HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

Addresses

Cloning of the Cystic Fibrosis Gene: Richard C. Boucher, Jr., E1359 [22AP]

University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences Commencement Address: Senator Harkin, S6650 [23MY]

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: credentials for social workers (S. 1047), S10975 [25JY]

———recruitment and retention of health care personnel (S. 675), S4537, S4640 [17AP]

Education: programs (H.R. 3508), S18488 [26NO]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (H.J. Res. 109), H2726 [2MY]

Veterans: improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 598), H2408-H2424 [23AP]

Analyses

American Health Quality Act (S. 1836), S14915 [17OC]

Credentials for Dept. of Veterans Affairs Social Workers (S. 1047), S5762 [14MY]

Health Care Services to Medically Underserved Areas (S. 773), S4127 [22MR]

Improve the Health Professional Scholarship Program (S. 1535), S10773 [24JY]

Articles and editorials

AIDS Debate—Should Doctors Reveal When They Have the Virus?, S10335 [18JY]

AIDS Test Begins, Ends, With Advice, S9782 [11JY]

AIDS Tests Begin for Late Dentist's Patients, S9781 [11JY]

AMA Rejects Required Testing, S9782 [11JY]

AMA's Annual Service Award Goes To Knox Doctor, E2795 [31JY]

American Survey—Worrying About Health, E2629 [19JY]

Branding Doctors With HIV, S9793 [11JY]

Doc, Do Not Lecture Me on AIDS, S11335 [30JY]

Doctors and AIDS, S11335 [30JY]

Doctors With AIDS, S10337-S10339 [18JY]

Doctors with AIDS, S9783-S9785 [11JY]

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

800 Patients Told Dentist Had AIDS, S9781 [11JY]

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

Gulf Call-Up Leaves Town With Just One Doctor, S1445 [31JA]

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

Helms Is Right About AIDS, S11336 [30JY]

Helms Offers Proposal on AIDS, S10335 [18JY]

HIV Dilemma In Health Care Workplace, E3015 [12SE]

HIV Infection in the Health Care Setting—Putting the Risk in Perspective, S10358 [18JY], S10834-S10836 [25JY]

HIV Infection in the Medical Workplace—Are Physicians and Patients at Risk?, S10359-S10361 [18JY]

HIV-Infected Surgeon, S10836 [25JY]

I Blame Every One of You Bastards, S9477 [10JY], S9785 [11JY]

In Florence, a Meeting of Mysteries, S10339 [18JY]

In Florence, Italy, a Meeting of Mysteries, S9785 [11JY]

Innocent Girl's Blood on Politicians' Hands, S9477 [10JY], S9785 [11JY], S10340 [18JY]

Is There a Method to Manipulation?, S14125 [2OC]

Kimberly Bergalis, H5204 [26JN]

Policy Urges AIDS Tests for Doctors, S10336 [18JY]

Poll—Doctors With AIDS Should Stop Practicing, S10336 [18JY]

Quayle Pushes AIDS Tests for Doctors, S9782 [11JY]

Senator Helms—Force Doctors To Reveal Own HIV Infection, S10335 [18JY]

Small Town Triumph, S17503 [21NO]

Sounding Board—Continuous Improvement as an Ideal in Health Care, S10828-S10830 [25JY]

Trading Career for National Dialogue, E2179 [13JN]

Trainee Had AIDS Virus While Working at Hospital, S9782 [11JY]

Wake, NC, Dentist Has AIDS—Patients Will Be Notified, S9780 [11JY]

Wake County, NC, Dentist Who Has AIDS Dies, S9780 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: physician-patient relationship relative to counseling (see H.R. 2786, H5209 [26JN])

Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see H.R. 608, H683 [23JA])

Breast implants: inform individuals about risks and complications associated with surgery (see H.R. 3783, H10268 [14NO])

Coroners: efforts to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals (see H. Con. Res. 87, H1416 [5MR])

Courts: allow mentally ill criminal offenders to be examined by a psychiatric nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist (see S. 219, S545 [15JA])

———methods for resolving medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 2783, H5209 [26JN])

Dept. of Defense: appointment to surgeon general positions (see S. 178, S439 [14JA])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: credentials for social workers (see S. 1047, S5752 [14MY])

———incentive pay to psychologists obtaining board certification in a professional specialty (see H.R. 2843, H5340 [10JY])

———recruitment and retention of health care personnel (see S. 675, S3386 [14MR])

