
Marlboro County General Hospital Charity, SC: relief (see S. 1895; H.R. 3896), 35787 [10DE]
Medicaid: coverage of hospice care (see S. 867)
———educational and training activities of peer review organizations (see H.R. 3783)
———hospice care as optional service (see S. 1648)
———increase activities of State's fraud and abuse units in eliminating patient neglect (see H.R. 2829)
———provider appeals of adverse determinations by peer review organizations (see H.R. 3782)
———service of acupuncturists (see H.R. 1031)
———State flexibility to provide home or community-based services (see S. 1277)
Medical care: block grant to States for planning activities (see S. 1855)
———continuation of benefits coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see S. 1615)
———cost control (see S. 1346)
———emergency care by hospitals and free standing emergency centers (see H. Con. Res. 178)
———extend, consolidate, and improve various services (see S. 1643)
———incentives for the establishment of statewide insurance pools (see S. 1615)
———prohibit hospitals from refusing appropriate treatment to stabilize patients in emergencies (see S. 1615)
———statewide insurance pools for high-risk individuals (see H.R. 1770)
———system of cost sharing for individual financially unable to obtain public or private coverage (see S. 1781)
Medical personnel: amend various training authorities (see S. 1644)
———training assistance (see S. 1283, 1284)
Medicare: 50% freeze on hospital payments under diagnosis-related group's prospective payment system (see H.R. 2168)
———accurate and timely information on available benefits (see H. Con. Res. 221)
———accurate and timely information to patients relative to benefits (see S. Con. Res. 58)
———acupuncture treatment (see H.R. 1032)
———additional members for Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (see S. 984)
———additional payment for hospitals which serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients (see S. 1606)
———adjust diagnostic-related group's prospective payment rates to hospitals to take into account the relative severity of illness involved (see H.R. 3781)
———administrative appeals and judicial review under part B (see S. 1551)
———allow hospices to subcontract for nursing services (see S. 322)
———allow physicians to charge beneficiaries without regard to fee freeze if patient chooses to pay from private sources (see S. 989)
———alternative liability system for medical malpractice in case of injuries (see S. 1960; H.R. 3084)
———anniversary commendation (see S. Con. Res. 9)
———annual report from OTA on changes in payment amounts for certain surgical transplantation procedures (see H.R. 3119)
———area wage index for reimbursement to hospitals (see S. 1478)
———commission to study short- and long-term financial solvency and appropriateness of benefit structure (see H.R. 3105)
———consideration of H.R. 3722, extend certain reimbursement provisions (see H. Res. 317)
———continuation of benefits coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see H.R. 3210)
———coverage for hospice care (see H.R. 3027)
———coverage of home health services on provided daily basis (see S. 778)
———coverage of services performed by physician assistant (see S. 1640; H.R. 3260)
———coverage of wigs and hairpieces for individuals suffering from alopecia (see H.R. 993)
———demonstration in health promotion and disease prevention (see S. 359)
———determining efficiency and economic feasibility of coverage for personal emergency response systems (see H.R. 1223)
———direct payment for services of registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 1154; H.R. 2504, 3022)
———educational and training activities of peer review organizations (see H.R. 3783)
———effective date of disenrollments of beneficiaries in health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans (see H.R. 2307)
———effective date of enrollments and disenrollments of beneficiaries in competitive medical plans (see H.R. 2010)
———eliminate penalty for late enrollments (see H.R. 3844)
———eliminate sunset for hospice benefits (see H.R. 2973)
———enhance authority of peer review organizations to review the quality of services (see S. 1623)
———enrollments and disenrollments from health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans (see H.R. 3089)
———establish a bipartisan Commission to study program (see H.R. 523)
———establishing month of entitlement to benefits for certain widows and widowers (see S. 549)
———extend certain reimbursement provisions (see H.R. 3722, 3918, 3982, 3993, 3994, 3996, 4006)
———extend hospice benefits (see S. 777)
———extend prospective payment transition period (see S. 1127)
———extension of hospice benefits (see H.R. 1316)
———flexible billing and payment arrangements for substitute physicians (see H.R. 2167)
———hospice benefits (see H.R. 2070)
———hospice care as permanent benefit (see S. 1648)
———hospitals' swing-bed program (see H.R. 3000)
———increase payment for inpatient hospital services in certain rural areas (see H.R. 3767)
———increase reimbursement rates for hospice care (see S. 1648)
———inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (see S. 1729)
———limit increase in inpatient hospital deductible and extended services coinsurance amount (see H.R. 3630, 3631, 3635)
———limit increases of part B premium (see S. 916)
———limit reimbursement for legal fees to hospitals and other providers of services (see H.R. 3589)
———maxillofacial services and prostheses needed in certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 3412)
———miscellaneous amendments (see S. 1613)
———occupational therapy services (see S. 723)
———payment amount for ambulatory surgical procedures (see S. 1489)
———payment for occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1985)
———payment for outpatient lens implantation procedures (see H.R. 3061)
———payment reform (see S. 1614)
———payment to freestanding radiation therapy centers for services to hospital inpatients (see S. 1683)
———payments of hospital under diagnosis-related group prospective payment system (see H.R. 1682)
———permanent 50% regional-national prospective payment rates (see S. 1400)
———program solvency (see S. 1346)
———prohibit Sec. of HHS from requiring physician certifications relative to inpatient hospital services (see S. 988)
———prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index (see S. 1401)
———provider appeals of adverse determinations by peer review organizations (see H.R. 3782)
———reform payments under part A (see H.R. 3210)
———reform reimbursement for medical education (see H.R. 2501)
———reimbursement levels or methodologies for home health services (see S. 1450; H.R. 3202)
———reimbursement limits for home health agencies (see S. 1402)
———reimbursement waivers for certain hospitals (see S. 1460)
———requirement for service provided by clinical psychologist in rural health clinic (see S. 1244)
———residency training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine as condition for payment of direct medical education costs (see H.R. 2831)
———revenue from tax on smokeless tobacco used to assist in financing program (see H.R. 3064)
———revise method of payment to hospitals for capital costs (see S. 1559)
———revise methodology for computing additional payment to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 1606)
———revise requirements relative to nursing care provided by certain hospice programs (see H.R. 1742)
———service to VA beneficiaries by non-Federal providers of hospital care and services (see H.R. 3191)
———State payment for reservation of nursing home beds (see H.R. 3062)
———therapeutic shoes for certain diabetics (see H.R. 2543)
———treatment of rural osteopathic hospitals under prospective payment system (see S. 1317; H.R. 2680)
———vision care (see H.R. 2342)
———waive late enrollment penalty under part B for certain handicapped (see S. 1604)
———waive waiting period for disability benefits in case of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 3602)
Medicare Voucher Act: enact (see S. 1985)
Medicare/medicaid: budget reconciliation (see H.R. 3101, 3290)
———cost reduction (see S. 1550)
———coverage of respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent individuals (see S. 1249; H.R. 2703)
———coverage of services provided by clinical psychologist in rural health clinic (see H.R. 3281)
———payment for direct and indirect medical education costs (see H.R. 2699)
———payments for heart transplants (see S. 733)
———require second opinion for certain surgical procedures as condition for payment (see S. 1325; H.R. 2807)
———requirements for hospitals to provide swing-bed services (see H.R. 1745)
———security of patients' funds maintained by skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 2832)
———State coordinated programs of acute and long-term care (see S. 780)
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 67; H.J. Res. 178)
Mentally ill: protection and advocacy (see S. 974)
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 183; H.J. Res. 329)
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 117, 119; H.J. Res. 229)
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 208; H.J. Res. 282)
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 65; H.J. Res. 77)
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 83, 241; H.J. Res. 170, 427)
National Autism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 230; H.J. Res. 440)
National Blood Pressure Awareness Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 130)
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333)
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 234; H.J. Res. 481)
National Camps for Children with Cancer Day (see H.J. Res. 109)
National Cancer Institute: reauthorize (see S. 1309)
National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173)
National childhood vaccine-injury compensation program: establish (see H.R. 1780)
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (see S. 231)
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: establish (see H.R. 3344, 3349, 3353)
National Council on Access to Health Care: establish (see S. 1620; H.R. 3253)
National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 175; H.J. Res. 177, 183)
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218)
National DES Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 63; H.J. Res. 149)
National Diabetes Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 145; H.J. Res. 314)
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 94; H.J. Res. 158)
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 160)
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 40; H.J. Res. 135)
National Emergency Medical Air Transport Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452)
National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 245)
National Eye Health Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 207)
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 189; H.J. Res. 375)
National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 132; H.J. Res. 200)
National Health Service Corps: reauthorize (see S. 1285)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: reauthorize (see S. 1309)
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 150; H.J. Res. 254)
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319)
National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 155; H.J. Res. 288)
National Infection Control Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 147)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (see S. 425)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases: establish (see H.R. 525)
National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: designate (see S. 750)
National Maternal and Child Health Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 239; H.J. Res. 461)
National Medical Laboratory Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 202)
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297)
National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217)
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 236; H.J. Res. 450)
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 35; H.J. Res. 123)
National Organ Transplant Trust Fund: provide for designation of contributions on tax forms (see S. 205)
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 88; H.J. Res. 175)
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 61; H.J. Res. 46)
National Parkinson's Disease Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 185)
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 29; H.J. Res. 122)
National Scleroderma Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 78; H.J. Res. 144)
National Shut-In Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 145)
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 4; H.J. Res. 85)
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 111; H.J. Res. 179)
