DISEASES

Addresses

AIDS and the Communities: June E. Osborn, 32975-32977 [19NO]

Black Indigent Health Care and Children: Kay Johnson, 30243 [29OC]

Cost and Quality of Health Care's Impact on Medical Technology: Robert A. Schoellhorn, 31067-31069 [5NO]

How We Slowly Acquired—In 50 Years—Immune Deficiency and Its Fatal Syndrome, 14193 [1JN]

New Jersey's American Ex-Prisoners of War: Senator Lautenberg, 34555 [9DE]

Prevention of Mental and Emotional Dysfunction in Poor Black Children: Frederick C. Green, 30244 [29OC]

Save the Children—A Call for a New Spirit of Community in America: Senator Biden, 14962-14968 [9JN]

Amendments

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 224) (sundry), 23913 [15SE]

Courts: extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), 21590, 21600, 21607, 21611 [30JY]

Drug abuse: extend emergency treatment and rehabilitation programs (S. 409), 16862-16864 [19JN]

Employment: high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 27913 [14OC]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 122), 33675 [2DE]

Health: high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 24353 [17SE], 27881, 27906, 27907, 27908, 27912, 27913, 27914 [14OC], 27965, 27968, 27975, 27976, 27977 [15OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2941), 20732, 20737-20744 [22JY]

Nuclear energy: extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), 21600 [30JY]

Public Health Service Act: program of education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (S. 1220), 23328 [7AU]

Veterans: improve benefits (S. 9), 33849-33851, 33869, 33895, 33896, 33909, 33912, 33913, 33914, 33916, 33919, 33957, 33958, 33959 [3DE], 34153, 34154, 34229 [4DE]

Analyses

Confronting the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Epidemic, 26047 [1OC]

Health Care for the Uninsured Act (S. 177), 616 [6JA]

Health Care Savings Account Act (H.R. 955), 2720 [4FE]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (S. 79), 3146 [5FE]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (H.R. 1444), 4964 [5MR]

Medicare Part A Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 1280), 4148 [26FE]

Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act (H.R. 1281), 4149 [26FE]

Announcements

Rollin/Shapiro to aid NCTIP, National Committee on the Treatment of Intractable Pain, 588 [6JA]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2470, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 34573 [9DE]

National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality: Representative J. Roy Rowland, 96 [6JA]

National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality: Senator Durenberger, 18170 [30JN]

Articles and editorials

Acid Rain Seen as Posing Risks for U.S. Health—Doctors Tell Panel That Nation Must Act Now, 3228 [9FE]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 4529 [3MR]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Education in St. Cloud, MI, 24472 [17SE]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Testing, 33920 [3DE]

Act of Mercy, 585 [6JA]

AIDS Alert in Maternity Wards, 21188 [27JY]

AIDS and Insurance—The Rationale for AIDS-Related Testing, 25799-25804 [30SE]

AIDS Awareness Week—The Tale of Two Massachusetts Cities, 33790 [2DE]

AIDS Curriculum, 38258 [22DE]

AIDS Education Is Crucial, 18700 [1JY]

AIDS Heaps Hardship on Washington Slum Called the Graveyard, 31719 [10NO]

AIDS Must Be Treated as Health Issue, 29779 [28OC]

AIDS Tests, 26989 [8OC]

AIDS—A Prisoner's Fears, 23434 [7AU]

AIDS—The Government Is Fighting With Itself, 3231 [9FE]

AIDS—The New Phase of Denial—After the Hype, a Backlash Obscures the National Debate, 21380 [28JY]

AIDS—The Plague That Knows No Boundaries, 13460-13463 [21MY]

AIDS—Time for Drastic Measures?, 26727 [6OC]

Asbestos May Still Be a Threat for N.J. Students, 4037-4039 [24FE]

ATA President Pledges ``Whatever It Takes'' To Get Substance Abusers Out of Trucking Industry, 6914 [25MR]

Awesome Spread of AIDS, 13674 [21MY]

Bad Riddance—Ripping Out Asbestos Endangers More Lives as Laws Are Ignored, 8780 [9AP]

Biggest Problem Is the Fear—Women Urged To Weigh Alternatives to Mastectomy, 30935 [4NO]

Bill for the Family, 14793 [4JN]

Braving Epilepsy's Storm, 1903-1905 [22JA]

Bring Back TV's Antismoking Ads, 14108 [28MY]

Brother Presses On to Get Ill Sibling Out of Russia, 8001 [3AP]

Changing Role for Private Sector Nursing Leaders, 33855 [3DE]

Children and Wine Coolers, 31840 [13NO]

Cholinergic Drugs in Alzheimer's Disease, 8801 [9AP]

Coming Home, With AIDS, to a Small Town, 34223 [4DE]

Confronting AIDS, 13469-13471 [21MY]

Congress Aims at Minimum Benefit, 3820 [19FE]

Crime of Spreading AIDS, 35592 [14DE]

Cure May Be Worse Than the Ill, 13298 [20MY]

Deadly Silence—The Truth About AIDS, 27155-27157 [8OC]

Delancey Street Foundation, 32969 [19NO]

Do You Smoke, Daddy?, 14108 [28MY]

Dreams Come True, 15568 [11JN]

Eight Steps for Life, 14170 [1JN]

Elderly Care—A Case of Catastrophic Confusion?, 24047 [15SE]

Feuds That Delay the AIDS Battle, 13674 [21MY]

Fine Proposal, 32989 [19NO]

Gays Upset Over AIDS Vote by Kennedy and Kerry, 33928 [3DE]

Getting the AIDS' Message Out, 13673 [21MY]

Hanging Up on Desperate Families, 2013 [27JA]

Hazardous to Your Health, 3471 [18FE], 4071 [25FE]

Health Care 1988, 24035 [15SE]

Health Insurance for All Workers, 3819 [19FE]

Help, and Anonimity, for Impaired MD's, 33872 [3DE]

Helping Families Weather Tough Times—Family and Medical Leave Act Ensures That Workers Can Care for Families, Keep Jobs: Representative Clay, 8067 [6AP]

Heroin for the Terminally Ill, 586 [6JA]

Hidden Crisis in American Health Care, 9658 [23AP]

High AIDS Rate Spurring Efforts for Minorities, 22241 [4AU]

How Accurate Is AIDS Antibody Testing?, 33924-33927 [3DE]

Insurance Plan Would Assure Health Care for Life, 1359 [14JA]

Keeping Rural Hospitals Open and Affordable, 8993-8994 [10AP]

Koop Asks Doctors To Back Condom Use—Forthrightness About AIDS Advocated, 27766 [14OC]

Living Memorial to Vietnam Vets—Foundation Channels Benefits From Agent Orange Settlement, 1820 [21JA]

Make It a Crime To Spread AIDS—Counseling Isn't Enough for Reckless or Deliberate Infectors, 29779 [28OC]

Mandatory National Serologic Testing Is An Imperative, Lawrence J. McNamee and Brian F. McNamee, 29005 [22OC]

Mandatory Test for AIDS Virus Opposed by Doctors at VA, 33929 [3DE]

Mary Bianchini Makes a Difference, 4718 [3MR]

``Miracle'' of the Mayo Clinic, 1414 [16JA]

Most Tragic Victims of AIDS, Thousands of Youngsters, 20268-20270 [17JY]

Mr. Potato Head Hopes To See ``Butt Kicking'' During Smokeout, 32735 [19NO]

Mr. Reagan's AIDS Test, 14508 [3JN]

Must Death Be a Soviet Passport?, 31564 [10NO]

New Mexicans Seeking Health Through Thinness, 3470 [18FE]

Newark Pediatrician Gives His Life to Child Victims, 19452 [10JY]

OMB Forces Pentagon To Test Outpatient Medical Care Fees, 1567 [21JA]

Painful Diagnosis Made Publisher Stop Smoking, 32795 [19NO]

Peering Into the 21st Century, 28975 [22OC]

Perplexed by Their Booing, 19597 [13JY]

Pesticides in 15 Common Foods May Cause 20,000 Cancers a Year, 14299 [2JN]

Poland's Devastation of Natural Resources, 6707 [24MR]

Promiscuity and AIDS—Moral or Clinical Issue?, 15113 [9JN]

Prostitutes and Aids, 14169 [1JN]

Reagan Right About AIDS Bill, 29778 [28OC]

Relatives Seek Support for Soviet Cancer Patients, 8001 [3AP]

Relief for the Terminally Ill, 585 [6JA]

School Children in Peril?, 9724 [24AP]

Senator Helms' Callousness Toward AIDS Victims, 34552 [9DE]

Southern Research Likely To Be in Front Ranks When Drugs To Fight AIDS Found, 3708 [19FE]

Soviet Emigre Tries to Free Ill Brother, 8000 [3AP]

Soviets Sponsor Spread of AIDS Disinformation, 12556 [14MY]

St. Paul Woman Silently Carries Her Crusade for Disabled to Capitol Hill, 20676 [22JY]

Studds Puts AIDS Report Where It Belongs—In the Public's Hands, 13673 [21MY]

Study Faults Labs' Accuracy in Testing for AIDS Infection, 29769 [28OC]

Time for Rethinking on AIDS, 34406 [8DE]

Treatment for Parkinson's Disease, 4715 [3MR]

UAB Discovery Adds Life, Hope to Leukemia Victims, 2771 [4FE]

We Need Testing for AIDS, Sec. of Education Bennett, 16307 [16JN]

What Is the Moral Crisis of Our Time?, 23783-23785 [10SE]

What Is the Point?, 8000 [3AP]

What You Must Know About AIDS, 13463 [21MY]

When To Test for AIDS, 13468 [21MY]

Why Not Heroin? The Controversy Surrounding the Legalization of Heroin for Therapeutic Purposes, 588-594 [6JA]

Wiped Out—AIDS Victims Find That a Death Sentence Leads First to Poverty, 22704 [5AU]

With Death of Tom Waddell, a Child Loses Her Dad and S.F. Loses One of Its Best, 19825 [14JY]

Young: ``I'll Never Give Up'', 3140 [5FE]

Zohn Artman—Salute to a Loving Compassionate Wizard, 26222 [1OC]

Bills and resolutions

Access to Health Insurance for Medically Uninsurable Individuals Act: enact (see S. 1634)

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: certain State laws (see H. Con. Res. 8)

———confidential testing of persons convicted for drug and sex offenses (see S. 977)

———confidentiality of medical records (see H.R. 2773)

———control progression of epidemic (see S. 1352)

———counseling and testing (see H.R. 3071), 21632 [30JY]

———education, prevention, and treatment programs (see H.R. 3253)

———education and counseling (see H.R. 339, 3647)

———epidemic (see S. Res. 184)

———establish congressional advisory panel (see S. 613)

———establish national advisory panel (see H.R. 2021)

———Federal funding (see H. Con. Res. 10)

———funding research and education programs (see S. 24)

———medicare coverage (see S. 24)

———national commitment (see S. Res. 190)

———prevention and control (see H.R. 3419)

———preventive counseling for intravenous drug abusers (see H.R. 3137)

———prohibit transfer of body fluids by Federal employees (see H.R. 345)

———public service announcements about epidemic (see H. Con. Res. 70)

———reporting requirements (see H.R. 2272)

———reporting requirements (H.R. 2272), consideration (see H. Con. Res. 211)

———require contact tracing (see H.R. 1551)

———require each State to establish certain reporting requirements relative to infected individuals (see H.R. 3695), 34074 [3DE]

———require testing of certain persons (see H.R. 344)

———research programs (see H.R. 3825)

———State block grants for public information (see H.R. 1943)

———testing requirements (see H.R. 2273)

———testing requirements (H.R. 2273), consideration (see H. Con. Res. 211)

———WHO efforts (see H. Res. 145)

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act: enact (see S. 1374)

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education, Information, Risk Reduction, Training, Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Research Act: enact (see H.R. 2626)

Aged: cost of living adjustments for medicaid eligible individuals residing in long-term care facilities (see S. 1744)

———health care (see H.R. 2989)

AIDS Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 350)

Aliens: clarify denial of visas from those infected with etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 2590)

Alzheimer's disease: clinical trials on use of certain drugs (see S. 997)

———coordination of services available to victims and families of victims (see H.R. 2075)

———designation of treatment centers (see H.R. 397)

———establish related dementias home and community based services block grant (see S. 81)

Armed Forces: allow members to sue for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see S. 347)

———catastrophic illness protection for dependents (see H.R. 3088)

