HEALTH related term(s) Diseases; Drugs
Addresses
Biomedical Research Funding: Bill Brinkley, E1326 [18AP]
Cloning of the Cystic Fibrosis Gene: Richard C. Boucher, Jr., E1359 [22AP]
Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus—From Bench to Bedside—The Biotechnology Revolution: Daniel Nathans, E2400 [27JN]
———Representative Gekas, E2399 [27JN]
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Robert K. Dresing, E1327 [18AP]
Decade of the Brain: Barbara Bush, E934 [14MR]
Domestic Policy: President Bush, S7625-S7627 [12JN]
Fast-Track's Impact on U.S. Environment: Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen (consumer organization), E1770 [15MY]
How Does Biomedical Research Relate to Health Care? Thomas D. Pollard, E473 [7FE]
Loma Linda University Proton Beam Cancer Center: D. Allan Bromley, E4048 [25NO]
New Frontiers in Cancer Research: Samuel Broder, E3653 [1NO]
New Understanding of Human Cancer—Implications for Health Care: Bert Vogelstein, E3763 [8NO]
University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences Commencement Address: Senator Harkin, S6650 [23MY]
Women's Health Issues: by, E2925 [2AU]
———NIH, E2771 [31JY]
———Zena Stein, E2925 [2AU]
Amendments
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (S. 1532), S15424 [29OC], S18251, S18514 [26NO], H11506 [26NO]
Air pollution: health threats posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (S. 455), S16034, S16083, S16084 [6NO]
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend certain programs (S. 1306), S12141, S12170, S12329 [2AU]
Arizona: environmental cleanup at the Phoenix Indian School (S. 2034), S18713 [27NO]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9761, H9769 [13NO]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S14085 [1OC], S14145, S14164, S14174, S14228, S14229 [2OC]
Health care professionals: education programs (H.R. 3508), S18488 [26NO]
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), S17988 [23NO], S18184, S18485 [26NO], H10366 [18NO], H10532, H10533, H10534, H10538 [19NO]
National objectives: policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1227), S13003 [16SE]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 219), H3997, H3998 [5JN]
NIH: revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), H5861, H5863, H5864, H5867, H5868, H5869, H5877 [25JY]
Public Health Service: block grants for preventive health and health services (H.R. 3635), S18714, S18757 [27NO]
Student loans: Federal loan insurance relative to health education assistance loans (S. 2050), H11400 [26NO]
Veterans: compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 1046), S15299, S15305 [28OC]
———hospice care (S. 1358), S14827, S14847 [16OC]
———improvements in compensation and pension programs (H.R. 1047), H5924 [29JY]
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), S10071, S10084, S10103, S10113, S10114, S10118, S10121, S10125, S10127, S10163, S10164, S10165 [16JY], S10191, S10192, S10299, S10301 [17JY]
Analyses
Acquisition of Data on Preventative Health and Health Promotion (S. 1213), S7033 [4JN]
Agent Orange Act (H.R. 556), H726 [29JA]
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act (S. 1306), S7937-S7939 [18JN]
American Health Quality Act (S. 1836), S14915 [17OC]
American Health Security Act (S. 700), S3731 [20MR]
Breast Cancer Screening Safety Act (S. 1777), S14047 [1OC]
Comprehensive Health Care Act (S. 314), S1388 [31JA]
Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act (S. 1622), S11841-S11844 [1AU]
Contamination of Workers' Homes With Chemicals and Substances Transported From the Workplace (H.R. 845), E476 [7FE]