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322)
National Taste and Smell Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364)
National Tumor Registrar Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 422)
National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216)
New York, NY: tax treatment of work-related sick pay for law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 1244, 1987)
Nuclear facilities: comprehensive, equitable, and efficient mechanism for full compensation in event of accidents (see S. 1225)
———modify certain limitations on amount of financial protection required for incidents (see H.R. 2665)
———procedures for liability and indemnification for incidents (see H.R. 3653)
Nurses: education assistance (see S. 1284)
———Social Security coverage of services (see H.R. 420, 421)
Occupational health and safety: compensation for workers disabled as a result of exposure to toxic substances (see H.R. 3090)
———identifying, notifying, and preventing illness and death among workers (see H.R. 1309)
Oral rehydration: assistance to foreign countries for protection of children (see S. 1917; H.R. 3894)
Orphan drugs: amend Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see S. 1147)
Pediatric pulmonary medicine: grant program to fund research, training, and patient services (see H.R. 3822)
Pediculosis Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 223)
Pharmacists: collective negotiations with third-party prepaid prescription program administrators and sponsors (see H.R. 2668)
Physicians: Dept. of Justice funds for State medical malpractice programs (see H.R. 2659)
Program Fraud Civil Penalties Act: enact (see H.R. 3335)
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: additional members (see S. 984)
Psychologists: Social Security coverage of services (see H.R. 419)
Public baths: prohibit Federal assistance to local jurisdiction which permits operation of certain (see H.R. 3648)
Public Health Service Act: amend (see S. 1689)
Puerto Rico: VA contract for hospital care and outpatient services (see S. 1671)
Radom: research relative to exposure and emergency response to adverse health effects (see H.R. 3390)
Radon: EPA assessment of gas formed from naturally occurring deposits of uranium (see S. 1593; H.R. 3172)
———research relative to exposure and emergency response to adverse health effects (see H.R. 3390, 3423)
Research: extend various authorities (see S. 1641)
Reye's syndrome: warnings for drugs containing aspirin (see H.R. 3640)
Rural areas: access to medical care and social service programs (see S. 1601)
Saccharin: extension of restriction on sale or distribution of certain products (see H.R. 791)
Sesquicentennial Year of the National Library of Medicine: designate (see H.J. Res. 332)
Smokeless tobacco products: budget waiver for consideration of S. 1574, public education on health effects (see S. Res. 266)
———public education on health effects (see S. 1574)
———revenue from excise tax used to assist in financing medicare program (see H.R. 3064)
———revenue from excise tax used to establish trust fund for cancer research (see H.R. 3078)
Social Security: additional members for Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (see H.R. 2709)
———ambulette service for wheelchair-bound individuals (see H.R. 598)
———benefits to certain individuals in dual marriage cases (see H.R. 3715)
———congressional approval of disinvestment of trust funds (see H.R. 3689)
———consideration of H.R. 3669, prevent disinvestment of trust funds (see H. Res. 306)
———consideration of H.R. 3721, restore investments of trust funds (see H. Res. 318)
———definition of term physician (see H.R. 1990)
———disability benefits for individuals suffering from terminal illness (see H.R. 580)
———eliminate 5-month waiting period for disability benefits (see H.R. 574)
———exclude certain trust funds from unified budget process (see S. 1600; H.R. 3195)
———floating tax rates (see H.R. 3195)
———improve antifraud provisions (see S. 837; H.R. 1868)
———improvements and technical changes (see H.R. 1641)
———liberalize eligibility for disability benefits (see H.R. 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 576)
———medicare coverage of antibiotics administered intravenously at home to certain patients (see H.R. 1215)
———modify terminology relative to certain disabled children (see S. 472)
———notify Congress of investment of certain assets (see S. 1909)
———off-budget treatment of programs (see H.R. 3908)
———prohibit adversarial involvement in hearings relative to benefits, of Dept. of HHS and Social Security Administration (see S. 1944; H.R. 3854)
———proportional payment of benefit during month of recipient's death (see H.R. 1115)
———proportionate payment for month of death (see H.R. 871)
———protect trust funds from actions designed to avoid statutory limit on public debt (see S. 1826; H.R. 3694)
———remove trust funds from budget process (see H.R. 3398)
———restore investments of trust funds (see H.R. 3721)
———restore losses in trust funds resulting from noninvestment and redemptions relative to statutory public debt limit (see H.R. 3689)
———restriction on premature disinvestment of trust funds obligations (see H.R. 3727)
———treatment of certain sensory and communication aids (see H.R. 1432)
Soldiers' homes: determination of construction grants made on basis of need (see H.R. 2171)
States: assist in establishment of protection and advocacy systems for the mentally ill (see H.R. 3492)
———establish a program for coverage of catastrophic health care expenses (see H.R. 2695, 2696)
Superfund Excise Tax Act: enact (see H.R. 2948)
Taxation: deduction for dependents suffering from Alzheimer's disease (see S. 263)
———deduction of contributions to individual medical care accounts (see H.R. 2830, 3420, 3505)
———increased and refundable credit for dependent care expenses (see S. 1605)
———repeal 5% floor on deduction of medical expenses (see H.R. 2435)
Toxic substances: prevent releases (see H.R. 1660)
VA: authorize temporary and part-time appointments of medical personnel (see H.R. 2980)
———budget waiver for consideration of S. 876, extend and improve certain medical programs (see S. Res. 198)
———clarify Chief Medical Director authority over disciplinary actions on certain probationary medical personnel (see S. 1650)
———clarify Chief Medical Director authority relative to disciplinary actions against certain probationary medical personnel (see H.R. 3192)
———modify structure of Office of Chief Medical Director and clarify procedures for removal for cause of certain employees (see H.R. 3763)
———protection of medical personnel from suits alleging commission of certain torts in furnishing treatment (see H.R. 2808)
———temporary and part-time appointments of medical personnel (see S. 1649)
Vaccination: assistance to promote preventive medicine in foreign countries (see S. 1917; H.R. 3894)
Vaccine-related injuries: compensation (see S. 827)
Veterans: additional compensation for loss or loss of use of lung or kidney (see H.R. 1488)
———compensation for ionizing radiation effects from certain atomic tests following occupation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (see S. 707; H.R. 1613)
———credit against tax for expenses incurred in care of certain elderly (see S. 1422)
———eligibility for outpatient care (see H.R. 1501)
———Government collection of costs incurred for medical treatment of certain non-service-connected disabled (see H.R. 2646)
———lupus erythematosis included as chronic disease presumed to be service connected (see H.R. 1490)
———reimbursement of emergency care provided in non-VA facilities (see H.R. 3754)
———repeal time requirement for manifestation of chronic disease after discharge (see H.R. 1487)
———respite care to certain chronically ill disabled (see H.R. 2179)
———time period for syringomyelia to be presumed service-connected disease (see H.R. 1502)
———treatment and rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug dependence and abuse disabilities (see S. 1671)
———VA-furnished drugs prescribed by private physicians for treatment of service-connected disability (see S. 845; H.R. 1491)
Virgin Islands: VA contract for hospital care and outpatient services (see S. 1671)
Water pollution: priority for wells contaminated by release of hazardous substances (see H.R. 3082)
William Beaumont Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 391)
Women: epidemiological study of gender-specific effect of exposure to herbicide known as agent orange during Vietnam Conflict (see S. 1616; H.R. 3297)
Booklets
Physician's Guide to Disability Evaluation Examinations: VA (excerpt), 10344 [2MY]
Books
``Sun Is My Enemy,'' Henrietta Aladjem (excerpt), 29001 [24OC]
Briefs
Lead-Based Paint Hazards: plaintiffs in Washington, DC, legal case (excerpt), 28043 [18OC]
Circular
Health care for women veterans: VA, 7838 [15AP]
Comparisons
National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act (S. 827 and proposed 1982's S. 2117), 7031 [2AP]
Court decisions
Allen v. U.S. (excerpt), 32075, 32077 [14NO]
Estelle v. Gamble: Supreme Court (excerpt relative to medical care of prisoners), 30243 [1NO]
Descriptions
Direct payment for medicare services of registered nurse anesthetists (S. 1154), 12319 [16MY]
Saving health care dollars through psychological services, 16953-16956 [24JN]
Documents
Black Lung Program (excerpt), 24436 [20SE], 24637 [23SE]
Legislation Establishing the National Center on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 21380 [30JY]
Draft
Objections to a Final Rule Permitting the Use of Aspartame in Carbonated Beverages: National Soft Drink Association, 10818 [7MY]
Objections to the Issuance by the FDA of a Regulation To Authorize the Use of Aspartame in Carbonated Beverages: National Soft Drink Association, 10818-10822 [7MY]
Examples
Calculation of actuarial equivalence for medicare voucher, 37664 [18DE]
Explanations
Extend application of certain excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program (H.R. 3722), 31565 [13NO]
House bill (H.R. 505), Senate amendment (S. 876), and compromise agreement on the VA health care amendments of 1985, 31646-31652 [13NO]
Medical Offer and Recovery Act (S. 1960), 36875 [17DE]
History
Polycystic Kidney Research Foundation: Joseph H. Bruening, 15532 [12JN]
Letters
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Dept. of HHS, 25708 [2OC]
Adjudication of black lung claims: Representative Mollohan, 5005 [7MR]
African famine relief (sundry excerpt), 22459 [1AU]
Agent orange studies: John H. Gibbons, 8819 [23AP]
American Academy of Dermatology tribute: Nancy Reagan, 293 [3JA]
Assistance to famine victims: M. Peter McPherson, 2476 [19FE]
———several Members of Congress, 4163 [28FE]
Black Lung Program: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 31965 [14NO]
Commend KUTV-TV (Salt Lake City, UT) for substance abuse prevention efforts: Senator Hatch, 24699 [24SE]
Compensation for victims of nuclear testing: Max L. Friedersdorf, 32085 [14NO]
Enactment of the Health Research Extension Act (H.R. 2409): Senator Cranston, 32731 [20NO]
First Regional Conference on Public Employee Health and Fitness Programs: George Allen, 24421 [20SE]
———Senator Bingaman, 24421 [20SE]
Funding for veterans' services and benefits: Billy R. Cameron, 11352 [9MY]
———Chad Colley, 11352 [9MY]
———E. Philip Riggin, 11352 [9MY]
———Harry N. Walters, 11351 [9MY]
———Senator Cranston, 11350, 11351, 11355 [9MY]
Grades for certain administrative law judges: Alfred M. Zuck, 20500 [25JY]
Health care for women veterans: John W. Ditzler, 7838 [15AP]
Health effects in veterans exposed to nuclear weapons tests: John H. Gibbons, 21376 [30JY]
———Senator Cranston, 21376 [30JY]
Health fairs: Donald M. Berwick, 38643 [19DE]
How to talk to teenagers about drinking and driving: American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association, 5894 [20MR]
Include women Vietnam veterans in agent orange studies: Centers for Disease Control, 23452 [11SE]
———Margaret M. Heckler, Sec. of HHS, 23452 [11SE]
———sundry Representatives, 23452 [11SE]
Lead poisoning in children: Ronald R. Jones, 24426 [20SE]
Medicare and medicaid coverage of physician assistant services: Roger G. Penner, 23761 [13SE]
Medicare assistance for disabled: West Bloomfield, MI, citizen, 32645 [20NO]
Medicare coverage of mental health services in rural health clinics: Carolyne K. Davis, 14413 [5JN]
Medicare home care benefits: Gayla M. Sasser, 19332 [17JY]
———Tom Gardner, 19332 [17JY]
Medicare reimbursement for nursing homes: American Association of Retired Persons (excerpt), 31948, 31949 [14NO]
Medicare reimbursement formula: Harlan Heald (excerpt), 19906 [22JY]
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: Nancy E. Youngermann, 849 [22JA]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: Frederic Haberman, 5340 [18MR]
———Gerald G. Krueger, 5340 [18MR]
Proposal to establish a VA Medical Center in Mobile, AL: Everett Alvarez, Jr., 30653 [6NO]