———payment under CHAMPUS of certain medical expenses not covered under medicare (see H.R. 2934)

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: funding (see S.J. Res. 54)

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224)

Black Lung Benefits Act: amend to prohibit reduction of disability benefits (see H.R. 2481)

———tax exemption on benefits (see H. Res. 71)

Chemicals: grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

Children: acquired immune deficiency syndrome pediatric resource centers (see H.R. 3648)

———grant for research and training in pediatric pulmonary medicine (see H.R. 1710)

———parental medical leave (see S. 249)

Chronic diseases: coverage of antibiotics administered at home (see H.R. 1294)

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services: reimbursement of certain institutions for heart and lung treatment (see H.R. 1702)

Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism: establish (see S. 1072)

Commission on AIDS: establish (see H. Res. 140)

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see H.R. 3130)

Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 3766)

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (see H.R. 2429)

Crime and criminals: penalty for transferring blood known to be infected with virus for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 3389)

———psychiatric examination for offenders with mental illness (see S. 134, 135)

Dept. of HHS: determine appropriate regulatory classification of transitional devices of medical device amendments (see S. 1808)

———revise and extend authority of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (see S. 1943)

Diabetes: medicare coverage of therapeutic footwear (see H.R. 1325)

Diacetylmorphine: availability for use by cancer patients (see S. 143)

Drug abuse: extend emergency treatment and rehabilitation programs (see S. 409)

Drug industry: ban reimportation of drugs produced in the U.S., restrict distribution of samples, and ban certain resales of drugs by hospitals and other medical facilities (see H.R. 1207)

Drugs: ban and restrict certain imports (see H.R. 1031)

———grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———limit dispensing by practitioners (see H.R. 2093)

Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1726)

Employment: prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (see H.R. 1546), 5492 [11MR]

EPA: management of infectious and pathologic waste (see H.R. 3467)

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (see H.R. 3515)

———standard for exposure to radon in indoor environments (see H.R. 3110)

Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act: presumption of disability (see H.R. 3831)

Federal employees: drug and alcohol abuse treatment program (see H.R. 381)

———prepaid dental care program (see H.R. 3404)

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: regulation of medical devices (see S. 1928)

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (see S. 1516)

Fight Leukemia Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 237)

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 122)

Handicapped: assistive device resource centers (see S. 1586)

Health: Block Grant Program (see S. 1579)

———care in rural areas (see H.R. 2113)

———care management to certain children and health care to children with high cost catastrophic health care needs (see S. 1537)

———designation of treatment centers for Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 397)

———diabetes prevention (see H.R. 3259)

———establish grant program for counseling and testing services relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see S. 1575)

———establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational illness high risk (see H.R. 162)

———Federal funds for State professional medical liability programs (see H.R. 1372)

———grants for preventive care relative to tuberculosis (see H.R. 2760)

———grants to States relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———notify workers of risk of occupational disease (see S. 79)

———require hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities to provide free inoculation of workers against hepatitis B virus (see H.R. 3046)

Health care: limit costs and improve services (see S. 155)

Health care facilities: prohibit withholding of food, water, nourishment, and hydration (see H.R. 3109)

Health Resources and Services Administration: budget authority (see H.R. 859)

Hemochromatosis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 45; H.J. Res. 157)

Heroin: availability to terminally ill cancer patients (see H.R. 1470)

Home and Preventive Health Services for Older Americans Act: enact (see S. 1115)

Housing: chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2321)

Humanitarian assistance: extend set-aside of ships involved in world health care (see S. 1281)

Indian Child Welfare Act: amend (see S. 1976)

Indians: health promotion and disease prevention services (see S. 1509)

———medical care (see H.R. 2290)

Infant Health Demonstration Act: enact (see H.R. 3667)

Insurance: require plans offered by employers to have catastrophic coverage (see H.R. 2300)

International Health Corps Act: enact (see H.R. 3669)

Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 3292)

Labeling: benzene levels in gasoline (see S. 1724)

Labor: establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational illness high risk (H.R. 162), consideration (see H. Res. 280), 26813 [7OC]

Laetrile: exemption from Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 651)

Leave of absence: protection of employee's employment and benefits in case of birth, adoption, or health condition (see H.R. 925)

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 157; H.J. Res. 346)

Lyme disease: establish program of State grants for information (see H.R. 3397)

Medicaid: benefits for the chronically mentally ill (see H.R. 2322)

———inclusion of licensed practical nurses' services (see H.R. 238)

———inclusion of registered nurses' services (see H.R. 237)

———quality nursing care (see S. 1108)

———services for medically uninsured (see H.R. 1182)

Medicaid Catastrophic Coverage for Children Act: enact (see S. 1283)

Medicaid Risk-Based Health Care Act: enact (see S. 1915)

Medical care: ensure access to quality care and contain costs of system (see H.R. 200)

———establish programs to increase number of professional nurses (see H.R. 3340)

———States laws on information to patients of breast cancer treatment (see H.R. 671)

———system of cost sharing (see S. 177)

———tax deduction for contributions to certain savings account (see H.R. 1182)

———tax deduction for contributions to long-term care savings accounts (see H.R. 699)

Medicare: assistance to elderly in evaluating supplemental medical insurance policies (see H.R. 2072)

———benefits to additional poor children and pregnant women (see H.R. 1018)

———catastrophic coverage of prescription drugs and insulin (see H.R. 2592)

———catastrophic illness benefits (see S. 454)

———catastrophic illness coverage (see H.R. 1245)

———catastrophic medical expenses (see H.R. 2941)

———community nursing and ambulatory care on a prepaid, capitated basis (see H.R. 1161)

———community nursing and ambulatory care on prepaid, capitated basis (see S. 1003, 1010)

———costs of inpatient services to rural hospitals (see H.R. 2708)

———coverage for hospital-based comprehensive care program (see H.R. 679)

———coverage for routine mammograms (see S. 1161)

———coverage for therapeutic shoes to individuals with severe diabetic foot disease (see H.R. 2768)

———coverage of annual pap smears and mammograms (see H.R. 2482)

———coverage of influenza vaccine and its administration (see S. 1044)

———coverage of mammogram (see H.R. 2935)

———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 3573)

———coverage of therapeutic shoes due to diabetic foot disease (see S. 618)

———coverage of wigs and hairpieces for certain cases of alopecia (see H.R. 760)

———delay implementation of restrictions on use of periodic interim payment system (see H.R. 2066)

———delay payment methodology for physicians' services (see S. Con. Res. 15)

———eliminate discrimination relative to mental illness (see H.R. 1945)

———evaluation of reports on physician payment prior to changes in procedure (see H. Con. Res. 53)

———exemption of certain hospital units from prospective payment system

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants to small rural hospitals for cost-effective services (see S. 1207)

———GAO study of including different levels of extended care (see S. 283)

———home care benefits (see S. 1616)

———home health care (see S. 1076)

———home health services (see H.R. 2070)

———hospitals classified as being located in an urban area for purposes of determining payments (see H.R. 3021)

———improve program (see H.R. 2864)

———inclusion of licensed practical nurses' services (see H.R. 238)

———inclusion of registered nurses' services (see H.R. 237)

———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 2055)

———limitations imposed upon entitlement to extended care services (see S. 775)

———long-term care benefits for chronically ill individuals and children (see H.R. 2762)

———method for evaluation of pediatric heart transplant facilities (see S. 1450)

———option for catastrophic illness (see H.R. 1182)

———optional insurance for coverage of certain gaps (see H.R. 784)

———payment to hospitals relative to capital-related costs (see H.R. 2510)

———payments for mental health services (see H.R. 2886)

———personal emergency response system demonstrations (see H.R. 1030)

———physician and hospital capitation demonstration project (see H.R. 520)

———protect beneficiaries with risk-sharing contract (see S. 1582)

———quality nursing care (see S. 1108)

———revise certain conditions for benefits for a spouse in an institution (see H.R. 1711)

———routine Papanicolaou tests and mammograms (see H.R. 540)

———special educational program for beneficiaries (see H.R. 977)

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (see H.R. 1760, 1761, 1762)

———voluntary insurance option to cover certain gaps in coverage (see H.R. 680)

———voluntary private alternative coverage (see H.R. 3548), 29209 [26OC]

———waive 24-month waiting period for eligibility for acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients (see H.R. 276)

———waive late enrollment penalty for certain handicapped (see S. 176)

Medicare/medicaid: study alternatives to institutionalization (see H.R. 989)

Minority Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Awareness and Prevention Projects Act: enact (see S. 1872)

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 168; H.J. Res. 250)

National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 192)

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 15)

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 127; S. 158)

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 210)

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 74)

National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services: establish (see S. 1488)

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act: amend (see S. 1907)

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see S. 63; H.R. 758, 2881)

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 208)

National DES Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 17)

National Diabetes Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 44; H.J. Res. 254)

National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 421)

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 67, 71; H.J. Res. 150)

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228)

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 52)

National Institute on Aging: appropriations (see S. 1045)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: establish position of Associate Director for Special Populations (see S. 103)

National Institute on Drug Abuse: establish position of Associate Director for Special Populations (see S. 103)

National Kidney Program Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 226)

National Medical Research Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 142; H.J. Res. 340)

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 119)

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 158)

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 89; H.J. Res. 189)

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 55; H.J. Res. 127)

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 115)

National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 114)

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253)

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 335)

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 155)

National Shut-In Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 145)

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 125)

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 198)

National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 212; H.J. Res. 398)

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act: amend (see H.R. 3546), 29209 [26OC]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 237; H.J. Res. 417)

New Jersey: VA outpatient clinic (see H.R. 599)

New York, NY: tax exclusion of certain work-related sick pay for law enforcement officers and fire fighters (see H.R. 1143)

NIH: establish National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (see H.R. 3361)

———restriction on research grants relative to animals acquired from shelter (see H.R. 778)

Older Americans Act: State long-term care ombudsman programs (see S. 959)

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (see S. 1633)

Peace Corps: training for foreign nationals in health care services (see H.R. 2656)

———training foreign nationals in health care services (see H.R. 1266), 4088 [25FE]

Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Resource Centers Act: enact (see S. 1871)

Phobia Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 241)

Postal Service: inspect certain mail parcels, excluding letters, to prevent introduction of destructive plant or animal diseases, pests, or noxious weeds (see H.R. 3223)

POW: presumption of service connection for certain diseases (see S. 1365)

———veterans' benefits (see S. 1451)

Public buildings: smoking restrictions (see H.R. 1008)

Public Health Service Act: allotment formula for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant (see S. 924), 8041 [6AP]

———amend provision relative to funding for public health emergencies (see H.R. 273)

———grants for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2779)

———program of education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see S. 1220)

Public safety officers: protection from infectious diseases (see H.R. 3418)

Public utilities: control and safety of polluted high level waste repository water (see S. 1569)

Radon: amend Toxic Substances Control Act to assist States (see H.R. 1697)

———testing requirements in building codes (see H.R. 1610)

Railroads: unemployment and sickness benefits (see H.R. 2826)

Rehabilitation Act: amend relative to healthful schools and workplaces (see S. 673)

———exclude individuals with contagious diseases from definition of handicapped (see H.R. 1396)

Social Security: benefits for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 612)

———Blood Donor Locator Service to assist in notification of those with virus for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 3728)

———coverage of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (see H.R. 1833)

———coverage of therapeutic shoes due to diabetic foot disease (see S. 618)

———ensure physicians' hearing and judicial review rights before exclusion from the medicare program (see H.R. 1445)

———extended care through swing-beds in certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 2115)

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants (see S. 1833)

———hearing Medicare appeals before administrative law judges (see H.R. 3733)

———increase amount of personal allowance for medical institutions (see H.R. 2053)

———influenza vaccine under medicare (see H.R. 514)

———medicare adult day health care (see S. 1839)

———medicare coverage of certain preventive care (see S. 1240)

———medigap insurance policies (see H.R. 3490)

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114)

———payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (see S. 1230; H.R. 2470)

———procedures for disability determinations (see H.R. 2117)

———protection from unfit medical practitioners (see H.R. 704)

———routine Papanicolaou tests and mammograms under medicare (see H.R. 540)

———vision, hearing, and dental services and prescription drugs (see H.R. 678)

States: family income standards required for eligibility for medical assistance (see S. 1139)

———grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———information to patients of breast cancer treatment (see H.R. 671)

———test annually residents for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 1789)

Suicide: opposing efforts to promote as rational solution to problems (see H. Con. Res. 194)