Establish Standards for Certification of Laboratories Engaged in Urine Drug Testing (H.R. 33), E2 [3JA]
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Living Benefits Act (H.R. 1681), E1194 [10AP]
Furnish Veterans With Medical, Therapeutic, Rehabilitative, and Prosthetic Devices (S. 1279), S7635 [12JN]
Health Care Services to Medically Underserved Areas (S. 773), S4127 [22MR]
Improve the Health Professional Scholarship Program (S. 1535), S10773 [24JY]
Medicaid Glideslope Act (S. 1211), S7031 [4JN]
Medicare Coverage for Certain Preventive Care Items and Services (S. 1212), S7032 [4JN]
Medicare Coverage for Individuals Receiving Unemployment Benefits (H.R. 1492), E989 [19MR]
Medicare Preventive Benefits Act (S. 1231), S7307 [6JN]
National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 3037), E2716 [25JY]
Public Health Service Regulation of Mammography Services and Radiological Equipment (H.R. 3462), H7122 [1OC]
Recovery of Costs of Certain Medical Care and Services to Veterans (S. 1271), S7492 [11JN]
Reduction of Metals in Packaging Act (S. 730), S3956 [21MR]
Veterans' Compensation for Service-Connected Disabilities (H.R. 1046), H5937 [29JY]
Veterans' Research Corporation and Medical Care Extension Act (S. 1266), S7486 [11JN]
Women Veterans' Health Equity Act (S. 2028), S17689 [22NO]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 3595, medicaid moratorium amendments, H11485 [26NO]
National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council, S10758 [24JY]
Task Force on Aging Research, S14217 [2OC]
Articles and editorials
Abortion Doctor Held as Baby Loses Arm, H10911 [22NO]
Ahrens Says AIDS Sufferers Need Help, E3307 [8OC]
AIDS, H4012 [5JN]
AIDS and Innocence—It Is Not an Us Versus Them Disease, E3277 [3OC]
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]
AIDS Victim's Mother Is Vermont Favorite, S4417 [16AP]
AIDS—Second Decade—Leadership Is Lacking, E2062 [6JN]
Alzheimer's Researchers Report Major Gain, S12731 [11SE]
AMA Rejects Required Testing, S9782 [11JY]
AMA's Annual Service Award Goes To Knox Doctor, E2795 [31JY]
American Survey—Worrying About Health, E2629 [19JY]
Another Look at U.S. Family Planning Assistance, E2806 [1AU]
At a Divided White House, Sununu Is Wary, While Darman Calls for Action, S8495 [24JN]
Beer Drinkers Face Higher Cancer Risk, Researcher Says, S3614 [19MR]
Big Insurer Offers Medical Screening as Part of Policy, S8098 [19JN]
Boise Experience Puts Companies' Focus on Canada, S15269 [25OC]
Bombs Away on Polystyrene?, S16036 [6NO]
Bow Inherited Knack for Fixing, S3115 [12MR]
Branding Doctors With HIV, S9793 [11JY]
Bristol-Meyers, Pfizer Post Record Net, Schering, Lilly Two-Digit Profit Rises, H10598 [19NO]
Bush's Mysterious Medicaid Plan—Low-Income Buy-In, Noted in Debate, Points to Costly Expansion, S16479 [13NO]
Cancela Named Chairman of Dade County Public Health Trust, E4232 [18DE]
Carcinoma of the Prostate, S12586-S12591 [10SE]
Care in Cooking Reduces Possibility of Food Poisoning, S8159 [19JN]
Caribbean AIDS Crisis Becomes Critical, E2957 [15AU]
Champion of Public Health, E3839 [14NO]
Changes in Rules on Medicaid Funding Could Lead to Tax Hike, Cuts in Benefits, S12897 [12SE]
Chemical Firms Find That It Pays To Reduce Pollution at Source—By Altering Processes To Yield Less Waste They Make Production More Efficient—Dow Reuses a Toxic Solvent, E2518 [11JY]
Chicken—At What Cost?, S8148 [19JN]
Chicken—How Safe?, S8144 [19JN]
Children in America, H5810 [24JY]
Cholera and the Cold War, E2687 [24JY]
Consumers Have Bone To Pick on Product Safety, S8152-S8155 [19JN]
Coordinating the Federal Decade of the Brain Effort, E1305 [18AP]
Costly and Scarce, Marijuana Is a High More Are Rejecting, E3668 [1NO]