———Harry N. Walters, 30653 [6NO], 31663 [13NO]
———John S. Staum, 31659 [13NO]
———Senator Cranston, 31662 [13NO]
———Senator Denton (Dear Colleague), 31661 [13NO]
Recognition of Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month in Massachusetts: President Reagan, 12689 [20MY]
Recovery of costs for medical care provided by Government (S. 1407): Phillip D. Brady, 18244 [9JY]
Reductions in NIH cancer research funding: David O. Wood, Jr., 5173 [14MR]
———Herbert C. Cheung, 5174 [14MR]
———Jenifer Turco, 5173 [14MR]
———Senator Heflin, 5173 [14MR]
Research funding for Tay-Sachs and Dysautonomia diseases: Representative Kemp, 27746 [16OC]
Restrictions on smoking in Federal buildings: Matthew L. Myers, 19117 [16JY]
Support for National Home Care Week: Val J. Halamandaris, 12951 [21MY]
Universal vaccination access: President Reagan, 35076 [6DE]
VA health study on women veterans exposed to agent orange: Dixon Arnett, 33640 [2DE]
VA ionizing radiation registry: Senator Murkowski, 35444 [10DE]
VA medical care appropriations: Senators Murkowski and Cranston (Dear Colleague), 27713 [16OC]
VA third-party reimbursement proposal: Bernard Tresnowski (excerpt), 31959 [14NO]
Value of hospice care, 24655 [23SE]
Veterans' health care funding: Albert H. Linden, Jr., 30539 [5NO]
———Douglas K. Vollmer, 30539 [5NO]
———E. Philip Riggin, 30539 [5NO]
———John S. Staum, 30539 [5NO]
———Senator Simpson (Dear Colleague), 30533 [5NO]
Lists
Amendments proposed by Democrats to S. 457, assisting victims of famine, 3145 [22FE]
Cancer Hopefuls United for Mutual Support board of directors, 10561 [6MY]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week cosponsors (H.J. Res. 322), 16171 [18JN]
Pittsburgh, PA, counselors on infant mortality prevention, 33118 [21NO]
Mailgrams
Funding for veterans' services and benefits: Richard Hoover, 11353 [9MY]
Memorandums
Effects of Certain Artificial Sweeteners on Human Health: Dept. of HHS, 10802 [7MY]
———FDA, 10801 [7MY]
Grades for Certain Administrative Law Judges: Nahum Litt, 20499 [25JY]
Safety of Aspartame Use in Beverages: Dept. of HHS, 10822 [7MY]
Second Medical Opinion Program for Medicare and Medicaid: Health Care Financing Administration, 16266 [19JN]
Memorials of legislature
California, 3419 [25FE], 16123 [18JN], 17630 [27JN], 22898 [4SE], 26366 [7OC]
Guam, 12305 [16MY]
Maryland, 15712 [13JN]
Messages
Cooperative Medical Science Program With Japan: President Reagan, 34121 [4DE]
Health Research Extension Act (H.R. 2409)—Veto, President Reagan, 31379 [12NO]
Social Security Agreement With Sweden: President Reagan, 33671 [2DE]
Motion
Handicapped Children's Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1523), pass S. 415 in lieu, 31377 [12NO]
Hunger: assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries (S. 457), pass H.R. 1096 in lieu, 3755 [27FE]
Opinions
Supreme Court Ruling on Rights of Handicapped Children and Youth: William J. Brennan, Jr. (excerpt), 5064 [7MR]
Papers
Medical Care Appropriations: VA, 27869 [17OC]
Petitions
Alcohol: Whitesboro United Methodist Church, 20936 [29JY]
Investigate and prevent fish disease: Jacksonville, FL, City Council, 19595 [18JY]
Oppose suspension of Federal funds in effort to force the States to raise drinking age: United Methodist Youth Fellowship, 33952 [3DE]
Social Security and medicare: Concord, NH, Citizens, 3419 [25FE]
Social Security Trust Funds transfer from general fund to special fund: Commission on the Aging, 3419 [25FE]
Social Security v. illegal aliens: St. Petersburg Woman's Club, 3419 [25FE]
Polls of opinion
AIDS ranks with cancer as top health problem: ABC News/Washington Post, 30360 [1NO]
Health care for the aging veteran: results, 9453 [25AP]
Proclamations
American Heart Month: President Reagan, 4236 [28FE]
Lupus Awareness Week: Ed Herschler, Governor of Wyoming, 28016 [17OC]
Remarks in House
Acquired immune deficiency: research funding, 24123 [18SE]
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: grants to State and local governments to support education and information projects (H.R. 3275), 23478 [11SE]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: death of Rock Hudson, 26405 [7OC]
———epidemic, 23494 [12SE]
———grants to State and local governments to support education and information projects (H.R. 3275), 23478 [11SE]
———health policy, 25491 [1OC]
———opinion poll, 30360 [1NO]
———provide medicare benefits for victims (H.R. 3602), 28472 [22OC]
———research, 11929 [14MY], 16167 [18JN], 17272 [25JN], 19269 [16JY]
———research funding, 25673-25677, 25696-25697 [2OC]
———researchers find virus in central nervous system, 36140 [12DE]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic: economic impact, 12989 [21MY]
Africa: encourage private sector involvement in famine relief, 4720 [6MR]
Aged: right-to-die, 25526, 25535 [1OC]
Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry: funding, 11915 [14MY]
Agriculture: plight of migrant workers, 22927 [4SE]
Alchol abuse: effects on families-7764 [4AP]
Alcohol abuse: effects on families, 7762 [4AP]
Alcohol and drug abuse: prevention, 10579 [6MY]
Alcoholics Anonymous: anniversary, 15523 [12JN]
Alzheimer's disease: dependent care tax credit (H.R. 2527), 13338 [22MY]
———Gardiner, ME, multidimensional facility for victims and families, 27352 [10OC]
———release funds for research and treatment centers, 13860 [24MY]
———research, 5510 [19MR], 32496 [19NO]
———tax credit for caretakers, 26826 [8OC]
———tax deductions for acute and long-term care (H.R. 524), 621 [7JA]
———tax deductions for home care and adult day care, 531, 537 [3JA]
———tax deductions for home care and adult day care (H.R. 524), 32496 [19NO]
———VA treatment of veterans (H.R. 1101), 3952 [27FE]
———VA treatment of veterans (H.R. 1102), 3952 [27FE]
———VA treatment of veterans (H.R. 1103), 3952 [27FE]
———VA treatment of veterans (H.R. 1104), 3952 [27FE]
AMC Cancer Research Center: tribute to colon/rectal cancer screening program, 34371 [4DE]
American Heart Month: observance, 3086 [21FE], 4236 [28FE]
Antibiotics Protection Act: enact (H.R. 616), 813 [22JA]
Antioch, CA: tribute to the Rehabilitation, Education, Awareness, Community and Humanitarism Project, Inc., 17976 [27JN]
Armed Forces: legal rights for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (H.R. 3174), 26414, 26422 [7OC]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 308), 17994 [27JN], 27775 [17OC]
Black lung: delay in disbursement of certain benefits, 22972 [5SE]
Black Lung Benefits Act: enact (H.R. 3194), 22757 [1AU]
Black Lung Benefits Reform Act: enact, 5005 [7MR]
Black lung disease: retired miners benefits cost-of-living adjustments, 18392 [10JY]
Breast Cancer Treatment Informed Consent Act: enact (H.R. 1579), 5645 [19MR]
Brown University: world hunger study program, 5879 [20MR]
Cancer: immunology treatment, 34467 [5DE]
———results of new treatment, 34766 [5DE]
Children: immunization program, 28857 [24OC]
———universal access to immunization and accelerated efforts to eradicate childhood diseases (H. Con. Res. 211), 27343 [10OC], 36572 [16DE]
Cigarettes: continue excise tax and earmark for smoking-related diseases, 508 [3JA]
———continue excise tax and earmark for smoking-related diseases (H.R. 236), 2832 [20FE]
———continue excise tax and earmark for smoking-related diseases (H.R. 236), withdrawal of cosponsor, 4361 [5MR]
———use revenue from excise tax to finance research of smoking related diseases (H.R. 1508), 6884 [28MR]
Civil Air Patrol: transport of Red Cross personnel to donor sites, 5651 [19MR]
Coal miners: expedite consideration of black lung appeals, 19618 [18JY]
Compassionate Pain Relief Act: enact (H.R. 1597), 5595, 5642 [19MR]
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (H.R. 2280), 32496 [19NO]
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco and Health Education Act: enact (S. 1574), 38350 [19DE]
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Education Act: enact, 18905 [11JY]
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Risk Education Act: enact (H.R. 3510), 26147, 26154 [3OC], 30951 [6NO], 34030 [3DE]
Denver, CO: Davis Carousel Ball for Children's Diabetes, 27747 [16OC]
Dept. of Defense: CHAMPUS alcoholism coverage policy, 31546 [12NO]
———CHAMPUS coverage for treatment of alcoholism, 17528 [26JN]
Drugs: research and development of orphan drugs (S. 1147), Senate amendment, 21919 [31JY]
Dysautonomia: research funding, 27745 [16OC]
Education: require the Centers for Disease Control to study sexually transmitted diseases, 34221 [4DE]
El Salvador: vaccination campaign (H. Res. 145), 11143 [8MY]
Elgin, IL: commend St. Joseph Hospital for cost-containment innovations, 22947 [4SE]
Emergency Reye's Syndrome Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1381), 4257 [28FE]
Employment Opportunities for Disabled Americans Act: enact (H.R. 2030), 7859-7861 [15AP]
Fairness in Alcohol Advertising Act: enact (H.R. 2526), 12212 [15MY]
Farm animal husbandry: effective use of antibiotics (H.R. 616), 813 [22JA]
Federal Occupational Disease Compensation Act: enact (H.R. 3090), 20829 [26JY], 20850-20852 [26JY]
Government-owned vessels: set certain aside for health assistance, 9358 [24AP]
Handicapped Children's Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1523), 5064 [7MR], 31369-31377 [12NO], 32278 [18NO]
———enact (H.R. 1523), S. 415 passed in lieu, 31377 [12NO]
Health: CBS documentary, The Gift of Life on donation of organs, 6898 [28MR]
———organ donation procurement program, 6895 [28MR]
Health Research Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2409), 15836 [17JN], 15860 [18JN], 16894 [21JN], 24879 [24SE], 28477 [22OC]
———enact (H.R. 2409), appointment of conferees, 24805 [24SE]
———enact (H.R. 2409), conference report, 28622 [23OC]
———enact (H.R. 2409), permission to file conference report, 27379 [11OC]
———enact (H.R. 2409), technical corrections, 28624 [23OC]
———enact (H.R. 2409), veto, 31380-31385 [12NO]
Hospice program: provide medicaid coverage (H.R. 3027), 19471 [17JY]
Hospices: nursing care (H.R. 1742), 16162 [18JN]
Hunger: assistance for famine relief, 22459 [1AU]
———assistance for famine relief (H.R. 1239), 4105, 4108-4111, 4114 [28FE], 4132 [6MR]-4133, 4163 [28FE], 4720, 4722 [6MR], 6163 [26MR]
———assistance for famine relief (H.R. 1239), amendments in disagreement, 7136 [2AP]
———assistance for famine relief (H.R. 1239), appointment of conferees, 6405 [27MR]
———assistance for famine relief (H.R. 1239), conference report, 7129-7137 [2AP]
———assistance for famine relief (H.R. 1239), permission to file conference report, 6405 [27MR]
Immunization and oral rehydration: provide assistance to promote (H.R. 3894), 35838 [10DE]
Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1156), 2660 [20FE], 31819 [13NO]
Joseph Seagram, Inc.: alcohol consumption public awareness campaign, 11917 [14MY]
Labor: implement Federal program for cancer-exposed workers, 20975 [29JY]
Livestock feeds: use of antibiotics (H.R. 616), 813 [22JA]
Long-term care: protect rights of patients in facilities, 34058 [3DE]
Long-Term Care Insurance Promotion and Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2293), 9971 [30AP]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate, 18932 [11JY]
———designate (S.J. Res. 57), 20246 [24JY]
Lupus erythematosus: include Coordinating Committee in National Institutes of Health funding, 28477 [22OC]
Marijuana: health effects of usage, 23676 [12SE]
Massachusetts: Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month, 12688 [20MY], 13350 [22MY]
Medicaid: dental coverage (H.R. 224), 540 [3JA]
———SSI income requirements, 7504 [3AP]
Medicare: alternative liability system for medical malpractice in case of injuries (H.R. 3084), 20662 [25JY]
———commend for success in protecting older persons against high cost of health care (S. Con. Res. 9), 22529 [1AU]
———coverage of hospitalization of terminally ill (H.R. 3474), 25522 [1OC]
———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3722), 31563 [13NO]
———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3918), 36196 [12DE]
———hospice benefit (H.R. 1316), 4709 [6MR]
———hospice nursing care coverage (H.R. 1742), 17543 [26JN]
———permit hospital to exempt respiratory care unit from prospective payment system (H.R. 2572), 12985 [21MY]
———prospective rural hospitals payment rates, 6997 [1AP]
———provide coverage of cost for therapeutic shoes for diabetics (H.R. 2543), 12246 [16MY]
———reimbursement for therapeutic shoes, 25736 [2OC]
Medicare and Medicaid Second Opinion Act: enact (H.R. 2807), 16443 [19JN]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 329), 17952 [27JN]
———designate (S.J. Res. 183), 26978 [9OC]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate, 562 [3JA]
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: observance, 30953 [6NO]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 65), 10639 [7MY]
———observance, 32280 [18NO]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate, 4106 [28FE]