Tariff: lasamid (see S. 1049)

———sulfathiazole, sulfamethazine, and sodium sulfamethazine (see H.R. 2432)

Taxation: care expenses for dependent with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 2979)

———credit for amounts contributed to medical care savings accounts (see H.R. 699, 955, 1182)

———credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (see S. 1922)

———credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly family members (see S. 962)

———income tax refunds be contributed to a incurable diseases trust fund (see H.R. 3732)

U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care: establish (see S. 1564)

VA: administration of tort claims and hospital cost collections (see H.R. 2013)

———executive impoundment of appropriated funds (see H.J. Res. 110)

———medical records relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 2774)

———opposition to budget reductions (see H. Con. Res. 27)

———prohibit closure of readjustment counseling centers or change in mission of medical facilities (see H.R. 3488)

———prohibit sale of certain medical centers in West Los Angeles and Sepulveda, CA (see H.R. 2428)

———review by National Academy of Sciences of scientific evidence, studies, and literature pertaining to human health effects of exposure to agent orange (see S. 1510)

———study of phenoxy herbicides on women having served in USO and Red Cross in Vietnam (see H.R. 215)

———transportation of claimants and beneficiaries in connection with medical care (see S. 1059)

Veterans: benefits for death or disability from exposure to radiation from nuclear weapons (see S. 1002)

———dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses (see H.R. 2354)

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (see S. 1692)

———establish benefits for death victims of ionizing radiation (see H.R. 1811)

———extend period during which Hodgkin's disease and leukemia shall be presumed to be service-connected (see H.R. 3117)

———former prisoners of war are eligible for reimbursement for emergency medical expenses (see H.R. 2353)

———improve benefits (see S. 9)

———include Lupus erythematosis among the chronic diseases that are presumed to be service-connected (see H.R. 2345)

———inclusion of systemic lupus erythematosis as service-connected diseases (see S. 1491)

———increase per diem rates paid to State homes (see S. 216)

———liberalize disability evaluations for compensation purposes (see H.R. 2347)

———prescribe certain presumptions relative to service in Vietnam (see H.R. 3486)

———prescription drugs prescribed by private physicians in connection with the treatment of a service-connected disability (see H.R. 2346)

———purchase up to $20,000 of National Service Life Insurance (see H.R. 2352)

———repeal requirement that a chronic disease be at least 10 percent disabling (see H.R. 2349)

———service connected exposure to chemical defoliant agent orange (see H.R. 3169)

———service-connected total deafness a 100% disability (see H.R. 2350)

———standardize length of marriage criteria for receipt of dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 2351)

———treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome victims (see S. Res. 233)

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1646)

Vietnam-era veterans: report on post-traumatic disorder (see S. 279)

WHO: efforts to combat acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H. Res. 145)

Women: grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

World Health Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 16; H.J. Res. 125)

World Health Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 16; H.J. Res. 125)

Books

``Politics of Cancer'': Samuel S. Epstein, 23930 [15SE]

Court decisions

Myths and fears about disability and disease: William J. Brennan, Jr., 9169 [21AP]

Definitions

ARC stage of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 19893 [15JY]

Descriptions

Health Care Services in the Home Act (H.R. 1451), 23123 [7AU]

Excerpts

AIDS Cover-up: Gene Antonio, 10572-10576 [29AP]

Explanations

Social Security benefits (H.R. 203-214), 876-878 [7JA]

Factsheets

Alcohol Abuse: National Conference on Alcohol Abuse, 31839 [13NO]

Care Management and Catastrophic Health Care for Children Act (S. 1537), 20996 [23JY]

Catastrophic Illness and Long-Term Care—Issues for Children and Families: Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 20664 [22JY]

Catastrophic Illness Coverage: President Reagan, 2097 [28JA]

Guinea Worm Disease, 6224 [18MR]

Medicare Coverage of Catastrophic Illness (H.R. 1245), 4099 [25FE]

Surgeon General's Report on Involuntary Smoking, 3463 [18FE]

Hearings

Committee on Aging (Select): catastrophic illness care costs (testimony from Eleanor Chelimsky and public witnesses), D35 [28JA]

Committee on Appropriations (House): health institutes (testimony from Phillip E. Gorden and Anthony S. Fauci), D139 [11MR]

———(testimony), D184 [23MR]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): catastrophic illness care costs, D184 [23MR]

Committee on Education and Labor: High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 162), D188 [24MR], D202 [26MR], D214 [31MR], D248 [8AP], D279 [23AP]

———High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act (H.R. 162) (testimony), D159 [17MR]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration programs appropriations (testimony), D232 [3AP]

———childhood immunization programs (testimony from James O. Mason and public witnesses), D141 [11MR]

———condom advertisement and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (testimony from C.E. Koop and public witnesses), D58 [10FE]

———cost of AZT, life prolonging drug for treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (testimony from Robert E. Windom, William L. Roper, and public witnesses), D132 [10MR]

———harmful impact on school children from delays in the EPA Asbestos in Schools Program (testimony from John A. Moore), D71 [19FE]

———limit dispensing of certain drugs by practitioners (H.R. 2093) (testimony), D270 [22AP]

———preventive health block grant, and programs for health promotion and disease prevention (testimony from Michael McGinnis, James O. Mason, and public witnesses), D141 [11MR]

———sexually transmitted disease program reauthorization (testimony), D240 [7AP]

———tuberculosis control programs (testimony), D194 [25MR]

———U.S.-Soviet cancer research (testimony), D240 [7AP]

Committee on Finance: catastrophic illness care costs, D34 [28JA]

———catastrophic illness care costs (testimony), D199 [26MR]

Committee on Government Operations: acquired immune deficiency syndrome education prevention review (testimony), D154 [16MR]

Committee on Hunger (House, Select): eradication of the guinea worm disease (testimony), D161 [17MR]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Federal efforts in acquired immune deficiency syndrome research, D17 [16JA]

———notification of workers at risk of occupational disease (S. 79) (testimony from Craig Berrington, Eugene Humphrey, James F. Patterson, Allyn Tatum, Edward J. Burger, Jr., John Higginson, Frederick Hoerger, Martin Reape, Wallace Parker, Peter Ruane, John A. Knebel, Bernard Roy, Earl Arp, Gerry Raabe, George A. Rodenhausen, and Bruce W. Karrh, Michael J. Wright, Leslie Cheek, George Cafasso, Robert E. Finnigan, Robert Windom, James Melius, Philip J. Landrigan, John Seffrin, James A. Merchant, Howard D. Samuel, Robert Clark and Tom Evans), D78 [24FE]

———Young Americans Act (S. 476) (testimony), D301 [30AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): random alcohol and drug testing in the work place (testimony), D253 [9AP]

Committee on Ways and Means: catastrophic illness care costs coverage under medicare (testimony from Representative Pepper, Robert Ball, Robert Myers, and public witnesses), D113 [4MR]

Letters

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: a victim, 27638 [13OC]

———A.D.J. Robertson, 3507 [19FE]

———E. Philip Riggin, 33831 [3DE]

———Earl L. Stock, Jr., VFW, 33832 [3DE]

———Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 33832 [3DE]

———Jerome Greenblatt, 20794 [22JY]

———Leonard Goodstein, American Psychological Association, 33920 [3DE]

———Margretta M. Styles, American Nurses Association, Inc., 33833 [3DE]

———Mark Whiteside, 11938 [11MY]

———Olav H. Alvig, 2019 [27JA]

———Paul L. Schafer, National Association of VA Physicians, 33832 [3DE]

———Paul S. Egan, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 33833 [3DE]

———Senator Cranston, 27779, 27800 [14OC]

———William H. McBeath, American Public Health Association, 33834 [3DE]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and dentistry: Nancy P. Estes, 19283 [9JY]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and television programming: Alan Wurtzel, 19072 [8JY]

———Ralph Daniels, 19072 [8JY]

———Bishops of the California Catholic Conference, 37943-37945 [21DE]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome legislation: Representative Dannemeyer, 19885 [15JY]

———Representative Schroeder, 19885 [15JY]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients, 816 [6JA]

Agent orange: Dixon Arnett, Dept. of HHS, 2867, 2868 [4FE]

———Everett Alvarez, Jr., VA, 2866 [4FE]

———James O. Mason, Dept. of HHS, 2863 [4FE]

———John H. Gibbons, OTA, 2863, 2866, 2868, 2874, 2876, 2884 [4FE]

———Mark J. Scally, Public Health Service, 2877 [4FE]

———Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 2867, 2870, 2873 [4FE]

———Robert L. Raclin, Dept. of HHS, 2874, 2882 [4FE]

———Senator Cranston, 2882 [4FE]

———Senators Cranston and Murkowski, 2863, 2869 [4FE]

Agent orange exposure in Vietnam veterans: Zachary Stalberg, 27330 [9OC]

Agent orange exposure study: Agent Orange Working Group, 33816 [3DE]

———Frank Press, National Academy of Sciences, 33824 [3DE]

———Frederic L. Conway, VA, 33818 [3DE]

———James O. Mason, 33816, 33817 [3DE]

———VA, 33826 [3DE]

Asbestos: American Cancer Society, 3797 [19FE]

Cancer patient at 16 years old: Kimberly Stanley (sundry), 26409 [5OC]

Catastrophic health care for children: various health associations, 20996 [23JY]

Catastrophic illness health insurance: Eleanor Chelimsky, GAO, 29900 [29OC]

Centers for Disease Control funding of acquired immune deficiency syndrome education: Senator Cranston, 37774 [21DE]

———Senator Helms, 37774 [21DE]

———several Senators, 37774 [21DE]

Central City, IA, School river blindness fund raising: several students, 36231 [18DE]

Condom commercial advertisement: Mary J. Miller, 15113 [9JN]

District of Columbia acquired immune deficiency syndrome tests: Cleveland B. Sparrow, Sr., 25804 [30SE]

———Frederic H. Bertrand, National Life of Vermont, 25805 [30SE]

———Harry L. Staley, Pride Mark Capitol Hill Insurance Agency, 25806 [30SE]

———Herbert L. DePrenger, GEICO Life Insurance Co., 25806 [30SE]

———James E. Barrett, Mutual of Omaha, 25806 [30SE]

———James E. Harshaw, Pilot Life Insurance Co., 25806 [30SE]

———John D. Bussey, Baptist Ministers' Conference of Washington, DC, 25804 [30SE]

———John G. Martin, Third World Assembly, Inc., 25804 [30SE]

———Lee M. Smith, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, 25806 [30SE]

———Malcolm MacKay, New York Life Insurance Co., 25806 [30SE]

———Malcolm O. Campbell, Jr., Aetna Life Insurance Co., 25805 [30SE]

———May L. Miller, 25797 [30SE]

———Prudential Insurance Co. of America, 25806 [30SE]

———R. Damian DuFour, Greater Washington Health Underwriters Association, 25807 [30SE]

———Sylvine Blackwell, 25797 [30SE]

———Walter E. Schmitt, Schmitt Insurance Services, 25805 [30SE]

———William T. McCallum, Great-West Life Assurance Co., 25806 [30SE]

Education of blacks about acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues, 32042 [17NO]

Establish system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers at occupational high risk: Ken Foster, 26942 [7OC]

Excellence of VA health care: Carol Gallant, 26046 [1OC]

Financial care for spouses with catastrophic illnesses, 22138 [3AU]

Health care costs, 27721 [13OC]

Health programs for small business: James E. Burke, 25624 [29SE]

Heroin availability to cancer patients: Joseph A. Oddis, American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, 24024 [15SE], 24461 [17SE]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Wilmer P. Eidemiller and others, Greensburg, PA, 33744 [2DE]

Human immunodeficiency virus: Jack W. Owen, American Hospital Association, 33833 [3DE]

Illinois' health insurance plan: Neil Hartigan, 2373 [29JA]

Liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents: Representative Conyers, 22123 [3AU]

Mandatory health insurance coverage: Senator Quayle, 3818 [19FE]

Medicare and eligibility of acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients: CBO, 17683-17685 [26JN]

———Roger Mentz, Dept. of the Treasury, 17685-17688 [26JN]

Medicare capital reimbursement for depreciation to hospital occupancy rates: Edward M. Gramlich, CBO, 13672 [21MY]

———Jack W. Owen, American Hospital Association, 13673 [21MY]

———John Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, 13673 [21MY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: National Council on the Aging, Inc., 20692 [22JY]