Costly and Scarce, Marijuana Is a High More are Rejecting, E3704 [5NO]
Crack May Be Cracking, S12685 [10SE]
Crack's Children—Children's Need for Drug-Induced Disabilities Will Tax School Resources, E2496 [11JY]
Cure is Elusive, S15270 [25OC]
Dangers of Foul Fowl—As Poultry's Popularity Grows, the Scourge of Salmonella Spreads, S8165 [19JN]
Day 2—Risk to Health—Poultry Blamed for Health Problems, S8157-S8159 [19JN]
Day 4—Risk to Farmers—Farmers Describe Barely Scratching Out a Living, S8163 [19JN]
Day To Forget—Most Sick I Have Ever Been, S8146 [19JN]
Dept. of Agriculture Eases Up on Plants Six Times in 15 Years, S8146 [19JN]
Diagnosing the Vote—The Wofford Win Showed That Concern About Health Care Has Become a Fever, S16664 [14NO]
Director of Dade County Health Center Touches Many Lives, E1431 [24AP]
Doc, Do Not Lecture Me on AIDS, S11335 [30JY]
Doctors and AIDS, S11335 [30JY]
Doctors and the Dealmakers, E1463 [25AP]
Doctors With AIDS, S10337-S10339 [18JY]
Doctors with AIDS, S9783-S9785 [11JY]
Don't Believe the Big Lie, E1155 [9AP]
Don't Let Lenders Off Hook in Their Superfund Duties, E1673 [9MY]
Dr. Andrews a Strong Leader, S9200 [28JN]
Drugmakers Under Attack, S12619-S12622 [10SE]
Economic Booster Shot, E87 [7JA]
Economy—18-Month Forecast—Winners and Losers, S12618 [10SE]
800 Patients Told Dentist Had AIDS, S9781 [11JY]
Emergency-Room Crisis Calls for Team Response, E3577 [29OC]
Employers' Health Costs Surge 13 Percent, S16481 [13NO]
Employers Make Cancer Detection Their Business, S4922 [24AP]
Enact Federal Family Leave Bill, E699 [28FE]
EPA in Your Bedroom?, S16037 [6NO]
Europe's Abortion Wars—Womb for Debate, S11955 [2AU]
Ex-Health Chief Still Fights for Medical Care for the Poor, E2167 [12JN]
Failed Abortion Leaves Baby Without an Arm, H10910 [22NO]
False Aim Against AIDS, E2914 [2AU]
Family Leave Act, From the Baby's Point of View, S14133 [2OC]
Family Planning, U.S. Policy and the Deaths in Bangladesh, S6875 [24MY]
Farm Bureau Presses for Health Insurance Deduction, S16149 [7NO]
Fast Track Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, S6092 [17MY]
Faster Processing—More Contaminated Birds?, S8156 [19JN]
FDA Will Probe SmithKline on Pitch for Unlicensed Drugs, S12622 [10SE]
Fear of Losing Contracts Keeps Farmers Quiet, S8164 [19JN]
Fetal Tissue Research—Right or Wrong?, H5842 [25JY]
Five Ways to Determine Validity of Forecasts of High-Tech Doom, E4176 [26NO]
50,000 Premature Deaths?, S16037 [6NO]
Florida Veterans' Unfair Share, S18527 [26NO]
For a Family Facing Incurable Huntington's Disease, Finding Out Is Better Than the Dread of Suspicion, D4891 [23AP]
For California—A Political Fix, E983 [19MR]
Foreign Aid at Its Best—The Eradication of Polio in Dominican Republic, E3240 [3OC]
14 Years After Ban, DBCP in Florida, California Ground Water, S6612 [23MY]
Fowl Process—Faster Slaughter Lines Are Contaminating Much U.S. Poultry, S8166 [19JN]
Fraction of Produce Coming Into Florida Inspected, S6611 [23MY]
Freedom Come—Freedom Go, E1316 [18AP]
Freedom of Choice Proposal Needs To Have High Priority, E177 [15JA]
``Friendly Fire'' Cost Him His Leg, But Sergeant Put His Anger Aside, S5319 [25AP]
Gag Rule's Harmful Consequences, Senator Simon, S7849 [13JN]
Genes and the Legacy of Psychiatric Illness, E3923 [20NO]
Germany's Abortion Ordeal, S11954 [2AU]
Germany's Abortion Ordeal—In West, Suspects Face Forced Medical Exams, S2994 [7MR]
Get the Right Grip on Foreign Aid, E2411 [27JN]
Growing Spare Parts for People in Space?—NASA Device Revolutionizes Cell Culturing, E4062 [25NO]
Hawaii Shows It Can Offer Health Insurance for All, H6781 [24SE]
Health Benefits Found To Deter Job Switching, S13875 [27SE]