———designate (S.J. Res. 83), 10637 [7MY]
National Autism Week: designate (H.J. Res. 440), 30347 [1NO], 32207 [14NO], 33829 [3DE]
———observance, 33830 [10DE]
National Back Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 444), 30957 [6NO]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Day: designate (S.J. Res. 130), 30884 [6NO]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 333), 17992 [27JN]
National Cancer Institute: funding, 25703 [2OC]
National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act: enact (H.R. 1780), 6456 [27MR]
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish, 849 [22JA]
National DES Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 149), 2333 [7FE]
National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 314), 15517 [12JN]
———designate (S.J. Res. 145), 29652 [30OC]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 94), 10636 [7MY]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 40), 18701 [11JY]
National Eye Donor Month: observance, 2046 [6FE]
National Hemophilia Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 254), additional cosponsors, 22831 [14AU]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (H.J. Res. 254), 9374 [24AP]
National Home Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 139), 32591 [20NO]
National Hospital Volunteer Week: observance, 9357 [24AP]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases: establish, 613 [7JA]
National Liver Awareness Month: designate, 2055 [6FE]
National Lupus Awareness Week: observance, 28016 [17OC], 28477 [22OC], 28730 [23OC]
National Multiple Sclerosis Society: anniversary, 36357 [12DE]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 450), 31539 [12NO], 31883 [14NO]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 123), 1646 [31JA]
———designate (S.J. Res. 35), 7218 [2AP]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate, 569 [3JA]
———designate (S.J. Res. 61), 10636 [7MY]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (S.J. Res. 29), 29653 [30OC], 30886 [6NO]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (H.J. Res. 144), 2322 [7FE], 15239 [11JN]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (H.J. Res. 85), 517 [3JA], 5001-5003 [7MR]
———observance, 18282 [9JY]
National Society for Children & Adults with Autism: anniversary, 32191 [14NO]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (S.J. Res. 111), 24233 [19SE]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 322), 16171 [18JN], 26976, 26977 [9OC], 27345 [10OC]
National Tumor Registrar Recognition Day: designate (H.J. Res. 422), 28222 [21OC]
Nestle Food Corp.: programs to aid fight against multiple sclerosis, 30111 [31OC]
Nutritional Information Labeling Act: enact (H.R. 3751), 31812 [13NO]
``One Too Many'': promote distribution of film on teenage drinking, 12217 [15MY]
Oral rehydration therapy: application, 18083 [9JY]
Organ Donor Awareness Week: observance, 9382 [24AP]
Orphan Drug Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2290), 9978 [30AP], 15861 [17JN], 15865 [18JN]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2290), S. 1147 passed in lieu, 16064 [18JN]
Osterblom, Ryan: need for liver transplant, 3343 [25FE]
Parkinson's Disease Amelioration Act: enact (H.R. 2295), 10173 [1MY]
Pediatric pulmonary medicine: research, training and services funding (H.R. 3822), 32892 [20NO]
Phobia Clinic, New Hyde Park, NY: tribute, 7512 [3AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend (S. 1689), 24803-24805 [24SE]
Rabies epidemic: control, 24229 [19SE]
Radon gas: exposure is a leading cause of lung cancer, 15550, 15553 [13JN]
Radon Reduction Act: enact, 22760 [1AU]
Reagan, President: recovery, 19394 [17JY]
Red dyes: ban cancer causing food additives, 17544 [26JN]
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: amend (S. 484), 11737 [14MY]
Sacramento, CA: anniversary of the United Cerebral Palsy Association, 27754 [16OC]
Salt Lake City, UT: Red Cross and Rowland Hall-St. Marks School assist famine relief, 6168 [26MR]
Sammy Davis, Jr., National Liver Institute: fundraising plans, 15518 [12JN]
San Francisco, CA: candlelight vigils to honor acquired immune deficiency syndrome victims, 13865, 13871 [24MY]
Shimer, Andrea L.: liver transplant, 30376 [4NO]
Smokeless Tobacco Control Act: enact (H.R. 3078), 22831 [14AU]
Smokeless Tobacco Health Risk Act: enact (H.R. 2950), 26147 [3OC]
Social Security: prohibit use of Government adversaries in disability hearings (H.R. 3854), 34250 [4DE]
Students Against Multiple Sclerosis: tribute, 28227 [21OC]
Tay-Sachs disease: research funding, 27745 [16OC]
Terminal illnesses: home care, 26405 [7OC]
Therapeutic shoes: provide medicare coverage for cost for diabetics (H.R. 2543), 12246 [16MY]
Tobacco industry: use revenue from excise tax on cigarettes to finance research on smoking related diseases (H.R. 1508), 6884 [28MR]
Use of Human Tissues and Organs for Research and Transplantation: conference, 24401 [19SE]
VA: improve delivery of services (H.R. 505), 31833 [14NO], 35813 [10DE]
Veterans: establish a satellite outpatient clinic (H.R. 1424), 5666 [19MR]
———VA satellite outpatient clinics (H.R. 1424), 4329 [5MR]
Vetter, David P.: Presidential Medal of Freedom, 3063 [21FE]
Williams, LaToya: Sickle Cell Anemia Poster Child, 24032 [17SE]
Women Vietnam veterans: include in agent orange studies, 23451 [11SE]
World Health Day: designate (S.J. Res. 50), 7216 [2AP]
World Health Week: designate (S.J. Res. 50), 7216 [2AP]
Wyoming Valley, PA: commend heart disease prevention program, 22981 [5SE]
Remarks in Senate
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: drug relationship, 35117 [6DE]
———efforts on behalf of victims, 27838 [17OC]
———grants for education information and dissemination and blood test program (S. 1430), 19011, 19013 [15JY]
———victims' rights, 28163 [21OC]
Africa: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2339), 4780-4783 [7MR]
Aga Khan, Yasmin: commending work on behalf of Alzheimer's disease research, 17614 [27JN]
Aged: gerontology centers, 35509 [10DE]
———impact of malnutrition, 24504 [20SE]
———tax credit for home health care (S. 779), 6707 [28MR]
Agriculture: limit farm credit expenditures under act to assist African famine victims, 3730-3734 [27FE]
Air pollution: call for negotiations to establish North American treaty (S. Con. Res. 97), 36912, 36914 [17DE]
Alcholism: needs of children of alcoholic parents, 9576 [26AP]
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: full funding for certain research (S.J. Res. 89), 5853 [20MR]
Alcohol abuse: Anheuser-Busch Co.'s initiatives to combat, 3107 [22FE]
Alcoholics Anonymous: anniversary, 14978 [10JN]
Alcoholism: funding for identification and treatment, 16697 [20JN]
———increase among the elderly, 17326 [26JN]
Alzheimer's disease: demonstration projects for alternative medicare benefits (H.R. 67), 7507 [3AP]
———designate treatment centers (S. 174), 269 [3JA]
———education, research, and treatment programs (S. 1736), 26242 [4OC]
———establish family support groups (H.R. 66), 7507 [3AP]
———establish family support groups (S. 753), 6195 [26MR]
———medicare demonstration project (S. 751), 6195 [26MR]
———require Sec. of HHS to coordinate and support research (S. 750), 6195 [26MR]
———tax deduction for certain households (S. 263), 999 [24JA]
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association: national program, 8598 [22AP]
Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration, Research, Respite, and Assistance Act: enact (S. 1835), 30702 [6NO]
American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 202), 24109 [18SE], 32268 [18NO]
American Lung Association: commencement of the Christmas Seal Campaign, 30639 [6NO]
Andrews, Senator: honored by National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 26360 [7OC]
Andry, Al: commend work with special children, 25058 [26SE]
Animals: enhance brucellosis eradication programs (S. 715), 5830 [20MR]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Re. 308), 29172 [25OC]
———designate (S.J. Res. 210), 25383 [1OC]
Bennettsville, SC: relief for the Marlboro County General Hospital (S. 1895), 34124 [4DE]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (S.J. Res. 93), 10468 [3MY]
Black lung: improve claims processing, 16708 [20JN]
Black Lung Benefits Act: GS-16 compensation for certain administrative law judges (S. 1504), 20499 [25JY], 22491 [1AU]
Black Lung Program: borrowing by the trust fund, 28978 [24OC]
———borrowing from the trust fund, 31963 [14NO]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield: introduction of laser optics technology for storing medical information, 10879 [7MY]
Brazil: health care by Phoenix, AZ, based Esperanca Clinic, 13451 [23MY]
Cancer: patient access to experimental treatments, 36931 [17DE]
Cancer Hopefuls United for Mutual Support: tribute, 10561 [6MY]
Cardiac drugs: extension of patents for certain (S. 456), 2205 [7FE]
Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, AZ: designate, 33642-33647 [2DE]
Center on the Health Effects of Nuclear Energy and Other Energy Technologies: establish, 16237 [19JN]
Centers for Disease Control: acquired immune deficiency syndrome public education program, 16599 [20JN]
———funding for childhood immunization program, 28179 [21OC], 28882 [24OC]
———funding for studies on designer and synthetic drug use, 28153 [21OC]
———increase number of positions, 28151 [21OC]
Child Health Day: observance, 25818 [3OC]
Children: Down's syndrome, 11870 [14MY]
———grant program for certain medical technology dependent (S. 1793), 29181-29182 [25OC]
———immunization program, 11482 [9MY]
Cigarettes: excise tax (S. 1732), 25851 [3OC]
City of Hope National Medical Center: tribute, 22229 [1AU]
Commission on Compensation for Atmospheric Nuclear Testing: establish, 32072-32090 [14NO]
Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (S. 231), 741 [22JA]
Common carriers: establish criminal penalties for operation while intoxicated (S. 850), 7347 [3AP], 32651 [20NO]
Community-Based Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Projects Act: enact (S. 1873), 33116 [21NO]
Compact of Free Association: amend relative to compensation of victims of cancer from atmospheric nuclear testing, 33427 [22NO]
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco and Health Education Act: enact (S. 1574), 36497-36499 [16DE]
Conference on Public Employee Health and Fitness Programs: issues addressed at first regional meeting, 24420 [20SE]
Council on Access to Health Care: establish (S. 1620), 37729 [18DE]
Council on Graduate Medical Education: establish, 31313-31316 [12NO]
Craig, M. Elizabeth: tribute, 7415 [3AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: ensure humane treatment of laboratory animals, 29153-29156 [25OC], 29270-29274 [28OC], 29475 [29OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorize appointment of certain health professionals (S. 1059), 10342 [2MY]
———improve health care, 1576 [31JA]
———seek reimbursement for medical care provided to military personnel covered under private insurance plans, 28571-28575 [23OC]
———study feasibility of pre-induction drug testing, 12879 [21MY]
Dept. of HHS: commend implementation of Organ Transplantation and Procurement Act, 27710 [16OC]
———establish home health care clearing house (S. 752), 31199 [7NO]
———establish home health care clearinghouse (S. 752), 6195 [26MR]
———establish nutrition monitoring system (S. 1387), 17652 [27JN]
———establish registry of teaching hospitals (S. 1210), 13615-13622 [23MY]
———establishment of Alzheimer's disease registry, 28151 [21OC]
———funding for grants to organ procurement organizations, 28154-28156 [21OC]
———implement prospective payment wage index for hospitals under medicare (S. 1096), 11008 [8MY]
Dept. of HUD: funding to reduce lead-based paint hazards, 28042 [18OC]
Dept. of Labor: employ additional administrative law judges for cases involving black lung disease (S. 1217), 13631-13633 [23MY]
Developing countries: immunization programs, 11795 [14MY]
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act: amend, 20473 [25JY]
Dow Chemical Co.: organ donor awareness program, 6243 [26MR]
Dr. Jonas E. Salk Day: designate (S.J. Res. 123), 9168 [24AP], 9692 [29AP]
Drug abuse: irreversible effects of PCP, 18153 [9JY]
———toxic effects of cocaine, 21478 [30JY]
Drug industry: establish conditions for exports (S. 1848), 31757-31761 [13NO]
———establish export conditions (S. 1770), 27964 [17OC]
———future health care trends, 5767 [20MR]
———progress against tropical diseases, 4746 [7MR]
Drugs: establish registry of individuals exposed to drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) (S. 551), 4048 [28FE]
———funding for the Orphan Drug Program, 27461-27463 [15OC]
———require Dept. of HHS report on effects of cocaine use (S. 772), 6703 [28MR]
———research and development of orphan drugs (S. 1147), 12127-12130 [15MY], 12302 [16MY], 13571 [23MY], 20471-20475 [25JY]