Diseases: establish protections against certain communicable diseases for health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2788, H5209 [26JN])

Education: allow occupational therapy students to receive insured loans (see H.R. 3323, H6538 [12SE])

———establish nursing school clinics to serve rural areas and Native Americans (see S. 897, S4837 [23AP])

———grants for medical graduate study to benefit economically disadvantaged communities (see H.R. 2970, H5743 [23JY])

———improve certain training programs (see H.R. 2483, H3709 [29MY])

———improve training programs (see S. 1148, S6654 [23MY])

———increase payments for certain graduate medical education costs (see H.R. 2484, H3709 [29MY])

———programs (see H.R. 3508, H7380 [3OC])

———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H2810 [7MY])

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

———student loans of resident physicians (see H.R. 1482, H1848 [19MR])

———support individuals pursuing graduate degrees in social work (see S. 881, S4836 [23AP])

———training of medical rehabilitation health personnel (see S. 694, S3564 [19MR]; H.R. 1466, H1848 [19MR])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 65, S1506 [5FE]; H.J. Res. 109, H891 [5FE])

Employment: encourage service in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 2579, H4098 [6JN])

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to the overtime requirements for nurses (see H.R. 1577, H2015 [21MR])

Foreign countries: nondiscrimination medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see S. 475, S2256 [22FE])

Health: improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (see S. 489, S2309 [26FE])

———medical license misrepresentation (see H.R. 2113, H2564 [25AP])

———prohibit discrimination against international medical graduates and establish a National Repository of Physician Records (see S. 802, S4337 [11AP])

———require physicians who perform silicone gel implants to provide certain information to patients (see H.R. 1422, H1757 [13MR])

———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])

Labor: collection of information on nursing home aides and home health care aides (see H.R. 2497, H3738 [30MY])

Malpractice claims: alternative dispute resolution systems (see S. 1836, S14907 [17OC]; H.R. 3516, H7647 [8OC])

Medicaid: amounts paid for physician services relative to amount paid for such services under medicare (see H.R. 2657, H4556 [17JN])

———coverage of certified nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists services (see S. 1842, S14976 [22OC])

———provide health care services to medically underserved areas (see S. 773, S4116 [22MR])

Medicare: change designation of Lancaster County, PA, relative to reimbursement for physician services (see S. 1214, S6997 [4JN])

———coverage of certain chiropractic services (see S. 614, S3020 [12MR])

———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H6797 [24SE])

———reform of payments to physicians (see S. 1810, S14426 [4OC])

———reimbursement for new physicians (see H.R. 1898, H2374 [17AP])

———reimbursement of clinical social worker services (see S. 880, S4836 [23AP])

———relief to physicians relative to excessive regulations (see S. 1332, S8136 [19JN])

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

Members of Congress: payment for medical services by the Office of the Attending Physician (see H.R. 3610, H8187 [22OC]; H.R. 4057, H11889 [26NO])

National Center for Nursing Research: establish as a National Institute (see S. 1887, S15400 [29OC])

National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H3622 [23MY])

National Nurses Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 269, H4283 [11JN])

National Repository of International Physician Credentials: establish (see H.R. 2488, H3709 [29MY])

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 212, H2135 [10AP])

Nguyen Dan Que: imprisonment and trial in Vietnam (see S. Con. Res. 78, S17433 [21NO])

Nurses: prohibit certain use of the terms ``Visiting Nurse Association,'' ``Visiting Nurse Service,'' ``VNA,'' and ``VNS'' (see H.R. 3716, H9493 [6NO])

Nursing: student incentives for entering nursing profession (see H.R. 2300, H2952 [9MY])

Physicians: prohibit discrimination based on graduation from a foreign medical school (see H.R. 319, H79 [4JA])

Psychologists: incentive pay for board certified service in veterans' hospitals (see S. 176, S439 [14JA])

Public Health Service: awarding of contracts to States limiting malpractice liability of physicians providing charity care services (see H.R. 3656, H8661 [29OC])

———legal liability protections for health care professionals (see H.R. 3591, H8120 [21OC])

———nurse education programs (see H.R. 3460, H7198 [1OC])

———protections from legal liability (see H.R. 2239, H2811 [7MY])

———respond to the shortage of health care providers as a result of the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.J. Res. 128, H992 [6FE])

Rural areas: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H2810 [7MY])

———incentives for physicians to practice (see H.R. 2230, H2810 [7MY])

———increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories (see H.R. 2405, H3279 [20MY])

Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see S. 972, S5137 [25AP])

———coverage of registered professional nurses (see S. 180, S439 [14JA])

———medical education costs (see S. 1149, S6654 [23MY])

———medicare reimbursement for nurse practitioners (see S. 2103, S18335 [26NO])

———medicare reimbursement for physician assistants (see S. 2104, S18335 [26NO])

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

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H5978 [29JY])

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

State Health Service Corps demonstration project: establish (see S. 925, S4984 [24AP])

Statistics: collection of data on nursing home aides, nurse aides, and home health care aides (see S. 1091, S6034 [16MY])

Student loans: incentives to serve medically underserved groups (see H.R. 2877, H5432 [11JY])

Taxation: deductibility of payments to self-insured medical reimbursement plans which do not cover chiropractors (see H.R. 2264, H2901 [8MY])

———treatment of leased employees (see S. 1732, S13409 [20SE])

———treatment of senior citizen medical expenses, health professional services, and withdrawals from individual retirement accounts relative to medical care (see H.R. 1535, H1913 [20MR])

———treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (see S. 1401, S8952 [27JN]; S. 1419, S8952 [27JN], S8952 [27JN], S9115 [28JN]

Veterans: Health Professional Scholarship Program (see S. 1535, S10769 [24JY])

———improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 598, H683 [23JA])

Visiting Nurse Association: use of term (see S. 2087, S18335 [26NO])

Visiting Nurse Service: use of term (see S. 2087, S18335 [26NO])

Chronologies

Labor Committee History With OSHA Standard, S12727 [11SE]

Comparisons

Helms' AIDS amendment and Centers for Disease Control guidelines, S10349 [18JY]

Descriptions

Improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 598), S4545-S4552 [17AP]

OSHA Bloodborne Infectious Disease Standard, S12726 [11SE]

Documents

Kennedy Amendment Relative to Occupational Exposures to the HIV Virus, S12727 [11SE]

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

Proposed Amendment Relative to Health Care Professionals Disclosure of HIV Virus Infection, S9974, S9977 [15JY]

Explanations

Capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 598), H2425-H2436 [23AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health-Care Personnel Act (H.R. 598), S4675-S4680 [18AP]

Factsheets

Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act (S. 694), S3594 [19MR]

Technical Amendments to the Nurse Pay Act of 1990, H2436 [23AP]

Letters

AIDS testing for health care professionals: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, S9793 [11JY]

———American College of Physicians, S9792 [11JY]

———American Nurses Association, S9790 [11JY]

———Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, S9790 [11JY]

———Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, S9789 [11JY]

———June E. Osborn, S9791 [11JY]

———National Association of Counties, S9791 [11JY]

———National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, S9788 [11JY]

———Organization for Obstetric Gynecologic & Neonatal Nurses, S9792 [11JY]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, S9791 [11JY]

———William L. Roper, S9788 [11JY]

Capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs: James W. Holsinger, Jr., H2425 [23AP]

Counseling at federally funded family planning clinics: several medical professional associations, H10490 [19NO]

Credentials for Dept. of Veterans Affairs social workers: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S5761 [14MY]

Disclosure of HIV virus infection by health care professionals: ACLU, S10347 [18JY]

———American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, S10344 [18JY]

———American College of Physicians, S10344 [18JY]

———American Dental Association, S10345 [18JY]

———American Hospital Association, S10343 [18JY]

———Anne Theisen, S10833 [25JY]

———Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, S10346 [18JY]

———Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, S10345 [18JY]

———Kimberly Bergalis, S10339 [18JY]

———Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, S10343, S10349 [18JY]

———Organization for Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nurses, S10345 [18JY]

———Service Employees International Union, S10344 [18JY]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, S10346 [18JY]

———several Senators, S10348 [18JY]

Health Care Financing Administration policies relative to medicare Secondary Payer program: Benefit Planning Services, Inc., S8209-S8211 [19JN]

Health Professional Scholarship Program: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S10772 [24JY]

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

Profit earnings improve with increased medical testing: Advanced Imaging Center, E2226 [14JN]

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

Specialty pay for Dept. of Veterans Affairs endodontic specialists: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4552 [17AP]

———several senators, S4552 [17AP]

Tribute to Michael S. Gordon: Bernard J. Fogel, E3049 [16SE]