———Representative Gilman, 33197 [20NO]

Medicare coverage for orthopedic shoes: David R. Knighton, 4344 [26FE]

———Donnell D. Etzwiler, 4344 [26FE]

———Giles Kobilka and Priscilla Hollander, 4345 [26FE]

Medicare denial rate: Odessa, TX, health agency, 7739 [1AP]

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act: Cyril F. Brickfield, 9262 [22AP]

———Ronald F. Pollack, 9262 [22AP]

———William R. Hutton, 9262 [22AP]

National Cancer Institute: Senator Heflin, 27799 [14OC]

———Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., 27799 [14OC]

National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services: William C. Montgomery, American Academy of Pediatrics, 19781 [14JY]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act amendments: Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 33509 [1DE]

National Health Service Corps: Maxine Pollack, 20947 [23JY]

———Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 20950 [23JY]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week enacted by the Senate, Donald K. Anderson, 9039 [21AP]

Nonsmokers Health Protection Act: Alan C. Davis, 3197 [5FE]

Passive smoking, 503 [6JA]

———Anna M. Carrol, 502 [6JA]

Pennington Biomedical Research Center funding: Louisiana State University, 18470 [1JY]

Rheumatoid arthritis: Barbara Matia, 18517 [1JY]

———Bethany Matia, 18518 [1JY]

School asbestos removal funding: Charles G. Brown, 3976 [24FE]

Skin cancer: Margaret L. Kripke, 14822 [5JN]

Smoking restrictions within public buildings: Alan C. Davis, 3197 [5FE]

Soviet cancer patient in critical condition denied exit visa, 8000 [3AP]

Stratospheric ozone: Margaret L. Kripke, 18007 [29JN]

VA medical computer system: James A. Huff, VA Medical Center, Miles City, MT, 24462 [17SE]

———John Lehmann, 15385 [10JN]

Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act: Senator Domenici, 2760 [4FE]

Video to Princess Diana: Dreams Come True (organization), 15568 [11JN]

Lists

Diseases required to be reported, 21367 [28JY]

Groups having endorsed the Technology To Educate Children With Handicaps Act, 22034 [3AU]

Health Block Grant Programs, 21917 [31JY]

Industry associations and companies in opposition to High-Risk Occupational Disease notification and Prevention Act, 24659 [21SE]

Need for legislation protecting medicare beneficiaries, 22027 [3AU]

Occupational diseases and form of treatment, 27867 [14OC]

Organizations involved in health problems, 13700 [27MY]

Organizations supporting funding of the Orphan Drug Act, 13899 [28MY]

Translation of service-connected chronic diseases, 33911 [3DE]

Mailgrams

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: National Association of Retired Federal Employees, 20697 [22JY]

Meetings

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: medical care programs (testimony from Helen Green, Connie Gates, and Ruth Dugan), D11 [12JA]

———medical care programs (testimony from Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Dewey, Robert M. Ball, Sara Rosenbaum, Stuart H. Altman, Florence Heller, David R. Smith, Joshua Lederberg), D11 [12JA]

Memorandums

Arline Case and Contagious Diseases Section of the Rehabilitation Act: Lincoln C. Oliphant, 9725-9729 [24AP]

Informed Consent and Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibodies: John A. Gronvall, VA, 33930 [3DE]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage: Dept. of the Treasury, 14797 [4JN]

Response to Senator Cranston's Inquiry: Agent Orange Working Group, Dept. of HHS, 2883 [4FE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 25418 [28SE], 27516 [13OC]

Maine, 18948 [8JY], 29306 [27OC]

Pennsylvania, 31424 [9NO]

Texas, 13739 [27MY], 22589 [5AU]

Messages

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: President Reagan, 4003 [24FE], 4254 [26FE]

Motions

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), recommit, 20759 [22JY]

Papers

Agent Orange: Centers for Disease Control, 2871 [4FE]

In Defense of the Reintroduction of Heroin Into American Medical Practice and H.R. 5290—The Compassionate Pain Relief Act, 586-588 [6JA]

Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance for Emergency Physicians—Need for Reform: Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc., 602 [6JA]

Poems

``Atomic Veterans,'' Gordon P. Erspamer, 1909 [22JA]

``Bikini,'' Gordon P. Erspamer, 1909 [22JA]

``Her Daddy's Prayer,'' David Gimbel, 12743 [18MY]

``Moral Wasteland'', 23783 [10SE]

Polls of opinion

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 13474-13476 [21MY]

Medicare, 20753 [23JY]

Press releases

Kentucky physicians help elderly residents with eye problems related to diabetes: American Academy of Opthamology, 17331 [24JN]

Proposals

Medicare catastrophic illness coverage: White House, 14798 [4JN]

Provisions

Trauma Care and Emergency Medical Services Planning and Development Act, 23393 [7AU]

Questions and answers

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 34657 [9DE]

Catastrophic Health Insurance Act (H.R. 65), 1817 [21JA]

Remarks in House

Acid rain: health effects, 3228 [9FE]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: administration policy, 14206 [2JN]

———control transmission, 924 [7JA]

———discussion luncheon, 4529, 4530 [3MR]

———education, 33790 [2DE]

———education, prevention, and treatment programs (H.R. 3253), 23780 [10SE]

———effects of School Board of Nassau County v. Arline decision, 4788 [4MR]

———efforts by Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc., 28554 [21OC]

———epidemic, 3493, 3506 [19FE], 4070 [25FE], 7758 [2AP], 8305 [8AP], 10572-10576 [29AP], 11931, 11937, 11938, 11939, 11940, 11941, 11942 [11MY], 12333, 12334 [13MY], 14169 [1JN], 14720 [4JN], 15113 [9JN], 19888-19894 [15JY], 20102 [15JY], 20794 [22JY], 21189 [27JY], 21366-21372 [28JY], 21380 [28JY], 22048 [3AU], 22716 [6AU], 23434, 23489 [7AU], 23783 [10SE], 24472 [17SE], 25716 [30SE], 26043, 26045, 26046 [1OC], 26963, 26981-26989 [8OC], 27155 [8OC], 27638 [13OC], 28467-28470 [20OC], 29778 [28OC], 31719 [10NO], 34289 [7DE], 35592 [14DE], 37943 [21DE], 38258, 38262 [22DE]

———epidemic education, 30943 [4NO]

———epidemic in Africa, 35003 [10DE]

———establish national advisory panel (H.R. 2021), 8539 [8AP], 27164 [9OC]

———establish national commission, 2022 [27JA]

———Federal response, 3231 [9FE]

———funding for WHO, 17131 [23JN]

———grant program for counseling and testing (H.R. 3071), 22688 [5AU], 29529 [27OC]

———population assistance for epidemic education, 34756 [10DE]

———prevention and control (H.R. 3419), 26392-26394 [5OC]

———prohibit transfer of body fluids by Federal employees (H.R. 345), 19885 [15JY]

———reporting requirements (H.R. 2272), 11270-11272 [5MY]

———require contact tracing (H.R. 1551), 18379 [30JN]

———research in veterans hospitals, 23604 [9SE]

———response of San Mateo County, CA, to epidemic, 20824 [22JY]

Soviet Union: emigration of cancer patients, 7999 [3AP]

———spread, 1422 [20JA]

———testing, 14512 [3JN], 16307 [16JN], 28525 [20OC], 29769 [28OC]

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Education, Information, Risk Reduction, Training, Prevention, Treatment, Care, and Research Act: enact (H.R. 2626), 14924 [8JN]

Africa: acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 35003 [10DE]

Aged: alcoholism, 6714 [24MR]

———coordination of services available to victims and families of victims of Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 2075), 10856 [30AP]

———deceptive marketing techniques in sales, 23427 [7AU]

———health care, 9658 [23AP], 24034, 24047 [15SE]

Agent orange: effect on veterans in Vietnam, 27329 [9OC]

Alcoholism: improved health insurance coverage for Federal employees (H.R. 381), 883 [7JA]

Aliens: clarify denial of visas from those infected with etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 2590), 14602 [3JN]

Allentown, PA: anniversary of Sacred Heart Hospital, 15375 [10JN]

Alzheimer's disease: research, 23387 [7AU]

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association: tribute, 32872 [19NO]

American Academy of Dermatology: National conference on skin cancer, 6252 [18MR]

Armed Forces: damages for injuries from improper medical care (H.R. 1054), 29748 [28OC]

Arthritis: need for research, 34410 [8DE]

Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: EPA grants (H.J. Res. 153), 4037 [24FE]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 224), 23913 [15SE]

Black lung: taxation of benefits, 25926 [30SE]

Blacks: health care, 30243 [29OC]

Bone marrow registry: establish, 11893 [11MY], 36490 [18DE]

Cancer research, 23651 [9SE], 30937 [4NO]

Catastrophic Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 65), 1815 [21JA]

Catastrophic illness: insurance coverage, 2377 [29JA]

————insurance coverage for aged and handicapped, 3186, 3190, 3206 [5FE], 4479 [3MR]

———insurance coverager for aged and handicapped (H.R. 1280), 4147 [26FE]

———insurance coverage for aged and handicapped (H.R. 1281), 4147 [26FE],20104 [15JY]

Centers for Disease Control: tribute, 29293 [27OC]

Children: acquired immune deficiency syndrome pediatric resource centers (H.R. 3648), 34658 [9DE]

———infant mortality, 24682 [21SE]

City of Hope Medical Center: National Spirit of Life Award recipients, 9335 [22AP]

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services: reimbursement of certain institutions for heart and lung treatment (H.R. 1702), 6148 [18MR]

Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism: establish (H.R. 459), 960 [7JA]

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3130), 22986 [6AU]

Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3766), 35750 [15DE]

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (H.R. 2429), 12555 [14MY]

Courts: authorize payment of legal costs, 21590-21599 [30JY]

———extend and improve procedures for liability and indemnification for nuclear incidents (H.R. 1414), 21590-21615 [30JY], 22123 [3AU]

Decade of the Brain: designate (H.J. Res. 260), 10599 [29AP]

Dept. of HHS: grant program for research and training in pediatric pulmonary medicine (H.R. 1710), 6226 [18MR]

Diabetes prevention (H.R. 3259), 23918 [15SE]

Discrimination in employment: cancer victims (H.R. 1546), 4787 [4MR]

Donations of organs: national registry, 2013 [27JA]

Dreams Come True (organization): tribute, 15567 [11JN]

Drug abuse: commend Louisiana State police education program (H.R. 3762), 35747 [15DE]

Drugs: limit dispensing by physicians (H.R. 2093), 8919 [9AP]

———make heroin available to terminally ill cancer patients (H.R. 1470), 4965 [5MR], 24023 [15SE], 24461 [17SE]

Employment: medical and maternity leave, 2504 [3FE]

———parental and medical leave, 1808 [21JA]

———prohibit discrimination on basis of cancer history (H.R. 1546), 5535 [11MR], 6603 [23MR], 9169 [21AP]

———protect cancer survivors against work discrimination, 5468 [11MR]

EPA: management of infectious and pathologic waste (H.R. 3467), 27332 [9OC]

———promulgate regulations on management of infectious waste (H.R. 3515), 28533 [20OC]

———standard for exposure to radon in indoor environments (H.R. 3110), 22683 [5AU]

Family and Medical Leave Act: enact (H.R. 925), 3230 [9FE]

Family and Medical Leave Job Security Act: enact, 9041 [21AP]

Federal employees: prepaid dental care program (H.R. 3404), 26236 [1OC]

Federal Employees' Health Care Freedom of Choice Act: amend (H.R. 382), 876 [7JA]

Fight Leukemia Week: designate (H.J. Res. 237), 8916 [9AP]

Friends of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society: luncheon, 26955 [7OC]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate, 7734 [1AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 122), 33675 [2DE]

Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.: tribute, 28554 [21OC]

George, Kelly L.: tribute, 11290 [5MY]

Guinea worm disease: eradication, 6224 [18MR]

Hazardous substances: asbestos-related diseases, 33802 [2DE]

Hospital-based risk management programs, 21582 [30JY]

Health Emergency Treatment Fund: establish (H.R. 273), 816 [6JA]

HealthNet, New Mexico: tribute, 3470 [18FE]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 162), 3254 [10FE], 13034 [19MY], 13298 [20MY], 23602-23643 [9SE], 23690 [10SE], 23894, 23930 [15SE], 24658-24668 [21SE], 24698 [21SE], 25432 [29SE], 25694, 25739 [30SE], 25908 [30SE], 26606, 26685, 26697-26703 [6OC], 27845-27914 [14OC], 27965 [15OC], 27982 [19OC], 27983 [22OC], 27984, 27985, 28003-28007 [15OC], 28536, 28542 [20OC], 30242 [29OC], 3250, 33743-33746 [2DE]