Durenberger, Senator: speech on health care, 36817 [17DE]
Easter Seal Society: anniversary, 30440 [4NO]
Education: funding to assist schools of medicine and osteopathy, 28171 [21OC]
EPA: establish research program on indoor air quality (S. 1198), 13581 [23MY]
———funding for research program on indoor air quality, 27957 [17OC]
Famine: use of surplus agriculture commodities for relief, 5801 [20MR]
FDA: funding for acquired immune deficiency syndrome research, 27683 [16OC]
Federal employees: health benefits (H.R. 873), 11887 [14MY]
Federal Incentives for State Health Care Professional Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 1804), 30396 [4NO]
Firefighters: provide certain death benefits (S. 917), 7917 [16AP]
Fish: medicinal benefits, 25197 [26SE]
Flint, MI: tribute to Flint Professional Black Nurses Association, 19375 [17JY]
Florence Nightingale: birthday tribute, 11765 [14MY]
Flying Tigers Airlines: airlift for famine victims in Africa, 5169-5171 [14MR]
Food: labeling requirements for soft drinks, 10825 [7MY]
Gary and Hobart, IN: commending alcohol abuse program, 7955 [16AP]
Government: recovery of costs for medical care (S. 1407), 18244 [9JY]
Graham, Robert and Jane: tribute, 16598 [20JN]
Handicapped: national initiative on technology to aid disabled, 17612 [27JN]
Hazardous substances: authorize EPA pilot programs on health hazards of lead contamination, 24426 [20SE]
———funding for cleanup of asbestos in schools, 27956 [17OC]
Health: amend various health profession training authorities (S. 1644), 23762 [13SE]
———block grant for planning activities (S. 1560), 22319 [1AU]
———cost for medical care, 26356 [7OC], 26701 [8OC]
———Dept. of Agriculture-Dept. of HHS study, 29151 [25OC]
———eliminate Federal support for health maintenance organizations (S. 1642), 23762 [13SE]
———establish malpractice screening panels (S. 175), 269 [3JA]
———establish organ procurement and transplantation network, 16238 [19JN]
———feasibility plan for purchase of existing facility for hospital and nursing home care, 31643-31663 [13NO]
———funding for medical care, 31309, 31316-31318 [12NO]
———funding for research and training in geriatric medicine (S. 1100), 11012-11015 [8MY], 20343 [24JY]
———improve State care planning system (S. 1104), 11023 [8MY]
———infant mortality rate, 12850 [21MY]
———link between aspirin and Reye's syndrome, 27187 [10OC]
———penalty-free withdrawal from individual retirement accounts for payment of institutional care (S. 1183), 12950 [21MY]
———preventive care, 29256 [28OC]
———reform graduate medical education system, 1592-1594 [31JA]
———tax exemption for certain emergency medical transportation (S. 1661), 24360 [19SE]
———universal vaccination access, 35075 [6DE]
Health Care Expo Week: designate (S. Res. 189), 17677 [27JN]
———designate (S. Res. 189), 20774 [26JY]
Health Care for the Uninsured Act: enact (S. 1781), 28189-28191 [21OC]
Health Care Improved Access Act: enact (S. 1615), 23050 [9SE]
Health Equity and Fairness Act: enact (S. 1211), 13622 [23MY]
Health insurance: employer provision of children's preventive care coverage (S. 376), 1769 [5FE]
Health Research Extension Act: correcting the enrollment of H.R. 2409 (S. Con. Res. 79), 27549 [15OC]
———enact (H.R. 2409), appointment of conferees, 25160 [26SE]
———enact (H.R. 2409), authority to file conference report, 27261 [10OC]
———enact (H.R. 2409), conference report, 28064 [18OC]
———enact (H.R. 2409), veto, 31346 [12NO], 32728-32734 [20NO]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 125, 9630 [26AP]
Hemochromatosis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 178), 20782 [26JY]
Heroin: make available for certain terminal cancer patients (S. 70), 171, 175-177 [3JA]
Honolulu, HI: International Congress of Radiology, 7075 [2AP]
Hunger: assistance for famine relief (H.R. 1239), 5790-5809 [20MR]
———assistance for famine relief (H.R. 1239), appointment of conferees, 5809 [20MR]
———assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries, 2509 [19FE], 12088 [15MY]
———assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries (H.R. 1096), 4597 [6MR]
———assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries (H.R. 1096), appointment of conferees, 3755 [27FE]
———assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries (H.R. 1096), veto, 4779 [7MR]
———assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries (S. 423), 3048 [21FE]
———assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries (S. 457), 2476 [19FE], 3229 [22FE], 3397-3415 [25FE], 3581-3602, 3609 [26FE], 3687, 3701, 3717-3755 [27FE], 3992 [28FE], 4780, 4948 [7MR], 5145 [14MR]
———assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries (S. 457), pass H.R. 1096 in lieu, 3755 [27FE]
———assistance to certain sub-Saharan countries (S. 689), 5442-5445 [19MR]
Immunization: universal access (S. Con. Res. 78), 27282 [10OC]
Indians: disease prevention programs, 35076 [6DE]
———health promotion and disease prevention services (S. 400), 1946 [6FE]
Infant mortality: prevention program (S. 1873), 33116 [21NO]
Insurance: continuity of health coverage, 31969 [14NO]
Jacksonville, FL: services donated by Jacksonville University Hospital for heart surgery for Korean children, 6235 [26MR]
Kanawha Valley, WV: health effects study, 27958 [17OC]
Keith, Jeff: cross-country run, 2517 [19FE]
Kids, Inc.: commend charitable activities, 30500 [5NO]
Law enforcement officers: provide certain death benefits (S. 917), 7917 [16AP]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 57), 2746 [20FE], 12133 [15MY]
March of Dimes National Birth Defects Foundation: telethon, 17610 [27JN]
Medicaid: coverage of physician assistant services (S. 1640), 23760 [13SE]
———funding, 10334 [2MY], 10798 [7MY], 10993 [8MY], 11478-11480 [9MY]
———prevention of fraud and abuse (S. 1323), 16259 [19JN]
———require second medical opinion as prerequisite for payment (S. 1325), 16265 [19JN]
———State flexibility to provide home or community-based services (S. 1277), 15128 [11JN]
Medical care: block grant to States for planning activities (S. 1855), 32253 [18NO]
———cost control (S. 1346), 16963, 16974 [24JN]
Medical Offer and Recovery Act: enact (S. 1960), 36870 [17DE]
Medical personnel: training assistance (H.R. 2370), S. 1284 language passed in lieu, 19900 [22JY]
———training assistance (S. 1283), 15338-15346 [12JN], 19767-19775 [19JY]
———training assistance (S. 1284), 15347-15350 [12JN], 19895-19900 [22JY]
———training assistance (S. 1284), indefinitely postponed, 19903 [22JY]
Medical research: funding, 22447 [1AU]
Medicare: administrative appeals and judicial review under part B (S. 1551), 22274-22276 [1AU]
———allow home health coverage on daily basis (S. 778), 6707, 6711 [28MR], 7944 [16AP]
———allow State implementation of coordinated programs for acute and long-term home health care (S. 780), 6707 [28MR]
———amend eligibility requirements for certain transplant procedures, 31939-31943 [14NO]
———anniversary, 21358-21365 [30JY], 21757 [31JY]
———appeal process under part B, 21763 [31JY]
———assistance for disabled (S. 873), 7368 [3AP], 27166 [10OC], 32120 [14NO], 32645 [20NO], 34990 [6DE]
———authorize payments to freestanding radiation therapy centers (S. 1683), 24487 [20SE]
———commend (S. Con. Res. 9), 6681 [28MR]
———consider as an automatic spending increase program, 30507 [5NO]
———continue certain hospital prospective reimbursement programs (S. 1460), 19600 [18JY]
———coverage for hospice care (S. 867), 7360 [3AP]
———coverage of physician assistant services (S. 1640), 23760 [13SE]
———deadline for publication of changes in inpatient hospital deductible, 28564 [23OC]
———delay coverage for State and local employees, 28409-28415 [22OC]
———delay inpatient hospital deductible, 35506-35507 [10DE]
———direct payment for services of registered nurse anesthetists (S. 1154), 12317 [16MY]
———eliminate late enrollment penalty (S. 1604), 22401 [1AU]
———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3722), 38382 [19DE]
———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3918), 36261 [12DE]
———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3981), 37627 [18DE]
———extend hospice program (S. 777), 6706 [28MR], 23656 [12SE]
———extend prospective payment transition period (S. 1127), 11838 [14MY]
———funding, 10334 [2MY], 10798 [7MY], 10993 [8MY], 11478-11480 [9MY]
———hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service (S. 1648), 23848 [16SE]
———hospital deductible, 31292 [12NO]
———increase cigarette excise tax relative to program funding (S. 874), 7370 [3AP]
———increase membership of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (S. 984), 9151-9153 [24AP]
———inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (S. 1729)
———insure benefits (S. 916), 7916 [16AP]
———long-term home care demonstration project (S. 788), 6718 [28MR]
———payment amount for ambulatory surgical procedures (S. 1489), 20321 [24JY]
———payment for psychological services provided in rural health clinics (S. 1244), 14413 [5JN]
———permanent 50% regional-national diagnostic related group rates (S. 1400), 18148 [9JY]
———prevention of fraud and abuse (S. 1323), 16259 [19JN]
———prohibit changes in reimbursement levels for home health services (S. 1450), 19331 [17JY]
———prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index (S. 1401), 18149 [9JY]
———prospective payment system for hospitals, 21655 [31JY]
———reform program (S. 1613), 23050 [9SE]
———reform program (S. 1614), 23050 [9SE]
———reimbursement limits for home health agencies (S. 1402), 18150 [9JY]
———reimbursements to nursing homes, 31947-31951 [14NO]
———repeal, under certain circumstances, ceiling on payments to physicians (S. 989), 9157 [24AP]
———repeal requirement for penalty statement from physicians (S. 988), 9157 [24AP]
———require participating hospitals to accept certain rates established by the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, 28976 [24OC]
———require participating hospitals to provide emergency services regardless of ability to pay, 28567-28571 [23OC]
———require second medical opinion as prerequisite for payment (S. 1325), 16265 [19JN]
———revise formula for reimbursement to hospitals (S. 1478), 19905 [22JY]
———revise method of payment to hospitals for capital costs (S. 1559), 22316-22318 [1AU]
———revise payment methodology for medical education and for hospitals that care for disproportional numbers of low-income individuals (S. 1606), 22403-22407 [1AU]
———rights of patients, 29091 [25OC]
———solvency of program (S. 1346), 16963, 16974 [24JN]
———treatment of rural osteopathic hospitals under prospective payment system (S. 1317), 16028 [18JN]
Medicare Voucher Act: enact (S. 1985), 37660 [18DE]
Medicare/medicaid: President Reagan's cost reduction program (S. 1550), 22267 [1AU]
———require second opinion for certain surgical procedures as condition for payment (S. 1325), 21475 [30JY]
———State coordinated programs of acute and long-term care (S. 780), 6974 [1AP]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: observance, 27184 [10OC]
Merritt, Margaret: need for organ transplant, 24790 [24SE]
Motor vehicles: funding to promote safety (S. 863), 7357 [3AP]
Music: tribute to participants in recording of song to aid victims of African famine, 8819 [23AP]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 183), 21673, 21769 [31JY], 22143 [1AU]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 282), 30419 [4NO]
———designate (S.J. Res. 208), 25185 [26SE], 28109 [18OC]
National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: observance, 31199 [7NO]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 65), 3806 [27FE]
———observance, 31337 [12NO]
National Association of Broadcasters: alcohol abuse prevention program, 30505 [5NO]
———efforts to combat drug and alcohol abuse, 5338 [18MR]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 241), 34126 [4DE]
———designate (S.J. Res. 83), 5318 [18MR]
National Atomic Veterans' Day: designate (S.J. Res. 163), 19107 [16JY]
National Autism Week: designate (H.J. Res. 440), 34132 [4DE]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Day: designate (S.J. Res. 130), 11573 [9MY], 30413 [4NO]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 130), 10457 [3MY]
National Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association: honors Rhode Island health plan, 5286 [18MR]
National Cancer Institute: reauthorize (H.R. 2409), 19780 [19JY]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2409), S. 1309 language passed in lieu, 19780 [19JY]
———reauthorize (S. 1309), 15936-15938-15957 [17JN], 19779 [19JY]
———reauthorize (S. 1309), indefinitely postponed, 19799 [19JY]
National Commission on Infant Mortality: establish (S. 1209), 37730 [18DE]
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: establish (S. 1209), 13612 [23MY]
National Council on Access to Health Care: establish (S. 1620), 23237-23240 [10SE]
National CPR Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 175), 20428 [25JY]