Lists

Organizations opposed to criminalization, mandatory AIDS testing and disclosure of health care professionals, and supportive of universal precautions, S12729 [11SE]

Organizations supporting the American Health Quality Act (S. 1836), S14909 [17OC]

Memorials of legislature

California, E763 [5MR]

Messages

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality of Care Improvement Act: President Bush, H3119 [15MY]

Obituaries

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

Papers

Helms Amendments Do Not Protect Patients or Workers, S12727 [11SE]

OSHA Bloodborne Disease Standard Should Be Law, S12727 [11SE]

Proclamations

California Community Residential Care Month: Pete Wilson, Governor of California, E763 [5MR]

Remarks in House

Abortion: counseling at federally funded family planning clinics, H10490 [19NO]

———impact on physicians' religious beliefs, H6646, H6656 [17SE]

———physician-patient relationship relative to counseling (H.R. 2786), E2472 [10JY]

African Americans: need for black physicians, E2083 [6JN]

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]

Biomedical Electronics Equipment Technician Awareness Week: observance, E2624 [19JY]

B'nai B'rith: Outstanding Achievement and Community Service Award recipients, E2674 [24JY]

Breast implants: inform individuals about risks and complications associated with surgery (H.R. 3783), E3990 [22NO]

Burkhart, John H.: AMA Distinguished Service Award recipient, E2794 [31JY]

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

California Community Residential Care Month: designate, E762 [5MR]

Canada: health care system, H8580 [29OC]

Children: understanding multinational military action against Iraq, H608 [22JA]

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

Coroners: efforts to locate the next of kin of deceased individuals (H. Con. Res. 87), E771 [6MR]

Crime: training to recognize domestic violence, H8017 [17OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: incentive pay to psychologists obtaining board certification in a professional specialty (H.R. 2843), E2499 [11JY]

Diseases: establish protections against certain communicable diseases for health care providers and their patients (H.R. 2788), H5203-H5208 [26JN], H5495 [16JY], E2376 [26JN]

———test all medical professionals for AIDS, H4948 [25JN]

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]

Education: grants for medical graduate study to benefit economically disadvantaged communities (H.R. 2970), H5671 [23JY]

———programs (H.R. 3508), H9641-H9650 [12NO], H9710 [13NO]

———student loans of resident physicians (H.R. 1482), E1001 [20MR]

———training of medical rehabilitation health personnel (H.R. 1466), E985 [19MR], E1046 [21MR]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (H.J. Res. 109), H2725 [2MY], E661 [27FE]

Emergency service professionals: tribute dinner for leadership in Washington, DC, H2577 [30AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend relative to the overtime requirements for nurses (H.R. 1577), E1078 [22MR]

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

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

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

———medical license misrepresentation (H.R. 2113), E1490 [29AP]

———medical licensing of Hispanic physicians, E1230 [11AP]

———physician referrals, E2226 [14JN]

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

Health care facilities: tribute to federally funded community health centers, H8129 [22OC]

Hughston, Jack C.: Medical Association of Georgia's Hardman Cup Award recipient, E2210 [13JN]

Hughston Honored for Work in the Sports Medicine Field, E2211 [13JN]

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

Malpractice claims: alternative dispute resolution systems (H.R. 3516), H9568 [7NO], E3316 [8OC]

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

McMinn County, TN: tribute to Emergency Medical Services personnel, E1708 [9MY]

Medicaid: impact of health care providers' tax, H6515 [12SE]

Medicare: payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (H.R. 3373), E3135 [24SE]

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

———tribute to Minnesota physicians for achieving single payment area status for reimbursement, E3157 [25SE]

Members of Congress: payment for medical services by the Office of the Attending Physician (H.R. 3610), E3500 [22OC]

Miami, FL: tribute to Children's Hospital, E971 [18MR]

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

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

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 Black Nurses Association: tribute, E607 [25FE]

National Doctors Day: observance, E1091 [22MR]

National Health Service Corps programs: funding, H5083 [26JN]

National Institute of Nursing Research: designate, H5867, H5868 [25JY]

National Nurses Week: designate (H.J. Res. 269), E2160 [11JN]

———observance, E1559 [2MY], E1645 [7MY]

National Pharmacy Technician Day: observance, E2564 [16JY]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (H.J. Res. 212), H10985 [22NO], E1177 [10AP]

Nevada: tribute to the Nevada Medicare Program, E3396 [15OC]

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

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

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

———tribute to Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation, E2666 [24JY]