Health Care, Education, and Housing Assistance for Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans, H1700 [13MR]
Health Care for Children—Our Future, Our Destiny, S15051 [23OC]
Health Care Is in Crisis, S15266 [25OC]
Health Care—Drowning in Paper, E1445 [24AP]
Health Care—Fire Out of Control, S18114 [25NO]
Health Insurer Plans To Seek Big Rate Rise, S10991 [26JY]
Health Plan Wins Major Support—Big Companies, Labor, Ex-Presidents Endorse Pay or Play Overhaul, S16485 [13NO]
Heart Attack!, S11701-S11703, S11721-S11723 [1AU], S12650, S12652 [10SE]
Helms Is Right About AIDS, S11336 [30JY]
Helms Offers Proposal on AIDS, S10335 [18JY]
Helping Hand on Alzheimer's, S8864 [27JN]
HHS Secretary Urges Doctors To Curb Costs—Citizens May Demand ``Government Takeover,'' AMA Meeting Warned, S8494 [24JN]
High Cost of Rare Diseases—When Patients Can't Afford To Buy Lifesaving Drugs, E2435 [27JN]
High-Tec Plants Churn Out Birds, but Add to Risk, S8146 [19JN]
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]
Hooked, Pregnant—Now What?, S15883-S15885 [5NO]
Hope For the Mentally Ill Homeless, H7723 [9OC]
Hospital Cost Containment in the 1980's—Hard Lessons Learned and Prospects for the 1990's, E2305 [20JN]
I Blame Every One of You Bastards, S9785 [11JY]
``I Keep Thinking, That She Will Come Walking in the Door'', S8149 [19JN]
ID Bracelet Saves Woman With Alzheimer's Disease, S8864 [27JN]
Ills of the Nation's Health Care System Are Pulling GOP Into Search for Cures, S8495 [24JN]
In City With Worst Infant Mortality Rate, Mobile Clinic Begins Operation, E1267 [16AP]
In Florence, a Meeting of Mysteries, S10339 [18JY]
In Florence, Italy, a Meeting of Mysteries, S9785 [11JY]
Industry Charges International Push To Cut Lead Exposure Overstates Risks,, S16035 [6NO]
Innocent Girl's Blood on Politicians' Hands, S9785 [11JY], S10340 [18JY]
Is There a Method to Manipulation?, S14125 [2OC]
Keep Abortion Safe and Legal, E420 [5FE]
Kids at Risk in Mr. Bush's Budget, S5001 [24AP]
Kimberly Bergalis, H5204 [26JN]
Kind Place, S3146 [13MR]
Language Barriers Hinder Health Care, S5438 [7MY]
Late Starter in Medicaid, Arizona Shows the Way, E3005 [12SE]
Legacy of Low Birthweight—Respiratory and Learning Problems Are Common, E1266 [16AP]
Let the Clinics Be Clinics, S10112 [16JY]
Loving Community, E534 [20FE]
Low-Cost Changes in the Line Help Workers, Company, S8150 [19JN]
Magic, Now and Forever, H9679 [12NO]
Magic Johnson and AIDS Virus and Prevention Education (excerpt), H10404 [18NO]
Making a Commitment to Our Children, E4188 [26NO]
Man Battling Cancer Also Fighting Insurer, E388 [4FE]
Many Americans Cross the Border for Cheaper Health Care in Canada, S16484 [13NO]
March on Washington, E2087 [7JN]
Medicaid's Malady, S18392-S18394 [26NO]
Medical Bills Partly To Blame for Surge in Bankruptcies, H4175 [7JN]
Medical Flap—Anti-Depression Drug of Eli Lilly Loses Sales After Attack by Sect, E1652 [8MY]
Medicare Fraud Said to Cost Hundreds of Millions, S14319 [3OC]
Medicine—Cheaper Can Be Better, S12619 [10SE]
Mexican Workers Take Up the Slack in Poultry Plants, S8150 [19JN]
Millions More for Study on Aging Could Save Billions, Report Says, S9325 [9JY]
More Than 50 Percent Here Lack Immunizations, H10898 [22NO]
Mother, Son Win Battle for Medical Insurance, S17375 [21NO]
Music Not Only Has Charms To Soothe, But Also To Aid Elderly in Coping With Various Disabilities, S13238 [18SE]
``My Hands Just Do Not Work No More'', S8152 [19JN]
Navy Know-How Nurtures Marrow Registry, E4153-E4155 [26NO]
Needed—Sound Health Policy, Not Hysteria, on AIDS, E2214 [13JN]
New Family Bill Is Better Than Nothing, H9737 [13NO]
