HEALTH
Acknowledgments
Dept. of Veterans Affairs' program for treatment of homeless, chronically mentally ill veterans (S. 405), 2098 [9FE]
Addresses
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Paul Gann, 20235 [12SE]
AIDS Walk Los Angeles: Craig Miller, 23638 [5OC]
America in the 21st Century and the Demographic Imperative: Vijaya L. Melnick, 11022 [6JN]
Hospice—Past, Present, Future: Sandol Stoddard, 1774-1779 [7FE]
Minority Health Issues and Concerns: Bailus Walker, 29282 [16NO]
National Drug Policy: President Bush, 19562 [6SE]
Oral Rehydration Therapy: Alan Woods, 3697 [8MR]
Public Health and New National Effort: Bailus Walker, Jr., 299 [19JA]
Quality Assurance—The Conscience of the Specialty: George D. Malkasian, Jr., 20698 [18SE]
Science, Politics, and the Environment: Senator Kasten, 3781 [8MR]
Agenda
National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc., 2200 [9FE]
Agreements
Medicare catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23575 [5OC]
Amendments
Agriculture: remove certain contaminated corn from the food chain and provide indemnification to its producers (H.R. 2641), 14695 [13JY]
Anti-Drug Abuse Act: amend (H.R. 1426), 7339, 7369 [19AP], 11576 [13JN], 14359, 14365 [12JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve programs for the recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 901), 23091 [3OC]
Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act: enact (S. 1606), 30456, 30570 [20NO]
Drug abuse: implement national policy (S. 1711), 22644 [2OC], 22922, 22924, 22925, 22928, 22929, 22930, 22932, 22935, 22936, 22938, 22940-22943, 22945-22947, 22949-22954, 22957, 22960, 22961, 22965, 22966, 22969, 22972-22975, 22977-22983, 23001-23003, 23006-23008, 23022, 23025, 23026, 23029-23031 [3OC], 23453, 23464, 23473, 23477, 23492, 23495, 23497, 23500, 23501, 23504, 23505, 23509, 23510, 23514-23517, 23519, 23520, 23521, 23528, 23529, 23599-23615 [5OC]
———implement national policy (S. 1711), correction, 23175 [4OC]
Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23600 [5OC], 23759, 23768, 23778-23780, 23793, 23805, 23821, 23857, 23860, 23862, 23864, 23866 [6OC]
———coverage and payment for services of psychologists (H.R. 774), 21150 [20SE]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27870, 27905-27910 [8NO]
———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report-30724, 30809-30813 [21NO], 31290, 31295-31300, 31607 [21NO]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 16), 27769 [7NO]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 112), 5500 [5AP]
National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 37), 8687 [9MY]
Nurses: adjust immigrant status of certain (H.R. 3259), 30573, 30605 [20NO], 30790 [21NO]
Nutrition: national program (S. 253), 27095, 27147 [3NO]
Patient Account Management Day: designate (H.J. Res. 380), 24734 [16OC]
Public Health Service Act: improve emergency medical services and trauma care (S. 15), 15658 [20JY]
Vaccine injury: compensation (S. 1922), 31642 [21NO]
Veterans: exclude agent orange settlement payments from countable income under Federal means-tested programs (S. 892), 11347, 11370 [8JN]
———increase disability and dependency and indemnity compensations and certain other benefits (S. 13), 10683 [1JN], 15935 [24JY], 19624 [6SE], 23031, 23033, 23066 [3OC]
Analyses
Certification of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Social Workers (S. 1818), 26660 [31OC]
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act (S. 1484), 18003-18007 [2AU]
Clean Air Restoration Act (H.R. 2323), 9028 [11MY]
Cooperative Organ Transplant Contributions Act (S. 174), 826 [25JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Appointment of Health Care Professionals, 26659 [31OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Extension Act (S. 748), 6021 [11AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act (S. 1398), 16049 [25JY]
Employee Health and Safety Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 436), 2658 [23FE]
Federal Employees Government Contributions to Health Programs (H.R. 2705), 13551 [27JN]
Forfeiture Amendment to the National Drug Control Policy Bill (S. 1711), 23173 [4OC]
Improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs Administration of Health Care Benefits and Personnel Management (S. 1004), 9258 [16MY]
Indoor Air Quality Act (S. 657), 4843 [17MR]
Medicare Trauma Care and Emergency Services Quality Assurance Act (H.R. 753), 1354 [31JA]
National Drug Control Policy Technical Amendments, 23518 [5OC]
National School Lunch Act Amendment (H.R. 24), 25781-25787 [24OC]
Performance of Probationary Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Employees (S. 1820), 26663 [31OC]
Public Corruption Amendment to the National Drug Control Policy Bill (S. 1711), 23174 [4OC]
Radon Testing for Safe Schools Act (S. 1697), 22428 [28SE]
Social Security Services Improvement Act (H.R. 1353), 3999 [9MR]
Vaccine Injury Compensation Amendments (S. 1922), 29877-29879 [17NO]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 27870, 27977 [8NO], 30203 [19NO]
———H.R. 3630, Emergency Drug Abuse Treatment and Expansion Act, 29265 [15NO], 29896 [17NO]
———S. 1735, authorizing appropriations for drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs, 28697 [14NO]
National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: members, 5451 [4AP]
Articles and editorials
...And the Mentally Ill, 20054 [12SE]
Abortion Fight—It's Not Just a Matter of Religion, 31756 [21NO]
Abortion—A Closer Look at Public Opinion, 28026 [8NO]
Act Now To Save Lives in Sudan, 6051 [11AP]
Adults Health Development Program—Toward Developing a National Network To Promote Health and Wellness, 9604 [17MY]
AHDP—Toward Developing a National Network To Promote Health and Wellness, 11143 [7JN]
AIDS Drug Approval—A Shift in Responsibility?, 1466 [2FE]
AIDS Drug To Be Given at No Cost, 15265 [19JY]
AIDS—the Youngest Victims, 12954-12956 [22JN]
Attracting Doctors Tough for Smaller Rural Clinics—Lake Region Clinic Said Competitive, 9948 [18MY]
Auditors—Mercer Hospital in Serious Financial Trouble, 1317 [31JA]
Autopsy on St. Anne's Might Save Other Hospitals, 1320 [31JA]
Babies of Crack Users Crowd Hospitals, Break Everybody's Heart, 15766 [21JY]
Baby Boys, To Order, 22155 [27SE]
Bad Medicine for the Elderly, 14983 [18JY]
Bahamas Free-Basing Epidemic Cited, 12696 [21JN], 22892 [3OC]
Ban Smoking on All Airline Flights, 20000 [12SE]
Battle Over Health Care, 30052 [17NO]
Bay Pines VAMC, Bay Pines, FL, 7054 [19AP]
Beatrice Center Serves Need, 10360 [31MY]
Billions Blown on Health, 7065 [19AP]
Biomedical Detective Identifies Elusive Agent—NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 17105 [31JY]
Bush Pollution Control a Matter of Life, Death, 13205 [22JN]
Bush's Real Problem—The Ruins of Reaganism, 7657 [1MY]
Bush's Veto Punishes the Poor, 26095 [25OC]
Cairo, IL, Loses Emergency Care; Residents Scared, 1320 [31JA]
Cambodians' Vision Loss Linked to War Trauma, 27054 [2NO]
Catastrophic Care Is Essential—Save It, 23791 [6OC]
Catastrophic Health Care Act Has Many Costly Flaws, 23214 [4OC]
Catastrophic Retreat, 23792 [6OC]
Catastrophic Surtax Spurs Hill Retreat, 20654 [18SE]
Catastrophic-Health Law Unfamiliar to Elderly, 24879 [17OC]
Chest Cutter—The Endless Days of Heart Surgeon William Frist, 26698-26700 [31OC]
Chicago Hospital Closes—City's 10th In Three Years, 1315 [31JA]
Chicago's 10 Metro Closures Highlight Urban-Hospital Fragility, 1315 [31JA]
Children of Cocaine, 17482 [1AU]
Clarifying a Controversy, 23790 [6OC]
Clean Air Proposal Weakened, 14362 [12JY]
Clinic Urged by Neighbors of St. Anne's, 1316 [31JA]
Commitment to Drug Treatment Is the Law, 22101 [27SE]
Condoms and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 11833 [14JN]
Controlling Health Expenditure—Canadian Reality, 7438 [25AP]
Crack's Toll Among Babies—A Joyless View Even of Toys, 20898 [19SE]
Crusade of Dr. Elders, 25017-25020 [18OC]
CTA Faces Dial-a-Ride Predicament, 19901 [7SE]
Cyanide Mystery—In Chilean Grape Case, New Data Raise Doubt as to What Happened, 29363-29365 [16NO]
D.C. Drug Treatment Clinics Behind the Times, Study Says, 7359 [19AP
Dad, VA—Strong Points in Graybeard's Life, 3058 [28FE], 5093 [21MR]
Dangerous Exposure at Navy Shipyards, 7767 [2MY]
Degradation of Health Care—U.S.A., 146 [3JA]
Despite Federal Law, Hospitals Still Reject Sick Who Can't Pay, 1646, 1647 [2FE]
Developing Good Medical Standards We Can Live With, 13434 [23JN]
Do Not Allow Uproar to Blow Away Benefits, 23792 [6OC]
Doctor-Owned Labs Earn Lavish Profits in a Captive Market, 3202-3204 [1MR]
Doctor's Abortion Business Is Lucrative, 12201 [15JN]
Domino Effect Is Seen in Closing of Hospitals, 1312 [31JA]
Drawing the Line on Prenatal Rights, 17483 [1AU]
Dumping Poor—Despite Federal Law, Hospitals Still Reject Sick Who Can't Pay, 27573 [6NO]
Eating Well, 3492 [3MR]
Elderly Couple Struggle To Stay at Home Together—Care Campaign Tries To Help, 17518 [1AU]
Elderly Forced To Make Fatal Choices, 23824 [6OC]
ENCOR Lashed Out, Then Proposed Changes, 10360 [31MY]
End of an Era—White Hall Fearful Over Loss of Hospital, 1316 [31JA]
Entrepreneurs Against Drugs, 5343 [3AP]
EPA Proposes To Revoke Food Tolerances of Daminozide (Alar) in Phases, 20601 [15SE]
EPA Says Radon Threatens Schools, 10371 [31MY]
Epidemic Free-Base Cocaine Abuse—Case Study From the Bahamas, 22890 [3OC]
Exporting the Drug Problem, 4117 [14MR]
Fabric of Life Worn Threadbare With Our Waste and Greed, 3783 [8MR]
Facing the Hard Cases, 25313-25317 [19OC]
Family Doctor Responds Koop Was Wrong on AIDS, 4543, 4544 [16MR]
Fetal Sex Test Used as Step to Abortion, 22155 [27SE]
For Drug Addict, Spot Awaits Him, Probably in Jail, 1643 [2FE]
For the Already-Born, There Is No Right to Life, 30674 [21NO]
From All Walks, They Fight AIDS—Nearly 18,000 Join Trek, 11434 [9JN]
Fuel Up at Breakfast, 3493 [3MR]
Funds Are Lacking, Cancer Is Gaining, 1406 [2FE]
GAO Finds No Evidence VA Medical Official Acted Improperly, 11664 [14JN]
Getting Ready for the Rest of My Life, 12608 [20JN]
Gloomy Mood Matches Day at Hannibal Hospital, 1312 [31JA]
GOP's Myopic Vision of the Family, 1660 [2FE]
Group Homes Mean Brighter Lives for the Retarded, 1972 [8FE]
Growing Costs of Physician Owned Clinics, 3818 [8MR]
Growth Rate of Hospital Expenses Rose in First Half of 1989, 30675 [21NO]
Hazardous Wastes and Human Health, 965 [25JA]
Health Cost Controls in Canada, 6809 [17AP]
Help! This Is an Emergency!, 28049 [9NO]
Heroin Cracks Cocaine Market—Statistics Indicate Surge in Use, 15614 [20JY]
Hippocratic Hypocrisy, 3818 [8MR]
Home Remedies, 4427 [15MR]
Hope's Only Messenger, 22055 [27SE]
Hospital Closings Not Limited to City, 1321 [31JA]
Hospital Failures Affect Surrounding Communities, 1321 [31JA]
Hospital Industry Ill, 1316 [31JA]
Hospital To Close, 1310 [31JA]
Hospital Woes—Cook County Needs a Lot More Than Band-Aids for This, 1312 [31JA]
Hospitals Face Financial Stress and Closings, 1311 [31JA]
How Can We Deny Health Care to Poor While Others Get Face Lifts?, 8078 [3MY]
Human Mouse, 19060 [4AU]
Identifying Gender for Expecting Parents, 22155 [27SE]
If Florence Nightingale Could See Them Now, 2926 [28FE]
Illusion of Universal Health Care, 28947 [14NO]
In India, They Abort Females, 22155 [27SE]
In Search of Physicians, Rural Hospitals Round Up the Posse, 30079 [17NO]
Institutions Are Needed, 10361 [31MY]
Insurers Refuse To Pay for Work Judged Needless, 13430 [23JN]
It's Good To See President Working for Clean Air, 13205 [22JN]
Jason's Film Wins Oscar!, 6061 [11AP]
Judge Calls United States Too Strict on Agent Orange Proof Standards, 9095 [12MY]
Juggling Family, Job and Aged Dependent, 1555 [2FE]
Keep Catastrophic Coverage Act, 23791 [6OC]
Latest Drug of Choice for Abusers Brings New Generation to Heroin, 15616 [20JY]
Latest Hospitals To Close Continue National Trend, 1314 [31JA]
Legal Lid for Doctors' Fees, 14683 [13JY]
Let Consumers Pull the Health-Care Purse Strings, 23630 [5OC]
Lifeflight Plane Helps S. Utah (series), 14083-14086 [11JY]
Long Career at White Hall, 1313 [31JA]
Low Medicare Payments Didn't Cause Hospital Closures, 5352 [3AP]
Major Cancer Prevention Research Fills Laboratories at UT Science Park, 18691 [4AU]
Make the World Safe, 14764 [14JY]
Many Elderly Seen Facing an Increase in Insurance Costs, 30155 [19NO]
Many Healthy Returns—New State-of-the-Art VA Medical Center Is a Salute to Those Who Served, 7051 [18AP]
Mean Mistake That Is Cold, Costly Comfort for Elderly, 8722 [9MY]
Med Center Closed in Cairo, 1320 [31JA]
Medicaid Turns Hospitals, Clinics Into Victims Too, 2775 [23FE]
Medicare Flap—No Catastrophe, 23791 [6OC]
Medicare's Set Fees Create Moral, Fiscal Dilemma, 3636 [7MR]
Medication May Reduce Cocaine Addicts Craving, 2561 [22FE]
Medicine's Search for ``What Works''—What It Means to Employees, 13431 [23JN]
Mental Illness Deserves More Attention, 25934 [25OC]
Migrant Preschool Program Has Family Touch, 17581 [1AU]
Money Woes Claim St. Anne's Hospital, 1322 [31JA]
More Prosperity, More Hunger, 3049 [28FE]
Murderous Mischief on AIDS, 29327 [16NO]
Mysteries of RU-486, 23105-23107 [3OC]
National Strategy on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 9160, 9161 [16MY]
New Breeze in Soviet Union Is Fouled by Pollution, 25981-25983 [25OC]
New Naval Hospital Celebrates First Anniversary, Patient Boom, 3661 [7MR]
NIDA Launches $20 Million Program To Develop Addiction Treatment Drugs, 12697 [21JN]
No More Delays on Agent Orange—Set Compensation Rules for Vietnam Vets—Now, 9020 [11MY], 9095 [12MY]
No-Cost Solution to the Treasury—The Long-Term Health Care Financing Problem, 3044 [28FE]
Not All Retarded People Thrive Out of Institutions, 10360 [31MY]
Nurse Shortage Studied at 2 Local Hospitals, 5471 [4AP]
Nursing Not a Women's Only Profession, 7863 [2MY]
Obstetrics Care Precarious for Rural Mothers-To-Be, 5743 [6AP]
Operation Rescue Arrests, 20845 [19SE]
Opium Production Rises in Guatemala Mountains—Drug-Related Corruption Concerns Officials, 15615 [20JY]
Opposition to Disabilities Act OK, 21741 [26SE]
Oxford House Experiment, 28542-28546 [13NO]
Pathogenic Pleuropneumonia-like Microorganisms From Acute Rheumatic Exudates and Tissues, 11944 [15JN]
PBS's Portrayal of an Epidemic, 5783 [6AP]
PLO and WHO, 7777 [2MY]
Policemen, Pro-Lifers and Babies, 23640 [5OC]
Political Hypocrisy in Aid, 1315 [31JA]
Post-Abortion Syndrome—An Introduction, 13646 [27JN]
Pregnant and in Prison, 20236 [12SE]
Prenatal Care for Poor Is Inadequate, 1364 [31JA]
Prenatal Clinic Could Open Here Next Year, 28277 [9NO]
Price for a Repeal of Catastrophic Insurance, 28037 [8NO]
Pro-Abortion Catholics in Congress—Look Who's Helping To Promote Abortion on Demand, 25909 [25OC]
Process of Cost Control in Canada, 7052 [18AP]
Pro-Life Feminism—An Idea Whose Time Has Come, 12617 [20JN]
Pro-Lifers Are Put Through a Second Selma, 20844 [19SE]
Prosthetist Sees Needs in Vietnam, 12629 [21JN]
Public Health Nursing in Columbus, OH, 1922-89—Birth, Death and Everything in Between, 13458-13464 [23JN]
Pursuit of Normalcy, 12609 [20JN]
Quick No-Cost Solution to the Long-Term Health Care Financing Problem, 6335 [12AP]
Radon Found in All Fargo Schools—School Official Says Levels Not Serious Problem, but Will Be Monitored, 10371 [31MY]
Rape, Incest and Abortion, 31655 [21NO]
Rescuers Brutalized, but Who Cares?, 20846 [19SE]
Researchers Report 600 Rural Hospitals May Be Forced To Close, 1318 [31JA]
Reservation Health Care Ailing From Lack of Money, Manpower, 30580 [20NO]
Rheumatic Fever Cause Clues Are Found by Science—Vicious Disease of School Age Children in Northeast Frequently Kills, 10185 [24MY], 11944 [15JN]
Rheumatism Germ Found, Say Rockefeller Doctors—May Solve Problem of One of Most Serious Diseases of Mankind, 10184 [24MY], 11944 [15JN]
Rural Medicine Suffers Doctor Shortage (series), 21447 [25SE]
Safety Net, 3189 [1MR]
Save Money—Help the Disabled, 19890 [7SE]
Save the Children Making a Reality of Children's Rights, 31249 [21NO]
Saving a Few, Sacrificing Many—At Great Cost, 19075 [4AU]
Senator Weicker Honored for Public Health Role, 1580 [2FE]
Sequestration Ax Is Already Beginning to Fall on Personnel and Services, 27112 [3NO]
Small Inner-City Hospitals in United States Face Threat of Financial Failure, 1323-1324 [31JA]
Small Town Copes With Loss of Hospital, 1319 [31JA]
Smoking on Aircraft, Michael Brown, 4834 [17MR]
Southern Africa—The Garden Violated, 13192, 14086 [11JY]
Spending Limits Imperil Service Program, 14489 [12JY]
St. Anne's Closing Hits Like Death in the Family, 1314 [31JA]
St. Anne's Closing To Impact Hospitals, 1314 [31JA]
St. Anne's Ends 85 Years of Service, 1311 [31JA]
St. Anne's Expected To Join List of Shuttered Hospitals, 1313 [31JA]
St. Anne's Hospital To Close, 1310 [31JA]
Stolen Future—Drug Abuse Exacts Its Most Tragic Toll From Nation's Young, 17584-17586 [1AU]
Street Dealers—In the War on Drugs, Toughest Foe May Be the Alienated Youth, 21738 [26SE]
Symms Was Right, 22355 [28SE]
Three Plagues, 4038 [13MR]
Tight-Money Casualties in the War on Cancer—Dwindling Support for Research, 9596 [17MY]
To Cut the Cost, Save the Core of Catastrophic Care, 23792 [6OC]
Tobacco Industry's Smoke Screen, 19667 [6SE]
Two Reports, One Message—Funds Wasted, 15971 [24JY]
Two State Hospitals Closed, 1310 [31JA]
U.S. Asks Approval To Auction Off Bankrupt Provident Hospital, 1317 [31JA]
Ugly Little International Incident, 7110 [19AP]
UI-C Study Suggests Solutions to Rural Health Care Crisis, 1319 [31JA]
Uncompensated Care—The Treat and the Challenge, 8756 [10MY]
Unnamed Sources, 11665 [14JN]
Veteran Performance, 10042 [23MY]
Violence Feared as Asian Heroin Influx Soars, 15614 [20JY]
Vote-Flogging 101, 10893 [6JN]
We the Seekers Shall Be the Finders, 1104 [25JA]
Webster Decision—And Beyond, 22754-22757 [2OC]
Westporter Creates Coloring Book on Alzheimer's Disease, 13222 [22JN]
What Are You Paying for Inappropriate Care?, 13433 [23JN]
What Others Say—Rural Hospitals Are Threatened, 1318 [31JA]
What's Wrong and Right With Elders' New Health Plan, 277 [19JA]
White Hall Hospital Corp. Planning To File for Bankruptcy, 1318 [31JA]
White Hall Hospital To Close This Week, 1311 [31JA]
Who Pays?, 25022 [18OC]
Why Hospitals Close, 5350-5352 [3AP]
Workers Shouldn't Pay New Costs of Health Plan, 15768 [21JY]
Working Parents' Vise, 4448 [15MR]
Wounds of War, 18680 [3AU]
Yes, We Do Need a ``Methadone Clone'', 7936 [3MY], 22102 [27SE]
Awards
Excellence in Nursing Award: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 9020 [11MY]
Ballot
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 11730 [14JN]
Bills and resolutions
Abortion: pregnancy-related services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 857)
———prohibit payments for counseling the use of unapproved drugs or devices (see H.R. 621)
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: control spread (see S. 71)
———grant to assist in providing service for individuals (see S. 14)
———eligibility requirements for grants for counseling and testing (see H.R. 3102)
———medicare eligibility (see H.R. 416, 417)
———waive waiting period for medicare eligibility (see S. 224)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Control Act: enact (see S. 70)
Adolescent demonstration projects: Dept. of HHS funds (see H.R. 124)
Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1527, 1528)
Advanced Nurse Education Act: enact (see S. 95)
Advisory Committee on the Development and Maintenance of Nursing Resources: establish (see H.R. 2410)
Aeronautics: liability for emergency medical care by licensed physicians on commercial aircraft (see H.R. 676)
———prohibit smoking on all domestic flights (see S. 519; H.R. 160, 817)
AFDC: amend provisions relative to hospital payment programs (see H.R. 1812)
Aged: clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3200)
———commission to assess health care needs relative to catastrophic illness (see S. 445)
———counseling assistance (see H.R. 334)
———extend the case-managed medical care for nursing home patients demonstration project (see H.R. 1941)
———Federal minimum standards for health insurance (see H.R. 2603)
———grants for training projects in geriatrics (see S. 61, 66)
———mental health (see H.R. 111)
———projects providing volunteer opportunities as aides in nursing homes (see S. 1457)
———taxation of post-retirement income and benefits (see S. 1120)
Agency for Health Care Research and Policy: establish (see S. 1986; H.R. 2601)
Agriculture: chemical testing of exported products (see S. Res. 179)
———remove certain contaminated corn from the food chain and provide indemnification to its producers (see H.R. 2641)
Air pollution: reduce exposure to indoor contaminants (see H.R. 1530)
Aliens: reimburse physicians and medical facilities which give emergency treatment to certain undocumented workers (see H.R. 2206)
Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act: enact (see S. 1552)
Alzheimer's disease: improved research, services, and training (see S. 1255; H.R. 1490, 2781)
Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (see S. 933)
Anhydrous ammonia: study classification as poisonous gas (see S. 256)
Animals: Draize rabbit eye irritancy test (see H. Con. Res. 6)
———protect research facilities (see H.R. 3223)
———support for regional centers for research on primates (see H.R. 3349)
Anti-Drug Abuse Act: amend (see H.R. 1426)
———funding (see H.R. 2442)
———funding (H.R. 2442), consideration (see H. Res. 160)
Antiprogesterone steroid (RU-468): prohibit financial assistance in investigation (see H.R. 619)
Area Health Education Centers Enhancement Act: enact (see S. 1812)
Armed Forces: allow personnel to sue for damages for injuries caused by improper medical care (see S. 274; H.R. 536))
———amend provisions relative to procedures for overcoming infertility (see H.R. 1433)
———appointment of health care professionals as surgeon generals (see S. 129)
———civil service credit for Cadet Nurse Corps trainees during World War II (see H.R. 3280)
———coverage of health care expenses under CHAMPUS Program (see S. 52)
———incentive pay for nurses (see S. 130)
———prohibit user fees for outpatient at military facilities (see H.R. 1296)
———sale of tobacco products (see S. 770)
———special pay for certain board certifications as psychologists (see S. 128)
Asbestos: extend deadline for management plans for local educational agencies (see S. 1893; H.R. 2149)
———promote local awareness (see H.R. 2177)
Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: enact (see S. 768; H.R. 1845)
Biological warfare: NIH research, development, testing, and evaluation of medical aspects in defense against (see H.R. 2371)
———require defense research facilities to inform health and safety officials (see H.R. 3758)
Biomedical Research Act: enact (see S. 1392)
Biomedical and behavioral research facilities: expansion (see S. 1863)
Birth control and infertility: research (see H.R. 2956)
Black lung benefits: clarify the intent of Congress relative to eligibility (see H.R. 814)
———eligibility for disability benefits (see H.R. 588)
———hearings on certain claims (see H.R. 2050, 3606)
Boxing: health standards (see H.R. 2398)
Cedar Springs, MI: medical clinic payments (see S. 1897)
Charleston, SC: joint medical facility for Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Medical University of South Carolina (see H.R. 2506)
Chesapeake Bay: protect from disposal of medical waste (see H.R. 288)
Child Care Assistance and Resources Expansion Act: enact (see S. 409)
Child Care Service Enhancement and Quality Improvement Act: enact (see S. 512)
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 1484)
Children: discourage commercialized childbearing (see H.R. 1188)
———eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness through international collaboration (see H. Res. 120)
———expanded services (see H.R. 1573)
———extend authority of child nutrition programs (see H.R. 24)
———extend authority of child nutrition programs (H.R. 24), agree to Senate amendment with an amendment (see H. Res. 260)
———extend medicaid coverage to certain low-income children (see S. 440)
———health awareness (see S.J. Res. 104)
———right to life of handicapped infants (see H. Res. 50)
———services to those whose parents are substance abusers (see H.R. 3576)
Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act: enact (see S. 1454)
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act: enact (see S. 1630)
Clean Food Transportation Act: enact (see S. 1904)
Climate: effects of changes in Earth system (see S. 169)
Coal industry: health benefits (see S. 1708)
———transfer pension funds to health benefit fund (see H.R. 3413)
Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations (Joint): strengthen standards relative to organ donation (see H. Con. Res. 230)
Community Health Clinic Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1199)
Community Mental Health Services Act: enact (see S. 1591)
Compassionate Pain Relief Act: enact (see S. 67)
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (see S. 1321)
Comprehensive and Uniform Remedy for the Health Care System Act: enact (see S. 1274)
Comprehensive Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1233)
Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 872)
Congressional Medal of Honor: dental and medical care for recipients (see H.R. 3770)
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: health care loan rates (see H.R. 2411)
Construction Safety, Health, and Education Improvement Act: enact (see S. 930)
Consumer Seafood Safety Act: enact (see S. 1983)
Consumer products: modernize testing (see S. 891)
Consumers: availability of information on products (see H.R. 135)
Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Act: additional appropriations (see H.R. 3007)
Courts: extend time for presenting tort claims of certain disabled persons (see H.R. 3261)
Crime and criminals: clinical social worker examinations of offenders with mental disease or defect (see S. 111)
———penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995)
———psychiatric examination guidelines for offenders with mental disease or defects (see S. 64)
———unlawful position of physician when is obtained by intentional misrepresentation (see H.R. 2092)
Daytona Beach, FL: designate William V. Chappell, Jr., Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 2594)
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 227)
Decade of the Brain: designate (see S.J. Res. 173; H.J. Res. 174)
Dept. of Defense: over-age military Reserve psychologists in active status (see S. 127)
Dept. of Energy: establish Officer for Environment, Safety, and Health (see H.R. 3527)
———improve occupational health and safety standards at nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3521)
Dept. of HHS: clearinghouse for information on home health programs for aged (see H.R. 35)
———conduct study of health education center program (see H.R. 3725)
———Federal Council on Nutrition and Health (see S. 1739)
———fees for review of applications for marketing approval of certain medical products (see H.R. 2482)