National Diabetes Month: designate (S.J. Res. 145), 15721, 15737 [13JN], 19776 [19JY], 33146 [21NO]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 94), 6225 [26MR]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (S.J. Res. 160), 18873 [11JY], 19777 [19JY]
———observance, 31896 [14NO]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 40), 11586 [9MY], 12133 [15MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (H.J. Res. 126), 30414 [4NO]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: observance, 36482 [16DE]
National Eye Donor Month: observance, 4516 [5MR]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 189), 22409 [1AU], 25302 [30SE]
National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 132), 10548 [6MY]
National Health Service Corps: reauthorizing (S. 1285), 15351-15353 [12JN], 19765 [19JY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: reauthorize (H.R. 2409), 19780 [19JY]
———reauthorize (H.R. 2409), S. 1309 language passed in lieu, 19780 [19JY]
———reauthorize (S. 1309), 15936-15938-15957 [17JN], 19779 [19JY]
———reauthorize (S. 1309), indefinitely postponed, 19799 [19JY]
National Heart Month: observance, 2509 [19FE]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (S.J. Res. 150), 16798 [21JN], 26226 [4OC]
National Home Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 139), 12950 [21MY], 22246 [1AU]
National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 155), 18016 [8JY], 24654 [23SE], 31905 [14NO]
National Infection Control Week: designate (S.J. Res. 147), 15960 [17JN], 19776 [19JY]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (S. 425), 2116, 2120-2123 [7FE], 10560 [6MY]
National Institute on Mental Health: minority fellowship program, 13275 [22MY]
National Lupus Awareness Week: observance, 29001 [24OC]
National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (S.J. Res. 24), 794 [22JA], 16018 [18JN]
National Nursing Home Residents Day: observance, 9645 [26AP]
National Nursing Home Week: observance, 10282 [2MY]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 450), 36476 [13DE]
———designate (S.J. Res. 236), 31330 [12NO]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 35), 1572 [31JA], 6678 [28MR]
National Organ Transplant Trust Fund: provide for designation of contributions on tax forms (S. 205), 667 [21JA]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (S.J. Res. 88), 5852 [20MR], 15018 [10JN]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate, 12184 [15MY]
———designate (S.J. Res. 61), 3201 [22FE], 11887 [14MY]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (S.J. Res. 29), 1050 [24JA], 30574 [5NO]
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association: Tourette syndrome awareness campaign, 34082 [4DE]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (S.J. Res. 78), 4916 [7MR]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (H.J. Res. 85), 5340 [18MR]
———designate (S.J. Res. 4), 293 [3JA], 1585 [31JA]
National Society for Children and Adults With Autism: tribute, 32151 [14NO]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (S.J. Res. 111), 7935 [16AP], 16785 [21JN]
National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems: designate (S.J. Res. 97), 6805 [28MR], 26225 [4OC]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 322), 29172 [25OC]
———observance, 27566 [15OC]
Native American Diabetes Prevention and Control Act: enact (S. 1988), 38583-38584 [19DE]
New York, NY: Mount Sinai Medical Center rebuilding and renovation project, 7954 [16AP]
NIH: establish Lupus Erythematosus Coordinating Committee (S. 552), 4048 [28FE]
———full funding for certain research (S.J. Res. 89), 5853 [20MR]
———full funding for research grants (S.J. Res. 69), 5488 [19MR]
———impact of proposed budget reductions, 5171 [14MR]
———maintain present funding levels for research grants (S.J. Res. 69), 7412 [3AP]
———redesignate National Institute on Aging as the National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (S. 750), 6195 [26MR], 31199 [7NO]
Nurses: education assistance (H.R. 2370), S. 1284 language passed in lieu, 19900 [22JY]
———education assistance (S. 1284), 15347-15350 [12JN], 19895-19900 [22JY]
———education assistance (S. 1284), indefinitely postponed, 19903 [22JY]
Occupational health and safety: compensation for asbestos-related death and diseases (S. 1265), 14855 [7JN], 19586 [18JY]
———promote in executive departments (S. 1388), 17652 [27JN]
———promote in Federal agencies (S. 1388), 24420 [20SE]
Paradiso, Edward D.: tribute, 6832 [28MR]
Product safety: carcinogens, 32220 [18NO]
Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Persons Act: enact (S. 974), 8803 [23AP], 21683-21690 [31JY], 22476 [1AU]
Public buildings: restrict smoking in certain (S. 1440), 19117 [16JY], 19912 [22JY], 19981 [23JY], 20522 [25JY], 24668 [23SE]
Public Health Service Act: amend (S. 1689), 24655 [23SE]
———extend, consolidate, and improve various services (S. 1643), 23762 [13SE]
Quayle, Senator: legislative efforts to combat alcohol and drug abuse, 24049 [18SE]
Reagan, President: best wishes for speedy recovery (S. Res. 200), 19093 [16JY]
———recovery from surgery, 18987 [15JY]
Research: extend various authorities (S. 1641), 23762 [13SE]
———funding for cancer programs, 19590-19592 [18JY]
———funding for civilian activities, 10992 [8MY]
———treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, 14070 [4JN]
Riggin, Don: tribute, 14407 [5JN]
Rockland County Unified Services, Pomona, NY: tribute, 32156 [14NO]
Rotary International: polio eradication program, 12339 [16MY]
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: amend (S. 484), 10799-10830 [7MY]
Salt Lake City, UT: commend KUTV-TV for efforts to prevent substance abuse, 24699 [24SE]
Scribner, Belding: tribute, 10772 [7MY]
Sec. of Energy: transfer authority for radiation studies to Sec. of HHS (S. 525), 3774 [27FE]
Senate Radon Task Force: goals, 34392 [5DE]
Smokeless tobacco products: public education on health effects (S. 1574), 22337, 22338 [1AU]
Smoking: effects of passive exposure, 20344 [24JY]
Social Security: anniverary tribute, 22824 [14AU]
———improve antifraud provisions (S. 837), 7053-7055 [2AP]
———incentives under medicare for health promotion and disease prevention (S. 357), 1546 [31JA]
———incentives under medicare for health promotion and disease prevention (S. 358), 1546 [31JA]
———incentives under medicare for health promotion and disease prevention (S. 359), 1546 [31JA]
———medicare coverage for loss due to catastrophic illness (S. 569), 4459 [5MR]
———medicare coverage of heart transplants (S. 733), 6128 [26MR]
———notify Congress of investment of certain assets (S. 1909), 35101 [6DE]
———payment for services by psychologist participating in hospice program (S. 155), 256 [3JA]
———prohibit adversarial involvement in hearings relative to benefits, of Dept. of HHS and Social Security Administration (S. 1944), 36430 [13DE]
———revise hospice nursing care requirements (S. 322), 1519 [31JA]
Southern Research Institute: tribute, 29257 [28OC]
Soviet Union: urging joint immunization effort with U.S. (S. Res. 227), 24773 [24SE], 28445 [22OC], 30574 [5NO]
Space shuttle: protein crystal growth experiments, 4591 [6MR]
St. George, Utah: establish cancer screening clinic, 16237 [19JN]
St. Joseph, MO: commend United Way campaign, 27843 [17OC]
St. Xavier College: tribute to nursing school, 27711 [16OC]
States: establish medical insurance pools for high-risk individuals (S. 1372), 17634 [27JN]
Struve, Fred: tribute, 29692 [30OC]
Taxation: deduction for dependents suffering from Alzheimer's disease (S. 263), 999 [24JA]
———increase dependent care credit (S. 1605), 22402 [1AU]
Telocator Network of America: anniversary of LifePage Program, 32857 [20NO]
Terminal care: policy, 34456 [5DE]
U.N.: immunization program, 29982 [31OC]
———polio eradication program, 12339 [16MY]
VA: clarify authority of Chief Medical Director over disciplinary actions on certain probationary medical personnel (S. 1650), 23992 [17SE]
———conduct health study on women veterans exposed to agent orange (S. 1616), 23229 [10SE]
———cost-effective methods for acquisition of medical facilities (S. 1007), 9452-9456 [25AP]
———development of program for acquisition of medical facilities (S. 1007), 22230 [1AU]
———establishment of an ionizing radiation registry, 35443 [10DE]
———evaluate professional literature on potential health care detriments to Vietnam veterans (S. 1062), 10345 [2MY]
———feasibility plan for purchase of existing facility for hospital and nursing home care, 30650-30656, 30677-30679 [6NO]
———funding for site acquisition and preparation for medical center in Detroit, MI, 27956 [17OC]
———funding needs of health care system, 13783 [24MY]
———improve delivery of services (H.R. 505), 30644-30656, 30677-30679 [6NO], 31643-31663 [13NO]
———improve psychological services to Vietnam veterans (S. 1061), 10344 [2MY]
———improve services for elderly veterans (H.R. 505), 13577 [23MY]
———improve services (H.R. 505), S. 876 language passed in lieu, 21387 [30JY]
———improve services (S. 876), ***** [26JY], 21365-21387 [30JY], 21669 [31JY]
———improve services (S. 876), indefinitely posponed, 21387 [30JY]
———improve services to veterans (S. 876), 7372-7373 [3AP]
———improve services to Vietnam veterans (S. 875), 7371 [3AP]
———incentives for employees obtaining advanced health care degrees (S. 26), 84 [3JA]
———maintain level of medical care appropriations, 28037-28042 [18OC]
———medical services, 31956-31960 [14NO]
———modify qualifications required for appointment to certain positions (S. 28), 90 [3JA]
———protect prior year's outlay level for medical care, 30528-30541 [5NO]
———provide equity in distribution of funds for services (S. 846), 7343 [3AP]
———provide psychological counseling services for persons taken hostage by terrorist (S.J. Res. 167), 19907 [22JY]
———restore medical care appropriations, 27713 [16OC], 27867-27874 [17OC]
———temporary and part-time appointments of medical personnel (S. 1649), 23991 [17SE]
Vaccination: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (S. 1917), 35537 [10DE]
Vaccine-related injuries: compensation (S. 827), 7030-7033 [2AP]
Veterans: assistance in obtaining specially adapted housing for disabled (S. 1602), 22400 [1AU]
———assistance in obtaining specially adapted housing for disabled (S. 965), 8573 [22AP]
———chiropractic services demonstration project (S. 1052), 10337 [2MY]
———effects of exposure to agent orange, 8819 [23AP]
———exposure to nuclear tests, 19068-19070 [16JY]
———funding for benefits and services, 11342-11363 [9MY]
———improve benefits for POW's (S. 1446), 19323 [17JY], 26919 [9OC]
———medical care for former servicemen for radiation exposure during World War II (S. 707), 36454, 36456 [13DE]
———provide medication to service-connected disabled (S. 845), 7342 [3AP]
———results of study, 32300 [19NO]
———study of effects of exposure to agent orange, 3048 [21FE]
———tax credit for home care (S. 1422), 18861 [11JY]
Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act: enact (S. 1887), 33633, 33655, 33656 [2DE]
Veteran's Health Care Awareness Week: observance, 16307 [19JN]
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc.: alcohol abuse awareness program, 10937 [8MY]
World Food Day: designate (S.J. Res. 72), 4490-4491 [5MR]
World Health Week: designate (S.J. Res. 50), 2500 [19FE]
Reports
African Famine Assistance: committee of conference (H.R. 1239) (H. Rept. 99-29), 6467, 6469 [27MR]
Appropriations for Indian Health Care Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1426) (H. Rept. 99-94), 13435 [23MY]
Aspartame-Induced Granulomatous Panniculitis, 22315 [1AU]
Authorize Motor Vehicle Safety Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 863) (S. Rept. 99-48), 11831 [14MY]
Biochemical and Neuropsychological Effects of Elevated Plasma Phenylalanine, 22311-22315 [1AU]
Cancer Treatment, 34766 [5DE]
Clarify Education of the Handicapped Act on Rights, Procedures, and Remedies Under Laws Relating to Discrimination: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1523) (H. Rept. 99-296), 25758 [2OC]
Conference: H.R. 2409, Health Research Extension Act, 27392-27419 [11OC]
Designate National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 208), 30052 [31OC]
Designate National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 189), 25171 [26SE]
Disabled Veterans: Committee on Employment of the Handicapped (excerpt), 31896 [14NO]
Effects of Lifestyle on Health: Economic Report of the President, 2832 [20FE]
Establish Conditions for Export of Drugs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1848) (S. Rept. 99-225), 37636 [18DE]
Establish Criminal Penalties for Operation of Common Carriers While Intoxicated: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 850), 32126 [14NO]
Ethiopia Famine Update, 4117 [28FE]
Extend Authorities Under Public Health Service Act to NIH and National Research Institutes: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1309) (S. Rept. 99-108), 19010 [15JY]