Hodel, Sec. of the Interior: remarks on skin cancer, 14406 [2JN]

House Rural Health Care Coalition: program, 9673 [23AP]

Illinois: catastrophic illness insurance legislation, 2373 [29JA]

———remove radium from ground water, 34070 [3DE]

Indians: medical care (H.R. 2290), 11248 [5MY]

Infant mortality: additional funds to community and migrant health centers (H.R. 1326), 32715 [18NO]

International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies: conference, 23602, 23604 [9SE], 23657 [9SE], 23689 [10SE]

Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 3292), 24240 [16SE]

Jefferson Parish School Board, LA: Substance Abuse Prevention in Education Week, 28793 [21OC]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (H.J. Res. 108), 2198 [29JA]

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation: walk-a-thon, 24916 [22SE]

Labor: high risk occupational disease, 27635 [13OC]

Lead poisoning: ceramic dinnerware, 3180 [5FE]

Leave of absence: protection of employee's employment and benefits in case of birth, adoption, or health condition (H.R. 925), 8067 [6AP], 11893 [11MY], 14793 [4JN], 20116 [15JY], 30670 [3NO], 32875 [19NO], 36159 [17DE]

Long-term health care, 16583 [17JN]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 346), 21799 [30JY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 157), 22767 [6AU]

Maple Shade, NJ: school readathon contribution to Multiple Sclerosis Society, 14785 [4JN]

Maternal and child care: funding, 20119 [15JY]

Medicaid: catastrophic protections for low-income elderly (H.R. 1711, 1760, 1761, 1762), 6592 [23MR]

———retarded children, 32989 [19NO]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1760), 7317 [30MR]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1761), 7321 [30MR]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1762), 7311 [30MR]

Medicaid-certified State Veterans Home assistance: support, 20785 [22JY]

Medical care :deduction for contributions to certain services savings accounts (H.R. 1182), 3467 [18FE]

———education and training for States along the Mexican border (H.R. 1144), 3509 [19FE]

———funding, 4124 [25FE]

———national registry for donations of organs, 2013 [27JA]

———tax credit for contributions to certain savings account (H.R. 955), 2720 [4FE]

Medical liability program: Federal funds (H.R. 1372), 4701 [3MR]

Medical professionals: appeal of adverse determinations by peer review organizations (H.R. 2058), 8647 [9AP]

Medicare: assistance to elderly in evaluating supplemental medical insurance policies (H.R. 2072), 10856 [30AP]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 20658 [22JY], 25436 [29SE]

———catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1245), 4046, 4049, 4050 [25FE], 4118, 4128, 4131 [25FE], 4443 [27FE]

———catastrophic medical expenses (H.R. 2941), 20658 [22JY], 20714, 21193 [27JY], 21560 [29JY], 27163 [9OC]

———catastrophic medical expenses (H.R. 2970), 20657 [22JY]

———coverage for therapeutic shoes to individuals with severe diabetic foot disease (H.R. 2768), 17364 [24JN]

———coverage of annual pap smears and mammograms (H.R. 2482), 13313 [20MY]

———coverage of mammogram (H.R. 2935), 30935 [4NO]

———coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 3573), 29712 [28OC]

———coverage of therapeutic footwear (H.R. 1325), 11018 [4MY]

———delay implementation of restrictions on use of periodic interim payment system (H.R. 2066), 8922 [9AP]

———establish commission to study home health care benefits (H.R. 3787), 36079 [17DE]

———improve program (H.R. 2864), 19286 [9JY]

———information program to beneficiaries of certain coverages (H.R. 977), 3189 [5FE]

———optional catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1182), 3467 [18FE]

———payment to hospitals relative to capital-related costs (H.R. 2510), 13672 [21MY]

———payments for mental health services (H.R. 2886), 18718 [1JY]

———premium increase, 24058 [16SE]

———revise certain conditions for benefits for a spouse in an institution (H.R. 1711), 8057, 8063-8065 [6AP]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1760, 1762), 7321 [30MR], 8285 [7AP]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1761), 8285 [7AP]

———State payment for coverage of persons below poverty level (H.R. 1762), 8285 [7AP]

———supplementary insurance options (H.R. 784), 2187 [28JA]

———victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 276), 872 [7JA]

———voluntary private alternative coverage (H.R. 3548), 29213 [26OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (H.R. 1245), 4106 [25FE]

———enact (H.R. 2970), 20737-20759 [22JY]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 14797 [4JN], 17676-17690 [26JN], 18978 [8JY], 20714 [27JY], 20715, 20716, 20717, 20747, 20752 [23JY]-20761 [22JY], 20794, 20823 [22JY], 21054 [23JY], 21201 [27JY], 21568 [29JY], 22138 [3AU], 22344 [4AU], 23455 [7AU], 23886 [14SE], 25043 [23SE], 33197 [20NO], 36655 [19DE]

———enact (H.R. 2470), appointment of conferees, 34572 [9DE]

———enact (H.R. 2470), debate procedure, 17625 [25JN]

———enact (H.R. 2470), H.R. 2941 language passed in lieu, 20759 [22JY]

———enact (H.R. 2470), motion to recommit, 20759 [22JY]

———enact (H.R. 2941), 20717, 20732-20759 [22JY]

Medicare Diabetic Foot Disease Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1325), 4446 [2MR]

Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act: enact (H.R. 1067), 3264 [10FE]

Medicare Part A Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1280), 4147 [26FE]

Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 1281), 4147 [26FE]

Medicare/medicaid: catastrophic insurance for aged and handicapped, 4932 [5MR]

Meiman, Inna: death from cancer, 4025 [24FE]

Merck & Co.: eliminating river blindness, 30260 [29OC]

———tribute, 29514 [27OC]

Middle East Regional Cooperation Program: joint scientific projects with Israeli and Egyptian scientists, 34995 [10DE]

Mines and mineral resources: black lung benefits, 35753 [15DE]

Minh, Le Van: medical treatment in U.S., 2505 [3FE]

Minorities: acquired immune deficiency syndrome education and counseling (H.R. 3647), 34658 [9DE]

———medical professions (H.R. 954), 3987 [25FE]

Murfreesboro, TN: tribute to Alvin C. York VA Medical Center, 3894 [19FE]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 250), 10848 [30AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 168), 28497 [20OC]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 15), 18090 [29JN]

National Association of Radiation Survivors: tribute, 1909 [22JA]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 158), 9813 [27AP]

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (H.J. Res. 54), 1822 [21JA]

———designate (S.J. Res. 74), 7395 [31MR]

National Center for Biotechnology Information: establish (H.R. 393), 1766 [21JA]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (H.R. 2881), 18599 [1JY], 22223, 22238 [4AU], 22249 [7AU]-22250 [4AU]

National Conference on Alcohol Abuse: meeting in Washington, DC, 31838, 31840 [13NO]

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 208), 6942 [25MR]

National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 254), 9653 [23AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 44), 22766 [6AU]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 67), 9813 [27AP]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (H.J. Res. 228), 7758 [2AP]

National Eye Donor Month: designate, 1555 [20JA]

National Hazardous Material Control and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 895), 2206-2208 [29JA]

National Hospice Month: designate (H.J. Res. 234), 8549 [8AP]

National Medical Research Day: designate (H.J. Res. 340), 20813 [22JY], 24941 [23SE], 25702 [30SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 142), 25702 [30SE]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 119), 2376 [29JA], 8306 [8AP]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 189), 5779 [17MR], 6147, 6148 [18MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 89), 9288 [22AP]

———Representatives McMillan, Nagle and Vucanovich withdrawal of cosponsorship of H.J. Res. 189, 9288 [22AP]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (H.J. Res. 127), 2488 [2FE], 9170 [21AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 55), 10969 [4MY]

National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 111), 13313 [20MY]

———designate (H.J. Res. 115), 2186 [28JA]

National Polio Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 253), 9653 [23AP]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 335), 22759 [6AU], 23658 [9SE]

National Sickle Cell Month: observance, 23892 [14SE]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 198), 28498 [20OC]

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act: amend (H.R. 3546), 29215 [26OC]

Neurofibromatosis: research, 9670 [23AP]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 417), 34655 [9DE]

———observance, 14066 [28MY]

New York, NY: exclusion of certain work-related sick pay for public safety officers (H.R. 1143), 3863 [19FE]

Newfane Health Facility, NY: fundraiser for Arthritis Foundation, 2026 [27JA]

Nicaragua: social conditions, 21580 [30JY]

Nonsmokers Health Protection Act: enact, 3328 [11FE]

———enact (H.R. 1008), 3195 [5FE]

Nurses: tribute, 11349 [6MY]

Occupational safety and health: system to identify, notify, and prevent illness among workers (H.R. 162), 3250, 3254 [10FE]

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (H.R. 3097), 29269, 29270 [27OC], 29271 [28OC]

Owensboro, KY: Civitan Club coloring book for youth, 14632 [4JN]

Oxnard, CA: St. John's Regional Medical Center anniversary, 9178 [21AP]

Parent Drug Awareness Act: enact (H.R. 3301), 24051 [15SE]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 249), 3234 [9FE]

Parkinson's disease: new treatment, 4715 [3MR]

Phobic disorders, 11879 [8MY]

Poland: devastation of natural resources, 6707 [24MR]

Pollution: impact of ozone depletion, 14406 [2JN]

Prescription Drug Marketing Act: enact (H.R. 1207), 15394 [10JN]

Preventive medicine: immunization of children, 34651 [9DE]

Public buildings: restriction on smoking (H.R. 1008), 14108 [28MY]

Public Health Service Act: enact (H.R. 273), 816 [6JA]

Public safety officers: protection from infectious diseases (H.R. 3418), 26349 [5OC]

Public welfare: problems, 34071 [3DE]

Republican Study Committee on Long-Term and Catastrophic Health Care: findings, 16327 [16JN]

Respiratory Care Week: observance, 23882 [14SE]

Rheumatoid arthritis: potential for cure, 18691 [1JY]

Rural areas: medical care (H.R. 2113), 9673 [23AP]

———Social Security payment for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 2114), 9670 [23AP]

San Antonio, TX: Representative Gonzalez' personal explanation of incident, 14768-14774 [4JN]

Selective Service System: registration of persons with medical skills (H.R. 913), 3207 [5FE]

Self-Sufficiency for the Poor Act: enact (H.R. 910), 2501 [3FE]

Silbert, Mimi: humanitarian activities, 32969 [19NO]

Smoking: health effects, 21380 [28JY]

———restrictions for public buildings, 2681 [4FE], 3463, 3464 [18FE]

———restrictions within Government buildings (H.R. 1008), 3195 [5FE]

Social Security: comprehensive catastrophic illness benefits through prepaid plans (H.R. 65), 10285 [28AP]

———extended care through swing beds in certain rural hospitals (H.R. 2115), 17607 [25JN]

———extended care through swing-beds in certain rural hospitals (H.R. 2115), 9356 [22AP], 9670, 9673 [23AP]

———home health services (H.R. 2070), 9007 [10AP]

———medicare and medicaid coverage, 4790 [4MR]

———medicare catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 1245), 4443 [27FE]

———medigap insurance policies (H.R. 3490), 29677 [28OC]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (H.R. 2114), 9356 [22AP], 9670, 9673 [23AP], 17607 [25JN]

———procedures for disability determinations (H.R. 2117), 9654 [23AP]

———services for medically uninsured (H.R. 1182), 3467 [18FE]

Social Security Act: amend title XVIII (H.R. 2470), 14554 [3JN]

———amend title XVIII (H.R. 2470), 13832 [27MY]

Soviet Union: allegations of U.S.-induced acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 12556 [14MY]

———disinformation relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 27634 [13OC]

Space sciences: prediction of malaria epidemics, 2505 [3FE]

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Youngstown, OH: tribute, 18109 [29JN]

Supreme Court: effects of School Board of Nassau County v. Arline decision, 4788 [4MR]

Surgeon General's Report on AIDS: distribution, 13673 [21MY]

Taxation: care expenses for dependent with Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 2979), 20604 [21JY]

Transportation: drug and alcohol testing of key professionals, 6913 [25MR]