———grants to Hawaiian health centers (see H.R. 1042)
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: appointment of health care professionals (see S. 1817)
———certification of social workers (see S. 1818)
———expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 3037)
———extend certain health and dental care programs (see S. 860, 1709; H.R. 1946)
———extend the preventive care pilot program (see S. 1306)
———improve health care benefits and personnel management (see S. 1004)
———leave-sharing program for medical emergencies of employees (see H.R. 1945)
———maximum amount of special pay authorized for physicians and dentists (see S. 1211)
———postsecondary education assistance for certain students in health professions (see H.R. 3199)
———program for treatment of homeless, chronically mentally ill veterans (see S. 405)
———realignment of certain medical facilities (see H.R. 2998)
———recruitment and retention of nurses (see H.R. 1199)
———recruitment and retention of health-care personnel (see H.R. 901)
———retain certain amounts collected from third parties for health care costs (see S. 1703; H.R. 2401)
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Extension Act: enact (see S. 748)
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act: enact (see S. 1398)
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities Realignment Act: enact (see S. 1332)
Derivatives made from materials from human fetuses: labeling requirements (see H.R. 622)
Diabetes: program for prevention and control (see H.R. 1774)
Diethylstilbestrol: grants to aid exposed persons (see S. 265; H.R. 730)
Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1606)
District of Columbia: conveyance of certain land to the Columbia Hospital for Women (see H.R. 1192, 1489, 1523, 2031)
———drug abuse and alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 3426)
Drug abuse: appropriations for treatment and rehabilitation programs (see S. 1735)
———commission to study the use of former military installations as rehabilitation centers (see H.R. 1591)
———control of anabolic steroids (see H.R. 3421)
———extend Public Health Service Act treatment programs (see S. 586)
———funding from Federal drug forfeiture funds for State education and treatment programs (see H.R. 1041)
———implement national policy (see S. 1711; H.R. 3350)
———increase authority of Director of National Drug Control Policy (see S. 1691)
———newsletter containing directories of State and local private programs of counseling, treatment and information (see H. Res. 206)
———prevention and treatment (see H.R. 3630)
———programs relating to intravenous substance abusers with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 706)
———prohibitions relative to provision of sterile hypodermic needles or bleach to intravenous users (see S. 1247; H.R. 2097)
Drugs: review system to prevent adverse reactions (see S. 859)
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 188; H.J. Res. 214)
Education of the Handicapped Act: awarding of damages in certain actions as procedural safeguards (see H.R. 3466)
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 175; H.J. Res. 133)
Emergency personnel: authority to conduct pre-incident planning activities (see H.R. 2186)
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see S. 345; H.R. 770)
End Stage Renal Disease Patient Rights and Payment Equity Act: enact (see S. 1558)
End to Hunger Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 341)
EPA: increases in fluoridation levels (see H.J. Res. 139)
———management of infectious medical wastes (see H.R. 353)
Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act: enact (see S. 304)
Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (see S. 306)
Executive departments: restrictions relative to drug testing (see H.R. 763)
Facilities: protect certain from illegal activities (see H.R. 3349)
Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act: enact (see S. 879)
Families: birth control and infertility (see H. Con. Res. 173)
Family planning services: program grants (see S. 1671)
FDA: recruitment of scientists and health professionals (see H.R. 1207)
Federal aid programs: expand certain child nutrition programs (see S. 880)
———modify criteria for determining if day care centers are institutions as defined under the Child Care Food Program (see S. 881)
———participation of private nonprofit organizations in the Summer Food Service Program for Children (see S. 882)
———restrictions relative to family planning programs (see H.R. 720)
Federal employees: coverage of obstetrics and family-building procedures under health benefits (see H.R. 2860)
———demonstration project relative to social and long-term health services (see H.R. 212)
———extend health insurance and survivor annuity benefits to former spouses (see H.R. 1399)
———Government contributions to insurance programs (see S. 1276; H.R. 2705)
———health insurance (see H.R. 211)
———long-term care insurance available to civilians (see H.R. 820)
———payment processes relative to insurance (see H.R. 1805)
———sick leave for assistance of immediate relative (see H.R. 1297)
———substance abuse treatment under health benefits program (see H.R. 210)
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: extension (see S. 1518)
Federal Employees' Health Benefits Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 216)
Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act: enact (see S. 1048)
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend (see H.R. 273)
———amend relative to compensation of investigators who use medical devices (see H.R. 2089)
———require Sec. of HHS to determine appropriate regulatory classification of transitional medical devices (see S. 1094)
Fetuses: transportation and storage of human tissue (see H.R. 625)
Fighters Institute for Support and Training, Inc.: establish (see H.R. 2397)
Firefighters: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870)
Fish and fisheries: food safety programs (see H.R. 2511, 3369, 3481, 3508)
Fluorocarbons: require labeling to protect the Earth ozone layer (see H.R. 503)
Food: ban the use of daminozide (see S. 1061)
———listing of fats, oils, cholesterol, sodium, and potassium on label (see H.R. 3084)
———national nutrition monitoring program (see H.R. 677)
———nutrition labeling (see H.R. 3562)
———promote the production of organically produced foods (see S. 1896)
———require imported papaya to meet domestic requirements (see S. 1267)
———Sec. of HHS authority relative to regulating as drugs (see H.R. 1684)
Food and drug manufacturers: maintain toll-free telephone line for inquiries (H.R. 240) (see H.R. 240)
Food industry: distribute instructions for removing food lodged in throats to food service operations (see H.R. 295)
———prohibit the use of vehicle used for transportation of hazardous materials (see H.R. 2681, 3430, 3647)
Food Safety Assurance Act: enact (see H.R. 3292)
Food Science and Technology Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 76)
Food or drink called light or lite: labeling requirements (see H.R. 514)
Foundation for Biomedical Research Act: enact (see S. 1391)
Global Ban on Dangerous Pesticides Act: enact (see S. 1989)
Good Grooming Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211)
Government contractors: employees pension and health benefits requirement (see H.R. 43)
Groundwater: assistance to small communities with radium contamination (see H.R. 978)
Handicapped: classification of impairments resulting from the use of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3312)
———counseling assistance (see H.R. 334)
———grants for assistance programs (see H.R. 2789)
———tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500)
Hawaii: grants to Native Hawaiian health centers (see S. 108)
Hazardous Wastes and Human Health Survey Act: enact (see S. 233)
Health education centers: establish (see H.R. 3713)
Health insurance: access to affordable medical care for the uninsured (see H.R. 2996)
———coverage for self-employed individuals (see S. 1168, 1507; H.R. 694)
———coverage for workers relative to collective bargaining situation (see H. Con. Res. 77)
———catastrophic illness coverage (see H. Con. Res. 13)
———computing taxable income for nonprofit hospital insurers (see H.R. 172)
———health benefit programs coverage of full-time student dependent children between ages 22 and 23 (see H.R. 856)
———long-term care insurance coverage regulation and purchase (see H.R. 3491)
———minimum standards for coverage of drug and alcohol abuse treatment (see H.R. 2124)
———national insurance program (see H.R. 16)
———national standards relative to individuals with pre-existing conditions (see H.R. 2649)
———private long-term care coverage (see H.R. 3621)
———simplify tax rules relative to benefits under discriminatory group plans (see S. 1168)
———tax incentives for coverage of older Americans by private long-term insurance (see H.R. 688)
———tax incentives to encourage use of care plans with high deductibles (see H.R. 3440)
Healthy Birth Act: enact (see S. 708)
High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (see S. 582)
Hospitals: eliminate the reimbursement differential between facilities in different areas (see S. 205; H.R. 880)
———notification of closings (see H. Con. Res. 19)
———updating of area wage index factors (see H.R. 1610)
Human organs: limit the liability of individuals who transport (see H.R. 2023)
Humanitarian assistance: appropriations for health and child survival activities (see H.R. 2312)
Hunger: designate income tax refunds to fund for relief (see S. 913)
Immigration: deny visas to aliens infected with etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 278)
———status of certain nurses (see H.R. 1507)
Indians: assistance, services, and benefits to Pascua Yaqui Tribe (see H.R. 1455)
———mental health demonstration grant program (see S. 1270)
———Sec. of Veterans' Affairs study of the psychological problems of Native Americans who are Vietnam veterans (see S. 192)
Individual medical accounts: long-term and catastrophic care (see S. 1944)
Indoor Air Quality Act: enact (see S. 657)
Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act: enact (see S. 339)
Infectious Disease Control Act: enact (see S. 1874)
International Ladies Garment Workers' Union: anniversary of health center (see S. Con. Res. 72; H. Con. Res. 212)
Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291)
Intraocular lenses: fair and reasonable payment for insertion (see S. 1127)
Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act: enact (see S. 228)
Iron Overload Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 361)
Irradiated food: prohibit implementation of certain regulations (see S. 1037; H.R. 2405)
Jacksonville, FL: VA hospital (see H.R. 78)
Laboratories: standards for certification (see H.R. 33)
Law enforcement officers: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870)
Leavenworth, KS: designate the Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (see S. 1404; H.R. 2987)
Life-Savers Foundation of America: salute efforts to increase public knowledge of bone marrow transplants (see H. Res. 78)
Long-term care: certification of policies (see H.R. 1325)
Long-term care aides: recognize contribution (see S. Res. 161; H. Res. 170)
Low-Cholesterol Consumer Education Act: enact (see S. 623)
L-tryptophan: ban sale until determination of health effects (see H.R. 3688)
Lyme disease: grant program for research, treatment and public education (see S. 223; H.R. 979)
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142)
Maternal and Child Health Act: enact (see S. 1201)
Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1584)
Medicaid: alternatives to the institutionalization of patients (see H.R. 1435)
———budget reconciliation (see H.R. 2924)
———clarify definition of room and board relative to home and community-based waivers (see H.R. 2878)
———coverage and payment for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 751)
———coverage for individuals in poverty (see H.R. 3140)
———coverage and reimbursement for nursing services (see H.R. 1140)
———daytime habilitation services (see S. 1339, 1386)
———delay nurse aid training requirements (see H.R. 2687)
———determination of institutions for mental diseases (see H.R. 3645)
———exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements (see S. 1460)
———financing of daytime habilitation services in certain States (see H.R. 2694)
———inclusion of services of licensed practical nurses (see H.R. 327)
———inclusion of services of registered professional nurses (see H.R. 324)
———mammography coverage (see H.R. 3285)
———nurse aide training requirement (see H.R. 2302, 2303)
———option of providing community care to the elderly (see H.R. 1453)
———participation of intermediate care and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 179)
———pay rates for personnel in nursing facilities (see S. 1769)
———permit States to include certain long-term care services (see H.R. 2499)
———prompt payment for medical assistance (see S. 614)
———reduce infant mortality (see H.R. 800)
———require State plans for responding to hospital closures (see H.R. 3796)
———State option of covering substance abuse treatment services (see H.R. 3739)
———substance abuse treatment (see S. 1679)
———supervision of nursing facility residents by certain professionals along with physicians (see H.R. 2877)
———use of tax-exempt bonds for inpatient health care facilities (see H.R. 157)
Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act: enact (see S. 949)
Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act: enact (see S. 785, 1942)
Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (see S. 384)
Medicaid Long-Term Demonstration Project Waiver Act: enact (see S. 1998)
Medical instruments and apparatus: regulation (see H.R. 3095)
Medical Residents' Student Loan Act: amend (see S. 1258)
Medical Technology Competitiveness Act: enact (see S. 622)
Medicare: access to quality health care for all U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2980)
———adjustment of the conversion factors for anesthesia services (see H.R. 1667)
———adult day care (see S. 524; H.R. 990)
———alternatives to the institutionalization of patients (see H.R. 1435)
———apply area wage factor for Shelby County, TN, to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, TN (see H.R. 1367)
———budget reconciliation (see H.R. 2924)
———catastrophic coverage provisions relative to the Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (see H.R. 1359)
———catastrophic illness coverage (see S. 1726)
———charge levels for physicians' services (see H.R. 1271)
———concern over continuing reductions (see S. Con. Res. 10)
———costs for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1168)
———costs for inpatient hospital services for small, rural facilities (see S. 10)
———coverage and reimbursement for nursing services (see H.R. 1140)
———coverage for hospital-based comprehensive care programs (see H.R. 208)
———coverage for services of psychologists (see S. 100, 121; H.R. 325, 774)
———coverage of certain chiropractor services (see H.R. 708)
———coverage of certain vision, hearing, and dental services (see H.R. 207)
———coverage of certain wigs and hairpieces necessitated by disease-related alopecia (see H.R. 559)
———coverage of extraordinary costly cases (see H.R. 1026)
———coverage of mammography (see H.R. 209, 1471, 3286, 3701)
———coverage of nurse practitioner services (see H.R. 2673)
———coverage of nursing education programs for hospitals (see H.R. 2032)
———coverage of physician services relative to a resource-based relative value scale (see H.R. 2629)
———coverage of services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (see S. 461)
———delay certain premiums and benefits (see H.R. 1564)
———delay nurse aid training requirements (see H.R. 2687)
———distribution of recommended preventive health care practices to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2879)
———drug utilization review system to prevent adverse drug reactions (see H.R. 2677)
———efficient administration of benefits (see S. 1362)
———elect to not pay premiums or receive certain benefits for tax purposes (see H.R. 558)
———eliminate differential payments between urban and rural hospitals (see H.R. 804; H. Con. Res. 125)
———exclude physicians who have violated regulations for new drugs (see H.R. 3348)
———exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements (see S. 1460)
———extension of regional referral center classification of certain hospitals and continue payment rates for such hospitals (see S. 243)
———financing of certain benefit improvements (see H.R. 974)
———funding for research and education into effectiveness of treatments (see H.R. 1692)
———geographical variations in the physician reimbursement system (see H. Con. Res. 116)
———improve access to extended care and home health services after hospitalization (see H.R. 2851)
———improve health insurance for the elderly (see H.R. 355)
———improve health services in rural areas (see H.R. 762)
———improve protection against transfers from certain hospitals (see H.R. 821)
———include mechanical ventilators under the definition of prosthetic devices (see H.R. 1264)
———inclusion of services of licensed practical nurses (see H.R. 327)
———inclusion of services of registered professional nurses (see H.R. 324)
———jaw reconstruction procedures (see S. 1670)
———limit denials by peer review organizations of medically necessary inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 326)
———limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 885)
———long-term care coverage (see H.R. 3140)
———long-term home care (see H.R. 2263)
———lottery and savings bond program to help finance (see H.R. 142)
———management of Office of Rural Health Policy (see H.R. 1301)
———notification of payment denial to practitioner (see H.R. 2141)
———nurse aide training requirement (see H.R. 2302, 2303)
———nutritional counseling (see H.R. 357)
———patient rights in certain medical facilities (see H.R. 356)
———payment for capital-related costs for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 712)
———payment of rural hospitals for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1270)
———payments made to hospitals in rural areas (see H.R. 2246)
———penalties for improper referral arrangements (see H.R. 939)
———permit persons receiving benefits because of the receipt of child's insurance to purchase medicare if benefits are lost due to marriage (see H.R. 1882)
———permit small rural hospitals to elect to be paid on a reasonable cost basis (see H.R. 186)
———physician payments (see S. Con. Res. 36; H.R. 155, 1811)
———physician reimbursement by geographic location (see H. Con. Res. 83)
———premiums and benefits (see H.R. 2212)
———Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas (see S. Res. 126)
———protect the rights of and improve services to end stage renal disease patients (see H.R. 2678)
———reconsideration of a payment denial (see S. 1239)
———regional referral center classification of hospitals (see H.R. 680)
———reimbursement for ambulance services (see H.R. 1586)
———repeal catastrophic illness coverage (see S. 1038; H.R. 3585)
———repeal certain catastrophic coverage and supplemental premiums (see S. 1219)
———repeal supplemental premium and fund catastrophic benefits (see S. 1125; H.R. 2547)
———require payments to certain hospitals within 10 days (see H.R. 185)
———seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2276)
———separate election of certain benefits (see S. 608)
———special enrollment period for individuals who enter the U.S. after residing elsewhere for an extended period (see H.R. 183)
———standards for certification of long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 1288)
———supplemental premium and additional benefits (see H.R. 2770)
———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (see H. Res. 191, 231)
———taxation of long-term care benefits (see H.R. 3047)
———terminology used in notices of nonpayment to certain physicians (see H.R. 3272)
———update hospital wage level adjustment factor (see H.R. 3302)
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: application of benefits and premiums (see S. 1149)
———delay effective date (see S. 445; H.R. 2069)
———extend Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims (see S. 1097; H.R. 2195, 2622)
———repeal (see H.R. 332, 557, 697, 864, 3262)
———repeal certain provisions (see H.R. 3253)
———repeal supplemental premium and modify benefits (see S. 1174, 1187)
———repeal titles I and II (see H.R. 3165)
———restore provisions in effect before enactment (see S. 43; H.R. 169)
———review by Congress (see H. Res. 169)
———revising benefits and financing (see H.R. 3230)
———sense of Congress (see S. Con. Res. 78)
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act: enact (see S. 1011)
———delay certain premiums and establish a review commission (see H.R. 63)
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Refinancing Act: enact (see S. 660)
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (see H.R. 3607)
———enact (H.R. 3607), correct technical errors (see H. Con. Res. 241)
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act: enact (see S. 335)
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: enact (see S. 1388)
Medicare Catastrophic Premium Correction Act: enact (see H.R. 2907)
Medicare Financing and Benefit Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2483)
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: enact (see S. 1809)
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 55; H.J. Res. 164)
Mentally handicapped: grants for assistance programs (see H.R. 2789)
———improve services (see H.R. 1635)
———scholarships to students who agree to work for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 3432)
———special housing program (see H.R. 1634)
Mines and mineral resources: State administration and enforcement of Federal mine safety and health standards (see H.R. 2396)
Mount Vernon, MO: designate the Gene Taylor Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 2983)
Mouse biomedical research laboratory: funds for construction (see S. 1390; H.R. 3091)
National Academies of Practice: charter (see S. 511)
National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 152, 161; H.J. Res. 244)
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health: establish (see S. 817)
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 16; S. Res. 31; H.J. Res. 185)
National Autism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 220)
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 217; H.J. Res. 426)
National Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 51; H.J. Res. 236)
National Cancer Institute: additional authorizations to conduct certain research on breast cancer (see H.R. 3251)
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research: establish (see H.R. 3819)
National Center for Nursing Research: extend authorities of director (see S. 62)
National Check-Up Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 95; H.J. Res. 227)
National Commission on Human Resource Development: establish (see S.J. Res. 135)
National Commission on Medicare Reform: establish (see H.R. 2520)
National Commission to Aid Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals: establish (see H.R. 3236)
National Critical Care Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 189; H.J. Res. 242)
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210)
National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170)
National Disability Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 395)
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 122; H.J. Res. 209)
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429)
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140; H.J. Res. 282)
National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 194; H.J. Res. 397)
National Headache and Jaw Joint Injuries Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 354)
National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 81; H.J. Res. 141)
National Health Service Corps Improvements Act: enact (see S. 959)
National HIV and AIDS Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 197; H.J. Res. 405)
National Home Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 184; H.J. Res. 122)
National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78)
National Infertility Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 116; H.J. Res. 200, 256)
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research: conduct research relative to prosthetic and orthotic devices (see H.R. 758)
National Institute on Population and Human Reproduction: establish (see H.R. 2774)
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 34; H.J. Res. 74)
National Minority Health Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 327)
National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115; S. 370)
National Occupational Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378)
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56; H.J. Res. 112)
National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 37; H.J. Res. 108)
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 260)
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see S.J. Res. 213)
National Save Your Back Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 311)
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274)
National Siblings of Disabled Persons Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 176)
National Silver Anniversary Year for the Autism Society of America: designate (see S.J. Res. 220)
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 210; H.J. Res. 286)
National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 62; H.J. Res. 68)
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 224; H.J. Res. 120, 427)
National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 103; H.J. Res. 255)
National Voluntary Health Insurance Act: enact (see H.R. 1625)
National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see S.J. Res. 105)
National Weight Loss Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 192)
Naturalization: revise health requirements for disabled veterans and military service (see S. 1186)
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 223; H.J. Res. 443)
New School Childcare Demonstration Projects Act: enact (see S. 457)
North Carolina: Dept. of HHS treatment of hospitals in Henderson County as being located in Buncombe County (see H.R. 3291)
Nuclear energy: health and safety regulation for Dept. of Energy facilities (see H.R. 3838)
———health and safety regulations (see H.R. 1643)
———payments for injuries due to exposure to certain radiation (see S. 841, 972; H.R. 2372)
———atmospheric testing compensation program (see S. 1994)
Nurses: adjust immigration status of certain (see H.R. 3259)
———education assistance (see H.R. 2111)
———increase supply of professionals (see H.R. 2111)