Famine and Disaster Assistance to Certain Sub-Saharan African Countries: Committee on Rules (H.R. 1096) (H. Rept. 99-15), 4228 [28FE]
Famine and Disaster Assistance to Certain Sub-Saharan African Countries: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 1239) (H. Rept. 99-2), 3377 [25FE]
———Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 1239) (S. Rept. 99-8), 4455 [5MR]
———Committee on Foreign Relations (H.R. 1096) (H. Rept. 99-3), 3377 [25FE]
———Committee on Foreign Relations (S. 457) (S. Rept. 99-4), 3024 [21FE], 3246 [23FE]
———Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Res. 73), 3024 [21FE]
———Committee on Rules (H.R. 1239; H. Res. 86) (H. Rept. 99-9), 3948 [27FE]
———Committee on the Budget (S. 457), 3428 [25FE]
Health Research Extension Act: committee of conference (H.R. 2409) (H. Rept. 99-309), 27420 [11OC]
Improve VA Health Care Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 876; S. Res. 198) (S. Rept. 99-101), 18015 [8JY]
Improve VA Medical Services (S. 876): Committee on Veterans' Affairs (excerpt), 30654 [6NO]
Improve Veterans' Services: Committee on the Budget (S. 876; S. Res. 198), 19904 [22JY]
Injury Compensation Litigation: Lederle Co. (excerpt), 28179 [21OC]
Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. Effort To Achieve Worldwide Disease Immunization: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Res. 227) (S. Rept. 99-148), 26241 [4OC]
Medical Care Block Grant to States for Planning Activities: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1855) (S. Rept. 99-224), 37636 [18DE]
Medical Care in the Armed Forces: U.S. Air Force (excerpt), 3028 [21FE]
———U.S. Army (excerpt), 3028 [21FE]
Medical Evidence on Smokeless Tobacco Use (H.R. 2050), 26147 [3OC]
Medical Personnel Training Assistance: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1283) (S. Rept. 99-105), 19010 [15JY]
Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 8820 [23AP]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 65), 6171 [26MR]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 137), 14846 [7JN]
National Health Service Corps Reauthorization: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1285) (S. Rept. 99-107), 19010 [15JY]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 61), 6171 [26MR]
National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 4), 6170 [26MR]
Operation Crossroads—Personnel Radiation Exposure Estimates Should Be Improved (summary), 36455 [13DE]
Orphan Drug Provisions of Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2290) (H. Rept. 99-153), 13889 [3JN]
Permit Members of Armed Forces To Sue U.S. for Damages for Certain Injuries Caused by Improper Medical Care: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3174) (H. Rept. 99-288), 25048 [26SE]
Progress Against Tropical Diseases: Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 4747-4748 [7MR]
Project Ranch Hand II, Mortality Update, 1984 and Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans in Massachusetts, 1972-83: OTA, 8819 [23AP]
Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Persons: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 974) (S. Rept. 99-109), 20476 [25JY]
Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Persons Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 974; S. Res. 205), 20938 [29JY]
———Committee on the Budget (S. 974; S. Res. 205), 21727 [31JY]
Protection and Advocacy Systems for Mentally Ill Individuals and Family Support Groups for Alzheimer's Disease: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3492) (H. Rept. 99-401), 34884 [6DE]
Public Education Concerning Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco Products (S. 1574), 36505 [16DE]
Public Health Service Act Relative to Medical Personnel Training Assistance: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1283), 18015 [8JY]
Public Health Service Act Relative to National Health Service Corps: Committee on Labor and Human Services (S. 1285), 18016 [8JY]
Public Health Service Act Relative to National Institutes of Health and National Research Institutes: Committee on Labor and Human Services (S. 1309), 18016 [8JY]
Public Health Service Act Relative to Nurse Education Assistance: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1284), 18016 [8JY]
Saccharin Study and Labeling Act (S. 484): Committee on Labor (additional views of Senator Metzenbaum), 10817 [7MY]
Reports to constituents
Hamilton, Lee H.: Progress Against Cancer, 465 [3JA]
Statements
Acid Rain: Brian Mulroney, 36913 [17DE]
———President Reagan, 36913 [17DE]
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: James Mason, 25696 [2OC]
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Epidemic: Representatives Conte and Natcher (excerpts), 17272 [25JN]
Acquired Immune Dificiency Syndrome: Senator Cranston, 28389 [22OC]
African Famine Relief, 4782 [7MR]
Amendments to the Public Health Service Act (S. 1689): Senator Kennedy, 24656 [23SE]
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Education Act, 18905 [11JY]
Contents of Soft Drink Products: National Soft Drink Association, 10801 [7MY]
Effects of Certain Artificial Sweeteners on Human Health: Arthur Hayes, 10823 [7MY]
———FDA, 10799, 10800 [7MY]
———Lewis Stegnick, 10824 [7MY]
———Richard Wurtman, 10826 [7MY]
———William M. Pardridge, 10805 [7MY]
Escalation of World War Against Polio With Massive 20-Year Program: Rotary International, 12341 [16MY]
Health Effects of Nuclear Testing: Gloria Gregerson, 32075 [14NO]
Heroin Use for Terminal Cancer Patients: American Psychiatric Association, 172 [3JA]
———Arnold Trebach, 171 [3JA]
Home Health Care: John P. Marosy, 6712 [28MR]
Impact of Rollback of NIH Research Grants on New York Medical Schools: Robert Friedlander, 6402 [26MR]
Infant Mortality Statistics: Alvin M. Mauer, 12851 [21MY]
———Donald A. Cornely, 12851 [21MY]
———Myron Wegman, 12851 [21MY]
———Ronald L. Williams, 12851 [21MY]
Lister Hill's Support for Medical Care: Member of Congress, 1887 [6FE]
Medical Care: Lister Hill, 1886, 1887 [6FE]
Medicare Payment for Therapeutic Shoes Could Save Amputations: American Diabetes Association, 25737 [2OC]
Medicare's Prospective Payment System (excerpt), 21656 [31JY]
National Cancer Institute: Warren G. Magnuson, 6928 [1AP]
National Program to Conquer Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, 8598-8600 [22AP]
Plight of Institutionalized Persons: Wilbur Savidge, 8804 [23AP]
Polio Eradication Program: Carlyle Guerra de Macedo, 12340 [16MY]
Rheumatoid Arthritis Research: Barbara A. Matia, 11215 [8MY]
———Douglas E. Reddan, 11215 [8MY]
Rights of Mentally Ill: Earl Warren, 8803 [23AP]
Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Barbara A. Matia, 14070 [4JN]
———E. Douglas Reddan, 14071 [4JN]
———Myra Frank, 14070 [4JN]
Universal Vaccination Access: John Erikson, 35076 [6DE]
Veterans' Health Care Funding: Senator Gramm, 30529 [5NO]
Studies
Expanding the Role of Health Agencies in Radiation Research: Interagency Task Force on Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation (excerpt), 3774 [27FE]
Severe Behavioral Reactions to Aspartame in a 4-Year-Old Boy: C. Keith Conners, Karen Wells, Sandra Kronsberg, and Ellen Schwab, 10805 [7MY]
Summaries
Assistance for Disabled Under Medicare (S. 873), 7369 [3AP]
Authority for Dept. of HHS to establish registry of teaching hospitals (S. 1210), 13619 [23MY]
Health Equity and Fairness Act (S. 1211), 13627 [23MY]
Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act (H.R. 1156), 2663 [20FE]
Medicare and Medicaid Second Opinion Act (S. 1325), 16268 [19JN]
Mortality Among Vietnam Veterans, 1972-83, 3049 [21FE]
National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act (H.R. 1780), 6457 [27MR]
National Childhood Vaccine-Injury Compensation Act (S. 827), 7031 [2AP]
Senior Citizens Independent Community Care Act (S. 788), 6723 [28MR]
Surveys
Comparison of Attitudes and General Characteristics of General Public and Antismoking Activists, 36296 [12DE]
TV programs
Billfold Biopsy, 60 Minutes, CBS, 28194-28196 [21OC]
Tables
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome weekly surveillance report, 12989 [21MY], 14236 [4JN]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome weekly surveillance report, May 13, 1985, U.S. cases, 11929 [14MY]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome weekly surveillance report, U.S. cases, 16168 [18JN], 17273 [25JN], 18297 [9JY], 19012 [15JY], 19269 [16JY]
Armed Forces drug and alcohol abuse programs costs, 12879 [21MY]
Cranston amendment—function 700, veterans' benefits and services, 11343 [9MY]
Details of work of the Arkansas brucellosis task force, 5830 [20MR]
Fiscal year 1985 supplemental appropriation for Senate-reported bill for assistance for famine relief (H.R. 1239), 5806 [20MR]
Impact of sequester reductions under Gramm-Rudmann on VA medical care, 30531 [5NO]
Infant mortality rates by races, 12851 [21MY]
New VA activation listing, 11344 [9MY]
Total infant mortality rates for the U.S., 12851 [21MY]
Telegrams
Effects of certain artificial sweeteners on human health: Richard Wurtman, 10804 [7MY]
Proposal to establish a VA Medical Center in Mobile, AL: Ben R. Hatfield, 31660 [13NO]
———Melvin D. Buerckley, 31660 [13NO]
———Pete B. Ganey, 31660 [13NO]
———Terry Gautier, 31660 [13NO]
———William Stoudenmire, 31660 [13NO]
Testimonies
Hospice Care: Bill Luckock, 23849 [16SE]
Prevention of Alcohol Abuse in American Families: Sis Wenger, 10579 [6MY]
Texts of
Commending Lister Hill for achievements on behalf of medical care (excerpt from 1968 joint resolution), 1887 [6FE]
H. Con. Res. 211, universal access to immunization of childhood diseases, 36572 [16DE]
H.J. Res. 85, National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week, 5001 [7MR]
H.J. Res. 308, Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week, 27775 [17OC]
H.J. Res. 314, designate National Diabetes Month, 15518 [12JN]
H.J. Res. 322, National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week, 16171 [18JN], 26977 [9OC]
H.J. Res. 422, designate National Tumor Registrar Recognition Day, 28222 [21OC]
H.J. Res. 440, National Autism Week, 33830 [3DE]
H.J. Res. 444, designate National Back Awareness Week, 30957 [6NO]
H.J. Res. 450, National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 31884 [14NO]
H.R. 505, improve VA medical services, 30644-30650 [6NO]
H.R. 1101, VA treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 3953 [27FE]
H.R. 1102, VA hospital intermediate-care for treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 3953 [27FE]
H.R. 1103, VA report to Congress on treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 3953 [27FE]
H.R. 1104, VA enrollment and tracking system for coordination of treatment of veterans with Alzheimer's disease, 3953 [27FE]
H.R. 1156, Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Act, 2661 [20FE]
H.R. 1239, assistance for famine relief, 4133 [28FE], 5790 [20MR]
H.R. 1381, Emergency Reye's Syndrome Prevention Act, 4258 [28FE]
H.R. 1523, Handicapped Children's Protection Act, 5064 [7MR]
H.R. 1523, Handicapped Children's Protecton Act, 31369 [12NO]
H.R. 2290, amend the orphan drug provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 15861 [17JN]
H.R. 2290, Orphan Drug Act reauthorization, 9978 [30AP]
H.R. 2293, Long-Term Care Insurance Promotion and Protection Act, 9972 [30AP]
H.R. 2295, Parkinson's Disease Amelioration Act, 10173 [1MY]
H.R. 2370, Nurse Education Act, 19900-19903 [22JY]
H.R. 2409, Health Research Extension Act, 15836-15855 [17JN]
H.R. 2572, permit hospital to exempt respiratory care unit charges from medicare prospective payment system, 12986 [21MY]
H.R. 3027, provide coverage for hospice care under medicaid, 19472 [17JY]
H.R. 3602, provide medicare benefits for victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 28473 [22OC]
H.R. 3722, extend application of certain excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, 31564 [13NO]
H.R. 3894, provide assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration, 35839 [10DE]
H.R. 3918, to extend application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under railroad unemployment insurance program, 36196 [12DE]
Include women Vietnam veterans in agent orange studies, 23452 [11SE]
National Osteroporosis Awareness Week: designation, 569 [3JA]
S. 26, incentives for employees of Veterans' Administration obtaining advanced health care degrees, 84 [3JA]
S. 28, modify qualifications required for appointment to certain positions in the VA, 90 [3JA]
S. 70, heroin availability for certain terminal cancer patients, 172 [3JA]
S. 155, medicare payment for services by psychologist participating in hospice program, 257 [3JA]
S. 175, establish medical malpractice screening panels, 269-272 [3JA]
S. 357, incentives under medicare for health promotion and disease prevention, 1548 [31JA]
S. 358, incentives under medicare for health promotion and disease prevention, 1548 [31JA]
