HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Addresses

Dedication of the Clement J. Zablocki Wing of the Polish-American Children's Hospital: Pope John Paul II, E3170 [26SE]

St. Vincent's Medical Center: Irene Kraus, E2163-E2165 [12JN]

Analyses

Establish Child Care Centers at Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities (S. 993), S5411 [7MY]

Travel Expenses for Veterans Seeking Health Care in Dept. of Veterans Affairs Facilities (S. 831), S4484 [16AP]

Articles and editorials

Death by Hospital Consumerism, E4245 [18DE]

Director of Dade County Health Center Touches Many Lives, E1431 [24AP]

Don't Believe the Big Lie, E1155 [9AP]

Emergency-Room Crisis Calls for Team Response, E3577 [29OC]

Europe's Abortion Wars—Womb for Debate, S11955 [2AU]

For California—A Political Fix, E983 [19MR]

Forsaking the Mentally Ill, S2574 [28FE]

Freedom Come—Freedom Go, E1316 [18AP]

FTC Stance Frustrates Rural Mergers, E3061 [17SE]

Germany's Abortion Ordeal, S11954 [2AU]

Health Care—Drowning in Paper, E1445 [24AP]

Health Insurer Plans To Seek Big Rate Rise, S10991 [26JY]

Hospital Cost Containment in the 1980's—Hard Lessons Learned and Prospects for the 1990's, E2305 [20JN]

Last Angel of Mercy in a Dying City, S4081 [21MR]

Movie's Top Neurologist Laid Off by Bronx Hospital, S2574 [28FE]

Music Not Only Has Charms To Soothe, But Also To Aid Elderly in Coping With Various Disabilities, S13238 [18SE]

Penalty for Serving Abroad, H3448 [22MY]

Place for the Abortion Pill in America, E1732 [14MY]

Rehabilitation, S14718 [15OC]

Reversing Course, Cocaine-Use Indicator Is Rising, S18546 [26NO]

Small Town Triumph, S17503 [21NO]

Staying on in Gould, E3132 [24SE]

Trauma Centers Are Closing Down—At Least 60 Fiscally Troubled Hospital Sites Are Shut, Congress Study Finds, S6571 [23MY]

Woman Giving Birth Rejected by Hospital, E3362 [10OC]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: exempt certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3279 [20MY])

Armed Forces: coordination of health care facilities and resources (see H.R. 3145, H6193 [31JY])

———reimbursement of Medicare or Civilian Health and Medical Program expenses for providing veterans or Armed Forces care (see H.R. 3349, H6674 [17SE])

Business and industry: regulation of auditors and revenue recovery firms (see S. 370, S1699 [6FE])

Community and migrant health centers: fund to provide coverage for malpractice claims (see S. 815, S4337 [11AP])

Construction industries: Federal recovery requirements relative to construction or remodeling of certain mental health facilities (see S. 1891, S15400 [29OC])

Courts: criminal penalties for interfering with access (see H.R. 1703, H2135 [10AP])

Crime: establish penalties for interfering with access to and egress from medical establishments (see S. 798, S4337 [11AP])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: child care centers at medical facilities (see S. 993, S5406 [7MY])

———establish a new veterans hospital in south Texas (see H.R. 3188, H6317 [1AU])

———third-party reimbursement for certain health care services (see H.R. 4018, H11888 [26NO])

———use of tobacco products (see S. 915, S4984 [24AP])

District of Columbia: convey certain parcels of land to the Columbia Hospital for Women (see H.R. 2570, H4097 [6JN])

Education: scholarships for students in mental health professions for subsequent employment with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 818, H890 [5FE])

Federal aid programs: financial assistance for trauma centers located in drug-related violence areas (see H.R. 1656, H2085 [22MR])

Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund: exempt receipts from the calculation of the budget (see H.R. 1528, H1913 [20MR])

Hawaii: establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment center for veterans (see S. 1319, S8014 [18JN])

Hazardous substances: management of medical waste materials (see S. 2108, S18336 [26NO])

Health: contraception and infertility research centers (see S. 966, S5136 [25AP])