Nursing: collection of data on nursing home aides and home health care aides (see H.R. 2772)
———improve facilities for research (see H.R. 927)
Nutrition: national program (see S. 253; H.R. 1608)
Occupational health and safety: promote standards in workplaces owned, operated, or under contract with the U.S. (see S. 464)
———system to identify and notify persons at high risk (see H.R. 3067)
———U.S. obligation in workplaces (see H.R. 1095)
Office of Minority Health: establish (see S. 1607)
Office of Rural Health Policy: authorizing appropriations (see S. 817)
Older Americans Act: amend daily meal provision (see S. 1997)
———authorize innovative volunteer worker programs and nursing aide services (see H.R. 2238)
Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (see H.R. 1163)
Organ transplants: use of tax returns for contributions to reduce costs (see H.R. 242)
OTA: report on payment amounts for certain surgical transplantation procedures (see H.R. 2091)
Ozone layer: restrict chlorofluorocarbon use (see H.R. 3257)
Paget's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 447)
Partnership for Long-Term Care Act: enact (see H.R. 3632)
Patient Account Management Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 380)
Patient Identifying Information Confidentiality Act: enact (see H.R. 1206)
Patient Outcomes Research Act: enact (see S. 702)
Pediatric AIDS Resource Centers Act: enact (see S. 896)
Pesticides: regulate chemical residues in food (see S. 722; H.R. 1725)
———terminate tolerance for daminozide (see H.R. 1508)
Physicians: eliminate mandated caps on fees (see S. 188)
Poultry industry: reestablish minimum inspection and processing standards (see H.R. 604)
Presidential Commission on the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 169)
Preventive programs (see H.R. 2505)
Product safety: require food and drug manufacturers to maintain toll-free telephone line for inquiries (see H.R. 240)
Prosthetic and orthotic devices: research on advanced technology (see S. 1419; H.R. 2919)
Psychology students: loans (see S. 97)
Public health and safety: funding for services in emergencies (see H.R. 407, 408)
Public Health Service: appropriations for the Adolescent Family Life Program (see S. 1131; H.R. 2481)
———assistance programs (see S. 110)
———construction of community mental health centers (see S. 225)
———extend family planning program (see H.R. 930)
———improve emergency medical services and trauma care (see S. 15; H.R. 436)
———revitalize the commissioned corps (see S. 1963)
Public housing: grants for perinatal service programs (see H.R. 3557)
Public Protection from Passive Smoke Act: enact (see S. 655)
Quality Assurance in the Private Sector Drug Testing Act: enact (see S. 1903)
Radiation and toxic substances: Sec. of Energy epidemiological studies of the effects (see H.R. 3212)
Radiation Victims Fair Treatment Act: enact (see S. 982)
Radioactive waste: regulate transport near bodies of water serving as sources of drinking water (see H.R. 2875)
Radon: carry out programs for assessment and mitigation (see S. Res. 136)
———EPA appropriations for assessment and contamination studies (see H.R. 2004)
———local educational agencies to conduct testing for contamination in schools (see H.R. 3370)
———tax deductions for home improvements to mitigate effects (see S. 643; H.R. 1362, 1363, 2005)
———testing in schools (see S. 1697; H.R. 2808)
Radon Mitigation Clarification Act: enact (see S. 894)
Rehabilitation Act: classification of drug abusers as handicapped (see H.R. 3815)
———coverage for alcohol and drug abuse (see S. 956)
Rehabilitation personnel: support programs (see H.R. 3471)
Reproductive Health Equity Act: enact (see S. 1946)
Birth control and infertility: research (see H.R. 2956)
Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act: enact (see S. 812)
Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services (see S. Con. Res. 37)
———cost and quality of health care (see H.R. 950)
———exempt small hospitals from prospective payment system (see S. 227)
———funding (see H.R. 2327)
———grants to designate hospitals as medical assistance facilities (see S. 979)
———health care and water facilities (see S. 1028)
———improve conditions in health manpower shortage areas (see H.R. 3724)
———medical data and information transmission (see S. 998)
———school loan payment tax deduction for physician who practices medicine in a rural community (see S. 954)
———substance abuse treatment and education programs (see S. 1706, 1707)
Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1587)
Rural Health Clinic Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1078)
Rural Health Clinics Act: amend (see H.R. 1585)
Rural Health Improvement Act: enact (see S. 921)
Rural Health Manpower Assistance Act: enact (see S. 366)
Rural Health Professionals Education Loan Interest Deduction Act: enact (see H.R. 1588)
Rural Hospital Improvements Act: enact (see S. 1466)
Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1583) (see H.R. 1583)
Rural Nursing Incentive Act: enact (see S. 1384)
Rural Physician Shortage Act: enact (see S. 1811)
Safe Transportation of Food Act: enact (see S. 1751)
Saginaw, MI: designate Aleda E. Lutz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (see H.R. 2569)
School lunches: cash assistance or commodity letter of credit assistance (see S. 805)
S———federally funded meatless meal (see H. Con. Res. 5)
Seafood: inspection (see H.R. 1387)
Seattle, WA: designate the Joe Hooper Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Center (see H.R. 769)
Senior Biomedical Research Service: establish (see H.R. 3752)
Small business: health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 1547)
Smoking: broadcasters to educate the public about the dangers (see H.J. Res. 245)
Smoking: educate youths regarding use of products and prohibit sale to minors (see S. 778; H.R. 665)
———health warning labels (see S. 777)
———increased public service announcements (see H. Res. 34)
———nicotine warning labels (see H.R. 1171)
———prohibit on certain scheduled passenger flights (see H.R. 598)
———restrict and regulate products promotion (see H.R. 1493, 1494)
———restrictions for public buildings (see H.R. 818)
———tax deduction for advertising expenses (see S. 776)
Smoking and Health Advertising Act: enact (see H.R. 412)
Social Security Disabled Widow's and Widower's Equity Act: enact (see S. 1872)
Social Security Services Improvement Act: enact (see S. 562)
Social work: ensure financial aid for students under Health Careers Opportunity Program (see S. 98)
———health maintenance organizations provision of clinical social worker services (see S. 99)
Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act: enact (see S. 527)
Solid waste disposal: safe management of exports (see H.R. 2525, 3736)
SSI: benefit eligibility requirements for disabled children (see S. 1721)
State professional medical liability programs: Federal funds (see H.R. 2858)
States: grants for dependent care programs (see H.R. 2220)
———grants relative to maternal and child care (see H.R. 2881)
———promote nondiscrimination in medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see H.R. 614)
———promotion campaigns (see S. 334)
State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 231)
Susanville, CA: authorizing conveyance of addition to Lassen Memorial Hospital (see H.R. 2266)
Tariff: extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (see H.R. 2864)
———reliquidation of certain extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (see S. 1584)
Tax Reform Reform Act: enact (see S. 1516)
Taxation: additional deduction to employers for costs of providing family birth, adoption, or child illness leave (see S. 373)
———benefits relative to the application of certain personal injury liability assignments (see H.R. 2180)
———certain amounts used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 2132)
———computing taxable income for nonprofit hospital insurers (see H.R. 172)
———contribution of tax refunds to establish a fund for relief of incurable diseases (see H.R. 601)
———credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (see S. 140, 141; H.R. 1080)
———credit for health insurance premium costs and make credit for dependent care refundable (see S. 1185)
———credits to primary health services providers in rural manpower shortage areas (see S. 1060)
———deductibility of medical expenses for aged and handicapped (see H.R. 257)
———deduction for education loan interest incurred by certain health professionals (see S. 840)
———deduction for employers providing certain family leave for employees (see H.R. 1141)
———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 494, 1381; H.R. 1422, 1535, 2121, 3301)
———deduction for expenses for certain adult dependents requiring home care (see H.R. 550)
———designation of tax refund to National Organ Transplant Trust Fund (see S. 174; H.R. 2490)
———employer-provided health care benefits for retired employees (see S. 138)
———excise tax on employer's cost of providing medical benefits to his employees (see H.R. 754)
———exclude amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans for payment of health care insurance premiums (see S. 139; H.R. 3414)
———exemption of trusts established to provide for a disabled dependent (see S. 1905)
———incentives for professionals in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 2522)
———increase excise tax on cigarettes and deposit revenues in Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 230)
———increase excise tax on tobacco products and use revenue raised to reduce medicare premiums (see H.R. 1808)
———medicare supplemental premium (see H.R. 741)
———outstanding bond limitations of hospitals providing insufficient service to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2207)
———postretirement and long-term health care benefits provided by pension plans (see H.R. 1865, 1866)
———promotion expenses of tobacco products (see H.R. 1544)
———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see S. 1774; H.R. 634)
———restore tax-exempt status of Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies which cover high-risk individuals (see H.R. 2191)
———simplified health arrangements meeting part-time employee requirements (see S. 654)
———simplify rules on benefits provided under discriminatory group health plans and increase deduction for health insurance for self-employed (see H.R. 1846)
———simplify the antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee health benefit plans (see S. 1129)
———treatment of gain from sale of principal residence relative to health status of certain taxpayers (see S. 1435)
———treatment of health benefits for retirees (see H.R. 1213)
———treatment of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1010)
———treatment of long-term care savings accounts (see H.R. 388)
———treatment of long-term health care insurance contracts (see H.R. 421)
———treatment of unearned income of children attributable to personal injury or sickness damages (see H.R. 2656)
———use of individual retirement account funds for long-term health care insurance premiums, educational expenses, and first home acquisition costs (see H.R. 2626)
———withdrawals from individual retirement plans for long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 2133)
Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 2088)
Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act: enact (see S. 1053)
Tobacco and Nicotine Health and Safety Act: enact (see S. 769)
Tobacco industry: advertisement and promotion regulation (see H.R. 3297)
Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act: enact (see S. 1883)
Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 68)
Trauma care: improve emergency services (see H.R. 1602)
Trauma Care Center Alien Compensation Act: enact (see H.R. 3616)
Tropical medicine and infectious disease: national program (see H.R. 2290)
U.N.: support child immunization programs (see S. Res. 122)
U.S. Health Service: establish (see H.R. 2500)
U.S.-Mexico border: water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 1538)
VA: extend respite care for certain chronically ill (see S. 900)
———medical research center in Charleston, SC (see S. 165)
———medical school scholarship grants with the condition that such recipients will work in VA facilities (see H.R. 343)
Vaccine injury: compensation (see S. 1922)
Veterans: amend definition of disabled veteran (see H.R. 2822)
———application period for coverage under the Service Disabled Veterans Insurance Program (see H.R. 3749)
———authorizing additional medical services for persons with service-connected disabilities (see S. 336)
———conditions determining whether certain diseases are considered to be service-related (see H.R. 2818)
———demonstration programs for care in nursing homes (see H.R. 3756)
———dependency and indemnity compensation of surviving spouses of certain persons who served before World War II (see H.R. 1258)
———determination of service-connected status of the disease transverse myelitis (see H.R. 2179)
———develop criteria for treatment and diagnosis of service-connected posttraumatic stress disorders (see H.R. 2720)
———dire emergency appropriations for medical care (see H.J. Res. 272)
———disability benefit eligibility for victims of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 3750)
———disability compensation (see S. 563; H.R. 1335)
———eligibility for outpatient medical services furnished by Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 1780)
———eligibility requirements relative to care for nonservice-connected disability at a Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospital (see S. 328)
———eliminate the delimiting date for spouse eligibility for benefits (see H.R. 2833)
———exclude agent orange settlement payments from countable income under Federal means-tested programs (see S. 892; H.R. 1129)
———extend time period between notice and effective date of reductions in certain benefits (see H.R. 2828)
———former POW eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical expenses (see H.R. 2825)
———furnish prescription drugs prescribed by private physicians for treatment of service-connected disability (see H.R. 474)
———health benefits to certain members of the Canadian Armed Forces (see H.R. 2012)
———improve death and disability pension programs (see H.R. 2011)
———improve health care benefits (see S. 574)
———improve mental health care (see S. 86)
———increase Dept. of Defense procurement action opportunities for those with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 553)
———increase disability and dependency and indemnity compensations and certain other benefits (see S. 13)
———increase the amount of pension payable to hospitalized individuals (see H.R. 2010)
———mandatory disclosure of Social Security numbers in claims for disability and death benefits (see H.R. 2644)
———medical and personnel records (see H.R. 573)
———medical services for Canadian members of World War II former First Special Service Force (see H.R. 2512)
———new medical facility in south Texas (see H.R. 1575)
———outpatient medical services for any disability of a former POW (see S. 1860)
———presumption of service connection between certain diseases and active duty during the Vietnamese conflict (see H.R. 3004)
———presumption of service connection for the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorders (see H.R. 794)
———protection from reduction for the disability ratings (see H.R. 2821)
———reduce time a surviving spouse must have been married to be eligible for certain dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1336)
———reimburse the value of rural hospital care that could have been provided at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility (see H.R. 1742)
———reimbursement of expenses for medical care provided at rural hospitals (see H.R. 2876)
———remove limitation on pensions furnished to persons under long-term hospital care (see H.R. 1334)
———supplemental appropriations for health care (see H.R. 1382)
———terminate assistance to the Philippines for medical care (see H.R. 2659)
———third party reimbursement for disabled health care (see S. 573)
———time of manifestation of a chronic disease relative to benefit eligibility (see H.R. 2824)
———treatment in State veterans nursing homes (see H.R. 340)
———use of medical disability benefits (see H.R. 3598)
Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act: enact (see S. 1153)
Veterans Health-Care Personnel Act: enact (see S. 947)
Visiting Nurse Association of America: prohibit unauthorized use of names or acronyms (see S. 682; H.R. 1674)
West Palm Beach, FL: programs for veterans' inpatient health care (see H.R. 637)
Women: notification by physicians to breast cancer patients of alternative treatments for breast cancer (see H.R. 200)
———projects concerning the effects of substance abuse on pregnant and postpartum females and infants (see S. 1444)
———State to require insurance providers to supply mammography coverage (see H. Con. Res. 197)
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 430)
World War II: payment to U.S. victims of nuclear bomb explosions (see H.R. 1034)
Youth: services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 1117)
Books
``Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,'' American Psychiatric Association (excerpt), 20572 [14SE]
``Many Sleepless Nights,'' Lee Gutkind, 14908 [17JY]
``Private Choice—Abortion in America in the Seventies,'' John T. Noonan, Jr., 18219 [3AU]
Brochures
Information About Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: J. Nicholas Gordon, 13852-13854 [28JN]
Commentaries
Assessment of the VA methods of analyzing its hospital mortality rates: VA Chief Medical Director, 11665 [14JN]
Budget speech versus the budget plan, 3095 [1MR]
Drug crisis: Hugh Lawson, 5279 [23MR]
Comparisons
Medicare's capital payment system (present and proposed reform), 6352, 6353 [12AP]
Responses to congressional questions relative to veterans agent orange exposure studies, 31307 [21NO]
U.S. Health Act and current health care plans, 15967 [24JY]
Court decisions
Rene A. Dube v. Pittsburgh Corning, 7763-7767 [2MY]
Utah County v. Intermountain Health Care: Utah State Supreme Court, 12827 [21JN]
Declarations
Goals: Family Health Plan of Wisconsin, 6734 [17AP]
Descriptions
Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act (S. 768), 6185 [12AP]
Employee benefit plans: Dept. of the Treasury, 6104 [12AP]
Federal employees benefits system, 18027, 18028 [2AU]
Medicare reimbursement of seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (H.R. 2276), 8740 [9MY]
Outstanding bond limitations of hospitals providing insufficient service to low-income individuals (H.R. 2207), 8086 [3MY]
Repeal of section 89 relative to employer-provided insurance benefits, 27656 [7NO]
Simplification of antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (S. 1129), 10980-10983 [6JN]
Documents
Anti-Drug Abuse Act (1988), 22101 [27SE]
Cigarette Advertising and Sampling Code, 20763 [19SE]
Federal Emergency Assistance Act (section 502), 22596 [2OC]
Lavatory Fire Protection, 4835 [17MR]
Nonviolent Demonstrations: Commission on Civil Rights, 20847-20852 [19SE]
Rehabilitation Act (excerpt), 868 [25JA]
Essays
Right To Choose: Claude W. Sherwin, 9581 [17MY]
Thank You, Nurse—Thank You, Patient: Marcia L. Musgrove, 31824 [11DE]
Explanations
Agreement on H.R. 901, Dept. of Veterans Affairs recruitment and retention of health care personnel, 30628-30640 [20NO]
Amendments to tax-exempt bond rules under H.R. 157, 110 [3JA]
Extend authority of child nutrition programs under H.R. 24, 23975-23981 [10OC]
Simplified health arrangements meeting part-time employee taxation requirements (S. 654), 4831 [17MR]
Factsheets
Child Investment and Security Act (H.R. 1573), 5196 [22MR]
Heroin Threat in U.S.: FBI, 15610 [20JY]
Long-Term Home Care Act (H.R. 2263), 8715 [9MY]
Form
Social Security benefits threatened, 24237 [12OC]
Guidelines
Public Health Practice—HIV Partner Notification Strategies: several public health organizations, 21250-21254 [21SE]
Interviews
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Gene Antonio, with New Dimensions (magazine), 17193-17197 [1AU]
Mental illness: Health Week with Lewis Judd, 25933 [25OC], 27056 [2NO]
Letters
Abortion, 10186 [24MY], 26506 [30OC]
———Linda Harroun, 11135 [7JN]
———Michael Wong, 8760 [10MY]
———Nancy E. Sampson, 28359 [9NO]
———Portland woman, 13633 [27JN]
———President Bush, 29151 [15NO]
Abuse of physician-owned physical therapy services (several excerpts), 21354, 21355 [21SE]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome research: D.A. Henderson, Association of Schools of Public Health, 24601 [13OC]
———denominational and interfaith agencies, 24601 [13OC]
———J. Thomas Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, 24600 [13OC]
———James H. Sammons, AMA, 24600 [13OC]
———John Holloman, National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., 24602 [13OC]
———National Organizations Responding to Aids, 24602 [13OC]
———several senators, 24600 [13OC]
———State commissioners of public health, 24600 [13OC]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome treatment assistance: AMA, 30458 [20NO]
———Americans for a Sound AIDS Policy, 18685 [3AU]
———D.A. Henderson, 30458 [20NO]
———D. James Kennedy, 8493 [9MY]
———Edward R. Annis, 18685 [3AU]
———Medical Society of New Jersey, 18683 [3AU]
———National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., 30459 [20NO]
———National Organizations Responding to AIDS, 30460 [20NO]
———New York State Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Inc., 18684 [3AU]
———New York State Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc., 18684 [3AU]
———New York State Society of Surgeons, Inc., 18684 [3AU]
———North Carolina Neurosurgical Society, 18685 [3AU]
———Representative Frank, 1632 [2FE]
———several Senators, 30457 [20NO]
———several interfaith agencies, 30459 [20NO]
———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 30459 [20NO]
Agent orange study: Arthur F. McConnell, Jr., 20416 [13SE]
———Don M. Newman, Dept. of HHS, 12295 [19JN]
———Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 10619 [1JN]
———John H. Gibbons, OTA, 12290 [19JN]
———Oliver H. Meadows, VA (sundry), 12293 [19JN]
———Representatives Montgomery and Hammerschmidt, 10041 [23MY]
———Senator Cranston, 10619 [1JN]
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration's grants: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, 31279 [21NO]
Alzheimer's disease, 22409 [28SE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: Competitive Telecommunications Association, 19809 [7SE]
———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, 8513 [9MY], 19869 [7SE]
———National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 19867 [7SE]
———National Organizations Responding to AIDS, 19870 [7SE]
———several religious organizations, 19868 [7SE]
———several religious representatives, 8514 [9MY]
———sundry organizations, 19798 [7SE]
———U.S. Catholic Conference, 19800 [7SE]
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: National Education Association, 29409 [16NO]
Assessment of the VA methods of analyzing its hospital mortality rates: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 11665 [14JN]
———John Gibbons, 11665 [14JN]
———Senator Cranston, 11665 [14JN]
Back-alley abortion, 8808 [10MY]
Ban use of daminozide: EPA, 20602 [15SE]
———Senators Warner, Reid, and Lieberman, 20601 [15SE]
Bowers Elementary School's ozone study project: several students, 8396 [4MY]
Catastrophic illness insurance, 2687 [23FE]
———Boris Raynes and wife, 23226 [4OC]
———Catharine Dorothy, 23226 [4OC]
———George F. Hennrikus, Jr., 23250 [4OC]
———Harold Taylor, 5346 [3AP]
———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 23799 [6OC]
———OMB, 23258 [4OC], 23750 [6OC]
———Representative Frenzel, 23259 [4OC]
———Robert Benedict and wife, 23226 [4OC]
———several Government officials, 23771 [6OC]
———Wayne F. Lauxman and wife, 23226 [4OC]
Certification of Dept. of Veterans Affairs social workers: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 26660 [31OC]
Child nutrition programs: American Association of School Administrators, 23986 [10OC]
———Congressional Black Caucus, 23985 [10OC]
———Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 23985 [10OC]
———National Council of La Raza, 23986 [10OC]
———National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc., 23986 [10OC]
———Representative de la Garza, 17025 [31JY]
———Representative Hawkins, 17025 [31JY]
Coal miners' retiree health benefits: Senators Mitchell and Bentsen, 31312 [21NO]
Construction of veterans facilities: Milton J. Socolar, 30627 [20NO]
Dangerous irony of the abortion-rights message: Eunice K. Shriver, 7454 [25AP], 7653 [1MY]
Decade of the Brain: Dinah T. Orr, 4000 [9MR]
———Melvin Sabshin, 4000 [9MR]
———Oakley Ray, 4000 [9MR]
———Theodore L. Munsat, 4000 [9MR]
———Urrows, Grace, 4001 [9MR]
Delay Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act provisions: George D. Waldron, 10923 [6JN]
Dept. of Agriculture study of the classification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas: Senator Dole, 1008 [25JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs appointment of health care professionals: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 26659 [31OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs disciplinary proceedings for health care professionals: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 26661 [31OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care funding: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 6021 [11AP], 10611 [1JN]
———Senator Cranston, 10610, 10613, 10614 [1JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 16048 [25JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care system retention of third party reimbursements: American Legion, 23086 [3OC]
———Paralyzed Veterans of America, 23086 [3OC]
———Senator Cranston, 23085 [3OC]
———Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 23086 [3OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs improvement of health care benefits and personnel management: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 9259 [16MY]
Dept. of Veterans performance of probationary health care employees: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 26663 [31OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs supplemental appropriations: Cooper T. Holt, VFW, 11573 [13JN]
———Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 11574 [13JN]
———Gordon H. Mainsfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 11573 [13JN]
———H.F. Gierke, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 11575 [13JN]
———Jimmy T. Smith, AMVETS, 11573 [13JN]
———Larry W. Rivers, VFW, 11575 [13JN]
Disability assistance to maintain independence (sundry), 1960 [8FE]
Disqualifying illegal drug users as being defined as handicapped: Lauro F. Cavazos, Sec. of Education, 19874 [7SE]