Trauma Care and Emergency Medical Services Planning and Development Act: enact, 23393 [7AU]

U.S.-Mexico Border Health Education and Training Act: enact (H.R. 1144), 3509 [19FE]

United Cerebral Palsy: tribute, 24023 [15SE]

University of Miami: dedication of paralysis laboratory, 7730 [1AP]

University of Texas: Cancer Research Center dedication, 8346 [8AP]

Vaccination: free inoculation of workers against hepatitis B virus (H.R. 3046), 21559 [29JY]

Veterans: establish benefits for disease victims of ionizing radiation (H.R. 1811), 6728 [25MR], 21305-21310 [28JY]

———medical care, 3241 [10FE]

———national salute to hospitalized, 3267 [10FE]

———prescribe certain presumptions relative to service in Vietnam (H.R. 3486), 31715 [10NO]

———settlement of agent orange claims, 1820 [21JA]

Volunteer workers: President's Citation Program for Private Sector Initiatives, 24471 [17SE]

Wesley Homes, Inc.: tribute, 2494 [2FE]

WHO: efforts to combat acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 9332 [22AP]

Women: breast cancer treatment alternatives, 1804 [21JA]

World Health Day: designate (H.J. Res. 125), 2492 [5FE]

World Health Week: designate (H.J. Res. 125), 2492 [5FE]

Youngstown, OH: tribute to St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, 18109 [29JN]

Youngstown Committee on Alcoholism: tribute, 23495 [7AU]

Youth Against Drugs: tribute to award recipients, 29773 [28OC]

Remarks in Senate

Access to Health Insurance for Medically Uninsurable Individuals Act: enact (S. 1634), 23215, 23218 [7AU]

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Code of Federal Regulations, 14284 [2JN]

———confidential testing of persons convicted for drug and sex offenses (S. 977), 8773 [9AP]

———epidemic, 7929 [3AP], 14507 [3JN], 16826-16827 [19JN], 19452 [10JY], 34223 [4DE], 34552 [9DE]

———epidemic (S. 1352), 15205-15208 [10JN]

———epidemic (S. Res. 184), 7934 [3AP], 8023, 8054 [6AP], 8879 [9AP]

———establish congressional advisory panel (S. 613), 4337-4339 [26FE]

———establish grant program for counseling and testing services (S. 1575), 22450 [5AU]

———funding, 13451-13479, 13485-13488 [21MY], 14113-14114 [29MY]

———funding research and education programs (S. 24), 20268 [17JY]

———medical policy, 23938 [15SE]

———medicare coverage (S. 24), 20268 [17JY]

———national commitment (S. Res. 190), 8944-8949 [10AP]

———Reagan administration policy, 9794 [27AP]

———system of cost sharing for health care and uncompensated care for uninsured, 614 [6JA]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act: enact (S. 1374), 16171-16179 [16JN], 16363 [17JN]

Aged: congregate housing (S. 599), 4321 [26FE]

———coverage of catastrophic illness, 2525 [3FE]

Agent orange: health effects, 2862, 2877, 2885 [4FE]

AIDS Federal Policy Act: enact (S. 1575), 21903, 21907, 21908 [31JY], 22450 [5AU], 29183 [23OC]

Aliens: human immunodeficiency virus testing, 25085 [24SE]

Alzheimer's disease: clinical trials on use of certain drugs (S. 997), 8800 [9AP]

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Home and Community Based Services Block Grant Act: enact (S. 81), 542 [6JA]

Armed Forces: suits for negligent medical care (S. 347), 1566 [21JA]

Baltimore, MD: St. Agnes Hospital anniversary, 12327 [13MY]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 224), 24568 [18SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 48), 3130 [5FE]

Cancer: use of parenteral diacetylmorphine (S. 143), 583 [6JA]

Catastrophic illness: Federal aid, 3140 [5FE]

Central City, IA: river blindness fund raising, 36231 [18DE]

CHAMPUS: coverage of certain health care expenses of members of uniformed services not payable under medicare (S. 166), 608 [6JA]

Children: financial reimbursement to military families for sudden infant death syndrome detection, 24376, 24377 [17SE]

———health insurance coverage for disabled (S. Con. Res. 6), 777 [6JA]

———infant mortality rate, 3153 [5FE], 9157 [21AP]

———parental medical leave (S. 249), 8952 [10AP]

Cleveland, OH: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association activities, 30569 [3NO]

Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism: establish (S. 1072), 9252 [22AP]

Dept. of Defense: incentive pay for specialty nurses assigned to remote locations (S. 160), 604 [6JA]

———special pay military psychologists (S. 165), 608 [6JA]

Dept. of HHS: determine appropriate regulatory classification of transitional devices of medical device amendments (S. 1808), 28974 [22OC]

———revise and extend authority of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (S. 1943), 35294 [11DE]

Diabetes Foot Disease Prevention Act: enact (S. 618), 4343, 4345 [26FE]

District of Columbia: acquired immune deficiency syndrome tests, 25796, 25798-25814 [30SE]

District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health: services of clinical social workers (S. 149), 595 [6JA]

Drug abuse: administration of programs, 8952 [10AP]

———appropriations for emergency treatment and rehabilitation (S. 409), 2321 [29JA]

———College Satellite Network television program called Drugs—Why Not?, 4657 [3MR]

Drug industry: ban reimportation, restrict drug samples, and ban certain resales by hospitals (S. 368), 1640-1642 [21JA]

———development of the drug Mectizan as a treatment for river blindness, 33660 [2DE]

———treatment of river blindness with new drug called Mectizan, 34249 [4DE]

Education: eligibility of graduate students in psychology for student loans (S. 163), 606 [6JA]

Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act: enact (S. 1726), 25623 [29SE]

Epidermolysis bullosa, 10643 [30AP]

Gasoline: labeling of benzene levels (S. 1724), 25419 [28SE]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 122), 11109 [5MY], 15100 [9JN]

Great American Smokeout: observance, 32734, 32795 [19NO]

Handicapped: assistive device resource centers (S. 1586), 22032, 22034 [3AU]

———Supreme Court decision on protection of rights, 4656 [3MR]

Headache Foundation: tribute, 12542 [14MY]

Health Care Protection Act: enact (S. 155), 598 [6JA]

Health Care Services in the Home Act: enact (S. 1206), 12497-12499 [14MY]

Health insurance: catastrophic coverage (S. 210), 637 [6JA]

———proposed mandatory coverage by employers, 3818 [19FE]

Health maintenance organizations: services of clinical social workers (S. 153), 597 [6JA]

Hemochromatosis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 45), 2927 [4FE]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (S. 79), 536, 540 [6JA], 3146 [5FE]

———enact (H.R. 162), 27860 [14OC]

———enact (H.R. 162), consideration (H. Res. 280), 27858 [14OC]

Home and Preventive Health Services for Older Americans Act: enact (S. 1115), 10645 [30AP]

Homeless: VA acquired immunity deficiency patient care, 8721 [9AP]

———VA nurses, 8721 [9AP]

Humanitarian assistance: extend set-aside of ships involved in world health care (S. 1281), 13933 [28MY]

Indian Child Welfare Act: amend (S. 1976), 36601-36608 [19DE]

Indians: health promotion and disease prevention services (S. 1509), 20523 [21JY]

———prevention and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse, 35245 [11DE]

Insurance: catastrophic illness, 29794 [29OC]

Kentucky: blindness prevention project, 17331 [24JN]

KIDS, Inc.: tribute, 21710 [30JY]

Louisiana State University: funding for the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 18469 [1JY]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 157), 15213 [10JN]

———observance, 26316 [2OC], 30337 [30OC]

Lupus Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 157), 15491 [11JN]

Mayo Clinic: tribute, 1414 [16JA]

Medicaid Catastrophic Coverage for Children Act: enact (S. 1283), 13942 [28MY]

Medicaid Risk-Based Health Care Act: enact (S. 1915), 33951 [3DE]

Medical care: Block Grant Program (S. 1579), 21916 [31JY]

———certification and recertification of certain health services (S. 101), 565 [6JA]

———CHAMPUS coverage of certain health care expenses of members of uniformed services not payable under medicare (S. 166), 608 [6JA]

———children with catastrophic illness care needs (S. 1537), 20996 [23JY]

———cost, 31067 [5NO]

———Dept. of HHS's catastrophic health insurance proposal, 1359 [14JA]

———Federal grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (S. 169), 14961 [9JN]

———funding for rehabilitation and handicapped services, 13906 [28MY]

———grant program for counseling and testing services relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (S. 1575), 22450 [5AU], 29183 [23OC]

———grants for programs to identify and aid individuals exposed to diethylstilbestrol (S. 169), 610 [6JA]

———immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant (S. 1862), 31818 [12NO]

———long-term care, 23164 [7AU]

———mithramycin to treat chronic granulocytic leukemia, 2771 [4FE]

———rheumatoid arthritis, 18517 [1JY]

Medical personnel: authority for direct payment or reimbursement to clinical social workers (S. 156), 602 [6JA]

Medicare: community nursing and ambulatory care on prepaid, capitated basis (S. 1003), 8820 [9AP]

———community nursing and ambulatory care on prepaid, capitated basis (S. 1010), 8967 [10AP]

———coverage for routine mammograms (S. 1161), 11620 [7MY]

———coverage of influenza vaccine and its administration (S. 1044), 9133 [21AP]

———extended care coverage (S. 283), 750 [6JA]

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants for small rural hospitals to provide cost-effective services (S. 1207), 12499 [14MY]

———home care benefits (S. 1616), 22946 [6AU]

———hospice psychologist services (S. 97), 563 [6JA]

———inpatient payments (S. Con. Res. 15), 3134 [5FE]

———method for evaluation of pediatric heart transplant facilities (S. 1450), 18186 [30JN]

———peer review organizations, 7998 [3AP]

———prospective payment system for hospital-based physicians, 3921 [23FE]

———protect beneficiaries with risk-sharing contract (S. 1582), 22026, 22027, 22028 [3AU]

———psychologist services (S. 123), 569 [6JA]

———services by psychiatric nurses (S. 96), 562 [6JA]

———waive waiting period in certain cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (S. 24), 447 [6JA]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (S. 592), 4297-4302 [26FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 29414 [27OC], 30805 [4NO]

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act: enact (S. 1076), 9257, 9267 [22AP]

Medicare Part C—Catastrophic Health Insurance Act: enact (S. 454), 2751 [4FE]

Minority Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Awareness and Prevention Projects Act: enact (S. 1872), 32041, 32042 [17NO]

Missouri Baptist Hospital of Sullivan: urban status, 35258 [11DE]

National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 168), 17857 [26JN], 26595 [6OC]

National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (S.J. Res. 192), 25419 [28SE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 192), indefinitely postponed, 30574 [3NO]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 15), 14831 [5JN]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 127), 12020 [12MY]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 210), 30351 [30OC], 36007 [17DE]

National Cancer Institute 50th Anniversary Month: designate, 3944 [23FE]

National Cancer Institute Month: designate (S.J. Res. 74), 4631 [3MR]

National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services: establish (S. 1488), 19780, 19781 [14JY]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act: amend (S. 1907), 33505 [1DE]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (S. 63), 523 [6JA]

National Diabetes Month: designate (S.J. Res. 44), 2926 [4FE]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 67), 6637 [24MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 71), 4351 [26FE]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 84), 6137 [18MR]

National Institute on Aging: appropriations (S. 1045), 9133 [21AP]

National Medical Research Day: designate (S.J. Res. 142), 14153 [29MY]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 119), 8733 [9AP]

———designate (S.J. Res. 83), 5630 [12MR]

National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Day: designate (S.J. Res. 158), 15468 [11JN]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 89), 5945 [17MR], 6141 [18MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 55), 3798 [19FE], 3944 [23FE]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (S.J. Res. 155), 14701 [4JN]

National Reye's Syndrome Week (S.J. Res. 155), 23366 [7AU]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 125), 11543 [6MY], 30320 [30OC]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 198), 27312 [9OC]

National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 212), 31145 [5NO]

Native Hawaiians: improve health status (S. 136), 575 [6JA]

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 237), 36616 [19DE]

NIH: transfer National Institute of Mental Health (S. 164), 607 [6JA]

Nuclear power plant accidents: compensation mechanism (S. 44), 485 [6JA]

Nurses and nursing: authority for direct payment to certain practitioners (S. 167), 609 [6JA]

Organ procurement: assistance to organizations (S. 1633), 23214 [7AU]