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

Nguyen Dan Que: imprisonment and trial in Vietnam (S. Con. Res. 78), H11315-H11317 [26NO]

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

Nursing: student incentives for entering nursing profession (H.R. 2300), E1712 [9MY]

Pace University: anniversary of Lienhard School of Nursing, E1809 [16MY]

Pharmaceuticals: prescription drug accountability, E4179 [26NO]

Picard, Robert P.: Thundermist Health Associates' Francesco Cannistra Memorial Award recipient, E3689 [4NO]

Public Health Service: awarding of contracts to States limiting malpractice liability of physicians providing charity care services (H.R. 3656), E3598 [30OC]

———legal liability protections for health care professionals (H.R. 3591), H8131 [22OC]

———nurse education programs (H.R. 3460), E3208 [1OC]

———respond to the shortage of health care providers as a result of the Persian Gulf conflict (H.J. Res. 128), E495 [7FE]

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]

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

Senior citizens: provide supportive services to informal caregivers who assist individuals in need of long-term care (H.R. 2026), E1407 [23AP]

———tribute to National Eye Care project, E3259 [3OC]

Social Security: payment for physicians' services (H.R. 3070), E2741 [29JY]

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

Student loans: incentives to serve medically underserved groups (H.R. 2877), E2502 [11JY]

Veterans: improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 598), H791-H804 [30JA], H2408, H2424, H2437, H2438 [23AP], E453 [7FE]

Visiting Nurse Association: anniversary, E784 [6MR]

Visiting Nurse Service: tribute, E498 [7FE]

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

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: availability to minors in health care facilities receiving public health assistance, S10114-S10125 [16JY]

Bergalis, Kimberly: impact of AIDS virus transmission by health care professional, S9476 [10JY]

Brutoco, Rudolph: founder of bone marrow donor network, S5808 [14MY]

Courts: allow mentally ill criminal offenders to be examined by a psychiatric nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist (S. 219), S573 [15JA]

Dept. of Defense: appointment to surgeon general positions (S. 178), S874 [14JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: credentials for social workers (S. 1047), S5761 [14MY]

———recruitment and retention of health care personnel (S. 675), S3410 [14MR], S4537-S4554 [17AP]

———specialty pay for endodontic specialists, S4552, S4553 [17AP]

Diseases: AIDS testing reqirements for patients, S11334-S11339 [30JY]

———disclosure of HIV virus infection, S9476-S9478 [10JY], S9778-S9796 [11JY], S9973, S9977 [15JY], S10331-S10350, S10356-S10363 [18JY], S10833 [25JY], S11792 [1AU]

———occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens, S12725, S12733, S12734, S12751 [11SE]

Education: establish nursing school clinics to serve rural areas and Native Americans (S. 897), S4865 [23AP]

———improve training programs (S. 1148), S6659 [23MY]

———programs (H.R. 3508), S18237-S18240, S18332 [26NO]

———programs (H.R. 3508), placed on calendar, S17281 [20NO]

———support individuals pursuing graduate degrees in social work (S. 881), S4839 [23AP]

———support individuals pursuing graduate degrees in social work (S. 881), star print, S6352 [22MY]

———training of medical rehabilitation health personnel (S. 694), S3592 [19MR]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (H.J. Res. 109), S5611 [9MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 65), S1606 [5FE]

———observance, S6079 [16MY]

Families and domestic relations: efforts of physicians to stop violence, S14926 [17OC]

Government: require certain sums be used for a training for professional and service providers program, S16433, S16434 [12NO]

Health: cost of insurance, S10990 [26JY]

———effectiveness of chiropractic care, S14124 [2OC]

———improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (S. 489), S2324, S2331 [26FE]

———medical liability in the health care system, S10827 [25JY]

———prohibit discrimination against international medical graduates and establish a National Repository of Physician Records (S. 802), S4347 [11AP]

Kansas City, MO: tribute to the Wyandotte County Health Dept., S15870 [4NO]

Leslie, Melanie: National Outstanding Secondary Vocational Student Award recipient, S7050 [4JN]

Malpractice claims: alternative dispute resolution systems (S. 1836), S14907-S14916 [17OC]

Medicaid: coverage of certified nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists services (S. 1842), S14977 [22OC]

———provide health care services to medically underserved areas (S. 773), S4125, S4128 [22MR]

Medicare: change designation of Lancaster County, PA relative to reimbursement for physician services (S. 1214), S7034 [4JN]