Distinguished life of Helda Lutz: Frederick Holt, 13520 [27JN]
Drug abuse treatment: Representative Rangel, 7447 [25AP]
Drug utilization review: Senator Heinz, 19045 [4AU]
———Senators Heinz, Pryor, and Wilson, 19045, 19046 [4AU]
———several Members of Congress, 19046 [4AU]
Effects of budget sequestration on certain health programs: several health organizations, 31103 [21NO]
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act: Senators Leahy and Lugar, 554 [25JA]
———several health care organizations, 554 [25JA]
Employer-provided health insurance: D&J Foods, Inc., 10889 [6JN]
———Glen D. Dedow, 10889 [6JN]
———Howard C. Hansen, 10890 [6JN]
———Jean Lowell, 10890 [6JN]
———Jeffrey Rogers, 10888 [6JN]
———Kathleen and Daniel Nickolson, 10890 [6JN]
———N.H. Vlasek, 10889 [6JN]
———Richard H. Sommerfield, 10890 [6JN]
———Robert G. Alexander, 10890 [6JN]
———Wilfred J. Riopelle, 10890 [6JN]
———William R. Walker, 10890 [6JN]
Family and medical leave: Carol T. Crawford, Dept. of Justice, 11224 [7JN]
———Elizabeth H. Dole, Sec. of Labor, 11224 [7JN]
Foreign Service employees' hospital expenses: Perry Shankle, American Foreign Service Association, 14727 [14JY], 14789 [17JY]
Garfield Heights, OH, Rockside Sanitary Landfill: EPA, 5913 [10AP]
Government contributions to Federal employees health programs: CBO, 13551 [27JN]
Impact of congressional policies on elderly: Delbert Patterson, 6352 [12AP]
Impact on biomedical research activities of destruction of 500,000 mice at Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME: James B. Wyngaarden, NIH, 19063 [4AU]
Infant formula pricing for low-income purchasers: David T. Flaherty, 17027 [31JY]
———Robert P. Schwartz, 17028 [31JY]
Institutional care of mentally handicapped: Bernice McCord, 10362 [31MY]
———Doris Brown, 10362 [31MY]
———James W. Wengert, 10362 [31MY]
———Robert M. Hepburn, 10361 [31MY]
Intravenous drug users: Dept. of HHS, 30133 [19NO]
King/Drew Medical Center articles: Arthur W. Fleming, 24132-24138 [11OC]
Leavenworth, KS, Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center: AMVETS, 23087 [3OC]
———American Legion, 23086 [3OC]
———VFW, 23087 [3OC]
Mailings by investment advisers to elderly relative to medicare surtax: Representative Stark, 5186 [22MR]
Medicaid mandates: National Governors' Association, 21558 [26SE]
Medical Followup Agency: Dept. of Defense, 20873 [19SE]
———Dept. of HHS, 20873 [19SE]
———John A. Gronvall, 20872 [19SE]
———Senator Cranston, 20872, 20873 [19SE]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: Senator McCain, 30159 [19NO]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: Dick Warden, 15923 [24JY]
———Gerald W. McEntee, 15924 [24JY]
———Jay Mazur and Evelyn Dubrow, 15923 [24JY]
———Lawrence T. Smedley, 15923 [24JY]
———Martha A. McSteen, 15923 [24JY]
———Moe Biller, 15924 [24JY]
———President Bush, 16631 [27JY]
———Vincent R. Sombrotto, 15924 [24JY]
Medicare catastrophic illness coverage: American Association of Retired Persons, 14978 [18JY], 15627 [20JY]
———Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, 26607 [31OC]
———National Association of Retired Federal Employees, 29159 [15NO]
———National Association to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 29159 [15NO]
———National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 30441 [20NO]
———National Taxpayers Union, 15627 [20JY]
———(sundry), 2918 [28FE]
Medicare patient referrals, 12832 [21JN]
———Michael R. Wisdom, 11044 [7JN]
Military disabled dependent benefits, 7450 [25AP]
Mothers against dangerous pesticides campaign: National Health Research Foundation, 21414 [25SE]
National Association of Radiation Survivors' claims: Senator Cranston and Representative Don Edwards, 2075 [9FE]
National Down's Syndrome Month: Senator Lugar, 8567 [9MY]
National Health Research Foundation's solicitation practices: J.A. Elder, 21415 [25SE]
National Plumbing Products Efficiency Act: Elizabeth R. Raisbeck, National Audubon Society, 4358 [15MR]
———Jay D. Hair, National Wildlife Federation, 4357 [15MR]
Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act: several organizations, 27094 [3NO]
Patient Outcomes Research Act: several Senators (sundry), 5765 [6AP]
Perspective on drug abuse: Neil Bernstein, 26108 [25OC]
Physician referral arrangements (sundry), 4995 [20MR]
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: John A. Gronvall, 531-532 [25JA]
Public Protection From Passive Smoke Act: Anna Carroll, 4834 [17MR]
———Georgia Schafer, 4834 [17MR]
———Gerald and Sharon Campbell, 4834 [17MR]
———Loretta M. Skewes, 4834 [17MR]
———Wanda F. Tozer, 4834 [17MR]
Radioactive waste management: Senator Exon, 30154 [19NO]
Radon Testing for Safe Schools Act: Al Parsons and David Swankin, 22428 [28SE]
———Fran Du Melle, 22428 [28SE]
Reconsideration of medicare payment denial: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, 13124 [22JN]
———Senator Wallop, 13124 [22JN]
Rehabilitation Act coverage for alcohol and drug abuse: Lauro F. Cavazos, Sec. of Education, 8782 [10MY]
Repeal of section 89 of the Tax Reform Act: Citizens for a Sound Economy, 26426 [27OC]
———National Federation of Independent Business, 26425 [27OC]
———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 26426 [27OC]
Resolving Amtrak employee workplace injury claims: American Short Line Railroad Association, 20293 [13SE]
———Association of American Railroads, 20293 [13SE]
———Dept. of Transportation, 20292 [13SE]
———National Association of Railroad Passengers, 20294 [13SE]
———National Industrial Transportation League, 20293 [13SE]
———Railway Progress Institute, 20294 [13SE]
———Regional Railroads of America, 20293 [13SE]
Rural area medical care services: Representative Alexander, 30374 [20NO]
Scientific research with animals: Danette Day, 10251 [25MY]
Smoking ban on domestic airline flights: American Cancer Society, 20007 [12SE]
———American Chiropractic Association, 20008 [12SE]
———American Heart Association, 20008 [12SE]
———American Lung Association, 20005, 20006, 20008 [12SE]
———American Society of Internal Medicine, 20006 [12SE]
———Association of Flight Attendants, 20007 [12SE]
———Association of Professional Flight Attendants, 20006 [12SE]
———Coalition on Smoking OR Health, 20006 [12SE]
———Flight Attendant Non-Smokers (organization), 20005 [12SE]
———Gregory S. Dole, 20462 [14SE]
———Independent Union of Flight Attendants, 20007 [12SE]
———James Burnley IV, 20462 [14SE]
———Senator Lautenberg, 20461 [14SE]
———several Senators, 20461 [14SE]
Social Security benefits: J.C. Pennington, 24238 [12OC]
———Ralph Galliano, 24237 [12OC]
Sudden infant death syndrome: Mary K. Cashman, 21695 [26SE]
Surgeon General report on abortion: George Walter, 5123 [23MR]
Tax treatment of certain employer-provided benefits: Alan P. Cleveland, 10163 [24MY]
———Packaging Specialties, Inc., 13318 [23JN]
———William C. Nolan, Jr., 13318 [23JN]
Taxation of certain post-retirement income and benefits: Carolyn Zollar, 10772 [2JN]
———Green Thumb, Inc., 10771 [2JN]
VA health care funding: Jimmy T. Smith, AMVETS, 10019, 10042 [23MY]
VA medical construction projects: Representative Montgomery (sundry), 10150 [24MY]
VA medical research center in Charleston, SC: Albert F. Hyman, Sr., 811 [25JA]
———Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Governor of South Carolina, 811 [25JA]
———Frederick G. Strohm, Jr., 811 [25JA]
———Joyce King, 811 [25JA]
———Mary E. Maddox, 811 [25JA]
———Patrick Hawkins, 811 [25JA]
———Thomas C. Rowland, Jr., 811 [25JA]
VA satellite outpatient clinic function in Boston, MA: Representative Montgomery, 14014 [10JY]
Veterans health care funding, 10093 [24MY]
———Michael F. Dau, 3831 [8MR]
———Senator Cranston, 20866 [19SE]
Veterans hospital understaffed: several nurses, 26701 [31OC]
Volunteers crucial to VA hospitals: R.J. Vogel, 13202 [22JN]
Lists
Association of Schools of Public Health's deans, 30459 [20NO]
Classifications from ``Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'', 20572 [14SE]
Coalition for Affordable Health Care members, 22350 [28SE], 23799 [6OC], 23933 [7OC]
Cosponsors of H.J. Res. 380, Patient Account Management Day, 26362 [26OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs' Readjustment Counseling Service staff, 31730 [11DE]
Members groups of National Organization for Rare Disorders, 10562, 10563 [1JN]
Organizations, citizens, and Members of Congress supporting smoking ban on commercial airline flights, 20001 [12SE], 26522 [31OC]
Organizations supporting Americans With Disabilities Act, 19799 [7SE]
Organizations supporting Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act, 6187 [12AP]
Organizations supporting Family and Medical Leave Act, 1551 [2FE]
Organizations supporting inclusion of acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients into the Americans With Disabilities Act, 19867 [7SE]
Organizations supporting Kasten/DeConcini amendment on health care coverage for part-time employees, 18771 [4AU]
Organizations supporting Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act, 1969 [8FE]
Organizations supporting Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revisions Act, 2919 [28FE]
Organizations supporting National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act, 1004 [25JA]
Organizations supporting National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 1189 [27JA], 1303 [31JA]
Organizations supporting repeal of section 89 relative to employer-provided insurance benefits, 26425 [27OC]
Organizations supporting S. 350, employee benefits reform, 6127 [12AP]
Organizations supporting Social Security Disability Insurance Program reform, 866 [25JA]
Pro choice petition signers, by State, 24764 [17OC]
Rural referral centers, 988 [25JA]
Service-connected veterans disabilities, 31305 [21NO]
Thomas M. Brown's publications, 11946, 11947 [15JN]
Memorandums
Agent Orange Study: Robert M. Worth, 12320 [19JN]
———(sundry), 12293-12321 [19JN]
Federal Health Budget and Health Care for Veterans: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 7514-7517 [26AP]
Medical Care Estimate: CBO, 7514 [26AP]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Neil Newhouse, 10696 [1JN]
Review of American Legion Study Papers on Health of Vietnam Veterans: Dept. of HHS, 12320 [19JN]
Memorials of legislature
California, 12248 [16JN], 12283 [19JN], 15622 [20JY], 21378 [22SE], 23414 [5OC], 23739 [6OC], 27669, 27670 [7NO], 28705 [14NO]
Florida, 14017 [10JY], 14572 [13JY]
Hawaii, 10961 [6JN], 11419 [9JN], 11899 [15JN]
Idaho, 3244 [2MR], 5895 [10AP]
Illinois, 11818 [14JN], 11894 [15JN], 14571 [13JY], 14991 [18JY], 20052 [12SE]
Indiana, 9140 [15MY]
Louisiana, 13623 [27JN], 14017 [10JY], 14814 [17JY]
Maine, 5379 [4AP], 5396 [4AP], 20052 [12SE]
Maryland, 9482 [17MY], 11418 [9JN]
Michigan, 31244 [21NO]
Minnesota, 2071 [9FE]
Montana, 11420 [9JN]
Nebraska, 13623 [27JN]
Nevada, 14475 [12JY], 14813 [17JY], 16672 [27JY], 19782 [7SE], 20052 [12SE]
North Dakota, 5379 [4AP], 7803 [2MY]
Pennsylvania, 25614 [24OC]
Texas, 11419 [9JN], 14075 [11JY], 15621 [20JY]
Messages
Mine Safety and Health Activities: President Bush, 2389 [22FE]
Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act Report: President Bush, 8432 [8MY], 8498 [9MY]
U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program: President Bush, 4240 [15MR]
Motions
Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), commit, 23771 [6OC]
Veterans: exclude agent orange settlement payments from countable income under Federal means-tested programs (S. 892), 29946 [17NO]
Pamphlets
Lyme Disease: Durland Fish, 10463 [31MY]
Papers
Agent Orange—OTA Review of Columbia University-American Legion Vietnam Veterans Study, 12289-12293 [19JN]
Agony of Defeat: Danette Day, 10251 [25MY]
And Now Medicare Notch Babies: Robert J. Myers, 3181 [1MR]
Call for Action (White Paper on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Epidemic Policy), 12-15 [3JA]
Does Carbamazepine Cure Cocaine Craving? James A. Halikas, Kenneth Kemp, Kenneth Kuhn, Gregory Carlson, Frederick Crea, and Paula Clayton, 12698 [21JN]
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Lisa Pieper, 9796 [18MY]
Medicare Reimbursement to Iowa Physicians: Iowa Medical Society, 5852 [10AP]
Pyrolysis Studies—Cocaine, Phencyclidine, Heroin and Methamphetamine: Nora Chiang and Richard Hawks, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 15613 [20JY]
Petitions
Baton Rouge, LA, Municipal Police Employees Retirement System, 3143 [1MR]
Boca Raton, FL, Century Village West Democratic Club, 14476 [12JY]
Honolulu, HI, City Council, 20052 [12SE]
Hyattsville, MD, 16204 [25JY]
Lakewood, OH, City Council, 27888 [8NO]
National Association of Governmental Labor Officials, 20051 [12SE]
National Governors' Association, 19783 [7SE]
Older Iowans' Legislature: national health care program, 28705 [14NO]2, 28706 [14NO]
Plaque
Dedication of hospital in Krakow, 17112 [31JY]
Poems
``If They Could See With My Eyes,'' Jason Hoefflinger, 3198 [1MR]
Press conferences
Health Care Systems Act, with Senator Hatch, 13430 [23JN]
Press releases
Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans lauds Hatch measure to expand health coverage, 13429 [23JN]
DAV charges political gamesmanship is threatening veterans' lives, 11573 [13JN]
Fighting back—community initiatives to reduce demand for illegal drugs and alcohol: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 6735-6737 [17AP]
Health care access legislation proposed by Senator Hatch: Health Underwriters, 13430 [23JN]
Identification of children exposed to maternal substance abuse: National Association for Perinatal Addiction Research and Education, 21270 [21SE]
Medicare practice guidelines and standards, Physician Payment Review Commission, 13435 [23JN]
Pinellas County, FL, National Association for Perinatal Addiction Research and Education program, 20896, 20898 [19SE]
VA funding delay prompts service cutbacks, 11574 [13JN]
VA Secretary warns of health care budget crisis, 11574 [13JN]
VA will not appeal agent orange decision: VA, 10619 [1JN]
VFW chief upset with Congress over piecemeal VA funding, 11573 [13JN]
Proclamations
American Heart Month: President Bush, 2929 [28FE]
Louisiana Biomedical Research Week: Buddy Roemer, Governor of Louisiana, 5092 [21MR]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: President Bush, 25934 [25OC]
Programs
New England Chassidic Center: annual dinner, 1170 [27JA]
Proposals
Caring for homebound elderly: Association of Elderly Caregivers, 1630 [2FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities Realignment Act, 9934-9937 [18MY]
Public opinion polls
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 5103 [21MR], 14985 [18JY], 16765 [27JY], 20992 [20SE]
———Wirthlin Group, 9941 [18MY]
National Plumbing Products Efficiency Act, 4358 [15MR]
Questions and answers
VA Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, VA police officer employment, 535 [25JA]
Regulations
Passive smoking in the workplace: OTA (excerpts), 20003 [12SE]
Remarks in House
Abortion: Federal funding for victims of rape and incest, 24054-24063 [11OC], 24764-24770 [17OC], 25166, 25168-25170 [19OC], 25413 [20OC], 25518-25522 [24OC], 25812-25829, 25906-25909, 26095, 26105 [25OC], 26195, 26308 [26OC], 26506 [30OC], 26790, 26794 [1NO], 27183 [6NO], 28976, 28996-29006 [15NO], 29885 [17NO], 30381-30383 [20NO]
———health impact on women, 5122 [21MR]
———medicaid funding in case of rape or incest, 24545 [13OC]
———New York family planning clinics counseling services, 27822 [7NO]
———pro choice versus right to life, 7485-7487 [26AP], 7571 [26AP], 8808, 8810 [10MY], 10186 [24MY], 12201 [15JN], 12617 [20JN], 12827 [21JN], 13633, 13642, 13646 [27JN], 13873 [28JN], 14003 [29JN], 14031 [11JY], 15726 [21JY], 18218 [3AU], 19486 [4AU], 20432 [14SE], 24763 [17OC], 26472 [30OC], 26866 [1NO], 29883 [17NO], 31761 [21NO]
———Surgeon General's report, 5014 [21MR]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: accessibility to drugs, 22055 [27SE]
———Dept. of Veterans Affairs research, 29046 [15NO]
———eligibility requirements for grants for counseling and testing (H.R. 3102), 18683 [3AU]
———epidemic, 9646 [18MY], 10015 [23MY], 10087 [24MY], 17192-17198 [1AU], 18222 [3AU], 19479 [4AU], 22731-22734 [2OC], 25236, 25237 [19OC], 25570 [24OC], 28972 [15NO], 30806 [21NO]
———housing for victims (H.R. 3423), 23632 [5OC]
Advisers U.S.A.: tribute, 10726 [1JN]
Aeronautics: passive smoking on commercial airlines, 2203 [9FE], 24768, 24770 [17OC]
———smoking ban provisions of Dept. Transportation appropriations, 26545 [1NO]
Aged: caring for homebound elderly, 1630 [2FE]
———clarify certain protections relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 3200), 19481 [4AU]
———funding for health care, 11749 [14JN]
———legislative agenda for keeping family together, 8110-8113 [3MY]
———mailings by investment advisers relative Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 5186 [22MR]
———University of Maryland's Adults Health Development Program, 9604 [17MY]
Agency for Health Care Research and Policy: establish (H.R. 2601), 11630 [13JN]
Air pollution: reduce exposure to indoor contaminants (H.R. 1530), 5110 [21MR]
Alameda County, CA: tribute to Fairmont Hospital, 12604 [20JN]
Aliens: reimburse physicians and medical facilities which give emergency treatment to certain undocumented workers (H.R. 2206), 8066 [3MY]
Allen Park, MI: tribute to VA hospital, 14710 [13JY], 14914 [17JY]
Alzheimer's initiatives, 8012 [3MY]
Alzheimer's disease: improve education and programs (H.R. 1490), 5000 [20MR]
———improve research, services, and training (H.R. 2781), 13856 [28JN]
Alzheimer's Disease Crisis Intervention Center: tribute, 13222 [22JN]
Amarillo, TX: tribute to Medical Center Complex, 14020 [10JY]
American Society of Hospital Pharmacists: installation of Thomas S. Thielke, 15709 [20JY]
Americans With Disabilities Act: enact (S. 933), 20096 [12SE], 22731-22734 [2OC], 28974 [15NO]
Anabolic steroids: criminal penalties for certain mail-related offenses (H.R. 995), 2208 [9FE]
Anne Arundel Medical Center, MD: tribute, 21411 [22SE]
Anti-Drug Abuse Act: amend (H.R. 1426), 5021, 5025 [21MR], 11576 [13JN], 16972 [31JY]
———funding (H.R. 2442), 10122-10143 [24MY], 10191 [24MY]
———funding (H.R. 2442), consideration (H. Res. 160), 10094-10105 [24MY]
Armed Forces: civil service credit for Cadet Nurse Corps trainees during World War II (H.R. 3280), 20441 [14SE]
———claims against the U.S. relative to negligent medical care (H.R. 536), 13587-13592 [27JN], 13863 [28JN]
———prohibit user fees for outpatient at military facilities (H.R. 1296), 3676 [8MR]
Asbestos: extend deadline for asbestos management plans for local educational agencies (H.R. 2149), 7633 [27AP]
———health hazard in buildings, 7471 [25AP]
Basic care needs, 19075 [4AU]
Bay Pines, FL: completion of VA medical center, 7054 [19AP]
Biological warfare: require defense research facilities to inform health and safety officials (H.R. 3758), 30391 [20NO], 30693 [21NO]
Birth control: Federal funding, 18536, 18538 [3AU]
Bishop, J. Michael: recipient of Nobel Prize for Medicine, 24031 [11OC]
Black lung benefits: clarify the intent Congress relative to eligibility (H.R. 814), 1654 [2FE]
———review of claims (H.R. 2050), 7084 [19AP]
Bone Marrow Donor Registration Month: Connecticut observance, 5312 [23MR]
Boston, MA: opening of Living Center, 28621 [14NO]
Boxing: safety standards, 9578 [17MY]
Budget: national priorities, 27786-27794 [7NO]
———treatment of Federal hospital insurance trust fund (H.R. 1302), 3824 [8MR]
Burroughs Wellcome Co.: investigation of AZT price monopoly, 20722 [19SE]
California: damage from earthquake to veterans facilities, 25233 [19OC]
Canada: comparing health care costs, 7052 [18AP]
Cancer research: decline, 9596 [17MY]
Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 332), 14990 [19JY]
Catastrophic Premium Correction Act: enact (H.R. 2907), 14914 [17JY]
Charleston, SC: tribute to Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 22462 [28SE]
Chemical warfare: victims of mustard gas, 25169 [19OC]
Child Health Day: observance by Children's National Medical Center, 22748 [2OC]
Childless Veterans' Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1931), 6633 [13AP]
Children: eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness through international collaboration (H. Res. 120), 5471 [4AP], 11584 [13JN], 12436-12441 [20JN]
———expanded services (H.R. 1573), 5195, 5201 [22MR]
———extend authority of child nutrition programs (H.R. 24), 131 [3JA], 17013-17029 [31JY]
———extend authority of child nutrition programs (H.R. 24), agreeing to Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 260), 23962, 23975-23987 [10OC]
———extend authority of child nutrition programs (H.R. 24), conference agreement, 24151 [11OC]
———health care improvement (H.R. 30), 182 [3JA]
———health care in New York, NY, hospitals, 24164 [11OC]
———hunger, 7853 [2MY]
———improvement of health care and nutrition, 3046 [28FE], 8009, 8011, 8012, 8015 [3MY]
———treatment of emotionally disturbed individuals, 4977 [20MR]
Chile: FDA ban on imported fruits, 4482 [16MR]
China, People's Republic of: nurse exchange with New York facilities, 8458 [8MY]
Cholesterol Council of America: tribute, 14501 [12JY]
Citizens for a Drug Free America: policy and practice, 5343 [3AP]
Clean Air Act: national air quality standards (H.R. 2323), 9028, 9034 [11MY]
Coal miners: stabilize pension and health plans (H.R. 3413), 23880 [6OC], 24178 [12OC]
Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations (Joint): strengthen standards relative to organ donation (H. Con. Res. 230), 30050 [17NO]
Commission To Study Shortage of Nurses: establish, 9480 [17MY]
Compton, CA: tribute to American Indian Clinic, 25154 [18OC]
Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Act: additional appropriations (H.R. 3007), 23959, 23960, 23961 [10OC]
Corydon Palmer Dental Society: anniversary, 21505 [25SE]
Cuba: exception to embargo on trade relative to medicines or medical supplies (H.R. 1853), 6337 [12AP]
Dayton, OH: tribute to Hipple Cancer Research Center, 28943 [14NO]
Daytona Beach, FL: designate William V. Chappell, Jr., Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (H.R. 2594), 22665-22667 [2OC]
Decade of the Brain: designate (H.J. Res. 174), 3673 [8MR]
Dept. of HHS: conduct study of health education center program (H.R. 3725), 30078 [17NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (H.R. 3037), 16772 [28JY], 24735-24739 [16OC], 25324 [19OC]
———extend certain health programs (S. 1709), 8872 [10MY], 22656 [2OC]
———funds for hospitals, 7484 [26AP], 12424 [20JN]
———postsecondary education assistance for certain students in health professions (H.R. 3199), 19436 [4AU], 26472-26476 [30OC]
———recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 901), 13501-13512 [27JN], 30273-30306 [20NO], 31747 [21NO]
———recruitment and retention of nurses (H.R. 1199), 3199 [1MR], 13512-13518 [27JN]
———supplemental appropriations (H.R. 2402), 11572 [13JN]
Detroit, MI: tribute to Ronald McDonald House, 15974 [24JY]
Developing countries: health care assistance, 7086 [19AP]
District of Columbia: abortion funding, 18539, 18541, 18544, 18547 [3AU], 19146-19154 [4AU]
———conveyance of certain parcels of land to Columbia Hospital for Women (H.R. 1192), 3067 [28FE]
———drug abuse and alcoholism treatment and rehabilitation programs (H.R. 3426), 23405 [5OC]
———St. Elizabeths Hospital's patient advocacy program, 10256 [25MY]
Drug abuse: appropriations for treatment and rehabilitation programs (S. 1735), 27931 [8NO]
———categorizing nicotine with other addictive substances, 5002 [20MR]
———crack cocaine, 10087 [24MY]
———prevention and treatment, 1643 [2FE], 3198 [1MR], 4038 [13MR], 4117 [14MR], 6233 [12AP], 7486 [26AP], 20588, 20589 [14SE]
———prevention and treatment (H.R. 3630), 28535-28547 [13NO], 28941 [14NO]
Drug Abuse Treatment Policy Act: enact (H.R. 2097), 7446 [25AP]
Drugs: fees for review of applications for marketing approval of certain (H.R. 2482), 10175 [24MY]
Dyslexia: demonstration projects (H.R. 1614), 5285 [23MR]
Education: tobacco-free schools, 19450 [4AU]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (H.J. Res. 133), 20437 [14SE], 20589 [14SE]
Employee benefit plans: health insurance coverage, 1664 [2FE]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 4448 [15MR], 1639, 1660 [2FE], 3843 [9MR], 8009, 8010, 8012, 8014 [3MY], 11218-11226 [7JN]
Enterostomal Therapy Nurse Day: observance, 6635 [13AP]
Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act: enact (H.R. 614), 371 [24JA]
ERISA: part-time and temporary workers' pension and health benefits (H.R. 2563), 11044 [7JN]
Food Labeling and Advertising Act: enact (H.R. 514), 285 [19JA]
Federal aid programs: develop access to affordable medical care for the uninsured (H.R. 2996), 16195 [25JY]
Federal employees: coverage of obstetrics and family-building procedures under health benefits (H.R. 2860), 14030 [11JY]
———Government contributions to health programs (H.R. 2705), 13551-13554 [27JN], 17172 [1AU]
———health insurance (H.R. 211), 173 [3JA]
———long-term health care (H.R. 213), 181 [3JA]
———long-term care insurance available to civilians (H.R. 820), 1375 [2FE], 1662 [2FE]
———payment processes relative to insurance (H.R. 1805), 27187-27189 [6NO]
———substance abuse treatment under health benefits program (H.R. 210), 169 [3JA]
Federal Employees' Health Benefits Reform Act: enact (H.R. 216), 132 [3JA]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend (H.R. 3292), 20723 [19SE]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 3292), 20723 [19SE]
———amend to review pesticide risks (H.R. 3153), 19160 [4AU]
Fish and fisheries: comprehensive food safety program (H.R. 3369), 22287 [28SE]
———inspection of food products (H.R. 3508), 25508, 25510, 25511 [23OC], 26506 [30OC]
Florence, SC: anniversary of McLeod Regional Medical Center, 29634 [17NO]
Florida Dept. of Citrus: nutrition education program, 3046 [28FE]
Flushing, N.Y.: tribute to Parkway Hospital, 27051 [2NO]
Food: listing of fats, oils, cholesterol, sodium, and potassium on label (H.R. 3084), 23113 [3OC]
———nutrition labeling (H.R. 3562), 26700 [31OC]
———Sec. of HHS authority relative to regulate as drugs (H.R. 1684), 5626 [5AP]
Food industry: motor vehicle transportion of food products and solid waste (H.R. 3647), 28956 [14NO]
———motor vehicle transportion of food products and solid waste (H.R. 2681), 12276, 12414 [19JN], 18195 [2AU], 23657 [6OC]
———motor vehicle transportion of food products and solid waste (H.R. 3430), 23878 [6OC]
Food Labeling and Heart Disease Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 2051), 6872 [18AP]
Food Safety Assurance Act: enact (H.R. 3292), 20930 [19SE], 20939 [19SE]
Galveston, TX: tribute to Ashbel Smith Building, 15720 [20JY]
GAO: report on health care, 19491 [4AU]
———study on family and medical leave, 8602 [9MY]
Garfield Heights, OH: Rockside Sanitary Landfill, 5912 [10AP]
Georgia Childhood Autism Diagnostic and Educational Foundation: tribute, 6351 [12AP]
Good Health Day: observance, 22751 [2OC]
Groundwater: assistance to small communities with radium contamination (H.R. 978), 2195 [9FE]