Orphan Drug Act: funding, 13899, 13900 [28MY]

Parental and Medical Leave Act: enact (S. 249), 696 [6JA]

Parkinson's Disease Amelioration Act: enact (S. 1072), 9252 [22AP]

Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Resource Centers Act: enact (S. 1871), 32040 [17NO]

Poison control centers: authorize grants for planning, development, establishment, and operation (S. 154), 597 [6JA]

POW: presumption of service connection for certain diseases (S. 1365), 16158 [16JN], 34555 [9DE]

———veterans' benefits (S. 1451), 18187 [30JN]

Prohibition of Smoking in Public Conveyance Act: enact (S. 51), 501 [6JA]

Public Health: Service Act: program of education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (S. 1220), 12612 [15MY]

Public Health Service Act: reauthorizing and restructuring of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services block grant (S. 924), 8044 [6AP]

Public utilities: control and safety of polluted high level waste repository water (S. 1569), 21742 [30JY]

Radon Mitigation Clarification Act: enact (S. 756), 6585 [23MR]

Rehabilitation Act: amend relative to healthful schools and workplaces (S. 673), 9724 [24AP]

Social Security: certification and recertification of certain health services (S. 101), 565 [6JA]

———Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants (S. 1833), 30342 [30OC]

———medicare adult day health care (S. 1839), 30556-30558 [3NO]

———medicare and medicaid coverage of clinical social worker services (S. 168), 609 [6JA]

———medicare and medicaid patient and program protection, 4983 [6MR]

———medicare coverage for daily home health services (S. 961), 8494-8495 [8AP], 8953 [10AP]

———mental health services from qualified professional psychologists (S. 93), 555 [6JA]

———pediatric specialist services (S. 94), 556 [6JA]

———reduction in benefits, 30483 [3NO]

Social Security Act: amend title XVIII (S. 1240), 13238 [20MY]

———amend title XVIII to permit payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (S. 1230), 12973 [19MY]

Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL: acquired immune deficiency syndrome research, 3707 [19FE]

States: family income standards required for eligibility for medical assistance (S. 1139), 11519-11523 [6MY]

———Federal grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (S. 169), 14961 [9JN]

Tariff: lasamid (S. 1049), 9135 [21AP]

Taxation: credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (S. 1922), 34226 [4DE]

University of Vermont: funding for the Stafford-Aiken Center, 18470 [1JY]

VA: establish outpatient clinic in central or southern New Jersey (S. 246), 693 [6JA]

———incentive pay for certain psychologists (S. 105), 568 [6JA]

———modify qualifications for certain positions (S. 91), 555 [6JA]

———review by National Academy of Sciences of scientific evidence, studies, and literature pertaining to human health effects of exposure to agent orange (S. 1510), 20524 [21JY], 20654 [22JY]

———transportation of claimants and beneficiaries in connection with medical care (S. 1059), 9139 [21AP]

Veterans: agent orange, 24477 [18SE]

———benefits for death or disability resulting from exposure to radiation from detonation of nuclear weapons (S. 1002), 8813-8816, 8819 [9AP]

———claims adjudications of atomic veterans, 2522 [3FE]

———committee hearings on effects of exposure to agent orange, 37890 [21DE]

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (S. 1692), 24434 [17SE], 24538 [18SE]

———exposure to agent orange, 2862, 2877, 2885 [4FE]

———health care, 28070 [15OC]

———improve benefits (S. 9), 33810-33937 [3DE], 34153, 34169-34206 [4DE], 34345 [8DE]

———improve benefits (S. 9), pass H.R. 2616 in lieu, 34184 [4DE]

———inclusion of systemic lupus erythematosis as service-connected diseases (S. 1491), 19782 [14JY]

———outpatient dental services (S. 92), 555 [6JA]

———remove certain gender references (S. 495), 3083 [5FE]

Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act: enact (S. 1646), 23235 [7AU]

Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act: enact (S. 453), 2757-2760 [4FE]

West Virginia University: cancer center, 14483 [3JN]

Wisconsin: rural health care, 25060 [24SE]

World Health Week: designate (S.J. Res. 16), 772 [6JA]

Reports

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General, 4071 [25FE], 18700 [1JY]

———Dept. of HHS, 7089-7093 [26MR]

———National Academy of Sciences, 7930 [3AP]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome as Major Public Health Issue: C. Everett Koop, 16177 [16JN]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Testing: Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 33932 [3DE]

Agent Orange: Center for Disease Control, 2868 [4FE]

Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Act Amendments: GAO, 23431 [7AU]

Alcohol and Health: Dept. of HHS, 31839 [13NO]

Confronting Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: National Academy of Sciences, 33918 [3DE]

Environmental Tobacco Smoke—Measuring Exposures and Assessing Health Effects: National Academy of Sciences, 3329-3332 [11FE]

Establish System To Identify, Notify, and Prevent Illness Among Workers at High Risk of Occupational Illness (H.R. 162), Consideration (H. Res. 280), 26683 [6OC]

Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: Everett C. Koop, Surgeon General, 3329 [11FE]

Mammography Screening Versus the Cost of Dying, 28344 [19OC]

Medical Devices: OTA, 28975 [22OC]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 125), 29882 [29OC]

POW Service Connected Diseases: VA, 16160 [16JN]

Science: Commissioners of the University of Virginia (1818), 7931 [3AP]

U.S. Crisis of Infant Mortality—Issues and Recommendations: Raymond L. Flynn, 9157 [21AP]

VA Mission and Accomplishments Relative to Atomic Veterans, 2523 [3FE]

Who Is Watching Our Children's Health: Children's Defense Fund, 34651 [9DE]

Reports filed

Assistance to Organ Procurement Organizations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3097) (H. Rept. 100-383), 28517 [20OC]

Benefits Improvements: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 9) (S. Rept. 100-215), 31227 [6NO]

Block Grant Program Extension: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1579), 25022 [23SE]

Establish National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: (H.R. 2881) (H. Rept. 100-245), 21376 [28JY]

Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act (S. 769) (S. Rept. 100-110), 20041 [15JY]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: (S.J. Res. 122), 17007 [23JN]

Indians Health Care: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2290) (H. Rept. 100-222), 19899 [15JY]

Lupus Awareness Week: (S.J. Res. 157), 17007 [23JN]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2470) (H. Rept. 100-105), 18680 [1JY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2470; H. Res. 227) (H. Rept. 100-226), 20359 [21JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 15), 14684 [4JN]

National Cancer Institute Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 74), 6357 [19MR]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 67), 6357 [19MR]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 55), 6357 [19MR]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 155), 22917 [6AU]

Occupation Illness High Risk Workers: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 162) (H. Rept. 100-194), 17696 [26JN]

Prevention of High Risk Occupational Disease: Committee on Rules (H.R. 162), Consideration (H. Con. Res. 280) (H. Rept. 100-356), 26813 [7OC]

Program of Education, Prevention, Care, and Research Relative to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1220) (S. Rept. 100-133), 21518 [29JY]

Veterans Benefits for Victims of Ionizing Radiation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1811) (H. Rept. 100-1811), 20905 [23JY]

Veterans Eligibility for Certain Beneficiary Travel Payments: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 1464) (S. Rept. 100-187), 25617 [29SE]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Meeting Veterans Needs, 15392 [10JN]

Statements

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Centers for Disease Control, 27760 [14OC]

———Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc., 27753 [14OC]

———Ellen Goodman, 29529 [27OC]

———Eugene Clark, 27754 [14OC]

———Jonathan Mann, 14285 [2JN]

———President Reagan, 7929 [3AP]

———Robert E. Windom, 23490 [7AU]

———President Reagan, 14288 [2JN]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Tests: C. Everett Koop, 31373 [9NO]

———Centers for Disease Control, 25809 [30SE]

———Cleve Jones, 26986 [8OC]

———Robert Redfield, Walter Reed Hospital, 25810 [30SE]

———Wisconsin study, 25809 [30SE]

Alcohol Abuse: Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 31838 [13NO]

Another OSHA Looms in Washington: John Sloan, National Federation of Independent Business, 13034 [19MY]

Catastrophic Illness: American Association of Retired Persons, 20666 [22JY]

Costs and Equities of Health Care for Employees: Robert L. Crandall, American Airlines, Inc., 13832 [27MY]

Costs of H.R. 162: National Small Business United, 27875 [14OC]

Financing Long-Term Health Care: Representative Crane, 16332 [16JN]

———Representative Saxton, 16332 [16JN]

———Representative Shumway, 16331 [16JN]

———Representative Tom Lewis, 16332 [16JN]

Home Health Care Services: Reva Rasmussen, 9264 [22AP]

Indian Alcoholism and Drug Abuse: Gilbert Pena, 35246 [11DE]

Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: American Association of Retired Persons, 20744 [22JY]

Medicare Peer Review System: Jim Knapp, 23242 [7AU]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: Senator Garn, 5779 [17MR]

Public Health Care in the Inner City—Why We Need Family Practice Physicians: Susan Edelstein, 20948 [23JY]

Republican Study Committee on Long-Term and Catastrophic Health Care Hearing: Representative D. French Slaughter, Jr., 16328 [16JN]

———Representative Dreier, 16328 [16JN]

———Representative Kyl, 16328 [16JN]

———Representative Regula, 16328 [16JN]

Skin Cancer: Donald P. Hodel, Sec. of the Interior, 14818 [5JN]

Spuds MacKenzie: Anheuser-Busch Co., 31839 [13NO]

Sulfur Dioxide: Cedric Garland, 35102 [11DE]

Victim Carries Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Virus for Life, 28004 [15OC]

Studies

Agent Orange: Air Force, 2885-2888 [4FE]

———Dept. of HHS, 2888 [4FE]

Agricultural Herbicide Use and Risk of Lymphoma and Soft-Tissue Sarcoma, 2878-2881, 2884 [4FE]

Herbicide Exposure and Cancer, 2881 [4FE]

Long-Term Care and Personal Impoverishment—7 in 10 Elderly Alone Are at Risk, 35438 [11DE]

Losing the War Against Cancer—Who's To Blame and What To Do About It—A Position Paper on the Politics of Cancer: Samuel S. Epstein, 23651-23657 [9SE]

Safe Sex Education, 27757 [14OC]

Soft Tissue Sarcoma and Military Service in Vietnam—Case-Control Study: Journal of National Cancer Institute, 33819-33823 [3DE]

Toxicity of AZT and Treatment of Patients With Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-Related Complex: Douglas Richman, 33918 [3DE]

Summaries

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act (S. 1374), 16172 [16JN]

Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Act Amendments (H.R. 3187), 23431 [7AU]

Health Care for the Uninsured Act (S. 177), 614 [6JA]

MedAmerica Act (S. 1139), 11523 [6MY]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act, 4985 [6MR]

Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act (S. 592), 4299 [26FE]

Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act (S. 1076), 9261, 9266 [22AP]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act Amendments (S. 1907), 33510-33511 [1DE]

Prevention and Control of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (H.R. 3419), 26394 [5OC]

Purpose of Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments, 36607 [19DE]

State Licensure Requirements for Agents Soliciting HMO Products (S. 1582), 22026 [3AU]

Surveys

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Contact Tracing: Representative Dornan, 18380 [30JN]

Life Insurers Writing Individual Life Insurance in the District of Columbia in December 1986, 25798 [30SE]

Tables

Centers for Disease Control's epidemiological studies of health of veterans, 33817 [3DE]

Comparison with Centers for Disease Control acquired immune deficiency syndrome extrapolations to 1991, 28005 [15OC]

Cost of medicare drug benefits under H.R. 2941, 20678 [22JY]

Impact of H.R. 2470 and S. 1127 on medicare enrollees, 1990, 28182 [16OC]

Incidence of sudden infant death syndrome in siblings of sudden infant death syndrome victims, and incidence of prolonged apnea in subsequent victims, 24376 [17SE]

Medicaid disallowances, 17841 [26JN]

Medicaid payment error rates, 17841 [26JN]

Overview of U.S. former POW population, 16160 [16JN]

Premium comparisons under various proposals for medicare catastrophic illness coverage, 20754 [22JY]

Radiation exposures for World War II veterans, 8816 [9AP]

Testimonies

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Epidemic: Theresa Crenshaw, 19889-19892 [15JY]

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Testing: OTA, 33920 [3DE]

Antibiotic Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis: E. Douglas Reddan, 18693 [1JY]

Appropriations for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Programs: Bonnie John-Murray, 11269 [5MY]