New NAMI President Katie Vath Sets Goals, E3634 [31OC]
Nose Thumbing, E1169 [10AP]
Now Everyone Loves Head Start, S5000 [24AP]
Now Let's Do Something About the World's Children, E149 [14JA]
One Family's Struggle With Gaucher's Disease, E2436 [27JN]
1% of 1 Million Food Shipments Into United States Tested for Pesticides, S6610 [23MY]
Opening Doors and Hearts—AIDS Boy Stands Tall as a Symbol, S4368 [11AP]
Overhauling Medicare, S15050 [23OC]
Pall—Bleeding Its Opponents Dry, E3514 [23OC]
Penalty for Serving Abroad, H3448 [22MY]
Pesticides a Preferred Suicide Tool—Paraquat Often Used, Costa Rica Doctor Says, S6612 [23MY]
Pesticides Taking Toll on Workers, Animals in Mexico, S6613 [23MY]
Pesticides—Circle of Poison—Texas Lawmakers Could Quash Pesticide Suits, S6612 [23MY]
Petrochemical Disasters Raise Alarm in Industry, S8235-S8237 [20JN]
Philanthropist Will See His Donations at Work, E747 [4MR]
Place for the Abortion Pill in America, E1732 [14MY]
Poisoning the Border, S6567-S6569 [23MY]
Police Praise Bracelets as Time Savers, S8864 [27JN]
Policy Urges AIDS Tests for Doctors, S10336 [18JY]
Poll—Doctors With AIDS Should Stop Practicing, S10336 [18JY]
Poor Children, Impoverished Nation, S8044 [18JN]
Poultry Industry—Success at a Price, S8155 [19JN]
President Defers Action on a Plan To Buy and Distribute Vaccines, S8494 [24JN]
Processing Tasks Take Painful Toll, S8160-S8163 [19JN]
Proposals for Ensuring Clean Carcasses Vary, S8157 [19JN]
Protect the Mentally Ill From Their Advocates, E1655 [8MY]
Public Comments, H10904 [22NO]
Public Health—Dirty Chicken, S8167-S8171 [19JN]
Put the Aid Back in Medicaid, S18391 [26NO]
Quayle Pushes AIDS Tests for Doctors, S9782 [11JY]
Rabbits Blinded by Ozone Hole, S16670 [14NO]
Radon Risk in Our Water?, S16036 [6NO]
Raisin Wars, S11287, S11388 [30JY], E2929 [2AU]
Real Health-Care Fixes, E3006 [12SE]
Reality of AIDS Funding, E4083 [26NO]
``Refugee'' Doctor Says Care Has Eroded, S15270 [25OC]
Rehabilitation, S14718 [15OC]
Research on Tobacco Turns Up Healthy Uses, From Drugs to Cologne, S7064 [5JN]
Richards To Testify on Medicaid Funding, H10525 [19NO]
Roskens on the World Stage, E88 [7JA]
Safety and Immunogenicity of Vaccination With Recombinant GP160 in HIV Infection, S8129-S8133 [19JN]
Salmonella Strikes U.S. Wallets, S8160 [19JN]
San Clemente Girl Who Was Nearly Aborted Travels the World To Tell Her Story, H7792 [10OC]
Scenes From an Intensive Care Nursery—Death Is Not the Worst Thing on the Unit at Children's National Medical Center, E1267 [16AP]
Seeking the Truth in Toxics, S16036 [6NO]
Selective Abortion in Multiple Gestation, E2776 [31JY]
Selective Fetal Termination Held Safe, Ethical, E2776 [31JY]
Senator Helms—Force Doctors To Reveal Own HIV Infection, S10335 [18JY]
She Can't Pay Her Big Medical Bills, S12583 [10SE]
She Shares in Her Husband's Passion, Offers Hope to Stroke Victims, E3383 [11OC]
Shedding Problem—Democrats Must Move Away From Control by Groups Expecting Federal Fixes, E1980 [30MY]
Silencing Teens About Sex, H5719 [23JY]
Small Town Triumph, S17503 [21NO]
Smaller Families, Bigger Futures, S6876 [24MY]
Smoldering Death, E518 [19FE]
Sounding Board—Continuous Improvement as an Ideal in Health Care, S10828-S10830 [25JY]
Soviet Butchery Unmasked, S15109 [24OC]
Soviet Medicine in Dire Straits, E3971 [22NO]
Stanley H. Fryczynski Knows How To Spell Success for Deborah Center, S1464 [31JA]
Staying on in Gould, E3132 [24SE]
Strengthened Blue Cross Sees Test Ahead, S3115 [12MR]
Studies Say Women Fail To Receive Equal Treatment for Heart Disease, S10839 [25JY]
Study Finds Alcoholism Touches 4 in 10 in the United States, S14402 [4OC]
Terence U. Beirn, 39, AIDS Fund Executive, S11539 [31JY]