———sharing of medical care resources between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and other Federal medical care providers (see H.R. 2824, H5267 [27JN])

Insurance: assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H4437 [12JN])

Lassen County, CA: authorize conveyance of the addition to the Lassen Memorial Hospital (see H.R. 1553, H2014 [21MR])

Medicaid: coverage for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 2656, H4556 [17JN])

———coverage of hospice care (see H.R. 860, H988 [6FE])

———coverage of nursing facility services (see H.R. 2174, H2685 [1MY])

———qualifications for facilities to be treated as an institution for mental diseases (see H.R. 3174, H6316 [1AU])

———treatment of voluntary contributions and provider-specific taxes, and limit aggregate payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3900, H11114 [23NO])

Medicare: additional payment for the operating costs of hospitals with a high proportion of medicare patients (see S. 387, S1700 [6FE]; H.R. 827, H890 [5FE])

———coverage of long-term benefits in home- and community-based settings and nursing facilities (see S. 2017, S17667 [22NO])

———coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1120, H1162 [26FE])

———exempt skilled nursing facilities from certain requirements relative to advance directives (see H.R. 566, H604 [18JA])

———extended care services relative to hospitalization requirements (see S. 1572, S11056 [26JY])

———hospital wage index reductions relative to hospital reclassifications (see H.R. 3309, H6455 [11SE])

———minimum payment levels for rural referral centers (see S. 2084, S18335 [26NO])

———outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy services payment cap (see H.R. 3277, H6384 [2AU])

———payment limitations relative to psychiatric services in nursing facilities (see S. 1978, S16848 [15NO])

———recoupment of certain payments to Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities (see S. 1803, S14348 [3OC])

———require certain medical education hospitals to incorporate training in disease prevention and health promotion (see S. 506, S2310 [26FE])

———require instruction in geriatric medicine for payment of medical education costs to facilities (see H.R. 1582, H2015 [21MR])

National Commission on Board and Care Facility Quality: establish (see H.R. 2552, H4015 [5JN])

National Hospice Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 78, S2405 [27FE])

Philadelphia, PA: construction of a medical research facility at Children's Hospital (see S. 1864, S15072 [23OC]; H.R. 3846, H10841 [21NO])

Public Health Service: financial assistance to hospitals with significant drug-related emergency visits (see S. 1049, S5752 [14MY])

Rural areas: extension of regional referral center classifications (see S. 2083, S18335 [26NO])

Salem, VA: designate the Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (see S. 498, S2309 [26FE])

Senior citizens: music therapy services (see S. 1723, S13235 [18SE])

Social Security: assure minimum payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1544, H2013 [21MR])

———mental health care coverage (see S. 1102, S6149 [20MY])

———provide access to services for medically underserved populations (see H.R. 1802, H2260 [16AP])

———support for hospital indigent care costs (see H.R. 2800, H5210 [26JN])

SSI: minimum standards to protect elderly and other residents of board and care facilities (see H.R. 2551, H4015 [5JN])

Taxation: exemption for emergency medical service (see H.R. 1374, H1668 [12MR])

———increase excise tax on cigarettes and deposit revenues in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 892, H990 [6FE])

———reduce OASDI tax rate and increase the hospital insurance tax rate (see S. 1290, S7809 [13JN])

———require tax-exempt hospitals to provide sufficient charity care and community benefits (see H.R. 790, H854 [4FE])

Tax-exempt organizations: status of organizations relative to abortion practices (see H.R. 1458, H1786 [18MR])

Transportation: study special services to health care facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2928, H5595 [17JY])

VA: increase the number of beds in the nursing home care unit in Prescott, AZ (see S. 1201, S6996 [4JN])

Veterans: access to tobacco products by individuals receiving care at Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (see S. 1627, S12181 [2AU])

———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H6317 [1AU])

———furnish outpatient medical services for disabilities of former POW (see S. 327, S1368 [31JA])

———hospice care for terminally ill individuals (see S. 994, S5406 [7MY]; H.R. 2199, H2767 [2MY])

———hospice care pilot program (see H.R. 3222, H6382 [2AU])

———impact of providing medical care to active members of the Armed Forces on medical services for veterans (see S. 500, S2309 [26FE])