———coverage of certain chiropractic services (S. 614), S3034 [12MR]

———reform of payments to physicians (S. 1810), S14426-S14431 [4OC], S17994 [23NO]

———reimbursement of clinical social worker services (S. 880), S4838 [23AP]

———reimbursement of clinical social worker services (S. 880), star print, S6352 [22MY]

———relief to physicians relative to excessive regulations (S. 1332), S8205-S8212 [19JN]

Members of Congress: payment for services rendered by the attending physician, S17778 [22NO]

National Center for Nursing Research: establish as a National Institute (S. 1887), S15400 [29OC]

National Nurses Week: observance, S5491 [8MY]

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

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (H.J. Res. 212), S18179 [26NO]

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

Nguyen Dan Que: imprisonment and trial in Vietnam (S. Con. Res. 78), S17468 [21NO]

Portland, OR: tribute to mobile medical and dental caring unit, S4506 [16AP]

Pregnancy: information to patients on legal option, S10103, S10129 [16JY]

Psychologists: incentive pay for board certified service in veterans' hospitals (S. 176), S873 [14JA]

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

Senior citizens: professional and service providers program funding, S16433 [12NO]

Shipe, Beverly Ann: recipient of the Outstanding School Nurse award from the American School Health Association, S18516 [26NO]

Social Security: coverage of registered professional nurses (S. 180), S875 [14JA]

———medical education costs (S. 1149), S6659 [23MY]

———medicare reimbursement for nurse practitioners (S. 2103), S18426 [26NO]

———medicare reimbursement for physician assistants (S. 2104), S18426 [26NO]

State Health Service Corps demonstration project: establish (S. 925), S5024-S5026 [24AP]

States: determination of parental notice or consent requirements applicable to minors requesting abortion services, S10191-S10196 [17JY]

Statistics: collection of data on nursing home aides, nurse aides, and home health care aides (S. 1091), S6055 [16MY]

Taxation: treatment of leased employees (S. 1732), S13415, S13416 [20SE]

———treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (S. 1401), S8960, S8961 [27JN]

———treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (S. 1419), S9006 [27JN]

———treatment of student loans of health care professionals relative to practicing in a rural community (S. 1419), S9005, S9006 [27JN]

University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA: commencement address, S6650 [23MY]

Utah Dental Association: anniversary, S1747 [6FE]

Veterans: Health Professional Scholarship Program (S. 1535), S10772 [24JY]

———improve capability to recruit and retain physicians and dentists for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 598), S4553, S4554 [17AP], S4675 [18AP]

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

Visiting Nurse Association: use of term (S. 2087), S18404 [26NO]

Visiting Nurse Service: use of term (S. 2087), S18404 [26NO]

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

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

World War II: treatment of service in the Cadet Nurse Corps relative to civil service retirement benefits (S. 827), S4478 [16AP]

Reports

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

Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Patients During Exposure-Prone Invasive Procedures: Centers for Disease Control, S9977-S9980 [15JY]

Reports filed

Extend Programs Relating to the Education of Individuals as Health Care Professionals: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3508) (H. Rept. 102-275), H8577 [28OC]

Imprisonment and Trial of Nguyen Dan Que in Vietnam: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Con. Res. 78), S17666 [22NO]

Resolutions by organizations

National Community Residential Care Month: Committee on Rules, E763 [5MR]

Therapeutic Substitution for Prescription Drugs: World Medical Association, S2991 [7MR]

Statements

AIDS Testing for Health Care Professionals: American Academy of Pediatrics, S9791 [11JY]

———American Hospital Association, S9789 [11JY]

———Nancy W. Dickey, AMA, S9788 [11JY]

AIDS Transmission Relative to Health Care Professionals: AMA, S10357 [18JY]

———American Academy of Pediatricians, S10357 [18JY]

———Association of State Health Offices, S10357 [18JY]

Health Care Professionals Infected by the HIV Virus: C. Everett Koop, S12729 [11SE]

———C. Glenn Mayhall, S12730 [11SE]

Health Care Professionals' Occupational Exposures to Bloodborne Pathogens: Gary Noble, S12730 [11SE]

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

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]

Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens: John A. Pendergrass, S12729 [11SE]

Protection of Health Care Workers and Patients from Bloodborne Diseases: OSHA, S11337 [30JY]

Story of Miami Children's Hospital: David M. Walters, E971 [18MR]