Terrence U. Beirn, AIDS Policy Adviser, S11539 [31JY]
There Is a Catch To Catching Birds—It Is Hazardous to the Health, S8150 [19JN]
There Is No Safe Sex, E1780 [16MY]
This AIDS Ban Invites Ridicule, S9029 [27JN]
Thousands Cope With Sterility, S6609 [23MY]
Today, if You Blow the Whistle, You Are in Trouble, S8145 [19JN]
Trainee Had AIDS Virus While Working at Hospital, S9782 [11JY]
Trauma Centers Are Closing Down—At Least 60 Fiscally Troubled Hospital Sites Are Shut, Congress Study Finds, S6571 [23MY]
Two Inspectors Test Produce From 800 Trucks a Day, S6611 [23MY]
U.N. Sees Global Fertility Drop, Birth Control Gains, S6875 [24MY]
U.S. ``Selling Death'' for Food Imports, S6608 [23MY]
U.S. Weighs Benefits of Socialized Medicine Over Competitive Care, S15268 [25OC]
University of Louisville Researcher's Work May Help Injured Soldiers, S5319 [25AP]
UVA Raids Send Important Signal on Drug War, E1276 [17AP]
Wake, NC, Dentist Has AIDS—Patients Will Be Notified, S9780 [11JY]
Wake County, NC, Dentist Who Has AIDS Dies, S9780 [11JY]
War Drains Staffs at Rural Hospitals, S1764 [7FE]
Welfare for the Yuppie Class, S14155 [2OC]
Well-Bred Bird Begins in the Lab, S8147 [19JN]
What Price To Save Our Children?, E3001 [12SE]
When the Nearest Doctor is Across the Chesapeake Bay, H6277 [1AU]
Why Drugs Cost More in United States, S6831 [24MY]
Why Not Home Health Care?, S7438 [11JN]
With Costs Rising, Dayton's Works for Revision, S15267 [25OC]
Woman Giving Birth Rejected by Hospital, E3362 [10OC]
Working Children—Underage Laborers Fill Mexican Factories, Stir U.S. Trade Debate, S6569 [23MY]
World Population—U.S. Addresses Family Planning, S6874 [24MY]
Wrong Prescription for the Uninsured, S7598 [12JN], S10586 [22JY]
Bills and resolutions
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (see S. 1532, S10675 [23JY])
Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 766, H839 [31JA]; H.R. 1490, H1848 [19MR])
———constitutional amendment on right to life (see S.J. Res. 37, S545 [15JA]; H.J. Res. 18, H61 [3JA]), H640 [22JA], H891 [5FE], H992 [6FE]
———parental notification requirements (see H.R. 1397, H1669 [12MR])
———physician-patient relationship relative to counseling (see H.R. 2786, H5209 [26JN])
———pro choice versus right to life (see S. 187, S439 [14JA])
———prohibit use of Federal funds (see H.R. 83, H56 [3JA])
———reproductive health services (see S. 548, S2618 [5MR])
Advertising: public service antismoking ads (see H. Res. 24, H84 [4JA])
Advisory Council on Allied Health: establish (see S. 694, S3564 [19MR]; H.R. 1466, H1848 [19MR])
Aeronautics: smoking prohibition on aircraft (see H.R. 3269, H6383 [2AU])
Aged: minimum health insurance standards (see H.R. 417, H82 [4JA])
Agriculture: import requirements on fresh papaya (see S. 568, S2771 [6MR])
———inspection of egg products (see S. 1465, S9839 [11JY])
AIDS Disability Advisory Panel: establish (see H.R. 2299, H2952 [9MY])
Air pollution: health threats posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (see S. 455, S2146 [21FE]; H.R. 1066, H1136 [21FE])
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend certain programs (see S. 1306, S7898 [17JN])
Alcoholic beverages: health warnings in advertisements (see S. 664, S3386 [14MR]; H.R. 1443, H1773 [14MR])
Alcoholism: establish an office to emphasize the needs of women and minorities in prevention and treatment (see S. 319, S1367 [31JA])
———Federal funding for research on alcohol abuse by women (see H.R. 1000, H1077 [20FE])
Animals: development of ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects (see H. Con. Res. 65, H992 [6FE])
Appropriations: reauthorize and expand to area education centers (see S. 1648, S12181 [2AU])