———promote care and treatment in State veterans nursing homes (see H.R. 203, H59 [3JA])

———rural mobile health care clinic program (see H.R. 3959, H11886 [26NO])

———travel expenses for individuals seeking health care in Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 831, S4456 [16AP])

———treatment of amounts collected from third parties relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers (see S. 2029, S17667 [22NO])

Court documents

William L. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, S11956 [2AU]

Descriptions

Exempt skilled nursing facilities under medicare from certain requirements relative to advance directives (H.R. 566), E228 [18JA]

Hospital Charity Care Act (H.R. 790), E396 [4FE]

Hospital wage index reductions relative to hospital reclassifications (H.R. 3309), E2997 [12SE]

Documents

Legislative Language Defining Classes of Disproportionate Share Hospital Providers, S18198 [26NO]

Policy for HIV Infection Control: University of Minnesota Hospital, S10834 [25JY]

Factsheets

Alleviating Poverty: Select Committee on Hunger, E1719-E1722 [13MY]

Kennelly Long-Term Care Factsheet, E1534 [1MY]

Letters

Abortion clinic access: National Abortion Federation, S4344 [11AP]

———National Abortion Rights Action League, S4345 [11AP]

———National Coalition of Abortion Providers, S4345 [11AP]

———Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., S4345 [11AP]

Child care centers at Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S5411 [7MY]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs project approvals, H4213 [10JN]

Funding of Palo Alto, CA, veterans medical center: Senator Cranston, S10423 [18JY]

Funding of veterans health care facilities in Florida: Earl G. Peck, S10410 [18JY]

Health care legislation: Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, S7034 [4JN]

———WELCOA (organization), S7034 [4JN]

Patient and Health Provider Protection Act: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, E2378 [26JN]

Quality of health care: Donald E. DeMarco, E3482 [22OC]

Reproductive health services for members of the Armed Forces in military facilities: Dept. of Defense, S11948 [2AU]

———Jeffrey T. Jensen, S11953 [2AU]

———Planned Parenthood of Delaware, S11954 [2AU]

———Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, S11956 [2AU]

———Senator Coats, S11948 [2AU]

Trauma care systems planning and development funding: several Senators, S12719 [11SE]

Travel expenses for veterans seeking health care in Dept. of Veterans affairs facilities: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4484 [16AP]

Lists

Daughters of Miriam Center for the Aged: officers and executive committee, E2330 [24JN]

Memorials of legislature

Illinois, H6456 [11SE]

Obituaries

R Adams Cowley, 74, Dies—Pioneer in Shock-Trauma, E3591 [30OC]

Papers

Medicare Physician Reimbursement: Sarkis J. Chobanian, E1995 [3JN]

Poems

``Here,'' Forrest Corwin, E4026 [22NO]

Remarks in House

Abortion: medical services relative to overseas military health care facilities, H3377, H3378, H3394-H3400, H3448 [22MY]

Alameda County, CA: La Clinica de la Raza (health clinic) anniversary, E3034 [12SE]

———tribute to health care program for the homeless, E3208 [1OC]

American Self-Help Clearinghouse (organization): anniversary, E1013 [20MR]

Armed Forces: reimbursement of medicare or Civilian Health and Medical Program expenses for providing veterans or Armed Forces care (H.R. 3349), E3069 [18SE]

Battle Creek, MI: Battle Creek Adventist Hospital anniversary, E3000 [12SE]

———tribute to Battle Creek Adventist Hospital, E3809 [12NO]

Bayside, NY: tribute to the Carmelite Sisters of Ozanam Hall Nursing Home, E3902 [19NO]

Black Nurses Day: observance, E371 [31JA]

Brownsville, TX: Community Health Center grant recipient from Johnson & Johnson Community Health Care Program, E1479 [25AP]

Bush, President: policy on women's issues, H10611 [20NO]

California: opening celebration of the Wellness Communities' Westlake Village center, E2765 [31JY]

———patient care, E983 [19MR]

———tribute to the Mental Health Referral Service, E3184 [26SE]

———tribute to the St. Francis Medical Center, E3582 [29OC]

Canada: health care system, H8580 [29OC]