Handicapped: health insurance coverage at group rates (H.R. 2308-2310), 8865 [10MY]
Harlem Hospital: initiate nationwide health coalition, 19482 [4AU]
Hazardous substances: monitor releases at storage, treatment, and disposal facilities (H.R. 3702), 30087 [17NO]
Health care: cost, 11754 [14JN]
———degradation in U.S., 146 [3JA]
———savings accounts, 2502 [22FE]
Health Care Quality Improvement Act: amend, 31830 [11DE]
Health education centers: establish (H.R. 3713), 30030 [17NO]
Health insurance: assistance for low-income individuals (H.R. 872), 1698 [6FE]
———catastrophic care coverage, 2598 [22FE]
———coverage of full-time student dependent children between ages 22 and 23 (H.R. 856), 1874 [7FE]
———coverage of workers relative to collective bargaining situation (H. Con. Res. 77), 4155 [15MR]
———deduction for health insurance of self-employed individuals (H.R. 694), 1189 [27JA]
———financing long-term care, 3043 [28FE]
———long-term care insurance coverage regulation and purchase (H.R. 3491), 30687 [21NO]
———minimum standards for coverage of drug and alcohol abuse treatment (H.R. 2124), 30667 [20NO]
———national standards relative to individuals with pre-existing conditions (H.R. 2649), 11826 [14JN]
———tax deduction for self-employed, 7558 [26AP]
———tax incentives to encourage use of care plans with high deductibles (H.R. 3440), 24119 [11OC], 24179 [12OC]
High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (S. 582), 17179-17182 [1AU]
Holyoke, MA: tribute to Visiting Nurses Association, 5658 [5AP]
Home care: costs, 5920 [11AP]
Hospital Indigent Assistance Care Act: funding for uncompensated care by hospitals (H.R. 754), 1359 [31JA]
Hospitals: analyze operating costs of certain rural and urban hospitals (H.R. 3747), 30384 [20NO]
———closings, 5350 [3AP]
———updating of area wage index factors (H.R. 1610), 5309 [23MR]
Human genome: research project, 7626 [27AP]
Hunger: domestic situation, 3049 [28FE]
Illinois: information campaign on prenatal care, 10722 [1JN]
Individual retirement accounts: use of funds for long-term health care insurance premiums, educational expenses, and first home acquisition costs (H.R. 2626), 14375 [12JY]
Infant mortality: prenatal care, 5658 [5AP]
In-Flight Emergency Medical Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 676), 1166 [27JA]
In-vitro fertilization: information, 30718 [21NO]
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union: anniversary of health center (S. Con. Res. 72), 30317 [20NO]
International Rotary Club: Polio Plus Program, 8863 [10MY]
Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 291), 29586 [16NO]
Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 706), 1180 [27JA]
Irradiated food: prohibit implementation of certain regulations (H.R. 2405), 9977 [18MY]
Italy: Capri conference on blood cell growth factors, 28943 [14NO]
Jefferson County Medical Society, KY: Outreach Program, 31824 [11DE]
Jersey City, NJ: St. Francis Hospital anniversary, 11623 [13JN], 12599 [20JN]
Lake County, IN: tribute to Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, 27576 [6NO]
Leavenworth, KS: designate the Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (H.R. 2987), 22667 [2OC]
Long-term care: certification of policies (H.R. 1325), 3677 [8MR]
Louisville, KY: tribute to emergency medical service care providers, 21366 [21SE]
Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act: enact (H.R. 1441), 4190 [15MR]
Lower Eastside Service Center, Inc.: anniversary, 21367 [21SE]
L-tryptophan: ban sale until determination of health effects (H.R. 3688), 29484 [16NO]
Lyme disease: awareness, 10462 [31MY]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 142), 15757 [21JY]
March of Dimes: tribute, 5352 [3AP], 5801 [6AP]
Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1584), 10067 [23MY]
Medicaid: coverage and payment for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 751), 1366 [31JA]
———coverage for individuals in poverty (H.R. 3140), 19487-19489 [4AU]
———coverage of certain technology-dependent children (H.R. 832), 1633 [2FE]
———coverage of mammography (H.R. 3285), 20641 [18SE]
———coverage of pregnancy, 31103 [21NO]
———permit States to include certain long-term care services (H.R. 2499), 10262 [25MY]
———quality of services in community and institutional settings, 1693 [6FE]
———reduce infant mortality (H.R. 800), 1631, 1633 [2FE]
———require State plans for responding to hospital closures (H.R. 3796), 31208 [21NO]
———requiring hospitals to be qualified providers (H.R. 157), 110 [3JA]
———State option of covering substance abuse treatment services (H.R. 3739), 30212 [19NO]
———State option of providing community care to the elderly (H.R. 1453), 4703 [16MR]
Medical instruments and apparatus: regulation (H.R. 3095), 18224 [3AU], 18687 [4AU]
Medicare: access to quality health care for all U.S. citizens (H.R. 2980), 15967 [24JY]
———adjustment of the conversion factors for anesthesia services (H.R. 1667), 5365 [4AP]
———adult day care (H.R. 990), 2043 [9FE]
———American Medical Asssociation's advertising, 14683 [13JY]
———budget cuts, 11954, 11955 [15JN], 12422, 12425 [20JN], 12736, 12796 [21JN], 12849 [22JN], 13498 [27JN]
———catastrophic illness coverage, 5187 [22MR], 7402 [25AP], 7469, 7479 [25AP], 7637-7640 [1MY], 7723 [2MY], 8722 [9MY], 9035 [11MY], 9455 [17MY], 14622 [13JY], 15728 [21JY], 15964, 15971 [24JY], 19461, 19480, 19482 [4AU], 19514 [6SE], 20428 [14SE], 21546, 21550, 21551 [26SE], 22771-22773, 22775-22780, 22872, 23101 [3OC], 23205, 23255-23262, 23308 [4OC], 23998 [10OC], 24769 [17OC], 26517 [31OC], 26791 [1NO], 27722, 27723 [7NO]
———coverage and payment for services of psychologists (H.R. 774), 1654 [2FE]
———coverage of mammography (H.R. 1471), 4481 [16MR], 4711 [16MR]
———coverage of mammography (H.R. 3286), 20641 [18SE], 23947 [10OC]
———coverage of nurse practitioner services (H.R. 2673), 12208 [15JN]
———coverage of nursing education programs for hospitals (H.R. 2032), 7084 [19AP]
———drug utilization review system to prevent adverse drug reactions (H.R. 2677), 12206 [15JN]
———expenditure targets for payments to physicians, 12424 [20JN], 12737 [21JN], 13230 [22JN], 13272 [23JN], 13866 [28JN]
———fee schedule, 21559 [26SE]
———financing of certain benefit improvements (H.R. 974), 5180 [22MR]
———funding for research and education into effectiveness of treatments (H.R. 1692), 5650 [5AP]
———geographical variations in the physician reimbursement system (H. Con. Res. 116), 8826 [10MY]
———geriatric training funds, 7451 [25AP]
———improve access to extended care and home health services after hospitalization (H.R. 2851), 14238 [11JY]
———improve and extend long-term coverage for the aged, 150 [3JA]
———improve health services in rural areas (H.R. 762), 1381-1383 [2FE]
———improve protection against transfers from certain hospitals (H.R. 821), 1646 [2FE]
———long-term care coverage (H.R. 3140), 19487-19489 [4AU]
———long-term health care programs, 6665 [13AP], 23634 [5OC]
———long-term home care (H.R. 2263), 8715, 8735 [9MY]
———outlier payments for inpatient hospital services, 2355 [21FE]
———payment for capital-related costs for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 712), 1192-1194 [27JA]
———payments for physician services relative to a resource-based relative value scale (H.R. 2629), 11850 [14JN], 14374 [12JY]
———payments to physician (H.R. 155), 172 [3JA]
———payments to rural hospitals, 3809 [8MR]
———payments to rural hospitals (H.R. 2246), 8418 [4MY]
———payment to rural hospitals for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 1270), 3222 [2MR], 9417 [16MY]
———penalties for improper referral arrangements (H.R. 939), 2035 [9FE], 4995 [20MR], 11044 [7JN], 12832 [21JN]
———Physician Payment Review Commission proposals, 12413 [19JN]
———physician reimbursement by geographic location (H. Con. Res. 83), 5193 [22MR]
———premiums and benefits (H.R. 2212), 8110 [3MY], 8196 [4MY]
———private activity bond volume cap (H.R. 1801), 21184 [20SE]
———program reform, 6352 [12AP], 31118 [21NO]
———protect the rights of and improve services to end stage renal disease patients (H.R. 2678), 12177 [15JN]
———provisions for disabled individuals, 31109 [21NO]
———provisions of budget reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 23646, 23649 [5OC]
———reimbursement for ambulance services (H.R. 1586), 10067 [23MY]
———repeal catastrophic illness coverage (H.R. 3585), 26905 [2NO]
———seat-lift chairs and durable medical equipment (H.R. 2276), 8740 [9MY]
———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 191), 14971-14990 [18JY], 21363 [21SE]
———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 231), 20951 [20SE]
———targets for payments to physicians, 19457 [4AU]
———update hospital wage level adjustment factor (H.R. 3302), 21175 [20SE]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: enact (H.R. 2), motion to instruct conferees, 8106 [3MY]
———extend Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims (H.R. 2195), 7856 [2MY]
———reexamine financing system, 3058 [28FE]
———reform, 16350 [26JY]
———repeal (H.R. 332), 126 [3JA]
———repeal certain provisions (H.R. 3253), 20096 [12SE], 20985-20994 [20SE]
———repeal titles I and II (H.R. 3165), 19112, 19113 [4AU], 21188, 21189 [21SE]
———revising benefits and financing (H.R. 3230), 19712 [7SE]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27932-27937, 27938 [8NO]
———enact (H.R. 3607), appointment of conferees, 27977 [8NO]
———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 30104-30113 [19NO], 30720, 30725-30729, 30809-30823, 31096, 31819 [21NO]
———enact (H.R. 3607), correct technical errors (H. Con. Res. 241), 31192-31194 [21NO]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: enact, 11248 [7JN]
Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: corrections (H.R. 1801), 341 [24JA], 6071 [11AP]
Medicare Financing and Benefit Review Commission: establish (H.R. 2483), 10168 [24MY]
Medicare Trauma Care and Emergency Services Quality Assurance Act: enact (H.R. 753), 1354 [31JA]
Mental Health and Aging Act: enact (H.R. 46), 142 [3JA]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 164), 19476 [4AU]
———designate (S.J. Res. 55), 19121 [4AU]
Mentally handicapped: improve services (H.R. 1635), 5306 [23MR]
———special housing program (H.R. 1634), 5306 [23MR]
Michigan City, ID: tribute to Swanson Center, 27574 [6NO]
Military dependents: user fees at military hospitals, 1727 [7FE]
Mon-Yough Community Mental Health, Mental Retardation Service System: tribute, 19968 [11SE]
Mount Vernon, MO: Gene Taylor Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (H.R. 2983), 22668 [2OC], 23645 [5OC]
Mouse biomedical research laboratory: authorizing funds for construction (S. 1390), 28547-28551 [13NO], 31788 [21NO]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (H.J. Res. 185), 3832 [8MR], 27768 [8NO], 28358 [9NO]
———designate (S.J. Res. 16), 27767 [7NO]
———observance, 28020 [8NO], 30683 [21NO]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: observance, 10058 [23MY]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 426), 25794 [24OC]
National Cancer Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 236), 6843 [18AP]
National Cancer Institute: additional authorizations to conduct certain research on breast cancer (H.R. 3251), 20236 [12SE]
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research: establish (H.R. 3819), 31754 [21NO]
National Check-Up Week: designate (S.J. Res. 95), 13942 [29JN]
National Commission to Aid Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals: establish (H.R. 3236), 19689 [7SE], 19957 [7SE]
National Congregate and Home Delivered Meals Week: observance, 8416 [4MY]
National Diabetes Month: designate (H.J. Res. 210), 5116 [21MR]
National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 170), 8685 [9MY]
———observance, 3178 [1MR]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 122), 22868 [3OC]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 429), 26717 [31OC], 30738-30739 [21NO]
National Eye Donor Month: observance, 1871 [7FE]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 282), 28956 [14NO], 29586 [16NO]
National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 397), 19494 [4AU]
———designate (S.J. Res. 194), 26574 [31OC]
National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (S.J. Res. 81), 22280 [28SE]
National Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 122), 1387 [2FE]
———designate (S.J. Res. 184), 29587 [16NO]
National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 78), 19123 [4AU]
———observance, 24160 [11OC]
National Infertility Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 200), 4147 [14MR]
National Institute on Population and Human Reproduction: establish (H.R. 2774), 13857 [28JN]
National Mental Health Week: observance, 27056 [2NO]
National Nurses Week: observance, 8081 [3MY]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 112), 1367 [31JA], 5500 [5AP]
———observance, 7574 [26AP]
National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate, 1189 [27JA]
———designate (S.J. Res. 37), 8686 [9MY]
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 260), 8416 [4MY]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (S.J. Res. 213), 24115 [11OC]
National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans Week: observance, 2193, 2198 [9FE]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 274), 11581 [13JN]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (H.J. Res. 286), 10450 [31MY], 23947 [10OC], 24926 [17OC]
National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 62), 7741 [2MY]
National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (H.J. Res. 255), 8094 [3MY], 8404 [4MY]
———observance, 2181 [9FE], 2559 [22FE], 3403 [2MR]
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 443), 30069 [17NO]
New England Chassidic Center: tribute to ROFEH International, 1169 [27JA]
New Jersey: health products manufacturing industry, 20231 [12SE]
New York: tribute to Sisters of St. Francis Hospital, 9426 [16MY]
New York, NY: anniversary of the Pride of Judea Mental Health Center, 31804 [21NO]
———assistance to local providers of services to acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients, 26697 [31OC]
———hearing on spread of asbestos, 26886-26888 [1NO]
———Lenox Hill Hospital Health Education Center anniversary, 10081 [23MY]
———tribute to Coney Island Hospital, 26880 [1NO]
———tribute to Nephrology Foundation in Brooklyn, 31811 [21NO]
Ninth District Dental Society of New York: anniversary, 7445 [25AP]
Nuclear facilities: Dept. of Energy's research on health hazards in producing plants, 15965 [24JY]
———improve health and safety regulations (H.R. 3521), 26868-26871 [1NO]
———improve health and safety regulations (H.R. 1643), 5317 [23MR]
Nuclear warfare: compassionate payments for injuries due to exposure to radiation (H.R. 2372), 9451 [16MY]
Nurses: adjust immigrant status of certain (H.R. 3259), 24775-24779 [17OC], 30790 [21NO]
———educational assistance (H.R. 2111), 7576 [26AP], 9479 [17MY]
———increasing number of men entering the profession, 7862 [2MY]
———professional requirements relative to aides, 23114 [3OC]
———tribute New York's First District's nursing scholarship recipients, 8106 [3MY]
Nursing homes: certification of aides, 11278 [8JN]
Nutritional Monitoring and Related Research Act: enact (H.R. 677), 1182 [27JA]
Occupational health and safety: U.S. obligation in workplaces (H.R. 1095), 2782 [23FE]
Office for Environmental Health and Safety: establish (H.R. 3527), 25814 [25OC], 26106 [25OC]
Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (H.R. 1163), 3031 [28FE]
Palo Alto VA Medical Center, CA: dedication of National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 27059 [2NO]
Partnership for Long-Term Care Act: enact (H.R. 3632), 28354 [9NO]
Patient Account Management Day: designate (H.J. Res. 380), 16444 [26JY], 24734 [16OC]
Patient Identifying Information Confidentiality Act: enact (H.R. 1206), 3173, 3182 [1MR]
Peekskill Community Hospital, NY: tribute, 9418 [16MY]
Pesticides: Alar controversy, 7089 [19AP]
———regulate chemical residues in food (H.R. 1725), 5788, 5799 [6AP]
Physician-owned physical therapy services: medicare reimbursement, 21354 [21SE]
Preventive care: importance, 8423 [4MY]
———programs (H.R. 2505), 10244 [25MY]
Professional Medical Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2858), 14242 [11JY]
Public health emergencies: funding for prevention and treatment services (H.R. 407), 173 [3JA]
Public Health Service: improve emergency medical services and trauma care (H.R. 436), 2824 [28FE]
Public housing: grants for perinatal service programs (H.R. 3557), 26701 [31OC]
Radiation and toxic substances: Dept. of Energy epidemiological studies of the effects (H.R. 3212), 19460 [4AU]
Radiation Victims Compensation: enact (H. Con. Res. 116), 8852 [10MY]
Radon: EPA appropriations for assessment and contamination studies (H.R. 2004), 6761 [17AP]
———local educational agencies to conduct testing for contamination in schools (H.R. 3370), 22459 [28SE]
———tax credit for individuals involved in prevention in buildings (H.R. 1362), 4015 [9MR]
Rehabilitation personnel: support programs (H.R. 3471), 24754 [16OC]
Research: birth control and infertility (H.R. 2956), 15343 [20JY], 20097 [12SE]
Retirement Health Insurance: NBC News, 6647 [13AP]
Roanoke, VA: convey parcel of land to Virginia for use as veterans nursing home (H.R. 310), 5923 [11AP]
Rochester, NY: anniversary of Highland Hospital, 5476 [4AP]
Rochester Foundation for Persons With Brain/Head Injury, NY: tribute, 24659 [13OC]
Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, 341 [24JA], 9323-9330, 9361 [16MY], 9442, 9451, 9452 [16MY], 11226-11238 [7JN]
———cost and quality of health care (H.R. 950), 4131 [14MR]
———health care, 5168 [22MR], 5200, 5206 [22MR], 5308 [23MR], 5471 [4AP], 9031 [11MY]
———health care centers, 30374 [20NO]
———health referral centers, 31811 [21NO]
———hospital survivability, 116 [3JA], 31105 [21NO]
———improve conditions in health manpower shortage areas (H.R. 3724), 30078 [17NO]
———medicare budget cuts, 4157 [15MR]
Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1587), 10067 [23MY]
Rural Health Clinics Act: amend (H.R. 1585), 5173 [22MR], 10067 [23MY]
Rural Health Professionals Education Loan Interest Deduction Act: enact (H.R. 1588), 10067 [23MY]
Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1583), 5203 [22MR], 10067 [23MY]
Sacramento, CA: tribute to Mercy General Hospital, 8081 [3MY]
Saginaw, MI: designate Aleda E. Lutz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (H.R. 2569), 13519 [27JN]
San Diego, CA: tribute to Balboa Naval Hospital, 3661 [7MR]
———tribute to Medical Biology Institute, 29609 [16NO]
———tribute to Patient Relief Program, 2217 [9FE], 3416 [2MR]
San Fernando Valley, CA: tribute to Interfaith Council, 8458 [8MY]
Seattle, WA: designate the Joe Hooper Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Center (H.R. 769), 1372 [31JA]
Senior Biomedical Research Service: establish (H.R. 3752), 30704 [21NO]
Service organizations: funding, 14489 [12JY]
Smoking: broadcasters to educate the public about the dangers (H.J. Res. 245), 7474 [25AP]
———increase public service announcements (H. Res. 34), 151 [3JA]
———prohibit on certain scheduled passenger flights (H.R. 160), 187 [3JA]
———prohibit on certain scheduled passenger flights (H.R. 598), 330 [20JA]
Smoking and Health Advertising Act: enact (H.R. 412), 151 [3JA]
South Coast Medical Center: anniversary, 22476 [28SE]
Tariff: extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (H.R. 2864), 14245 [11JY]
Tax Reform Act: compliance relative to health care coverage for part-time employees, 16461 [27JY], 18197 [2AU], 20371 [13SE]
Taxation: certain amounts used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (H.R. 2132), 7485 [26AP]
———compliance relative to health care coverage for part-time employees, 20950 [20SE], 21548 [26SE]
———deductions for employers who provide certain family leave for employees (H.R. 1141), 3047 [28FE]
———designation of tax refund to National Organ Transplant Trust Fund (H.R. 2490), 10190 [24MY]
———employee benefit rules, 373 [24JA]
———family plan insurance benefits, 20712 [18SE]
———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 22033-22044 [27SE], 22461, 22464, 22474 [28SE], 27721 [7NO]
———nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 634), 20950 [20SE]
———outstanding bond limitations of hospitals providing insufficient service to low-income individuals (H.R. 2207), 8086 [3MY]
———postretirement and long-term health care benefits provided by pension plans (H.R. 1865, 1866), 7887 [2MY]
———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 634), 4146 [14MR], 4995 [20MR], 6821 [17AP], 10731 [1JN], 16772 [28JY], 19680 [6SE]
———repeal section 89 relative to employer-provided benefits, 15154 [19JY], 19113 [4AU]
———restore tax-exempt status of Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies which cover high-risk individuals (H.R. 2191), 7875 [2MY]
———simplify rules on benefits provided under discriminatory group health plans and increase deduction for health insurance for self-employed (H.R. 1846), 6349, 6350 [12AP]
———treatment of health benefits for retirees (H.R. 1213), 3080 [1MR], 3183 [1MR]
———treatment of long-term health care insurance contracts (H.R. 421), 168 [3JA]
———use of individual retirement account funds for long-term health care insurance premiums, educational expenses, and first home acquisition costs (H.R. 2626), 11629 [13JN], 11956 [15JN]
Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2088), 14058-14060 [11JY], 24034-24037 [11OC]
Tobacco industry: advertisement and promotion regulation (H.R. 3297), 20763 [19SE], 20944 [19SE]
———nicotine warning labels (H.R. 1171), 3075 [28FE]
———promotion expenses of tobacco products (H.R. 1544), 5064, 5065 [21MR]
Trauma Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 68), 8687 [9MY]
Trauma care: improve memergency services (H.R. 1602), 28800-28806 [14NO]
Trauma Care Center Alien Compensation Act: enact (H.R. 3616), 28032 [8NO]
Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act: enact (H.R. 436), 237 [4JA]
Tropical medicine and infectious diseases: national research program, 8601 [9MY]
Tulane University: cooperation with Zaire on tropical medicine research, 14008 [29JN]
U.N.: funding for family planning assistance, 2812 [27FE]
U.S. schools and hospitals abroad: AID facility standards for mentally retarded, 12850 [22JN]
U.S.-Mexico border: water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas (H.R. 1538), 5013 [21MR], 5118 [21MR]
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Parent's Day: observance, 5105 [21MR]
Union County, NJ: anniversary of the Association for Retarded Citizens, 7584 [26AP]
Universal Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 2118), 8082 [3MY]
University of Alabama: consortium with People's Republic of China's Xian Medical University, 6655 [13AP]
Utah: court decision on tax exemption for hospital group, 12827 [21JN]
VA: commission to review alignment and mission structure of health care facilities, 16443 [26JY]
———health care funding, 10042 [23MY], 15719 [20JY]
———hospital funding, 9457, 9459-9462, 9478 [17MY]
———medical school scholarship grants with the condition that such recipients will work in VA facilities (H.R. 343), 2511 [22FE]
———praise for hospitals, 3058 [28FE]
———supplemental health care appropriations, 3668 [7MR]
Vaccine: injury compensation provisions of H.R. 3299, 31826 [11DE]
Varmus, Harold E.: recipient of Nobel Prize for Medicine, 24031 [11OC]
Veterans: agent orange controversy, 20416 [13SE]
———benefits, 3831 [8MR]
———benefits (H.R. 1358), 22669-22674 [2OC]
———court decision on agent orange compensation, 8601 [9MY], 9020 [11MY], 9323 [16MY], 9456 [17MY], 9613, 9618 [18MY], 10020, 10040 [23MY], 11055 [7JN]
———determination of service-connected status of the disease transverse myelitis (H.R. 2179), 7727 [2MY]
———develop criteria for treatment and diagnosis of service-connected post-traumatic-stress disorders (H.R. 2720), 13221 [22JN]
———dire emergency appropriations for medical care (H.J. Res. 272), 9475, 9598 [17MY], 10014, 10017-10020 [23MY]
———health care, 2822 [28FE], 8812 [10MY], 10473 [31MY], 27938 [8NO]
———level of service provided to certain individuals, 28282 [9NO]
———pilot program of contract with public and private health facilities in Florida, 1187 [27JA]
———presumption of service connection for certain diseases relative to Vietnamese conflict (H.R. 3004), 16074 [25JY], 16442 [26JY]
———presumption of service connection for the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorders (H.R. 794), 1659 [2FE]
———reimburse the value of rural hospital care that could have been provided at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility (H.R. 1742), 5797 [6AP]
———remove limitation on pensions furnished to persons under long-term hospital care (H.R. 1334), 13521 [27JN]
———revise disabled dependent benefits, 7450 [25AP]
———supplemental appropriations delay and funding of health care, 8887 [11MY], 9480 [17MY], 9613 [18MY]
———supplemental appropriations for health care (H.R. 1382), 4060 [14MR]
Vietnam: medical equipment assistance, 30062 [17NO]
Visiting Nurse Association of America: prohibit unauthorized use of names or acronyms (H.R. 1674), 5652 [5AP]
WalkAmerica: tribute to March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 5289 [23MR]
Water pollution: contamination from faulty storage tanks, 4142 [14MR]
White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health: anniversary, 27924 [8NO]
WHO: PLO membership bid, 10467 [31MY]
WIC: coverage for pregnant prisoners and their infants, 20236 [12SE]
———funding for special supplemental food program, 14951, 15331 [19JY]
Women: States to require insurance providers to supply mammography coverage (H. Con. Res. 197), 20641 [18SE]
Workers Memorial Day: designate (H.J. Res. 235), 7631 [27AP]
World AIDS Day: designate (H.J. Res. 430), 26719 [31OC], 30316 [20NO]
World Health Day: observance, 5640 [5AP], 5908 [10AP]
Remarks in Senate
Abortion: Federal funding for victims of rape and incest, 21246 [21SE], 25021 [18OC], 25927-25929, 25931 [25OC]
Acid rain: health effects, 7341 [19AP]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: AZT drug treatment, 5389 [4AP]
———control spread (S. 71), 425 [25JA]
———education programs, 21228, 21232, 21233 [21SE], 21415 [25SE]
———epidemic, 12 [3JA], 1466 [2FE], 4211 [15MR], 4543 [16MR], 4781 [17MR], 8493 [9MY], 9159 [16MY], 11478 [13JN], 12953 [22JN], 15264 [19JY], 26640 [31OC], 31284 [21NO]
———From All Walks of Life march in Boston, MA, 11433 [9JN]
———funding programs for low-income, 30456-30460 [20NO]
———grant program to assist in providing service (S. 14), 386, 541 [25JA]
———immigration laws, 7110 [19AP]
———inclusion into the Americans With Disabilities Act, 19866-19871 [7SE]
———notification of spouse of patient, 21247, 21255 [21SE]
———waive waiting period for medicare eligibility (S. 224), 943 [25JA]
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Control Act: enact (S. 70), 686 [25JA]
Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Act: enact (S. 1527, 1528), 18426-18428 [3AU]
Advanced Nurse Education Act: enact (S. 95), 712 [25JA]
Aeronautics: ban smoking on domestic airlines, 19999-20009, 20011 [12SE], 20249-20258, 20305 [13SE], 20457-20464, 20466 [14SE]
———ban smoking on airline flight (S. 519), 3625 [7MR]
Aged: commission to assess health care needs relative to catastrophic illness (S. 445), 2685-2687 [23FE]
———grants for training projects in geriatrics (S. 61), 670 [25JA]
———long-term health care, 7029 [18AP]
———projects providing volunteer opportunities as aides in nursing homes (S. 1457), 17504 [1AU]
———schools of nursing training projects in geriatrics (S. 66), 672 [25JA]
———taxation of post-retirement income and benefits (S. 1120), 10770 [2JN]
Agriculture: food safety, 20082 [12SE]
———use of chemicals and pesticides, 30416, 30429 [20NO]
Air pollution: health effects, 5805 [7AP], 6205 [12AP]
———health effects of carbon monoxide, 8580 [9MY]
Alcoholic beverages: advertising on college campuses, 23517 [5OC]
———health warning labels, 21220 [21SE]
Alcohol-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: observance, 9290 [16MY]
Allied Council of Senior Citizens of Wisconsin: tribute, 7703 [1MY]
Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act: enact (S. 1552), 18953-18956 [4AU]
Alzheimer's Disease Research and Training Act: enact (S. 1255), 13156 [22JN]
American Heart Month: observance, 2929 [28FE]
Americans With Disabilities Act: clarification of drug abuse amendments to S. 933, 20636 [15SE]
———enact (S. 933), 8505-8520 [9MY], 8998 [11MY], 17525, 17559 [1AU], 19576 [6SE], 19791-19813, 19823-19903 [7SE], 20088 [12SE], 20571-20574 [14SE], 21741 [26SE], 22445 [28SE], 29822 [17NO]
———enact (S. 933), order to print, 24707 [16OC]
———executive departments to educate public about requirements of the legislation, 19877-19879 [7SE]
———include Congress as beneficiary, 19879-19881 [7SE]
Amtrak: resolving employee workplace injury claims, 20292-20296 [13SE]
Anti-Drug Abuse Act: amend (H.R. 1426), 7368-7371 [19AP]
———amend (H.R. 1426), appointment of conferees, 7846 [2MY]
———amend (H.R. 1426), Senate amendments, 14365 [12JY]
Area Health Education Centers Enhancement Act: enact (S. 1812), 26650 [31OC]
Arizona Voluntary Medical Team: tribute, 11008 [6JN]
Armed Forces: allow personnel to sue for damages for injuries caused by improper medical care (S. 274), 1029 [25JA]
———appointment of health care professionals as surgeon generals (S. 129), 749 [25JA]
———coverage of health care expenses under CHAMPUS Program (S. 52), 641 [25JA]
———incentive pay for nurses (S. 130), 750 [25JA]
———sale of tobacco products (S. 770), 6550 [13AP]
———special pay for certain board certifications as psychologists (S. 128), 749 [25JA]
Armed Service officers: special pay for psychologists, 16226 [26JY]
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act: reauthorize (S. 1893), 29407 [16NO]
Atwater, Lee: Republican Party policy on catastrophic health insurance legislation, 27118 [3NO]
Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: enact (S. 768), 6174 [12AP]
BIA: transfer funds from Indian Health Service, 16251 [26JY]
Biomedical Research Act: enact (S. 1392), 15928, 15933 [24JY]
Bishop, J. Michael: recipient of Nobel Prize for Medicine, 24514 [12OC]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island: anniversary, 7351 [19AP]
Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 51), 2722 [23FE]
Cancer research, 1406 [2FE]
Carcinogens: public information, 14763 [14JY]
Cedar Springs, MI: medical clinic payments (S. 1897), 29741 [17NO]
Chemicals: protection of workers, 3245 [2MR]
———withdrawal of a fungicide EBDC from the market, 19790 [7SE]
Child Care Assistance and Resources Expansion Act: enact (S. 409), 2113 [9FE]
Child Care Service Enhancement and Quality Improvement Act: enact (S. 512), 3486 [3MR]
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1484), 18001-18003, 18029 [2AU], 18475, 18500 [3AU], 18781 [4AU]
Children: emergency protective services grants, 22117-22126 [27SE]
———extend authority of child nutrition programs (H.R. 24), 18500 [3AU], 25774-25790 [24OC]
———extend medicaid coverage to certain low-income children (S. 440), 2667 [23FE], 22984 [3OC]
———health awareness (S.J. Res. 104), 7035 [18AP], 7377 [19AP], 9955 [18MY]
———reauthorization of nutrition programs, 25297 [19OC]
Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act: enact (S. 1454), 17501 [1AU], 21742 [26SE]
Clean Air Act: reauthorization, 11408 [9JN]
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act: enact (S. 1630), 20535-20560 [14SE], 20624, 20625, 20630-20633 [15SE], 21163 [20SE], 26439 [27OC], 29649 [17NO], 30428 [20NO], 31661 [21NO]
Clean Food Transportation Act: enact (S. 1904), 29755 [17NO]
Coal miners: transfer pension funds to health benefit trust (S. 1708), 31312, 31313 [21NO]
Coal Industry Health Benefit Stabilization Act: enact (S. 1708), 22601, 22602, 22630 [2OC]
Coalition for Affordable Health Care: activities to improve catastrophic health care, 23932 [7OC]
Colleges: collaborative work in certain medical technologies, 20451 [14SE]
Columbus, OH: tribute to home health care services, 13458 [23JN]
Commission on Nursing: report on shortage of registered nurses, 9739 [18MY]
Community Health Clinic Improvement Act: enact (S. 1199), 12252 [16JN]
Community Mental Health Services Act: enact (S. 1591), 20053 [12SE]
Compassionate Pain Relief Act: enact (S. 67), 672 [25JA]
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act: enact (S. 1321), 14743, 14747, 14750 [14JY]
Comprehensive and Uniform Remedy for the Health Care System Act: enact (S. 1274), 13422 [23JN]
Comprehensive Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act: enact (S. 1233), 13111 [22JN]
Connecticut: hospice anniversary, 2010 [8FE]
Construction Safety, Health, and Education Improvement Act: enact (S. 930), 8345-8350 [4MY]
Consumer Seafood Safety Act: enact (S. 1983), 31573 [21NO]
Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Act: additional appropriations (H.R. 3007), 31698 [21NO]
Courts: medical malpractice litigation, 30423 [20NO]
Crime and criminals: clinical social worker examinations of offenders with mental disease or defect (S. 111), 726 [25JA]
———psychiatric examination guidelines for offenders with mental disease or defects (S. 64), 671 [25JA]
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 227), 29412 [16NO]
Decade of the Brain: designate (S.J. Res. 173), 13442 [23JN]
Dept. of Defense: number of Armed Forces individuals who have participated in radiation-risk activities, 17459 [1AU]
———over-age military Reserve psychologists in active status (S. 127), 749 [25JA]
———retention of certain reserve psychologists in active status, 16226 [26JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: appointment of health care professionals (S. 1817), 26658 [31OC]
———disciplinary proceedings for health care professionals (S. 1819), 26661 [31OC]
———extend certain health programs (S. 1709), 22590, 22591 [29SE]
———extend the preventive care pilot program (S. 1306), 14352, 14353 [12JY]
———health care funding, 10609-10615 [1JN]
———health care programs (S. 860), 7309 [19AP]
———improve health care benefits and personnel management (S. 1004), 9257 [16MY]
———maximum amount of special pay authorized for physicians and dentists (S. 1211), 12567 [20JN], 26119 [26OC]
———performance of probationary health care employees (S. 1820), 26662 [31OC]
———recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 901), 26119 [26OC], 30606, 30618-30628, 30640 [20NO]
———recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 901), S. 13 language passed in lieu, 23091 [3OC]
———retain certain amounts collected from third parties for health care costs (S. 1703), 22568 [29SE], 31732 [11DE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Extension Act: enact (S. 748), 6021 [11AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act: enact (S. 1398), 16044 [25JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities Realignment Act: enact (S. 1332), 9934 [18MY], 14825 [17JY]
Diethylstilbestrol: assistance grants (S. 265), 1020 [25JA]
Director of National Drug Control Policy: increase authority (S. 1691), 22419 [28SE]
———report to Congress, 23520 [5OC]
Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act: enact (S. 1606), 20065 [12SE], 20699 [18SE], 30449, 30454-30460 [20NO]
Diseases: spending on research, prevention, and education relative to the 20 most fatal illnesses, 21274 [21SE]
District of Columbia: drug treatment clinics, 7359 [19AP]
———improve treatment of infants exposed to maternal substance abuse during pregnancy, 20493 [14SE]
———prison hospital, 6888 [18AP]
Drug abuse: appropriations for treatment and rehabilitation programs (S. 1735), 23521 [5OC], 28696 [14NO]
———divert certain congressional newsletter allocations into treatment of substance-abusing pregnant women, 21593 [26SE]
———eliminate syringes and needles capable of being used more than once, 22951 [3OC]
———identification of children exposed to maternal substance abuse, 21270 [21SE]
———perinatal care for infants who are born to drug addictive mothers, 20896 [19SE]
———prohibit distribution of needles and bleach for cleansing hypodermic needles for illegal drugs, 21237, 21241-21243 [21SE], 29325 [16NO]
———prohibit sterile hypodermic needles and certain medical treatments (S. 1247), 13144 [22JN]
———transfer of funding from the strategic defense initiative to implement rehabilitation programs, 17685 [2AU]
———treatment and rehabilitation programs, 22136 [27SE]
———treatment of pregnant women and infants, 22137 [27SE]
Drugs: pricing of prescriptions, 16837-16841 [31JY]
———review system to prevent adverse reactions (S. 859), 7308 [19AP], 19045 [4AU]
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 188), 18432 [3AU]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (H.J. Res. 133), 20702 [18SE]
———designate (S.J. Res. 175), 14599 [13JY]
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics: tribute, 10378 [31MY]
Employment: grant employees family and temporary medical leave (S. 345), 1551-1555 [2FE]
End Stage Renal Disease Patient Rights and Payment Equity Act: enact (S. 1558), 18971 [4AU]
Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act: enact (S. 304), 1263 [31JA]
Equity for Rural Hospitals Act: enact (S. 306), 1286-1292 [31JA], 2017 [8FE], 4417 [15MR]
Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act: enact (S. 879), 7805 [2MY]
Family Health Plan of Wisconsin: anniversary, 6734 [17AP]
Family planning services: program grants (S. 1671), 21699 [26SE]
FDA: responsibility relative to alleged cyanide tampering of grapes, 29362 [16NO]
Federal aid programs: expand certain child nutrition programs (S. 880), 7806 [2MY]
———funding for Health Care Services, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and expedited drug approval process, 7921 [3MY]
Federal Council on Nutrition and Health: establish (S. 1739), 23843 [6OC]
Federal employees: benefits program, 18026 [2AU]
———Government contributions to health benefits program (S. 1276), 13435 [23JN], 16952 [31JY]
———Government contributions to insurance programs (H.R. 2705), 16953 [31JY]
———protection against reprisals for disclosing information (S. 436), 2652, 2658 [23FE]
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: extension (S. 1518), 18418, 18420 [3AU]
Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act: enact (S. 1048), 9858 [18MY]
Fetal alcohol syndrome: occurrence, 9796 [18MY]
Food: ban use of daminozide (S. 1061), 9872, 9873 [18MY], 20600 [15SE]
———regulate pesticide chemical residues in food (S. 722), 5754 [6AP]
———require imported papaya to meet domestic requirements (S. 1267), 13417 [23JN]
Food and Nutrition Labeling Act: enact (S. 1505), 18400 [3AU]
Food industry: Dept. of Agriculture's processing inspection regulations, 9163 [16MY]
Food Science and Technology Week: designate (S.J. Res. 76), 3981 [9MR]
Foundation for Biomedical Research Act: enact (S. 1391), 15928 [24JY]
Global Ban on Dangerous Pesticides Act: enact (S. 1989), 31577 [21NO]
Greece, NY: tribute to the volunteer ambulance service, 29 [3JA]
Handicapped: develop advanced technology prosthetic and orthotic devices (S. 1419), 16676 [27JY]
Hawaii: grants to Native Hawaiian health centers (S. 108), 722 [25JA]
Hazardous substances: employee exposure, 3577 [7MR]
———modernize testing of consumer products (S. 891), 7809 [2MY]
———payments for injuries due to exposure to certain radiation (S. 841), 7269 [19AP]
———study the classification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas (S. 256), 1007, 1008 [25JA]
Hazardous Wastes and Human Health Survey Act: enact (S. 233), 964 [25JA]
Health insurance: coverage for self-employed individuals and simplify tax rules relative to benefits under discriminatory group health plans (S. 1168), 11516 [13JN]
———catastrophic illness care, 10601 [1JN]
———coverage of mammograms, 24709 [16OC]
———private catastrophic illness coverage, 23768-23771 [6OC]
———special rules for costs of the self-employed (S. 1507), 18404 [3AU]
———tax treatment of employer-provided benefits, 27885 [8NO]
———uncompensated care, 8756 [10MY]
Healthy Birth Act: enact (S. 708), 5592 [5AP]
High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (S. 582), 4349 [15MR]
Home care, 4427 [15MR]
Hospitals: eliminate reimbursement differential in different areas (S. 205), 909 [25JA]
Humanitarian assistance: tribute to vessels Anastasis and Good Samaritan efforts to foreign countries, 5702 [6AP]
Indians: health care delivery, 30121 [19NO], 30579 [20NO]
———mental health demonstration grant program (S. 1270), 13418 [23JN], 28728 [14NO], 29461 [16NO]
———study of the psychological problems of Vietnam veterans (S. 192), 848 [25JA]
Individual medical accounts: long-term and catastrophic care (S. 1944), 30562 [20NO]
Indoor Air Quality Act: enact (S. 657), 4836, 4844-4846 [17MR]
Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act: enact (S. 339), 1536, 1543 [2FE], 1784 [7FE], 2137 [9FE], 9291 [16MY]
Infectious Disease Control Act: enact (S. 1874), 28706 [14NO]
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union: anniversary of health center (S. Con. Res. 72), 21452 [25SE]
Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 291), 29867 [17NO]
Intraocular lenses: fair and reasonable payment for insertion (S. 1127), 10973 [6JN]
Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act: enact (S. 228), 947 [25JA]
Irradiated foods: prohibit implementation of certain regulations (S. 1037), 9831 [18MY]
Korea, Republic of: claim of alar in U.S. exported grapefruit (S. Res. 179), 20694 [18SE]
Laboratory competitive bidding moratorium, Senator Durenberger, 27704 [7NO]
Leavenworth, KS: designate the Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (H.R. 2987), 24524 [12OC]
———designate the Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (S. 1404), 16059 [25JY]
Long-term care aides: tribute (S. Res. 161), 17518 [1AU]
Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act: enact (S. 623), 4593 [16MR]
Lyme disease: grant program for research, treatment and public education (S. 223), 942, 943 [25JA]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 142), 10362 [31MY], 10702 [1JN]
Maternal and Child Health Act: enact (S. 1201), 12357, 12358, 12366 [19JN]
Mead, NE: Corps of Engineers investigation of soil and water contamination at former Army ordnance plant, 16227 [26JY]
Medicaid: daytime habilitation services (S. 1339), 15048 [18JY]
———daytime habilitation services (S. 1386), 15917 [24JY]
———nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services coverage (S. 115), 728 [25JA]
———pay rates for personnel in nursing facilities (S. 1769), 25279 [19OC]
———treatment centers for drug abusers, 22932 [3OC]
Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act: enact (S. 949), 8551, 8556 [9MY]
Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act: enact (S. 785), 6566-6572 [13AP]
———enact (S. 1942), 30555 [20NO]
Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act: enact (S. 384), 1960-1973 [8FE], 2075 [9FE]
Medicaid Long-Term Demonstration Project Waiver Act: enact (S. 1998), 31442 [21NO]
Medical Free Electron Laser Program: potential to revolutionize health care, 18878 [4AU]
Medical outcomes research initiative: funding, 21296 [21SE]
Medical Residents' Student Loan Act: amend (S. 1258), 13409 [23JN]
Medical Technology Competitiveness Act: enact (S. 622), 4592 [16MR], 5615 [5AP]
Medicare: catastrophic coverage provisions relative to the Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (H.R. 1359), 6133 [13AP]
———catastrophic illness coverage, 11314 [8JN], 13194 [22JN], 16910 [31JY], 22348-22355 [28SE], 24879 [17OC], 25921, 25932 [25OC], 26607 [31OC], 29159 [15NO], 29736 [17NO], 30123, 30125 [19NO], 30440, 30441 [20NO]
———catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), 23163 [4OC], 23600 [5OC], 23746-23833 [6OC], 23886 [7OC], 27089 [3NO]
———catastrophic illness coverage (S. 1726), unanimous-consent agreement, 23573-23575 [5OC]
———catastrophic illness insurance surtax, 20592-20596 [15SE]
———concern over continuing reductions (S. Con. Res. 10), 1310, 1324-1327, 1332 [31JA]
———cost of prescription drugs, 16910 [31JY]
———costs for inpatient hospital services for small, rural facilities (S. 10), 505 [25JA]
———coverage of adult day health care (S. 524), 3634, 3651 [7MR]
———coverage of psychological services (S. 100), 714 [25JA]
———effects on hospitals of reducing payments, 1217 [31JA]
———efficient administration of benefits (S. 1362), 15626 [20JY]
———eliminate differential payment between urban and rural areas (S. Con. Res. 37), 9563 [17MY]
———jaw reconstruction procedures (S. 1670), 21699 [26SE]
———nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services coverage (S. 115), 728 [25JA]
———part B reimbursements for physician assistants, 7355 [19AP]
———payment for services of physician assistants outside institutional settings (S. 461), 2969 [28FE]
———physician reimbursement system (S. Con. Res. 36), 8794 [10MY]
———Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas (S. Res. 126), 8795 [10MY]
———psychologist services in hospice program (S. 121), 736 [25JA]
———reconsideration of a payment denial (S. 1239), 13123 [22JN]
———reduce premiums and review catastrophic coverage program, 8754 [10MY]
———regional disparities in physician reimbursement, 5851 [10AP]
———regional referral center classification of certain hospitals and payment rates for such hospitals (S. 243), 987, 989 [25JA]
———repeal supplemental premium and fund catastrophic benefits (S. 1125), 10968, 10970 [6JN], 15856 [24JY]
———respite care benefit, 23821 [6OC]
———separate election of certain benefits (S. 608), 4574 [16MR]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: application of benefits and premiums (S. 1149), 11352, 11353 [8JN], 20653 [18SE]
———delay effective date (S. 445), 2685-2687 [23FE]
———delay provisions, 10910, 10930 [6JN], 11077 [7JN], 16615-16623 [27JY]
———extend Advisory Committee on Medicare Home Health Claims (S. 1097), 10633 [1JN]
———repeal of certain provisions, 23932 [7OC]
———repeal supplemental premium and modify added benefits, 11702 [14JN], 11727 [14JN], 15856 [24JY]
———review coverage and funding, 6133 [13AP]
———seniors opinion, 9941 [18MY]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act: enact (S. 1011), 9538 [17MY]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: enact (H.R. 3607), 27870 [8NO]
———enact (H.R. 3607), conference committee deliberations (S. Con. Res. 78), 26674 [31OC]
———enact (H.R. 3607), conference report, 30410 [20NO], 31290-31304, 31397-31402 [21NO]
———enact (H.R. 3607), correct technical errors (H. Con. Res. 241), 31723 [21NO]
———enact (H.R. 3607), unanimous-consent agreement, 30156-30161 [19NO]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act: enact (S. 335), 1532-1534 [2FE], 2917-2920 [28FE], 9941, 9947 [18MY]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act: enact (S. 1388), 15921, 15924 [24JY]
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: enact (S. 1809), 26646-26648 [31OC]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 55), 1841 [7FE], 2994 [28FE]
———observance, 25932 [25OC]
Michigamme-Spurr First Responder Team: tribute, 14201 [11JY]
Minnesota Kidney Institute: assistance to victims of earthquake in Soviet Armenia, 2486 [22FE]
Morehouse School of Medicine: tribute, 21736 [26SE]
Mouse biomedical research laboratory: funds for the construction (S. 1390), 15927 [24JY], 17484 [1AU], 17952 [2AU], 19059-19063 [4AU], 29458 [16NO]
National Academies of Practice: charter (S. 511), 3486 [3MR], 19634 [6SE]
National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 152), 11127 [7JN]
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health: establish (S. 817), 6990 [18AP]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 16), 456 [25JA], 18528 [3AU], 22409 [28SE], 27849 [8NO]
———designate (S.J. Res. 16), House amendment, 31349 [21NO]
National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities: anniversary, 13329 [23JN]
National Autism Week: designate (S.J. Res. 220), 26464 [27OC]
National Burn Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 217), 25372 [20OC]
National Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 51), 1839 [7FE]
National Center for Nursing Research: extend authorities of director (S. 62), 670 [25JA]
National Check-Up Week: designate (S.J. Res. 95), 5417 [4AP]
National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: appointment of members, 5451 [4AP]
National Commission on Human Resource Development: establish (S.J. Res. 135), 9280-9283, 9320 [16MY]
National Critical Care Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 189), 19007 [4AU]
National Digestive Disease Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 170), 9319 [16MY]
National Disability Awareness Week: observance, 23937 [7OC]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (S.J. Res. 122), 8566 [9MY]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (H.J. Res. 282), 29466 [16NO]
———designate (S.J. Res. 140), 9917 [18MY]
National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 194), 19009 [4AU], 25381 [20OC]
National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (S.J. Res. 81), 4622 [16MR], 13028 [22JN]
National Health Service Corps Improvements Act: enact (S. 959), 8783 [10MY]
National HIV and AIDS Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 197), 20562 [14SE]
National Home Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 184), 16930 [31JY], 25380 [20OC]
National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 78), 14202 [11JY]
National Infertility Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 116), 7987 [3MY]
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 34), 1065 [25JA], 2723 [23FE]
National Nurses Day: observance, 8378 [4MY]
National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Week: designate (S.J. Res. 115), 7845 [2MY]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 112), 5845 [7AP]
———designate (S.J. Res. 56), 1999 [8FE], 2722 [23FE]
National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (S.J. Res. 37), 1303 [31JA], 2723 [23FE], 8806 [10MY]
National Plumbing Products Efficiency Act: enact (S. 583), 4359 [15MR]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (S.J. Res. 213), 22643 [2OC], 23872 [6OC]
National Research Council: diet and health report, 5843 [7AP]
National Resources and Information Center for Perinatal Addiction: establish, 22117-22126 [27SE]
National School Breakfast Week: observance, 3492 [3MR]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 274), 11699 [14JN]
National Siblings of Disabled Persons Day: designate (S.J. Res. 176), 14203 [11JY]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (S.J. Res. 210), 26462 [27OC]
National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 62), 2462 [22FE], 5624 [5AP]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 224), 27920 [8NO]
———observance, 28108 [9NO]
National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (S.J. Res. 103), 7009 [18AP], 19043 [4AU]
National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (S.J. Res. 105), 7009 [18AP]
Naturalization: revise health requirements for disabled veterans and military service (S. 1186), 11727 [14JN]
Nellis AFB, NV: consolidated medical facility funding, 16225 [26JY]
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 223), 27672 [7NO]
New Jersey: tribute to Donated Dental Services Program, 22447 [28SE]
New School Childcare Demonstration Projects Act: enact (S. 457), 2964 [28FE]
New York, NY: Beth Israel Medical Center anniversary, 20633 [15SE]
Nuclear Facilities Occupational Safety Improvement Act: enact (S. 1958), 31467 [21NO]
Nuclear testing: compensation program (S. 1994), 31582-31584 [21NO]
———compensation program, 13195 [22JN]
Nurses: adjust immigrant status of certain (H.R. 3259), 30601, 30603-30606 [20NO]
———tribute, 8003 [3MY]
Nutrition: national program (S. 253), 1002-1004 [25JA], 27093-27099 [3NO]
Occupational health and safety: promote standards in workplaces owned, operated, or under contract with the U.S. (S. 464), 2971 [28FE], 7763 [2MY]
Office of Minority Health: establish (S. 1607), 20071 [12SE]
Office of Rural Health Policy: authorizing appropriations (S. 817), 6990 [18AP]
Older Americans Act: amend daily meal provision (S. 1997), 31589 [21NO]
Patient Account Management Day: designate (H.J. Res. 380), 25030 [18OC]
Patient Outcomes Research Act: enact (S. 702), 5582, 5586 [5AP], 5701, 5765 [6AP]
Pediatric AIDS Resource Centers Act: enact (S. 896), 7816, 7817 [2MY]
Pesticides: food safety, 26389 [27OC]
———regulate chemical residues in food (S. 722), 5744 [6AP]
———use of alar on apples, 4209 [15MR]
Physicians: eliminate mandated caps on fees (S. 188), 844 [25JA]
President's Award for Addiction Research: establish, 21286 [21SE]
Prisons: drug abuse treatment programs for women, 23514 [5OC]
Psychology students: loans (S. 97), 714 [25JA]
Public Health Service: appropriations for the Adolescent Family Life Program (S. 1131), 10989 [6JN]
———assistance programs (S. 110), 723 [25JA]
———construction of community mental health centers (S. 225), 944 [25JA]
———improve emergency medical services and trauma care (S. 15), 386, 543-549, 555 [25JA], 15658 [20JY], 28048 [9NO]
Public Protection From Passive Smoke Act: enact (S. 655), 4833 [17MR]
Quality Assurance in the Private Sector Drug Testing Act: enact (S. 1903), 29750-29753, 29755 [17NO]
Radiation Research Reorganization Act: enact (S. 972), 8959-8960 [11MY]
Radiation Victims Fair Treatment Act: enact (S. 982), 9086 [12MY]
Radon: programs for assessment and mitigation (S. Res. 136), 10371 [31MY]
———tax credit for repair expenditures (S. 643), 4787 [17MR]
Radon Mitigation Clarification Act: enact (S. 894), 7814 [2MY]
Radon Testing for Safe Schools Act: enact (S. 1697), 22426 [28SE]
Refuse and refuse disposal: treatment and regulation of solid waste (S. 1921), 29775 [17NO]