Arizona: environmental cleanup at the Phoenix Indian School (see S. 2034, S17989 [23NO])
Armed Forces: allow claims for damages from certain negligent medical care (see H.R. 3407, H6878 [25SE])
———appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (see S. 68, S436 [14JA])
———coordination of health care facilities and resources (see H.R. 3145, H6193 [31JY])
———delay increase in deductibles for certain health care until the end of the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.R. 781, H854 [4FE])
———eligibility for military medical and dental care of certain minors under legal custody of members (see H.R. 2134, H2601 [30AP])
———exclude nurse officers from the computation of authorized grade strength (see S. 73, S436 [14JA])
———expand dental program for spouses and children (see H.R. 2623, H4437 [12JN])
———health benefits for Operation Desert Storm Reserve members and families (see H.R. 674, H712 [28JA]; H.R. 675, H712 [28JA]
———inpatient mental health services (see H.R. 846, H988 [6FE])
———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (see H.R. 467, H98 [7JA])
———payment of lodging expenses for families of members injured in the line of duty (see H.R. 874, H989 [6FE])
———provide copies of medical and personnel records to members upon discharge or release (see H.R. 595, H640 [22JA])
———research and education program relative to Lyme disease (see H.R. 2173, H2685 [1MY])
———student loan and health care shortage assistance for Persian Gulf operation (see S. 335, S1368 [31JA])
Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see S. 1892, S15522 [30OC]; H.R. 3619, H8334 [23OC]; H.R. 3676, H8787 [30OC])
Beaches: safety and quality of recreational waters (see S. 1277, S7628 [12JN])
Beirn, Terence U.: tribute (see S. 1594, S11371 [30JY])
Black Lung Benefits Act: adjudication of claims (see H.R. 3003, H5744 [23JY])
———claims due to pneumoconiosis (see H.R. 694, H780 [29JA])
———eligibility guidelines (see H.R. 451, H83 [4JA])
———improve (see H.R. 1637, H2084 [22MR])
Budget: emergency funding requirements relative to Head Start, child immunization, and the WIC Programs (see H.R. 3147, H6193 [31JY])
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize presentation of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month programs (see H. Con. Res. 138, H2564 [25AP])
———use of the ambulance maintained solely for Members (see H. Res. 244, H7801 [10OC])
Centers for Disease Control: acquisition of data on preventative health and health promotion (see S. 1213, S6997 [4JN])
———rename to Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (see S. 505, S2310 [26FE])
CHAMPUS: benefits for health care provide outside the U.S. to certain members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3234, H6382 [2AU])
———eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (see H.R. 1124, H1278 [27FE])
Child Care Food Program: extend benefits to children aged 13 to 15 (see H.R. 1714, H2135 [10AP])
Children: eligibility for survivor annuity, life insurance, or health benefits of Federal employees or Armed Forces (see H.R. 2250, H2811 [7MY])
———entitlement program relative to the immunization of infants against certain diseases (see H.R. 1288, H1455 [6MR])
———medical care (see H. Con. Res. 31, H386 [11JA])
———reduce infant mortality and improve mothers' health (see H.R. 1244, H1414 [5MR])
Children and youth: access to immunizations (see S. 2116, S18336 [26NO])
———expand social services available in the health, welfare, and juvenile justice systems (see H.R. 3063, H5914 [26JY])
———grant program for education, training, health and social services to at-risk individuals (see S. 1133, S6355 [22MY])