Carbonetti, Dolores: tribute, E499 [7FE]

CHAMPUS: military health care reform, E2387 [27JN]

Chester, PA: commend Sacred Heart Hospital Medical Center on Pennsylvania Hall of Fame Champions of Older Workers induction, E2028 [5JN], E2388 [27JN]

Children: tribute to Racing for Kids Program benefiting Children's Hospitals of North America, E237 [22JA]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to Eliza Bryant Center, E874 [11MR]

Cliffwood Beach, NJ: Cliffside Health Care Center graduation of certified nurse's aides, E1096 [22MR]

Clifton, NJ: Daughters of Miriam Center for the Aged anniversary, E2330 [24JN]

Construction industries: Federal recovery requirements relative to construction or remodeling of certain mental health facilities (S. 1891), H11064-H11066 [23NO]

Courts: criminal penalties for interfering with access (H.R. 1703), E1732 [14MY]

Denver, CO: tribute to the Foothills Wellness Center, E3597 [30OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a new veterans hospital in south Texas (H.R. 3188), E2841 [2AU]

———third-party reimbursement for certain health care services (H.R. 4018), E4173 [26NO]

District of Columbia: commend efforts of the Whitman-Walker Clinic for health care given to AIDS victims, E2097 [7JN]

———D.C. Institute for Mental Health anniversary, E3768 [8NO]

East Providence, RI: tribute to Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, E1544 [1MY]

Federal aid programs: financial assistance for trauma centers located in drug-related violence areas, H8017 [17OC], E3483 [22OC]

———financial assistance for trauma centers located in drug-related violence areas (H.R. 1656), E1123 [22MR]

———tribute to community health centers, H8129 [22OC]

Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund: exempt receipts from the calculation of the budget (H.R. 1528), E1042 [21MR]

Florida: anniversary of Mercy Hospital, E2281 [19JN]

———tribute to Santa Fe HealthCare, Inc. preventive health care system, H9624 [12NO]

Fort Howard, MD: anniversary of Fort Howard Veterans Administration Hospital Medical Center, E3931 [21NO]

Franklin, NH: tribute to Franklin Regional Hospital, E2560 [16JY]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wilderness Therapeutic Program: tribute, H3380 [22MY]

FTC: position on hospital mergers in rural settings, E3061 [17SE]

Gaffney, Martin: negligence lawsuit against a U.S. military hospital, H7656 [9OC]

Gould, AR: tribute to St. Elizabeth Health Center, E3132 [24SE]

Hawkins, Roberta M.: Aime J. Forand Award recipient, E2834 [1AU]

Health: emergency health care system reform, E3577 [29OC], E3630 [31OC]

———Government involvement, E1316 [18AP], E1445 [24AP]

———improve services for pregnant women, infants, and children, E1258 [16AP]

———infant mortality rate, E2382 [26JN], E2387 [27JN]

———physician referrals, E2226 [14JN]

———tribute to the nurses of Flint Osteopathic Hospital, E1559 [2MY]

Health Care Financing Administration: funding for Worcester, MA, City Hospital, H9462, H9463 [6NO]

Hospice Care, Inc.: anniversary, E1236 [11AP]

Huntsville, AL: tribute to Dept. of Veterans' Affairs Medical Clinic staff, E3500 [22OC]

Jackson Memorial Hospital: tribute to Breast Diagnostic Cancer Clinic, E940 [14MR]

Jacksonville, FL: St. Vincent's Medical Center anniversary, E2163 [12JN]

Kentucky: impact of medicaid regulation on rural health services, E3590 [30OC]

LaPorte, IN: anniversary of LaPorte Hospital, E3048 [16SE]

Lassen County, CA: authorize conveyance of the addition to the Lassen Memorial Hospital (H.R. 1553), E1077 [22MR]

League Against Cancer: tribute, E1466 [25AP]

Marin County, CA: Center Point Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services anniversary, E3137 [24SE]

Medicaid: coverage for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 2656), E2231 [17JN]

———coverage of hospice care (H.R. 860), H932 [6FE]

———coverage of nursing facility services (H.R. 2174), E1533 [1MY]