Rehabilitation Act: coverage for alcohol and drug abuse (S. 956), 8781-8783 [10MY]
Reproductive Health Equity Act: enact (S. 1946), 30563 [20NO]
Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act: enact (S. 812), 6726 [17AP]
Roanoke, VA: convey parcel of land to Virginia for use as veterans nursing home (H.R. 310), 14770 [14JY]
Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, 9771 [18MY], 22410 [28SE]
———access to and delivery of health services (S. Con. Res. 37), 9286 [16MY]
———care providers, 13287 [23JN], 21384, 21386 [22SE], 24818 [17OC]
———emergency medical care, 14998 [18JY]
———exempt small hospitals from prospective payment system (S. 227), 947 [25JA]
———funding for health referral centers, 29323 [16NO]
———grants to designate hospitals as medical assistance facilities (S. 979), 8974 [11MY]
———health care and water facilities (S. 1028), 9553 [17MY]
———health care package, 31709 [21NO]
———medical data and information transmission (S. 998), 9249 [16MY]
———referral centers funding, 21229, 21230 [21SE]
———school loan payment tax deduction for physician who practices medicine in a rural community (S. 954), 8779 [10MY]
———substance abuse treatment and education programs (S. 1706, 1707), 22569 [29SE]
Rural Health Clinic Improvement Act: enact (S. 1078), 9904 [18MY]
Rural Health Improvement Act: enact (S. 921), 7983, 7986 [3MY], 8372 [4MY]
Rural Health Manpower Assistance Act: enact (S. 366), 1825 [7FE]
Rural Hospital Improvements Act: enact (S. 1466), 17959 [2AU], 27109 [3NO]
Rural Nursing Incentive Act: enact (S. 1384), 15915 [24JY]
Rural Physician Shortage Act: enact (S. 1811), 26650 [31OC]
Safe Transportation of Food Act: enact (S. 1751), 24507, 24509 [12OC]
Small business: health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (S. 1547), 18951 [4AU]
Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act: enact (S. 527), 3635 [7MR]
South Dakota: survey of elderly on medicare catastrophic coverage, 15856 [24JY]
SSI: benefit eligibility requirements for disabled children (S. 1721), 22990 [3OC]
State Child Care Board: establish, 12338 [19JN]
States: drug treatment programs, 23474-23477 [5OC]
———promotion campaigns (S. 334), 1531 [2FE]
Sudden infant death syndrome: research funding, 21695 [26SE]
Tariff: extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (S. 1584), 19614 [6SE]
Tax Reform Reform Act: enact (S. 1516), 18414 [3AU]
Taxation: allow additional deduction to employers for costs of providing family birth, adoption, or child illness leave (S. 373), 1935 [8FE]
———benefits provided under certain employee benefit plans, 10888-10909, 10931, 10933, 10947, 10949 [6JN]
———credits to primary health services providers in rural manpower shortage areas (S. 1060), 9870, 9872, 9947 [18MY]
———deduction for education loan interest incurred by certain health professionals (S. 840), 7268 [19AP]
———designation of overpayment to organ transplant fund (S. 174), 825 [25JA]
———exemption of trusts established to provide for a disabled dependent (S. 1905), 29757 [17NO]
———health insurance deduction for self-employed individuals (S. 494), 3310 [2MR]
———increase deduction for health insurance for self-employed individuals (S. 1381), 15913 [24JY]
———treatment of employer-provided insurance benefits, 21159, 21160 [20SE]
———treatment of gain from sale of principal residence relative to health status of certain taxpayers (S. 1435), 16917 [31JY]
Temple University: tribute to School of Dentistry, 5703 [6AP]
Terminally ill: care, 1774 [7FE]
Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act: enact (S. 1053), 9863, 9864 [18MY]
Tobacco and Nicotine Health and Safety Act: enact (S. 769), 6550 [13AP]
Tobacco industry: education programs (S. 778), 6559 [13AP]
———health warning labels (S. 777), 6559 [13AP]
———regulate manufacture, sale, and distribution of tobacco products, 4550 [16MR]
———tax deduction for advertising expenses (S. 776), 6559 [13AP]
Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act: enact (S. 1883), 29211 [15NO]
Transitional medical devices: appropriate regulatory classification (S. 1094), 10630 [1JN]
Trauma Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 68), 2984 [28FE], 4694 [16MR]
U.N.: adoption of Convention on the Rights of the Child, 31249 [21NO]
———support child immunization programs (S. Res. 122), 8573 [9MY], 22649 [2OC]
University of Maryland: tribute to Adult Health and Development Program, 11142 [7JN]
University of South Alabama: tribute for research on organic mineralization inhibitors, 14719 [14JY]
VA: agent orange lawsuit, 10618 [1JN]
———extend respite care for certain chronically ill (S. 900), 7823, 7825 [2MY]
———GAO and OTA survey of hospital mortality rates, 11664, 11668 [14JN]
———medical research center in Charleston, SC (S. 165), 810 [25JA]
———recruitment and retention of health care personnel (H.R. 901), 26119 [26OC]
———report on adjudication of veterans' claims, 2075 [9FE]
Vaccine injury: compensation (S. 1922), 29877 [17NO]
Varmus, Harold E.: recipient of Nobel Prize for Medicine, 24514 [12OC]
Veterans: authorizing additional medical services for persons with service-connected disabilities (S. 336), 1535 [2FE]
———benefits, 11114 [7JN]
———court decision on agent orange compensation, 8494 [9MY], 8752 [10MY], 9095 [12MY], 31305-31311 [21NO]
———disability compensation (H.R. 1335), legislation cleared by Democratic side, 28173 [9NO]
———disability compensation (S. 563), 3975 [9MR]
———eligibility requirements relative to care for a nonservice-connected disability at a Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospital (S. 328), 1518 [2FE]
———exclude agent orange settlement payments from countable income under Federal means-tested programs (S. 892), 7810 [2MY], 11347 [8JN], 30481 [20NO]
———funding for health care, 7940 [3MY], 13185 [22JN]
———improve health care benefits (S. 574), 4331-4333 [15MR]
———improve mental health care (S. 86), 698 [25JA]
———increase disability and dependency and indemnity compensations and certain other benefits (S. 13), 386, 518-531 [25JA], 15935 [24JY], 23044, 23067, 23087-23091 [3OC]
———outpatient medical services for any disability of a former POW (S. 1860), 28111 [9NO]
———study of health effects of agent orange, 12289 [19JN]
———third party reimbursement for disabled health care (S. 573), 4330 [15MR]
Veterans Health-Care Personnel Act: enact (S. 947), 8533-8544 [9MY]
Vietnam Veterans Outreach Centers: tribute, 31323-31325 [21NO]
Visiting Nurse Association of America: prohibit unauthorized use of names or acronyms (S. 682), 4906 [17MR]
Water: conversion of salt water to fresh water, 16250 [26JY]
Wayne State University: tribute to bioengineering center, 27565 [6NO]
Women: coordination of Federal prenatal care programs, 30456 [20NO]
———in-vitro fertilization, 31283 [21NO]
———projects concerning the effects of substance abuse on pregnant and postpartum females and infants (S. 1444), 17480 [1AU]
———substance abuse during pregnancy, 28054 [9NO]
Wyckoff Heights Hospital: tribute, 23190 [4OC]
Reports
Abortion: C. Everett Koop, 5122-5126 [21MR]
Airliner Cabin Environment, Air Quality and Safety: National Research Council (excerpts), 4833 [17MR]
Allegations Concerning VA's Patient Mortality Study: David P. Baine, GAO, 11665 [14JN]
———GAO (excerpt), 11664 [14JN]
———OTA (excerpt), 11664 [14JN]
Cancer Studies: Governor's Health Assessment Group, 8960 [11MY]
Construction of Mouse Biomedical Research Laboratory: Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 17484 [1AU]
Current Drug Use Trends in New York City—December 1988: Blanche Frank and William Hopkins (excerpts), 15612 [20JY]
Damage Assessment of Veterans Facilities Affected by the California Earthquake: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 25233 [19OC]
Financing Health Care for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Cases: Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic (excerpt), 7923-7926 [3MY]
Health Care Coverage for Part-Time Employees: Roy E. Cordato, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, 18768-18771 [4AU]
Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: C. Everett Koop (excerpts), 4833 [17MR]
Improvements Needed in Processing Veterans Disability Claims: GAO, 15936 [24JY]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: GAO, 6133 [12AP]
National Association of Radiation Survivors' Claims: GAO, 2076 [9FE]
New York City Child Welfare System: Brooklyn Health Action Committee (excerpt), 24003 [10OC]
North Carolina Infant Formula Rebates, 17028 [31JY]
Passive Smoking in the Workplace—Selected Issues: OTA (excerpts), 4833 [17MR]
Reestimate of Medicare Outlays for Skilled Nursing Facility Benefits: CBO, 23996 [10OC]
Responding to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Lori Heise, 4211-4217 [15MR]
Shortage of Registered Nurses: Commission on Nursing, 9739-9741 [18MY]
Subsidy Values Under Medicare: CBO, 10755-10758 [2JN]
Veteran Health Care Services: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, 28282-28285 [9NO]
Reports by conference committees
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act (H.R. 3607) (H. Rept. 101-378), 30104-30110 [19NO]
Reports filed
Adjustment of Immigrant Status of Certain Nurses: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 3259), 29738 [17NO]
———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3259) (H. Rept. 101-288), 24743 [16OC]
Americans With Disabilities Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 933) (S. Rept. 101-116), 19612 [6SE]
Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 768) (S. Rept. 101-217), 30531 [20NO]
Biomedical Research Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1392) (H. Rept. 101-192), 27670 [7NO]
Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1454), 20626 [15SE]
Claims Against the U.S. Relative to Negligent Military Medical Care: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 536) (H. Rept. 101-87), 12179 [15JN]
Convey Parcel of Land in Roanoke, VA, to Virginia for Use as Veterans Nursing Home: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 310) (S. Rept. 101-64), 14147 [11JY]
———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 310) (H. Rept. 101-18), 5894 [10AP]
Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act: Committee on Labor and Human Relations (S. 1606) (S. Rept. 101-211), 29738 [17NO]
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 1602) (H. Rept. 101-346), 28595 [13NO]
Extend Assistance Programs Under the Public Health Service Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 110) (S. Rept. 101-95), 16915 [31JY]
Family Leave Involving a Birth, Adoption, or Serious Health Condition With Protection of Benefits: Committee on House Administration (H.R. 770) (H. Rept. 101-28), 7648 [1MY]
———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 345) (S. Rept. 101-77), 14574 [13JY]
———Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 770) (H. Rept. 101-28), 7613 [27AP]
Federal Employees Payment Processes Relative to Insurance (H.R. 1805) (H. Rept. 101-327), 26876 [1NO]
Federal Role in Determining the Medical and Psychological Impact of Abortion on Women: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 101-392), 31241 [11DE]
Food Science and Technology Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 76), 11350 [8JN]
Government Contributions to Federal Employees Benefits Program (S. 1276), 16309 [26JY]
Handicapped Classification of Impairments Resulting From the Use of Certain Controlled Substances (H.R. 3312) (H. Rept. 101-375), 30032 [17NO]
Improve Dept. of Veterans Affairs Programs for the Recruitment and Retention of Health Care Personnel (H.R. 901) (H. Rept. 101-107), 13279 [23JN]
———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 901) (H. Rept. 101-107), 13279 [23JN]
———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1199) (H. Rept. 101-106), 12933 [22JN]
Infertility in America—Why Is the Federal Government Ignoring a Major Health Problem? Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 101-389), 31241 [11DE]
International Child Immunization Programs: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Res. 122), 20880 [19SE]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 142), 11350 [8JN]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act: committee of conference (H.R. 3607) (H. Rept. 101-378), 30116 [19NO]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 55), 11350 [8JN]
Mouse Biomedical Research Laboratory: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1390) (S. Rept. 101-101), 17495 [1AU]
National Adult Immunization Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 161), 13058 [22JN]
National Autism Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 220), 26163 [26OC]
National Burn Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 217), 26163 [26OC]
National Cancer Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 51), 2646 [23FE]
National Check-Up Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 95), 11350 [8JN]
National Diabetes Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 131), 26163 [26OC]
National Down's Syndrome Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 122), 11350 [8JN]
National Glaucoma Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 194), 24993 [18OC]
National Health Care Food Service Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 81), 13058 [22JN]
National Home Care Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S.J. Res. 184), 24993 [18OC]
National Hospice Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 78), 11350 [8JN]
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 34), 2646 [23FE]
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 253) (S. Rept. 101-137), 20879 [19SE]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 56), 2646 [23FE]
National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 37), 2646 [23FE]
National Silver Anniversary Year for the Autism Society of America: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 220), 26163 [26OC]
National Spina Bifida Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 210), 26163 [26OC]
National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 105), 11350 [8JN]
Postsecondary Education Assistance for Certain Students in Health Professions: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 3199) (H. Rept. 101-312), 26344 [26OC]
Prohibit Smoking on Some Scheduled Passenger Flights: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 598) (H. Rept. 101-212), 18187 [2AU]
Public Health Service Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1863) (S. Rept. 101-194), 28110 [9NO]
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Revitalization: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1963) (S. Rept. 101-222), 31451 [21NO]
Public Health Service Nominations: Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 3752 [8MR], 11701 [14JN]
Quicker and Sicker—Substandard Treatment of Medicare Patients: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 101-387), 31241 [11DE]
Remove Limitations on Pensions Furnished to Veterans Under Long-Term Hospital Care: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1334) (H. Rept. 101-105), 12933 [22JN]
Scientific Research Into Effects of Changes in Earth System on Climate and Humans: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 169) (S. Rept. 101-40), 10327 [31MY]
Tax Credit for Health Insurance Premium Costs: Committee on Finance (S. 1185) (S. Rept. 101-51), 11701 [14JN]
Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act Revision and Extension: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2088) (H. Rept. 101-114), 13621 [27JN]
———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (H.R. 2088), 20626 [15SE]
Transfer Authority of Sec. of Energy to Conduct Epidemiological Studies of Effects of Radiation: (S. 972), 25360 [20OC]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 972), 25360 [20OC]
Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act: (S. 1153) (S. Rept. 101-82), 15897 [24JY]
Veterans Benefits and Health Care Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 13) (S. Rept. 101-126), 20306 [13SE]
Veterans Disability Compensation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1335) (H. Rept. 101-262), 22068 [27SE]
Resolutions by organizations
Dept. of Energy's nuclear weapons facilities: American Public Health Association, 8960 [11MY]
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, KS: American Legion, 23087 [3OC]
———DAV, 23087 [3OC]
Michigamme-Spurr First Responder Team: Michigamme, MI, Town Board, 14201 [11JY]
Statements
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Arthur E. Pitchenik, 690 [25JA]
———Douglas Richman, 690 [25JA]
———Public Health Service, 690 [25JA]
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Counseling and Testing Programs Eligibility: Concerned Women for America, 18685 [3AU]
———Congress of Racial Equality, 18685 [3AU]
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Treatment Assistance: National Commission on AIDS, 30458 [20NO]
———State Commissioners of Public Health, 30457 [20NO]
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome—Field Representative's Perspective, Arthur Feldman, 26697 [31OC]
Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Act: Alfred Munzer, 18430 [3AU]
———David Goerlitz, 18431 [3AU]
Americans With Disabilities Act: I. King Jordan, 19802 [7SE]
———President Bush, 19802 [7SE]
———Richard L. Thornburgh, Attorney General, 19802 [7SE]
———Senator Hatch, 19056, 19576 [6SE]
———Sylvia Piper, 19803 [7SE]
Back-Alley Abortion, 8809 [10MY]
Catastrophic Illness Insurance: Charles Osgood, 23215 [4OC]
———Coalition for Affordable Health Care, 2919 [28FE]
———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 19113 [4AU]
———Ronald Reagan, 6132 [12AP]
———several Senators and Government officials, 27118 [3NO]
Community Mental Health Centers: David Musto, 20055 [12SE]
———John F. Kennedy, 944 [25JA]
Compromise Agreement on H.R. 901, Recruitment and Retention of Veterans Health Care Personnel, 30288-30300 [20NO]
Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act: Commissioner Fuster, 20227 [12SE]
Effects of Second-Hand Smoke on Airline Passengers: National Cancer Institute, 3626 [7MR]
Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Beussink, Hey, Martin, Naile & Roe, 10905 [6JN]
———Boone County Bank, 10904 [6JN]
———Charles McGraw, 10905 [6JN]
———Chris Straub, 10905 [6JN]
———Cochran, Oswald, Barton, McDonald & Grahan, 10904 [6JN]
———Gasket & Seal Fabricators, Inc., 10905 [6JN]
———Geo. C. Matteson Co., Inc., 10904 [6JN]
———Gunter Exterminating Co., 10904 [6JN]
———Jerry W. Kinder, 10905 [6JN]
———Missouri Restaurant Association, 10904 [6JN]
———Plaza Video, 10904 [6JN]
———Roland H. Tullberg, 10905 [6JN]
———Wilson-Turner-Gavin, Inc., 10904 [6JN]
Financing of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Gladys C. Clark, 5180 [22MR]
Hatch Measure to Expand Health Coverage: Alexander B. Trowbridge, National Association of Manufacturers, 13430 [23JN]
Human Life Amendment: President Bush, 1174 [27JA]
Investing in Children (several excerpts), 5197 [22MR]
Jersey City's St. Francis Hospital Anniversary: Joan Quigley, 12599 [20JN]
Kidney Dialysis Patients: American Nephrology Nurses' Association, 12178 [15JN]
Long-Term Health Care Legislation: Claude Pepper, 10506 [1JN]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 14972, 14979 [18JY]
———Daniel Thursz, 3059 [28FE]
———Senator Domenici, 11730 [14JN]
———Senator Domenici, 9947 [18MY]
———Senator McCain, 10694 [1JN]
Perinatal Addiction Treatment: National Center for Clinical Infants Programs, 22119 [27SE]
———Neal Halfon, 22119 [27SE]
Reasons Why Congress Should Reject Expenditure Targets: American Society of Internal Medicine, 15084 [18JY]
Trauma Awareness Month, 8688 [9MY]
Tribute to Robert H. Sweeney: William H. Considine, 22984 [3OC]
VA Hospital Funding: Gordon H. Mansfield, 9462 [17MY]
———H.F. Gierke, 9462 [17MY]
———Larry Rivers, 9462 [17MY]
Studies
National Forecasts of Medical Care Costs Due to Increase in New Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Cases: National Center for Health Services Research, 7923 [3MY]
Summaries
Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act (S. 1552), 18956 [4AU]
Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act (S. 768), 6186 [12AP]
Catastrophic Illness Care Coverage, 6837-6839 [18AP]
Child Investment and Security Act (H.R. 1573), 5196 [22MR]
Clean Air Restoration Act (H.R. 2323), 9028 [11MY]
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act (S. 1630), 20556-20559 [14SE]
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act (H.R. 1490), 5000 [20MR]
———(S. 1321), 14748, 14749 [14JY]
Consumer Seafood Safety Act (H.R. 3369), 22288 [28SE]
Delay Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act Provisions, 10931 [6JN]
Dept. of Energy's Office for Environmental Health and Safety (H.R. 3527), 26107 [25OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities Realignment Act, 9934 [18MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Program for Treatment of Homeless, Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans (S. 405), 2099 [9FE]
Employee Health and Safety Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 436), 2656 [23FE]
End Stage Renal Disease Patient Rights and Payment Equity Act (S. 1558), 18972 [4AU]
Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (H.R. 939), 2036-2038 [9FE]
Federal Inspection for Seafood Healthfulness Act (H.R. 3508), 25508 [23OC]
Food and Nutrition Labeling Act (S. 1505), 18402 [3AU]
Hospital Indigent Assistance Care Act (H.R. 754), 1360 [31JA]
Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act (S. 339), 1541 [2FE]
IRA Exclusion for Long-Term Health Care Insurance (H.R. 3414), 23634 [5OC]
Mandatory Fish Inspection Act (H.R. 1387), 15772 [21JY]
Maternal and Child Health Act (S. 1201), 12364-12366 [19JN]
Maternal and Child Health Improvement Act (H.R. 1584), 5208 [22MR]
McCain Catastrophic Health Care Proposal, 23932 [7OC]
Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act (S. 949), 8555 [9MY]
Medicaid Community and Facility Habilitation Act, 1694 [6FE]
Medicaid Coverage and Payment for Inpatient Hospital Services (H.R. 751), 1366 [31JA]
Medicaid Frail Elderly Community Care Act: Representative Waxman, 4704 [16MR]
Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act (S. 785), 6570 [13AP]
Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act (S. 1942), 30560 [20NO]
Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act (S. 384), 1969 [8FE]
Medical Care Quality Research and Improvement Act (H.R. 1692), 5651 [5AP]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 16620 [27JY], 19113 [4AU], 23222 [4OC]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act (McCain proposal), 30159 [19NO]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act, 2918 [28FE]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act (S. 1125), 10971 [6JN]
Medicare Coverage of Psychological Services (S. 100), 715 [25JA]
Medicare Payment for Capital-Related Costs for Inpatient Hospital Services (H.R. 712), 1194 [27JA]
Medicare Physician Repayment Reform (H. Con. Res. 83), 5208 [22MR]
Medicare/Medicaid Coverage and Reimbursement for Nursing Services (H.R. 1140), 3066 [28FE]
Mental Health and Aging Act (H.R. 46), 143 [3JA]
Office of Rural Health Policy Amendments (H.R. 1589), 5209 [22MR]
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Report: Research Triangle Institute, 534 [25JA]
Private Health Insurance Promotion Act (H.R. 2191), 7876 [2MY]
Protection Against Transfers From Certain Hospitals (H.R. 821), 1648 [2FE]
Retiree Health Benefits and Pension Preservation Act (H.R. 1866), 7887 [2MY]
Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act (H.R. 1865), 7888 [2MY]
Review Pesticide Risks Under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (H.R. 3153), 19161 [4AU]
Revision of the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program (H.R. 2651), 12603 [20JN]
Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act (H.R. 1587), 5208 [22MR]
Rural Health Care Coalition Initiatives, 5207-5209 [22MR]
Rural Health Clinics Act Amendments (H.R. 1585), 5208 [22MR]
Rural Health Professionals Education Loan Interest Deduction Act (H.R. 1588), 5208 [22MR]
Rural Hospital Recovery Act (H.R. 1583), 5207 [22MR]
Rural Medical Assistance Facilities Act (S. 979), 8976 [11MY]
Rural Nursing Incentive Act (S. 1384), 15916 [24JY]
Simplification of Antidiscrimination Rules Applicable to Certain Employee Benefit Plans (S. 1129), 10979 [6JN]
Simplify Tax Rules on Benefits Provided Under Discriminatory Group Health Plans and Increase Deduction for Health Insurance for Self-employed (H.R. 1846), 6349 [12AP]
Social Security Medical Coverage for Women and Infants (S. 902), 7959 [3MY]
SSI Disabled and Blind Children Act (H.R. 868), 2811 [27FE]
U.S. Health Act (H.R. 2980), 15967 [24JY]
Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act (S. 1153), 11365 [8JN]
Veterans Nurse Pay Act (H.R. 1199), 3200 [1MR]
Surveys
Americans With Disabilities Act: National Council on Disabilities, 19801 [7SE]
Child Safety and Health Care: National Academy of Pediatrics, 20223 [12SE]
Children and Families—Public Policies and Outcomes—Factsheet of International Comparisons, 12440 [20JN]
Health Care for Elderly: Alliance for Aging Research, 7444 [25AP]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 10696 [1JN]
Tables
Budget authority for health care for the homeless, 21152 [20SE]
Budget effect of medicare payments to psychologists, 1654 [2FE]
Catastrophic spending proposal, 23766 [6OC]
Characteristics of closed, open hospitals and those considered at risk of closure because of financial problems, 5352 [3AP]
Cost of drug testing, 22893 [3OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs construction projects, 10151 [24MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education programs being penalized by the continuing resolution, 28976 [15NO]
Elderly out-of-pocket health care costs, 5299 [23MR]
Employer-provided health insurance: Dept. of the Treasury, 10906 [6JN]
———Library of Congress, 10906 [6JN]
Energy supply, research and development appropriations, 16603 [27JY]
Federal budget for drug law enforcement, abuse, and treatment: Bernard L. Ungar, GAO, 13284, 13286 [23JN]
Federal health care budget, by function, 7514 [26AP]
Funding for development and reform of mental health services, 145 [3JA]
National Institute on Drug Abuse's drug development program, 12697 [21JN]
New drug initiatives, 22105, 22106 [27SE]
Per capita health care costs for people age 65 and older, 5298, 5299 [23MR]
Postcatastrophic illness total costs for individuals, 2686, 2687 [23FE]
Social Security budget, 8158 [4MY]
States with low participation in the summer food program, 18479 [3AU]
VA health care facility mortality rates, 11668 [14JN]
Telegrams
Carcinogenic pesticides on fruits and vegetables, 21415 [25SE]
Testimonies
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: Robert Gallo, 689 [25JA]
Aerosols and Ozone: American Lung Association, 7342 [19AP]