Summaries

Dole-Hatch Amendment Relative to Health Care Professionals Disclosure of HIV Virus Infection, S9977 [15JY]

Ensuring Access Through Medical Liability Reform Act (S. 489), S2330 [26FE]

Health Professions Training Improvement Act (S. 1148), S6661 [23MY]

Health Service Access and Improvement Act (H.R. 2877), E2502 [11JY]

Medical Education Costs Under Social Security (S. 1149), S6663 [23MY]

Medicare Physician Payment Reform Implementation Act (S. 1810), S14428 [4OC]

OSHA Bloodborne Infectious Disease Standard, S12726 [11SE]

Payment for Physicians' Services (H.R. 3070), E2742 [29JY]

Tables

Comparison between the Helms' AIDS amendment and Centers for Disease Control guidelines, S10349 [18JY]

Estimates of effect of fully-phased-in medicare physician fee schedule, S14430 [4OC]

Incidence of AIDS in health care professionals, S11336 [30JY]

Testimonies

Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems for Medical Malpractice Claims (H.R. 3516): Representative Kyl, H9568 [7NO]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 109, Emergency Medical Services Week, H2726 [2MY]

H.J. Res. 128, response to shortage of health care providers as a result of the Persian Gulf conflict, E496 [7FE]

H.J. Res. 212, National Visiting Nurse Associations Week, H10985 [22NO]

H.R. 598, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Physicians' and Dentists' Compensation and Labor-Relations Act, H791-H798 [30JA]

H.R. 1577, amend Fair Labor Standards Act relative to the overtime requirements for nurses, E1079 [22MR]

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

H.R. 2788, Patient and Health Provider Protection Act, E2377 [26JN]

H.R. 2877, Health Service Access and Improvement Act, E2503 [11JY]

H.R. 3508, education programs, H9641-H9648 [12NO]

S. 104, allow student loan tax deductions for physicians relative to the practice of medicine in rural communities, S749 [14JA]

S. 176, incentive pay for board certified psychologists serving in veterans' hospitals, S873 [14JA]

S. 178, appointment to surgeon general positions within Dept. of Defense, S874 [14JA]

S. 180, Social Security coverage of registered professional nurses, S875 [14JA]

S. 219, allow mentally ill criminal offenders to be examined by a psychiatric nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist, S574 [15JA]

S. 335, Gulf War Higher Education and Health Care Shortage Assistance Act, S1441 [31JA]

S. 489, Ensuring Access Through Medical Liability Reform Act, S2325-S2330 [26FE]

S. 675, Dept. of Veterans Affairs recruitment and retention of health care personnel, S3412 [14MR]

S. 694, Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act, S3593 [19MR]

S. 773, health care services to medically underserved areas, S4126 [22MR]

S. 880, medicare reimbursement of clinical social worker services, S4838 [23AP]

S. 881, Social Work Support Act, S4839 [23AP]

S. 925, State Health Service Corps Demonstration Act, S5024-S5026 [24AP]

S. 1047, credentials for Dept. of Veterans Affairs social workers, S5761 [14MY]

S. 1091, Long-Term Health Care Workers Information Act, S6055 [16MY]

S. 1148, Health Professions Training Improvement Act, S6660 [23MY]

S. 1149, medical education costs under Social Security, S6662 [23MY]

S. 1214, change Medicare designation of Lancaster County, PA relative to reimbursement for physician services, S7035 [4JN]

S. 1332, relief to physicians relative to excessive medicare regulations, S8206 [19JN]

S. 1401, tax treatment of medical student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas, S8960 [27JN]

S. 1535, improve the Health Professional Scholarship Program, S10772 [24JY]

S. 1732, income tax treatment of leased employees, S13415 [20SE]

S. 1810, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Implementation Act, S14427 [4OC]

S. 1836, American Health Quality Act, S14910-S14915 [17OC]

S. 1842, medicaid coverage of certified nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists services, S14978 [22OC]

S. 2087, use of the terms Visiting Nurse Association and Visiting Nurse Service, S18404 [26NO]

S. 2103, Primary Health Care Practitioner Incentive Act, S18427 [26NO]

S. 2104, Physician Assistant Incentive Act, S18427 [26NO]

S. Con. Res. 78, imprisonment and trial of Nguyen Dan Que in Vietnam, S17468 [21NO], S17900 [23NO], H11315 [26NO]

Transcripts

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: OSHA Safety and Health Standards, S12728 [11SE]