———treatment of voluntary contributions and provider-specific taxes, and limit aggregate payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 3900), H11107, H11108 [23NO]

Medicare: coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (H.R. 1120), E642 [26FE]

———exempt skilled nursing facilities from certain requirements relative to advance directives (H.R. 566), E227 [18JA], E2731 [25JY]

———hospital wage index reductions relative to hospital reclassifications (H.R. 3309), E2996 [12SE]

———outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy services payment cap (H.R. 3277), E2880 [2AU]

———preventive health care services for the elderly, E1342 [18AP]

———require instruction in geriatric medicine for payment of medical education costs to facilities (H.R. 1582), E1122 [22MR]

Miami, FL: anniversary of Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, E305 [28JA]

———Baptist Hospital of Miami Foundation's Artists' Showcase, E3819 [13NO]

———tribute to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-University of Miami School of Medicine, E2867 [2AU]

———tribute to Children's Hospital, E983 [19MR]

———tribute to Concept House (organization), E3748 [7NO]

———tribute to Saint Francis Hospital Auxiliary, E990 [19MR]

Miami Beach, FL: anniversary of St. Francis Hospital, E505 [7FE]

Miami Lakes, FL: tribute to Catholic Hospice, E2445 [9JY]

Minneapolis, MN: tribute to Hennepin County Medical Center case management system, H9623 [12NO]

Mount Kisco, NY: Northern Westchester Hospital Center anniversary, E2382 [26JN]

Mount Sinai-I.J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center, NY: opening, E3376 [10OC]

National Association for Health Care Recruitment: observance of Health Care Recruiter Recognition Day, E2016 [4JN]

National Association of Health Unit Coordinators: Mid-Hudson Valley Chapter of New York anniversary, E2500 [11JY]

National Hospice Month: designate (H.J. Res. 153), E688 [28FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 78), H7099, H7100 [30SE]

National Nurses Week: observance, E1559 [2MY]

New Hampshire: rural health care, E3440 [17OC]

New Haven, CT: Mary Wade Home anniversary, E3823 [13NO]

New Rochelle, NY: Colburn Memorial Home for the Aged anniversary, E2085 [7JN]

New York, NY: Bronx Psychiatric Center ``Patient Recognition Day'', E3137 [24SE]

———commend graduates of Samaritan Village substance abuse program, E3016 [12SE]

———tribute to Menorah Home and Hospital for the Aged and Infirm, E3500 [22OC]

———tribute to Morris Heights Health Center, E3266 [3OC]

———Working Organization for Retarded Children anniversary, E2985 [11SE]

Novak, Virginia: Carondelet, AZ St. Joseph Hospital's Employee of the Year Award recipient, E2134 [10JN]

Nursing homes: patient care in California, E983 [19MR]

Orange Memorial Hospital Auxiliary: anniversary, E2182 [13JN]

Passaic, NJ: General Hospital Center anniversary, E3541 [25OC]

Paterson, NJ: St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center anniversary, E2871 [2AU]

Poland: dedication of the Clement J. Zablocki Wing of the Polish-American Children's Hospital, E3170 [26SE]

Poverty: treatment of the poor by nonprofit hospitals, E3362 [10OC]

Queens County, NY: Choices Women's Medical Center anniversary, E3348 [9OC]

———tribute to Flushing Hospital Medical Center, E3524 [23OC]

Rhode Island: tribute to Marathon House graduates, E3532 [24OC]

Rochester, NY: tribute to Strong Memorial Hospital's Strong Writers' Program, E4026 [22NO]

Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, H6145 [31JY], E2911, E2918 [2AU]

Sacramento, CA: Sutter General Hospital Epilepsy Center dedication, E2994 [12SE]

San Bernardino, CA: St. Bernardine Hospital anniversary, E3399 [15OC]

San Diego, CA: tribute to Naval Hospital's staff members, E1338 [18AP]

Santa Barbara, CA: dedication of the Santa Barbara Council's Alpha Training Center for Retarded Citizens, E3578 [29OC]

Savannah, GA: Veterans Outpatient Clinic dedication, E3216 [2OC]

Senior Friendship Centers: tribute, E1322 [18AP]

Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Health System: anniversary, E1383 [23AP]

Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital: anniversary, E1037 [21MR]

Social Security: assure minimum payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 1544), E1072 [22MR]

———support for hospital indigent care costs (H.R. 2800), E2373 [26JN]

South Bend, IN: tribute to St. Joseph's Chapin Street Health Center, E3380 [10OC]

SSI: minimum standards to protect elderly and other residents of board and care facilities (H.R. 2551), E2098 [7JN]

St. Clair Shores, MI: Leisure Manor I anniversary, E3035 [12SE]

St. John's Queens Hospital, NY: anniversary, E1802 [16MY]

Strang Cancer Prevention Center: opening, E1847 [20MY]

Taxation: exemption for emergency medical service (H.R. 1374), E896 [12MR]

———require tax-exempt hospitals to provide sufficient charity care and community benefits (H.R. 790), E395 [4FE]

Transportation: study special services to health care facilities in rural areas (H.R. 2928), E2722 [25JY]

University of Miami: new Diabetic Research Institute building, E914 [13MR]

———tribute to Mailman Center for Child Development, E3892 [19NO]

Ventura County, CA: Clinicas del Camino Real, Inc. anniversary, E3349 [9OC]

Veterans: hospice care for terminally ill individuals (H.R. 2199), E1597 [2MY]

———hospice care pilot program (H.R. 3222), H6321 [2AU]

———hospital funding, H10849 [22NO]

———rural mobile health care clinic program (H.R. 3959), E4199 [26NO]

———supplemental funding for health care, H1525 [7MR]

Veterans hospitals: tribute to volunteer workers, E1638 [7MY]

Westchester County, NY: Healthy Neighborhoods Program anniversary, E2378 [26JN]

White House Conference on Aging: health care issues, E2126 [7JN]

Women: funding for health care, E652 [27FE]

———physician recommended options in federally funded family planning clinics, H9398, H9399, H9448 [6NO], E3841 [14NO]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: regulations relative to military health care facilities overseas, S17804 [23NO]

Armed Forces: reproductive health services for members in certain facilities outside the U.S., S11946-S11959 [2AU]

Battle Creek, MI: anniversary of the Battle Creek Adventist Hospital, S17724 [22NO]

Business and industry: regulation of auditors and revenue recovery firms (S. 370), S1712 [6FE]

Cheyenne, WY: death of patient outside the VA Medical Center, S17227 [20NO]

Community and migrant health centers: fund to provide coverage for malpractice claims (S. 815), S4364 [11AP]

Construction industries: Federal recovery requirements relative to construction or remodeling of certain mental health facilities (S. 1891), S15407, S15424 [29OC], S15539 [30OC], S17583 [22NO]

———Federal recovery requirements relative to construction or remodeling of certain mental health facilities (S. 1891), House amendment, S18141 [25NO]

Crime: establish penalties for interfering with access to and egress from medical establishments (S. 798), S4342 [11AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: child care centers at medical facilities (S. 993), S5411 [7MY]

———clinical laboratory standards, S14214 [2OC]

———use of tobacco products at medical facilities (S. 915), S5007 [24AP]

Drugs: increase in cocaine-related visits to hospital emergency rooms, S18544 [26NO]

East St. Louis, MO: St. Mary's Hospital anniversary, S4081 [21MR]

Fort Collins, CO: tribute to Fort Collins Children's Clinic, S14097 [1OC]

Fort Devens Army Base, MA: closure, S6956 [4JN]

Hawaii: establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment center for veterans (S. 1319), S8025 [18JN]

Hazardous substances: management of medical waste materials (S. 2108), S18429 [26NO]

Head injury centers: establish, S12783 [11SE]

Health: contraception and infertility research centers (S. 966), S5249, S5250 [25AP]

———cost of insurance, S10990 [26JY]

Homeless: assistance to the mentally ill, S2573 [28FE]

Institute for Clinical PET: annual Washington, D.C., conference, S15027 [22OC]

Medicaid: disproportionate share hospital providers, S18324 [26NO]

Medicaid and medicare: survey and certification, S12893 [12SE]