Americans With Disabilities Act: Judith Heumann, 19808 [7SE]
———Perry Tillman, 19804 [7SE]
———Robert Burgdorf, Jr., 19802 [7SE]
———Timothy Cook, 19802 [7SE]
Antibiotic Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Barbara A. Matia, 10184 [24MY]
———Douglas C. Matia, 10183 [24MY]
Budget Proposals: Richard G. Darman, D49 [22FE]
Child Health: Sandra Huffman, 9957 [18MY]
Employer-Provided Health Insurance: Dana Trier, 10888 [6JN]
Family and Medical Leave: Cynthia Simpler, 11223 [7JN]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Robert Ball, 2566 [22FE]
Medicare Catastrophic Insurance: Senator Durenberger, 10759-10763 [2JN]
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Appropriations: Donald Millar, 18124 [2AU]
Needle Exchange and Bleach Programs: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, 29903 [17NO]
———Representative Waxman, 29903 [17NO]
Organ Transplant Contributions: Sherry Clifton, 825 [25JA]
———Thomas E. Starzl, 825 [25JA]
Parental and Medical Leave Act: Mary W. Roberts, 1552 [2FE]
Private Health Insurance: Representative Walgren, 26707 [31OC]
Thomas M. Brown's Work on Rheumatoid Arthritis: Barbara Matia, 11943 [15JN]
VA Funding: Representative Marlenee, 1873 [7FE]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 116, Radiation Victims Compensation, 8852 [10MY]
H. Con. Res. 241, correct technical errors in H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 31192 [21NO]
H. Con Res. 145, improving health, nutrition and education levels in Central America, 11397 [8JN]
H. Res. 34, encourage increased antismoking public service announcements, 152 [3JA]
H. Res. 120, international cooperation to eliminate preventable diseases in children, 5472 [4AP], 12436 [20JN]
H. Res. 260, agreeing to Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 24, 23962-23975 [10OC]
H.J. Res. 112, National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 5500 [5AP]
H.J. Res. 133, Emergency Medical Services Week, 20437 [14SE]
H.J. Res. 164, Mental Illness Awareness Week, 27057 [2NO]
H.J. Res. 170, National Digestive Disease Awareness Month, 8685 [9MY]
H.J. Res. 192, National Weight Loss Month, 5090 [21MR]
H.J. Res. 274, National Scleroderma Awareness Week, 11582 [13JN]
H.J. Res. 282, National Family Caregivers Week, 29586 [16NO]
H.J. Res. 291, Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day, 29586 [16NO]
H.J. Res. 380, Patient Account Management Day, 16446 [26JY], 24734 [16OC]
H.J. Res. 429, National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week, 30739 [21NO]
H.J. Res. 430, World AIDS Day, 30317 [20NO], 26719 [31OC]
H.R. 24, child nutrition program extension, 17013-17022 [31JY]
H.R. 310, convey parcel of land in Roanoke to Virginia for use as veterans nursing home, 5923 [11AP]
H.R. 407, funding for prevention and treatment services in response to public health emergencies, 174 [3JA]
H.R. 412, Smoking and Health Advertising Act, 151 [3JA]
H.R. 436, Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act, 237 [4JA]
H.R. 536, claims by members of Armed Services against the U.S. relative to negligent medical care, 13587 [27JN]
H.R. 901, Dept. of Veterans Affairs recruitment and retention of health care personnel, 13501-13504 [27JN], 30273-30284, 30606 [20NO]
H.R. 950, National Rural Health Care Act, 4131-4134 [14MR]
H.R. 990, Medicare Adult Day Care Act, 2044 [9FE]
H.R. 1026, outlier payments for inpatient hospital services under medicare, 2355 [21FE]
H.R. 1129, exclude veterans agent orange settlement payments from countable income under Federal means-tested programs, 29944 [17NO]
H.R. 1163, Older Americans Alternative Care Act, 3031 [28FE]
H.R. 1176, medicare coverage of social worker services in rural clinics, 2773 [23FE]
H.R. 1192, conveyance of certain parcels of land to Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, DC, 3067 [28FE]
H.R. 1199, Dept. of Veterans Affairs recruitment and retention of nurses, 13512 [27JN]
H.R. 1276, Federal employees Government contributions to insurance programs, 16952 [31JY]
H.R. 1300, authorizing appropriations for the Head Start Act, 5017 [21MR]
H.R. 1334, remove limitation on pensions to furnished long-term hospital care, 13521 [27JN]
H.R. 1358, veterans benefits, 22669-22671 [2OC]
H.R. 1426, Anti-Drug Abuse Act amendment, 5021-5025 [21MR]
H.R. 1544, tax treatment of tobacco product promotion expenses, 5065 [21MR]
H.R. 1583, Rural Hospital Recovery Act, 5204-5206 [22MR]
H.R. 1602, Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act, 28800-28804 [14NO]
H.R. 1610, updating of hospital area wage index factors, 5310 [23MR]
H.R. 1614, dyslexia demonstration projects, 5285 [23MR]
H.R. 1801, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act, 6071 [11AP]
H.R. 1805, payment processes relative to Federal employees' insurance, 27187 [6NO]
H.R. 2051, Food Labeling and Heart Disease Reduction Act, 6873 [18AP]
H.R. 2088, revise and extend programs of Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act, 14058 [11JY], 24035 [11OC]
H.R. 2134, distribution of certain meats to charity and public agencies, 28500 [13NO]
H.R. 2327, funding of health care in rural areas, 9032 [11MY]
H.R. 2442, Star Wars for Drug Wars Act, 10122 [24MY]
H.R. 2569, designate Aleda E. Lutz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 13520 [27JN]
H.R. 2594, designate William V. Chappell, Jr., Veterans' Outpatient Clinic, 22665 [2OC]
H.R. 2705, Government contributions to Federal employee health insurance, 13551 [27JN], 16953 [31JY], 17172 [1AU]
H.R. 2828, extend time period between notice and effective date of reductions in certain veterans benefits, 14062 [11JY]
H.R. 2983, designate the Gene Taylor Veterans' Outpatient Clinic, 22668 [2OC]
H.R. 2987, designate the Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, KS, 22667 [2OC]
H.R. 2996, Managed Health Care Access and Cost Containment Act, 16196 [25JY]
H.R. 3007, Contract Services for Drug Dependent Federal Offenders Act additional appropriations, 23959 [10OC]
H.R. 3140, medicare/medicaid long-term care coverage, 19489 [4AU]
H.R. 3199, Dept. of Veterans Affairs' postsecondary education assistance for certain students in health professions, 26472 [30OC]
H.R. 3236, National Commission to Aid Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals, 19957 [7SE]
H.R. 3259, Immigration Nursing Relief Act, 24775, 24776 [17OC], 30601-30603 [20NO]
H.R. 3297, tobacco industry advertisement and promotion regulation, 20763 [19SE]
H.R. 3607, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 27932-27934 [8NO], 31237-31239 [11DE]
H.R. 3758, defense research facilities to inform health and safety officials on research of biological warfare, 30693 [21NO]
S. 5, Act for Better Child Care Services, 11861-11870 [15JN]
S. 10, costs for inpatient hospital services for small, rural medicare-dependent facilities, 505 [25JA]
S. 13, Veterans Benefits and Health Care Act, 536-541 [25JA], 23044-23066 [3OC]
S. 14, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Health Services Act, 542 [25JA]
S. 15, Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act, 550-554 [25JA]
S. 23, permit family planning projects to offer adoption services, 570 [25JA]
S. 25, Unborn Children's Civil Rights Act, 572 [25JA]
S. 52, coverage of Armed Forces personnel's health care expenses under CHAMPUS Program, 641 [25JA]
S. 61, grants for training projects in geriatrics, 670 [25JA]
S. 62, extend authorities of the director of the National Center for Nursing Research, 670 [25JA]
S. 63, independence of social workers at outpatient rehabilitation facility services, 671 [25JA]
S. 64, psychiatric examination guidelines for criminal offenders with mental disease or defects, 671 [25JA]
S. 67, Compassionate Pain Relief Act, 672, 673 [25JA]
S. 70, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Control Act, 691-694 [25JA]
S. 86, improve mental health care for veterans, 699 [25JA]
S. 95, Advanced Nurse Education Act, 712 [25JA]
S. 97, student loans for psychology students, 714 [25JA]
S. 98, financial aid for students under Health Careers Opportunity Program, 714 [25JA]
S. 99, health maintenance organizations provision of clinical social worker services, 714 [25JA]
S. 100, medicare coverage of psychological services, 715 [25JA]
S. 108, grants to Native Hawaiian health centers, 722 [25JA]
S. 110, Public Health Service Act assistance programs, 725 [25JA]
S. 111, clinical social worker examinations of criminal offenders with mental disease or defect, 726 [25JA]
S. 112, Social Security payment of nurse midwives and nurse practitioners, 726 [25JA]
S. 115, medicare and medicaid nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services coverage, 728 [25JA]
S. 116, Social Security psychologists' services in outpatient rehabilitation, 729 [25JA]
S. 118, Social Security coverage of clinical social workers' services, 730 [25JA]
S. 119, Social Security pediatric nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist, 730 [25JA]
S. 121, medicare psychologist services in hospice program, 736 [25JA]
S. 122, Social Security social worker services at rural health clinics, 736 [25JA]
S. 124, Social Security clinical social worker services, 747 [25JA]
S. 126, Social Security nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist certification of need for certain services, 748 [25JA]
S. 127, Dept. of Defense over-age military Reserve psychologists in active status, 749 [25JA]
S. 128, special pay for certain board certifications as Armed Forces psychologists, 749 [25JA]
S. 129, health care professionals' appointments as military surgeon generals, 749 [25JA]
S. 130, Armed Forces incentive pay for nurses, 750 [25JA]
S. 138, employer-provided health care benefits for retired employees, 773-777 [25JA]
S. 139, excluding amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans for payment of long-term health care insurance, 778 [25JA]
S. 140, tax credits for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts, 778 [25JA]
S. 141, tax credit for cost of long-term health care insurance, 780-782 [25JA]
S. 146, comprehensive Federal day care program, 787 [25JA]
S. 165, VA medical research center in Charleston, SC, 810 [25JA]
S. 169, National Global Change Research Act, 818 [25JA]
S. 174, Cooperative Organ Transplant Contributions Act, 826 [25JA]
S. 188, eliminate Social Security mandated caps on physician fees, 844 [25JA]
S. 192, psychological study of Native American Vietnam veterans, 849 [25JA]
S. 200, improve Social Security disability determination reviews, 869-871 [25JA]
S. 205, eliminate Social Security reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas, 910 [25JA]
S. 216, Social Security Administration independent status, 924-930 [25JA]
S. 223, grant program for research, treatment and public education relative to Lyme disease, 942 [25JA]
S. 224, waive waiting period for medicare eligibility in case of individuals with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, 944 [25JA]
S. 225, construction of community mental health centers, 945 [25JA]
S. 226, improved mental health care for the chronically mentally ill and homeless mentally ill, 946 [25JA]
S. 227, exempt small rural hospitals from prospective payment system, 947 [25JA]
S. 228, Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act, 948 [25JA]
S. 233, Hazardous Wastes and Human Health Survey Act, 965 [25JA]
S. 239, waive late medicare enrollment penalty for disabled individual covered by private-employment insurance, 981 [25JA]
S. 243, regional referral center medicare classification of certain hospitals and payment rates for such hospitals, 988 [25JA]
S. 263, income exclusion of agent orange, 1015 [25JA]
S. 274, allow Armed Forces personnel to sue for injuries caused by improper medical care, 1029 [25JA]
S. 304, Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act, 1264 [31JA]
S. 306, Equity for Rural Hospitals Act, 1288 [31JA]
S. 328, eligibility requirements relative to care for a nonservice-connected disability at a Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospital, 1518 [2FE]
S. 335, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Act, 1534 [2FE]
S. 336, authorizing additional medical services for veterans with service-connected disabilities, 1536 [2FE]
S. 339, Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act, 1538-1541 [2FE]
S. 366, Rural Health Manpower Assistance Act, 1826 [7FE]
S. 384, Medicaid Home and Community Quality Services Act, 1961-1969 [8FE]
S. 405, Dept. of Veterans Affairs' program for treatment of homeless, chronically mentally ill veterans, 2098 [9FE]
S. 409, Child Care Assistance and Resources Expansion Act, 2114-2119 [9FE]
S. 436, Federal employee protection against reprisals for disclosing information, 2653-2656 [28FE]
S. 440, Health Care for Children Act, 2668-2670 [23FE]
S. 445, Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act, 2688 [23FE]
S. 457, New School Childcare Demonstration Projects Act, 2964-2966 [28FE]
S. 511, charter for National Academies of Practice, 3868 [9MR]
S. 512, Child Care Service Enhancement and Quality Improvement Act, 3487 [3MR]
S. 519, prohibit smoking on any airline flight, 3626 [7MR]
S. 527, Sole Community Hospital Preservation Act, 3636 [7MR]
S. 562, Social Security Services Improvement Act, 3972-3975 [9MR]
S. 563, disability compensation for veterans, 3975 [9MR]
S. 573, third party reimbursement for disabled veterans' health care, 4331 [15MR]
S. 574, improve veterans' health benefits, 4333 [15MR]
S. 582, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4350-4356 [15MR]
S. 608, separate election of medicare benefits, 4574 [16MR]
S. 622, Medical Technology Competitiveness Act, 4593 [16MR]
S. 623, Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act, 4594 [16MR]
S. 643, tax credit for radon repair expenditures, 4788 [17MR]
S. 654, simplified health arrangements meeting part-time employee taxation requirements, 4830 [17MR]
S. 657, Indoor Air Quality Act, 4837-4843 [17MR]
S. 702, Patient Outcomes Research Act, 5583 [5AP]
S. 708, Healthy Birth Act, 5593 [5AP]
S. 722, regulate pesticide chemical residues in food, 5745-5754 [6AP]
S. 735, extend Social Security's classification of sole community hospital to certain hospitals and improve payments to such hospitals, 5859 [10AP]
S. 748, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Extension Act, 6021 [11AP]
S. 768, Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act, 6176-6185 [12AP]
S. 769, Tobacco and Nicotine Health and Safety Act, 6551 [13AP]
S. 770, sale of tobacco products to Armed Forces personnel, 6552 [13AP]
S. 785, Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act, 6567-6570 [13AP]
S. 812, Retiree Health Benefits Preservation Act, 6726-6729 [17AP]
S. 840, tax deductions for education loan interest incurred by certain health professionals, 7269 [19AP]
S. 859, Drug Utilization Review Act, 19047 [4AU]
S. 860, Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care programs, 7310 [19AP]
S. 879, Fair Physician Reciprocity Standards Act, 7806 [2MY]
S. 880, expand certain child nutrition programs, 7807 [2MY]
S. 881, modify criteria for determining if day care centers are institutions as defined under the Child Care Food Program, 7807 [2MY]
S. 882, participation of private nonprofit organizations in the Summer Food Service Program for Children, 7807 [2MY]
S. 892, exclude agent orange settlement payments for veterans from countable income under Federal means-tested programs, 11348 [8JN], 29946 [17NO]
S. 894, Radon Mitigation Clarification Act, 7815 [2MY]
S. 900, extend respite care for certain chronically ill veterans, 7825 [2MY]
S. 902, increase Social Security medical coverage for women and infants, 7958 [3MY]
S. 921, Rural Health Improvement Act, 7984 [3MY]
S. 930, Construction Safety, Health, and Education Improvement Act, 8346-8350 [4MY]
S. 933, Americans With Disabilities Act, 8509-8513 [9MY], 19791-19797 [7SE], 19823-19831 [12SE]
S. 947, Veterans Health-Care Personnel Act, 8544-8548 [9MY]
S. 949, Medicaid Children's Health Improvement Act, 8552 [9MY]
S. 954, school loan payment tax deduction for physician who practices medicine in a rural community, 8780 [10MY]
S. 956, Rehabilitation Act coverage for alcohol and drug abuse, 8783 [10MY]
S. 959, National Health Service Corps Improvements Act, 8784 [10MY]
S. 972, Radiation Research Reorganization Act, 8960 [11MY]
S. 979, Rural Medical Assistance Facilities Act, 8975 [11MY]
S. 997, Social Security home health services eligibility and occupational therapy, 9249 [16MY]
S. 1004, improve health care benefits and personnel management in the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 9257 [16MY]
S. 1011, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Delay Act, 9539 [17MY]
S. 1028, health care and water facilities for rural areas (S. 1028), 9554 [17MY]
S. 1048, Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act, 9858 [18MY]
S. 1053, Title V Infant Mortality Reduction Act, 9863 [18MY]
S. 1078, Rural Health Clinic Improvement Act, 9905 [18MY]
S. 1088, improve services to individuals with mental retardation or related conditions, 10347-10360 [31MY]
S. 1094, regulatory classification of transitional medical devices, 10631 [1JN]
S. 1127, fair and reasonable payment for insertion of intraocular lenses, 10974 [6JN]
S. 1129, simplify antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee health benefit plans, 10975-10979 [6JN]
S. 1149, application of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act benefits and premiums, 11352 [8JN]
S. 1153, Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure and Vietnam Service Benefits Act, 11360-11364 [8JN], 17923-17928 [2AU]
S. 1187, repeal medicare supplemental premium and modify benefits added by Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, 11728 [14JN]
S. 1201, Maternal and Child Health Act, 12358-12364 [19JN]
S. 1211, maximum amount of special pay authorized for Dept. of Veterans Affairs' physicians and dentists, 12568 [20JN]
S. 1233, Comprehensive Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act, 13112 [22JN]
S. 1239, reconsideration of medicare payment denial, 13124 [22JN]
S. 1255, Alzheimer's Disease Research and Training Act, 13156 [22JN]
S. 1258, Medical Residents' Student Loan Act amendment, 13409 [23JN]
S. 1267, require imported papaya to meet domestic requirements, 13418 [23JN]
S. 1270, mental health demonstration grant program for Indians, 13419 [23JN], 29461 [16NO]
S. 1274, Comprehensive and Uniform Remedy for the Health Care System Act, 13424-13429 [23JN]
S. 1276, Government contributions to Federal employees health benefits program, 13435 [23JN]
S. 1306, extend Dept. of Veterans Affairs' preventive care pilot program, 14353 [12JY]
S. 1321, Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act, 14744-14747 [14JY]
S. 1332, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities Realignment Act, 14827-14829 [17JY]
S. 1388, Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Surtax Repeal Act, 15921 [24JY]
S. 1390, authorizing funds for the construction of a mouse biomedical research laboratory, 15928 [24JY], 19063 [4AU], 28547-28549 [13NO], 29458-29460 [16NO]
S. 1391, Foundation for Biomedical Research Act, 15929 [24JY]
S. 1398, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health Care Quality Assistance and Cost Effectiveness Act, 16045-16047 [25JY]
S. 1409, drug tests for certain Social Security Federal aid applicants with dependent children, 16314 [26JY]
S. 1444, projects concerning the effects of substance abuse on pregnant and postpartum females and infants, 17480 [1AU]
S. 1453, repeal certain medicare/medicaid provisions, 17500 [1AU]
S. 1454, Children With Disabilities Temporary Care Reauthorization Act, 17501 [1AU]
S. 1457, projects providing volunteer opportunities for the elderly as aides in nursing homes, 17505 [1AU]
S. 1460, exempt certain nurses aides from competency evaluation requirements under medicare/medicaid, 17508 [1AU]
S. 1466, Rural Hospital Improvements Act, 17960 [2AU]
S. 1484, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, 18490-18500 [3AU]
S. 1486, expand nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists health care, 18397 [3AU]
S. 1505, Food and Nutrition Labeling Act, 18401 [3AU]
S. 1516, Tax Reform Reform Act, 18415-18417 [3AU]
S. 1518, Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, 18419 [3AU]
S. 1527, Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Act, 18428 [3AU]
S. 1528, Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Act, 18429 [3AU]
S. 1547, health insurance costs of self-employed small business people, 18951 [4AU]
S. 1552, Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act, 18954 [4AU]
S. 1558, End Stage Renal Disease Patient Rights and Payment Equity Act, 18971 [4AU]
S. 1562, expedite payment of Social Security claims, 18976 [4AU]
S. 1570, claimant representation fee in administrative Social Security proceedings, 18985 [4AU]
S. 1584, tariff on extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter, 19615 [6SE]
S. 1591, Community Mental Health Services Act, 20055 [12SE]
S. 1606, Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act, 20066 [12SE], 30449-30453, 30460-30466 [20NO]
S. 1607, establish Office of Minority Health, 20072 [12SE]
S. 1630, Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act, 20536-20556 [14SE]
S. 1670, medicare coverage for medically necessary jaw reconstruction, 21699 [26SE]
S. 1671, family planning services program grants, 21699-21702 [26SE]
S. 1674, Social Security trust fund benefits, 21702 [26SE]
S. 1691, increase authority of Director of National Drug Control Policy, 22420 [28SE]
S. 1697, Radon Testing for Safe Schools Act, 22426 [28SE]
S. 1703, allow Dept. of Veterans Affairs to retain certain amounts collected from third parties for health care costs, 22568 [29SE]
S. 1709, extend certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs health programs, 22591 [29SE], 22656 [2OC]
S. 1711, national drug control policy, 22640 [2OC], 23536-24681 [16OC]
S. 1726, medicare catastrophic illness coverage, 23164-23166 [4OC], 23747-23749, 23829-23832 [6OC]
S. 1735, drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation programs, 23522-23527 [5OC]
S. 1739, Federal Council on Nutrition and Health, 23843 [6OC]
S. 1751, Safe Transportation of Food Act, 24508 [12OC]
S. 1774, nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 25361 [20OC]
S. 1817, appointment of health care professionals to Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 26658 [31OC]
S. 1818, certification of Dept. of Veterans Affairs social workers, 26660 [31OC]
S. 1819, disciplinary proceedings for Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care professionals, 26661 [31OC]
S. 1820, performance of probationary Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care employees, 26662 [31OC]
S. 1860, outpatient medical services for any disability of a former POW, 28111 [9NO]
S. 1874, Infectious Disease Control Act, 28707 [14NO]
S. 1883, Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act, 29212-29220 [15NO]
S. 1893, Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act reauthorization, 29407-29409 [16NO]
S. 1897, Cedar Springs, MI, medical clinic payments, 29742 [17NO]
S. 1903, Quality Assurance in the Private Sector Drug Testing Act, 29753 [17NO]
S. 1904, Clean Food Transportation Act, 29756 [17NO]
S. 1912, Freedom of Choice Act, 29769 [17NO]
S. 1921, treatment and regulation of solid waste, 29775 [17NO]
S. 1942, Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act, 30555-30560 [20NO]
S. 1946, Reproductive Health Equity Act, 30563 [20NO]
S. 1958, Nuclear Facilities Occupational Safety Improvement Act, 31468-31471 [21NO]
S. 1998, Medicaid Long-Term Demonstration Project Waiver Act, 31443 [21NO]
S. Con. Res. 10, concern over continuing medicare reductions, 1309 [31JA]
S. Con. Res. 27, eliminate differential in medicare payments between rural and urban hospitals, 9285 [16MY]
S. Con. Res. 36, medicare physician reimbursement system, 8793 [10MY]
S. Con. Res. 72, anniversary of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union health center, 21442, 21452 [25SE], 30317 [20NO]
S. Con. Res. 78, conference committee deliberations for Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act, 26674 [31OC]
S. Res. 122, support U.N. child immunization programs, 8572 [9MY], 22649 [2OC]
S. Res. 126, Medicare Prospective Payment Assessment Commission representation of rural areas, 8795 [10MY]
S. Res. 161, tribute to long-term care aides, 17518 [1AU]
S. Res. 179, Republic of Korea claims of unsafe chemicals on U.S. agricultural products, 20694 [18SE]
S.J. Res. 16, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 18528 [3AU], 27768 [7NO]
S.J. Res. 34, National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, 2950 [28FE]
S.J. Res. 37, National Osteoporosis Prevention Week, 2950 [28FE], 8687 [9MY], 8806 [10MY]
S.J. Res. 51, National Cancer Awareness Month, 2951 [28FE]
S.J. Res. 55, Mental Illness Awareness Week, 1842 [7FE], 11437 [9JN], 19121 [4AU]
S.J. Res. 56, National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 2952 [28FE]
S.J. Res. 62, National Stroke Awareness Month, 2463 [22FE], 5624 [5AP], 7741 [2MY]
S.J. Res. 68, Trauma Awareness Month, 2984 [28FE], 4694 [16MR], 8688 [9MY]
S.J. Res. 76, Food Science and Technology Week, 11438 [9JN]
S.J. Res. 78, National Hospice Month, 11438 [9JN], 19123 [4AU]
S.J. Res. 81, National Health Care Food Service Week, 4623 [16MR], 13029 [22JN], 22280 [28SE]
S.J. Res. 95, National Check-Up Week, 11439 [9JN], 13943 [29JN]
S.J. Res. 104, health awareness for children, 7054 [18AP], 9955 [18MY]
S.J. Res. 105, National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled, 7010 [18AP], 11440 [9JN]
S.J. Res. 115, National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Week, 13029 [22JN]
S.J. Res. 122, National Down's Syndrome Month, 8567 [9MY], 11441 [9JN], 22868 [3OC]
S.J. Res. 132, National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month, 14617 [13JY]
S.J. Res. 135, National Commission on Human Resource Development, 9281 [16MY]
S.J. Res. 142, Lyme Disease Awareness Week, 10363 [31MY], 11444 [9JN], 15758 [21JY]
S.J. Res. 161, National Adult Immunization Awareness Week, 13030 [22JN]
S.J. Res. 173, Decade of the Brain designate, 13443 [23JN]
S.J. Res. 184, National Home Care Week, 16930 [31JY], 25380 [20OC], 29587 [16NO]
S.J. Res. 189, National Critical Care Awareness Week, 19007 [4AU]
S.J. Res. 194, National Glaucoma Awareness Week, 19009 [4AU], 25381 [20OC], 26575 [31OC]
S.J. Res. 197, National HIV and AIDS Awareness Month, 20562 [14SE]
S.J. Res. 213, National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America, 23873 [6OC], 24116 [11OC]
S.J. Res. 217, National Burn Awareness Week, 25373 [20OC]
S.J. Res. 220, National Autism Week, 26464 [27OC]
S.J. Res. 227, Deaf Awareness Week, 29412 [16NO]
Transcripts
Closing of St. Anne's Hospital, WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL), 1318 [31JA]
St. Anne's Hospital Closing Its Doors, 1313 [31JA]