Catastrophic Illness: Elaine Yarbrough, 20756 [22JY]

———Paul Willging, 2751 [4FE]

———Philip W. Brickner, 23123 [7AU]

Concerns for Medical Needs of the Elderly in Brown County and Surrounding Area, Ann C. Vogel, 7998 [3AP]

Funding for VA Medical Center, Decatur GA: Representative Swindall, 5529 [11MR]

Illegal Activities in the Senior Citizens Insurance Market: Patricia R. Petersen, 23428-23430 [7AU]

Long-Term Health Care: Elaine Donnelly, 21560-21562 [29JY]

———Elaine Yarbrough, 16584 [17JN]

———Mr. and Mrs. Richard Long, 16584 [17JN]

Meteorological Aspects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: Alan Robock, 15099 [9JN]

Phobias: Jerilyn Ross, 11879-11881 [8MY]

Quality of Life: Susan Margoles, 20675 [22JY]

Recommendations of National Arthritic Advisory Board: Henry J. Mankin, 34410 [8DE]

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Potential for a Cure: Barbara Matia, 18691 [1JY]

———Bethany Matia, 18691 [1JY]

Treatment of Patients With Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-Related Complex: State and Territorial Health Officials, 33918 [3DE]

VA Health Care: Arthur Arnold, 28217 [16OC]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 111, National Parkinson's Disease Awareness Week, 13313 [20MY]

H.J. Res. 119, National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, 8307 [8AP]

H.J. Res. 127, National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 2489 [2FE]

H.J. Res. 158, National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, 9814 [27AP]

H.J. Res. 224, Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week, 23913 [15SE]

H.J. Res. 253, National Polio Awareness Week, 9671 [23AP]

H.J. Res. 254, National Diabetes Month, 9679 [23AP]

H.J. Res. 335, National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week, 22760 [6AU]

H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 3251-3253 [10FE]

H.R. 273, Health Emergency Treatment Funds, 816 [6JA]

H.R. 276, medicare benefits to victims of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 873 [7JA]

H.R. 1008, Nonsmokers Health Protection Act, 3196 [5FE]

H.R. 1067, Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination Act, 3265 [10FE]

H.R. 1143, exclusion of certain work-related sick pay for New York, NY, public safety officers, 3864 [19FE]

H.R. 1245, medicare coverage of catastrophic illness, 4099 [25FE]

H.R. 1355, VA and Dept. of Defense sharing of health care resources, 4697 [3MR]

H.R. 1811, establish benefits for veterans who are victims of ionizing radiation, 21305 [28JY]

H.R. 2021, National Advisory Panel on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act, 8540 [8AP]

H.R. 2058, medical professionals' appeal of adverse determinations by peer review organizations, 8647 [9AP]

H.R. 2066, delay implementation of restrictions on use of periodic interim medicare payment system, 8922 [9AP]

H.R. 2113, Rural Health Care Preservation Act, 9675 [23AP]

H.R. 2114, Rural Hospital Act amendments, 9675 [23AP]

H.R. 2115, Rural Nursing Care Access Act amendments, 9675 [23AP]

H.R. 2470, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 29414-29880 [29OC]

H.R. 2881, establish National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 22238 [4AU]

H.R. 2935, medicare coverage of mammogram, 28345 [19OC]

H.R. 2941, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 20717-20732 [22JY]

H.R. 3097, assistance to organ procurement organizations, 29269 [27OC]

H.R. 3130, Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act, 22986 [6AU]

H.R. 3292, Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act, 24240 [16SE]

S. 24, waive medicare waiting period in certain cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 448 [6JA]

S. 51, Prohibition of Smoking in Public Conveyance Act, 502 [6JA]

S. 79, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 537-540 [6JA]

S. 81, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Home and Community Based Services Block Grant Act, 542-544 [6JA]

S. 91, modify qualifications for certain positions in VA, 555 [6JA]

S. 92, veterans outpatient dental services, 555 [6JA]

S. 93, mental health services from qualified professional psychologists under Social Security, 556 [6JA]

S. 94, pediatric specialist services under Social Security, 556 [6JA]

S. 96, medicare coverage of services by psychiatric nurses, 562 [6JA]

S. 97, hospice psychologist services under medicare and medicaid, 563 [6JA]

S. 101, certification and recertification of certain health services, 566 [6JA]

S. 105, incentive special pay for certain VA psychologists, 568 [6JA]

S. 123, medicare coverage of psychologist services, 569 [6JA]

S. 136, improve health status of Native Hawaiians, 575-579 [6JA]

S. 144, psychiatric nurse practitioners and nurses on District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health, 594 [6JA]

S. 154, authorize grants for planning, development, establishment, and operation of poison control centers, 598 [6JA]

S. 155, Health Care Protection Act, 598-602 [6JA]

S. 156, authority to pay or reimburse certain additional health care professionals, 602 [6JA]

S. 162, special pay for psychologists in commissioned corps of Public Health Service, 606 [6JA]

S. 163, eligibility of graduate students in psychology for student loans, 606 [6JA]

S. 164, transfer National Institute of Mental Health to NIH, 607 [6JA]

S. 165, special pay for military psychologists, 608 [6JA]

S. 166, CHAMPUS coverage of certain health care expenses of members of uniformed services not payable under medicare, 608 [6JA]

S. 167, authority for direct payment to certain nurse practitioners, 609 [6JA]

S. 168, medicare and medicaid coverage of clinical social worker services, 609 [6JA]

S. 169, Federal grants to States for programs to identify and aid individuals exposed to diethylstilbestrol, 611 [6JA]

S. 177, Health Care for the Uninsured Act, 615 [6JA]

S. 210, catastrophic health insurance coverage for aged and handicapped, 638 [6JA]

S. 246, establish VA outpatient clinic in central or southern New Jersey, 694 [6JA]

S. 249, Parental and Medical Leave Act, 697-701 [6JA]

S. 283, medicare extended care coverage, 750 [6JA]

S. 347, suits by military personnel for negligent medical care, 1566 [21JA]

S. 368, ban reimportation of drugs, restrict drug samples, and ban certain resales by hospitals, 1641 [21JA]

S. 409, appropriations for drug abuse treatment and law enforcement programs, 2322 [29JA]

S. 453, Veterans' Ionizing Radiation Compensation Improvements Act, 2758 [4FE]

S. 454, Medicare Part C—Catastrophic Health Insurance Act, 2752-2757 [4FE]

S. 495, remove certain gender references relative to veterans benefits, 3083 [5FE]

S. 592, Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act, 4298 [26FE]

S. 618, Diabetes Foot Disease Prevention Act, 4344 [26FE]

S. 924, reauthorizing and restructuring of the Public Health Service Act's Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services block grant, 8044 [6AP]

S. 961, Home Care Protection Act, 8495 [8AP]

S. 997, Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, 8801 [9AP]

S. 1002, Veterans' Radiation Exposure Disability and Death Benefits Act, 8817-8819 [9AP]

S. 1003, Medicare Community Nursing and Ambulatory Care Act, 8820 [9AP]

S. 1010, community nursing and ambulatory care to medicare beneficiaries on prepaid, capitated basis, 8967 [10AP]

S. 1044, medicare coverage of influenza vaccine and its administration, 9133 [21AP]

S. 1045, appropriations for National Institute on Aging, 9134 [21AP]

S. 1049, tariff on lasamid, 9135 [21AP]

S. 1059, transportation of VA claimants and beneficiaries in connection with medical care, 9139 [21AP]

S. 1072, establish Commission for the Amelioration of Parkinsonism, 9253 [22AP]

S. 1076, Medicare Home Health Services Improvement Act, 9258-9261 [22AP]

S. 1115, Home and Preventive Health Services for Older Americans Act, 10647 [30AP]

S. 1139, MedAmerica Act, 11520-11523 [6MY]

S. 1206, Health Care Services in the Home Act, 12498

S. 1207, Medicare Rural Health Services Transition Act, 12501 [14MY]

S. 1209, Medicare Ambulatory Mental Health Services Access Act, 12586 [15MY]

S. 1220, education, prevention, care, and research relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 12613-12617 [15MY]

S. 1230, amend Social Security Act to permit payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings, 12973 [19MY]

S. 1240, amend title XVIII of Social Security Act, 13238 [20MY]

S. 1281, extend set-aside of ships involved in world health care, 13933 [28MY]

S. 1283, Medicaid Catastrophic Coverage for Children Act, 13942 [28MY]

S. 1352, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Control Act, 15208-15210 [10JN]

S. 1374, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Act, 16172-16176 [16JN]

S. 1451, veterans benefits for POW, 18187 [30JN]

S. 1488, establish National Center for Pediatric Emergency Medical Services, 19780 [14JY]

S. 1510, National Academy of Sciences review of evidence pertaining to effects of exposure to agent orange, 20654 [22JY]

S. 1537, Care Management and Catastrophic Health Care for Children Act, 20996 [23JY]

S. 1575, AIDS Federal Policy Act, 21903-21907 [31JY]

S. 1579, Health Block Grant Program, 21917 [31JY]

S. 1582, medicare protection for beneficiaries with risk-sharing contract, 22028 [3AU]

S. 1586, Technology To Educate Children With Handicaps Act, 22033 [3AU]

S. 1634, Access to Health Insurance for Medically Uninsurable Individuals Act, 23215-23218 [7AU]

S. 1646, Veterans' Beneficiary Travel, Medical Quality Assurance, and Readjustment Counseling Improvements Act, 23236, 23238 [7AU]

S. 1692, veteran disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 24435 [17SE]

S. 1726, Employee Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act, 25624 [29SE]

S. 1738, long-term care insurance for Federal employees, 25876 [30SE]

S. 1808, Dept. of HHS determination of appropriate regulatory classification of transitional devices of medical device amendments, 28975 [22OC]

S. 1833, Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund grants, 30342 [30OC]

S. 1871, Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Resource Centers Act, 32041 [17NO]

S. 1872, Minority Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Awareness and Prevention Projects Act, 32042 [17NO]

S. 1907, National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act amendments, 33506-33509 [1DE]

S. 1915, Medicaid Risk-Based Health Care Act, 33951 [3DE]

S. 1922, credit for contributions to long-term health care savings, 34226-34228 [4DE]

S. 1962, immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant, 31819

S. 1976, Indian Child Welfare Act amendments, 36602-36607 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 6, health insurance coverage for disabled adopted children, 776 [6JA]

S. Con. Res. 7, funding of veterans' medical benefits, 1355 [14JA]

S. Con. Res. 15, inpatient medicare payments, 3134 [5FE]

S. J. Res. 55, National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 6505 [20MR]

S. Res. 184, acquired immune deficiency syndrome epidemic, 7934, 7994 [3AP]

S. Res. 190, national commitment on acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 8945, 8949, 8991 [10AP]

S. Res. 225, Venice summit, 14704 [4JN]

S. Res. 233, funds for Public Health Emergency Fund and treatment of veterans with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 16183 [16JN]

S.J. Res. 15, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 14831 [5JN], 18091 [29JN]

S.J. Res. 16, World Health Week, 772 [6JA]

S.J. Res. 44, National Diabetes Month, 2926 [4FE], 17443 [25JN]

S.J. Res. 48, Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week, 3130 [5FE]

S.J. Res. 55, National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 10969 [4MY]

S.J. Res. 67, National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, 4351 [26FE], 6506 [20MR], 9813 [27AP]

S.J. Res. 74, National Cancer Institute Month, 6507 [20MR], 4631 [3MR], 7395 [31MR]

S.J. Res. 89, designate National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 6637 [24MR], 9288 [22AP]

S.J. Res. 122, Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week, 11109 [5MY], 17446 [25JN], 33675 [2DE]

S.J. Res. 142, National Medical Research Day, 14153 [29MY], 17447 [25JN], 25703 [30SE]

S.J. Res. 155, National Reye's Syndrome Week, 14702 [4JN]

S.J. Res. 157, Lupus Awareness Month, 17447 [25JN]

S.J. Res. 168, National Adult Immunization Awareness Week, 28123 [15OC], 28497 [20OC]

S.J. Res. 192, National AIDS Awareness and Prevention Month, 25421 [28SE]

S.J. Res. 198, National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Week, 28123 [15OC], 28498 [20OC]

S.J. Res. 210, National Burn Awareness Week, 30351 [30OC]

S.J. Res. 212, National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Week, 31145 [5NO]

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Republican Study Committee on Long-Term and Catastrophic Health Care Hearing, 16327 [16JN]