Medicare: additional payment for the operating costs of hospitals with a high proportion of medicare patients (S. 387), S1739, S1740 [6FE]

———coverage of long-term benefits in home- and community-based settings and nursing facilities (S. 2017), S17668 [22NO], S18142 [25NO]

———extended care services relative to hospitalization requirements (S. 1572), S11065, S11066 [26JY], S11249 [29JY]

———minimum payment levels for rural referral centers (S. 2084), S18400 [26NO]

———payment limitations relative to psychiatric services in nursing facilities (S. 1978), S16851 [15NO]

———recoupment of certain payments to uniformed services treatment facilities (S. 1803), S14350 [3OC]

———require certain medical education hospitals to incorporate training in disease prevention and health promotion (S. 506), S2350 [26FE], S8134 [19JN]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 78), S2435 [27FE], S2548 [28FE], S8706 [26JN]

———observance, S15980 [5NO]

National Physical Therapy Week: observance, S13615 [24SE]

New York, NY: tribute to Frances Aiello Day Treatment Center, S12683 [10SE]

NIH: tribute, S15101 [24OC]

Palo Alto, CA: veterans medical center funding, S10423 [18JY]

Passaic, NJ: anniversary of General Hospital Center, S14926 [17OC]

Philadelphia, PA: construction of a medical research facility at Children's Hospital (S. 1864), S15084 [23OC]

Public health: require physical and financial separation of abortion clinics from facilities receiving certain public health assistance, S10125, S10126 [16JY]

Public Health Service: financial assistance to hospitals with significant drug-related emergency visits (S. 1049), S5762 [14MY]

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago: tribute, S14718 [15OC]

Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, S14314 [3OC]

———extension of regional referral center classifications (S. 2083), S18400 [26NO]

Salem, VA: designate the Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (S. 498), S2339 [26FE]

Senior citizens: music therapy services (S. 1723), S13235, S13237 [18SE]

Taxation: reduce OASDI tax rate and increase the hospital insurance tax rate (S. 1290), S7816 [13JN]

Trauma care systems: planning and development funding, S12719 [11SE]

Uniformed services treatment facilities: recoupment of funds relative to services billed to inappropriate government agencies, S3695 [20MR]

VA: increase the number of beds in the nursing home care unit in Prescott, AZ (S. 1201), S7000 [4JN]

Veterans: access to tobacco products by individuals receiving care at Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (S. 1627), S12185 [2AU]

———funding of health facilities in Florida, S10410 [18JY]

———furnish outpatient medical services for disabilities of former POW (S. 327), S1416 [31JA]

———hospice care for terminally ill individuals (S. 994), S5411 [7MY]

———impact of providing medical care to active members of the Armed Forces on medical services for veterans (S. 500), S2341 [26FE]

———medical claims, care, and benefits, S10227, S10253 [17JY]

———travel expenses for individuals seeking health care in Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (S. 831), S4484 [16AP]

———treatment of amounts collected from third parties relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers (S. 2029), S17690 [22NO]

Weiser, ID: solution to rural health care problem, S17503 [21NO]

Women: physician recommended options in federally funded family planning clinics, S16020 [6NO]

Reports

Health Care in New Hampshire: New Hampshire Committee to Study Rural Health Care, E3441 [17OC]

Reports filed

Waiver of Certain Federal Recovery Requirements Relative To Construction or Remodeling of Certain Health Facilities: Committee on Energy and Commerce (S. 1891) (H. Rept. 102-359), H11114 [23NO]

Statements

Hospital Mergers in Rural Settings: Representative Slattery, E3061 [17SE]

Hospital's Tax-Exemption Status: GAO, E396 [4FE]

Impact of Socioeconomic Forces: Michael E. DeBakey, E2854-E2856 [2AU]

Medical Services Relative to Overseas Military Health Care Facilities: John O'Connor, H3397 [22MY]

———Joseph T. Ryan, H3397 [22MY]

Minority Health Care: Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation, E2666-E2668 [24JY]

National Health Care—The Minnesota Perspective: Bill Peterson, E1918 [24MY]

———David Green, E1917 [24MY]