S. 359, incentives under medicare for health promotion and disease prevention, 1548 [31JA]
S. 425, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 2116-2119 [7FE]
S. 456, extension of patents for certain cardiac drugs, 2205 [7FE]
S. 457, assistance to victims of famine in sub-Saharan countries, 2476 [19FE], 3397 [25FE]
———Zorinsky amendment (excerpt), 3726 [27FE]
S. 484, amend the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act, 10830 [7MY], 11737 [14MY]
S. 525, transfer authority for radiation studies from Sec. of Energy to Sec. of HHS, 3774 [27FE]
S. 551, establish registry of individuals exposed to the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES), 4054 [28FE]
S. 552, establish the Lupus Erythematosus Coordinating Committee in NIH, 4054 [28FE]
S. 689, African Famine Relief and Recovery Act, 5444 [19MR]
S. 715, enhance brucellosis eradication program, 5831 [20MR]
S. 750, Alzheimer's Disease Research Coordination Act, 6196 [26MR]
S. 751, Alzheimer's disease medicare demonstration project, 6196 [26MR]
S. 752, require Dept. of HHS to establish home health care clearinghouse, 6196 [26MR]
S. 753, establish family support groups for victims of Alzheimer's disease, 6197 [26MR]
S. 772, Cocaine and Health Report Act, 6704 [28MR]
S. 777, Hospice Extension Act, 6706 [28MR]
S. 778, allow medicare home health coverage on daily basis, 6709 [28MR]
S. 779, tax credit for home health care of elderly, 6709 [28MR]
S. 780, allow State implementation of coordinated medicare programs for acute and long-term home health care, 6710 [28MR]
S. 788, Senior Citizens Independent Community Care Act, 6720-6722 [28MR]
S. 837, protect medicare/medicaid patients from unfit practitioners, 7055-7058 [2AP]
S. 850, criminal penalties for operation of common carriers while intoxicated, 32651 [20NO]
S. 874, increase cigarette excise tax relative to funding of medicare, 7370 [3AP]
S. 917, death benefits for public safety officers, 7917 [16AP]
S. 965, assistance in obtaining specially adapted residences for disabled veterans, 8573 [22AP]
S. 974, Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Persons Act, 8805-8807 [23AP]
S. 984, increase membership of the Social Security Administration's Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, 9151 [24AP]
S. 988, repeal medicare requirement for penalty statement from attending physicians, 9157 [24AP]
S. 989, repeal, under certain circumstances, ceiling on medicare payments to physicians, 9158 [24AP]
S. 1007, Veterans Health Care Promotion Act, 9453 [25AP]
S. 1059, authorize appointment of certain professionals to Dept. of Defense health care program, 10342 [2MY]
S. 1100, Geriatric Research, Education, and Training Act, 11013-11015 [8MY]
S. 1127, extend prospective medicare payment transition period, 11839 [14MY]
S. 1147, amend the orphan drug provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 16063 [18JN]
S. 1147, research and development of orphan drugs, 13572 [23MY]
S. 1154, direct payment for medicare services of registered nurse anesthetists, 12319 [16MY]
S. 1158, direct payment by medicare of direct education costs of health care professionals, 12324 [16MY]
S. 1183, penalty-free withdrawal from individual retirement accounts for payment of institutional care, 12950 [21MY]
S. 1209, establish the National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, 13613 [23MY]
S. 1210, authority for Dept. of HHS to establish registry of teaching hospitals, 13618-13619 [23MY]
S. 1211, Health Equity and Fairness Act, 13624-13627 [23MY]
S. 1217, employment of additional administrative law judges, by Dept. of Labor, 13631 [23MY]
S. 1244, medicare payments for psychological services provided in rural health clinics, 14413 [5JN]
S. 1277, Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Improvement Act, 16044 [18JN]
S. 1282, funds for primary medical care, 15335-15337 [12JN]
S. 1283, Health Professions Training Assistance Act, 15339-15346 [12JN]
S. 1284, education assistance for nurses, 15348-15350 [12JN]
S. 1285, reauthorizing the National Health Service Corps, 15352 [12JN], 19765 [19JY]
S. 1323, prevention of fraud and abuses in Medicare and Medicaid Programs, 16260-16264 [19JN]
S. 1325, Medicare and Medicaid Second Opinion Act, 16266-16268 [19JN]
S. 1346, Medicare Solvency and Health Care Financing Reform Act, 16964-16974 [24JN]
S. 1372, Health Insurance Availability Act, 17635 [27JN]
S. 1378, Long Term Care Insurance Promotion and Protection Act, 17643 [27JN]
S. 1400, medicare's permanent 50% regional-national diagnostic related group rates, 18149 [9JY]
S. 1401, medicare's prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index, 18150 [9JY]
S. 1402, medicare reimbursement limits for home health agencies, 18151 [9JY]
S. 1407, recovery of costs for medical care provided by Government, 18245 [9JY]
S. 1422, Elderly Veterans Care Act, 18862 [11JY]
S. 1430, grants for education information and dissemination and blood test program for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 19011 [15JY]
S. 1450, prohibit changes in medicare reimbursement levels for home health services, 19331 [17JY]
S. 1489, Medicare Outpatient Surgery Savings, Access, and Quality Act, 20321 [24JY]
S. 1504, Black Lung Benefits Act amendments, 20499 [25JY]
S. 1550, medicare/medicaid cost reduction program, 22267-22274 [1AU]
S. 1551, administrative appeals and judicial review under part B of medicare, 22275 [1AU]
S. 1559, Medicare Capital Payment Reform Act, 22318 [1AU]
S. 1560, health planning block grant to States, 22320 [1AU]
S. 1574, Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco and Health Education Act, 36497 [16DE]
S. 1574, public education on health effects of smokeless tobacco products, 22337 [1AU]
S. 1606, revise medicare payment methodology for medical education and for hospitals that care for disproportional numbers of low-income individuals, ***** [9SE]
S. 1606, revise payment methodology for medical education and for hospitals that care for disproportional numbers of low-income individuals, 22404 [1AU]
S. 1613, improve medicare program, 23051 [9SE]
S. 1614, improve medicare program, 23051 [9SE]
S. 1615, Health Care Improved Access Act, 23053-23056 [9SE]
S. 1620, establish the National Council on Access to Health Care, 23238 [10SE]
S. 1640, medicare and medicaid coverage of physician assistant services, 23761 [13SE]
S. 1641, extend various health research authorities, 23763 [13SE]
S. 1642, eliminate Federal support for health maintenance organizations, 23764 [13SE]
S. 1643, extend, consolidate, and improve various health services, 23765-23769 [13SE]
S. 1644, amend various health profession training authorities, 23769-23771 [13SE]
S. 1648, hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service, 23849 [16SE]
S. 1648, hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service under the Medicaid Program, 23849 [16SE]
S. 1650, clarify authority of Chief Medical Director over disciplinary actions on certain probationary medical personnel, 23992 [17SE]
S. 1661, tax exemption for certain emergency medical transportation, 24360 [19SE]
S. 1689, Public Health Service Act amendments, 24656 [23SE]
S. 1729, Medicare Beneficiary Fairness Act, 25632 [2OC]
S. 1732, excise tax on cigarettes to benefit Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, 25852 [3OC]
S. 1770, pharmaceutical export conditions, 27965 [17OC]
S. 1781, Health Care for the Uninsured Act, 28192-28194 [21OC]
S. 1835, Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration, Research, Respite, and Assistance Act, 30703-30706 [6NO]
S. 1848, establish conditions for drug export, 31758 [13NO]
S. 1873, Community-Based Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Projects Act, 33118 [21NO]
S. 1887, Veterans' Compensation and Benefits Improvements Act, 33648-33655 [2DE]
S. 1917, assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration of children, 35538 [10DE]
S. 1960, Medical Offer and Recovery Act, 36871-36875 [17DE]
S. 1985, Medicare Voucher Act, 37661-37663 [18DE]
S. 1988, Native American Diabetes Prevention and Control Act, 38583 [19DE]
S. Con. Res. 9, commend medicare for success in protecting older persons against high cost of health care, 6681 [28MR]
S. Con. Res. 9, commend medicare on anniversary, 22529 [1AU]
S. Con. Res. 58, medicare's prospective payment system for hospitals, 21658, 21752 [31JY]
S. Con. Res. 79, correcting enrollment of H.R. 2409, Health Research Extension Act, 27559 [15OC], 28624 [23OC]
S. Con. Res. 97, call for negotiations to establish treaty with Canada on air pollution, 36912 [17DE]
S. Res. 189, Health Care Expo Week, 20774 [26JY]
S. Res. 198, budget waiver for consideration of S. 876, VA medical programs, 18019 [8JY]
S. Res. 200, best wishes for speedy recovery to President Reagan, 19093, 19125 [16JY]
S. Res. 205, budget waiver for consideration of S. 974, relative to protection and advocacy for mentally handicapped, 21687 [31JY]
S. Res. 227, urging U.S.-U.S.S.R. joint disease immunization effort, 24773 [24SE]
S. Res. 227, urging U.S.-U.S.S.R. joint immunization effort, 30575 [5NO]
S. Res. 266, budget waiver for consideration of S. 1574, public education on health effects of smokeless tobacco products, 35102 [6DE]
S.J. Res. 4, National Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week, 294 [3JA]
S.J. Res. 24, designate National Make-A-Wish Month, 794 [22JA]
S.J. Res. 24, National Make-A-Wish Month, 16018 [18JN]
S.J. Res. 29, National Reye's Syndrome Week, 6676 [28MR], 30574 [5NO]
S.J. Res. 35, National Organ Donation Awareness Week, 6678 [28MR], 7218 [2AP]
S.J. Res. 40, designate National Down's Syndrome Month, 12133 [15MY]
S.J. Res. 40, National Down's Syndrome Month, 18702 [11JY]
S.J. Res. 50, World Health Week, 2501 [19FE], 6678 [28MR], 7216 [2AP]
S.J. Res. 57, designate Lupus Awareness Week, 12133 [15MY]
S.J. Res. 57, Lupus Awareness Week, 2746 [20FE], 20246 [24JY]
S.J. Res. 61, National Osteoporosis Awareness Week, 6677 [28MR], 10637 [7MY]
S.J. Res. 63, National DES Awareness Week, 7839 [15AP]
S.J. Res. 65, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 3806 [27FE], 6677 [28MR], 10640 [7MY]
S.J. Res. 72, World Food Day, 4490 [5MR]
S.J. Res. 83, designate National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week, 10466 [3MY]
S.J. Res. 83, National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week, 10638 [7MY]
S.J. Res. 88, National Osteopathic Medicine Week, 5853 [20MR], 15019 [10JN]
S.J. Res. 93, designate Better Hearing and Speech Month, 10468 [3MY]
S.J. Res. 94, National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, 6226 [26MR]
S.J. Res. 94, National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week, 7840 [15AP]
S.J. Res. 97, designate the National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical System, 6805 [28MR]
S.J. Res. 97, designate the National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems, 26226 [4OC]
S.J. Res. 111, designate National Spina Bifida Month, 16785 [21JN], 24234 [19SE]
S.J. Res. 111, National Spina Bifida Month, 7935 [16AP]
S.J. Res. 123, Dr. Jonas E. Salk Day, 9168 [24AP]
S.J. Res. 130, designate National Blood Pressure Awareness Week, 10458 [3MY]
S.J. Res. 130, National Blood Pressure Awareness Day, 30413 [4NO], 30884 [6NO]
S.J. Res. 132, designate National Head Injury Awareness Month, 10548 [6MY]
S.J. Res. 132, National Head Injury Awareness Month, 24356 [19SE]
S.J. Res. 139, National Home Care Week, 23753 [13SE], 32592 [20NO]
S.J. Res. 145, National Diabetes Month, 15721 [13JN], 19776 [19JY], 29652 [30OC]
S.J. Res. 147, National Infection Control Week, 19776 [19JY]
S.J. Res. 150, National Hemophilia Month, 26226 [4OC]
S.J. Res. 155, designate National Hospice Month, 18017 [8JY]
S.J. Res. 155, National Hospice Month, 24655 [23SE]
S.J. Res. 160, National Disabled Veterans Week, 19777 [19JY]
S.J. Res. 163, National Atomic Veterans' Day, 19107 [16JY]
S.J. Res. 175, National CPR Awareness Week, 20428 [25JY], 24357 [19SE]
S.J. Res. 178, Hemochromatosis Awareness Week, 20782 [26JY]
S.J. Res. 183, designation of Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week, 21673 [31JY], 22143 [1AU]
S.J. Res. 183, Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week, 26979 [9OC]
S.J. Res. 189, National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week, 25302 [30SE]
S.J. Res. 198, designate Sesquicentennial Year of the National Library of Medicine, 33486 [23NO]
S.J. Res. 236, National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 31331 [12NO]
S.J. Res. 241, National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week, 34126 [4DE]
SSI income requirements for medicaid, 7505 [3AP]
Tax deductions for home care and adult day care for Alzheimer's victims, 532, 538 [3JA]
Vetoes
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2166), 733 [22JA]
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases: establish (S. 540), 731 [22JA]