———Gene Rosenblum, E1917 [24MY]

———Jim Koppel, E1918 [24MY]

———Jim Ring, E1918 [24MY]

———Kirby Erickson, E1917 [24MY]

———Mark Banks, E1918 [24MY]

———Monta Childers, E1916 [24MY]

———Natalie Everett, E1917 [24MY]

———Therese Zink, E1917 [24MY]

National Institutes of Health Revitalization Amendment: Representative Fields, E2658 [23JY]

Overcrowding of Hospital Emergency Rooms: Dennis Andrulis, S5763 [14MY]

Studies

Prospective Study of Advanced Directives for Life-Sustaining Care: New England Journal of Medicine, E2731-E2734 [25JY]

Summaries

Contraceptive and Infertility Research Centers Act (S. 966), S5250 [25AP]

Health Care Facilities' Tax Exemption for Emergency Medical Service (H.R. 1374), E896 [12MR]

Medicaid treatment of voluntary contributions and provider-specific taxes, and limit aggregate payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 3900), H11108 [23NO]

Music Therapy for Older Americans Act (S. 1723), S13237 [18SE]

Require Certain Medical Education Hospitals to Incorporate Training in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion To Receive Medicare Education Payments (S. 506), S2352 [26FE]

Support for Indigent Care Costs (H.R. 2800), E2373 [26JN]

Tables

Incidents of violence and disruption against abortion clinics, S4344 [11AP]

Testimonies

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Oliver Meadows, S17690 [22NO]

Texts of

H.R. 175, designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center in Salem, VA, H5939, H5940 [29JY]

H.R. 860, medicaid coverage of hospice care, H933 [6FE]

H.R. 1544, mimimum payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals, E1072 [22MR]

H.R. 1582, require instruction in geriatric medicine to receive payment of medical education costs to facilities, E1122 [22MR]

H.R. 1656, Trauma Center Revitalization Act, E1123 [22MR]

H.R. 4018, redistribution of third-party reimbursements for certain veterans health care services, E4173 [26NO]

S. 327, furnish veterans outpatient medical services for disabilities of former POW, S1416 [31JA]

S. 498, designate the Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salem, VA, S2339 [26FE]

S. 500, impact of providing medical care to active members of the Armed Forces on medical services for veterans, S2341 [26FE]

S. 798, Freedom of Access to Clinical Entrances Act, S4344 [11AP]

S. 815, Community and Migrant Health Centers Self-Insurance Act, S4364-S4366 [11AP]

S. 831, travel expenses for veterans seeking health care in Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, S4484 [16AP]

S. 833, State medicaid matching payments through voluntary contributions, S4614 [17AP]

S. 966, Contraceptive and Infertility Research Centers Act, S5250 [25AP]

S. 993, child care centers at Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, S5411 [7MY]

S. 994, Veterans Hospice Benefit Act, S5412 [7MY]

S. 1049, Hospital Emergency Department Uncompensated Care Act, S5763 [14MY]

S. 1201, increase the number of beds in the VA nursing home care unit in Prescott, AZ, S7000 [4JN]

S. 1290, Medicare Solvency and Security Act, S7817 [13JN]

S. 1319, establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment center for veterans in Hawaii, S8027 [18JN]

S. 1572, Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act, S11065 [26JY]

S. 1723, Music Therapy for Older Americans Act, S13236 [18SE]

S. 1803, recoupment of certain medicare payments to uniformed services treatment facilities, S14351 [3OC]

S. 1864, construction of a medical research facility at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, S15085 [23OC]

S. 1891, Federal recovery requirements relative to construction or remodeling of certain mental health facilities, S15408 [29OC], S15539 [30OC], H11064 [23NO]

S. 1978, medicare payment limitations relative to psychiatric services in nursing facilities, S16852 [15NO]

S. 2017, Long-Term Care Family Protection Act, S17669-S17679 [22NO]

S. 2029, treatment of amounts collected from third parties relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers, S17691 [22NO]

S. 2108, Medical Waste Management Act, S18430-S18433 [26NO]

S.J. Res. 78, National Hospice Month, S2436 [27FE], S8707 [26JN], H7100 [30SE]