———grants for children who are perinatally exposed to drugs (see H.R. 3832, H10723 [20NO])
———grants to States for mental health services (see S. 924, S4984 [24AP])
———infant mortality relative to the availability of health care services to pregnant women (see H.R. 3089, H6137 [30JY])
———programs for children of substance abusers (see H.R. 3796, H10365 [18NO])
———State health and education programs (see H.R. 2974, H5744 [23JY])
———vaccine initiative (see S. 904, S4837 [23AP])
Cigarettes: impose an annual tax on each vending machine and use revenues to fund reduced tobacco use programs (see H.R. 632, H684 [23JA])
Commission on Obesity: establish (see H.R. 82, H56 [3JA])
Congress: applicability of laws relative to employment conditions and rights of employees (see H.R. 3734, H9579 [7NO])
Constitutional amendments: guarantee access to care (see H.J. Res. 366, H8787 [30OC])
Crime: allow psychiatric or psychological examinations of certain mentally ill offenders to be conducted by a clinical social worker (see S. 71, S436 [14JA])
———discontinuation of certain health insurance of convicted murderers (see H.R. 2167, H2684 [1MY])
———environmental offenses (see S. 1605, S11550 [31JY])
Cuba: exception to embargo for medical supplies (see H.R. 434, H83 [4JA])
Deaf: hearing loss testing for newborns (see H.R. 1758, H2178 [11AP])
Dept. of Agriculture: collection of fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection services (see S. 885, S4836 [23AP])
Dept. of Defense: establish medical research alliance with Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 111, H57 [3JA])
Dept. of HHS: report on national medical care systems of industrialized countries (see H.R. 1534, H1913 [20MR])
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H58 [3JA])
———eligibility for medical care for recipients of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2982, H5744 [23JY])
———establish medical research alliance with Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 111, H57 [3JA])
———prices of drugs procured (see H.R. 2890, H5450 [15JY])
———research grants to medical schools (see S. 222, S950 [16JA])
———third-party reimbursement for certain health care services (see H.R. 4018, H11888 [26NO])
———use of tobacco products (see S. 915, S4984 [24AP])
Disability: disregard overtime pay under certain contracts in determining eligibility of certain workers for health care benefits (see H.R. 1009, H1078 [20FE])
Disabled: civil liberty guarantees for individuals dependent on trained animals other than seeing-eye dogs (see H.R. 2245, H2811 [7MY])
———establish a hearing impairment research grant (see S. 1368, S8592 [25JN])
———establish a public health program for prevention (see S. 509, S2310 [26FE])
———improve services to individuals with mental retardation (see S. 1750, S13696 [25SE])
———reauthorize programs for mentally ill individuals (see S. 1475, S10043 [15JY])
Disasters: include in telephone directories important information relating to natural disaster survival techniques (see H. Con. Res. 101, H1914 [20MR])
Diseases: AIDS epidemic (see H. Res. 164, H3855 [4JN])
———authorizing appropriations for breast cancer research (see H.R. 2210, H2767 [2MY])
———community-based AIDS research initiative (see S. 1594, S11371 [30JY])
———control spread of AIDS (see S. 185, S439 [14JA])
———establish protections against certain communicable diseases for health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2788, H5209 [26JN])
———ovarian cancer research (see H.R. 148, H58 [3JA])
———prevention of AIDS in women (see H.R. 1072, H1136 [21FE])
———provide health education on the medical problems associated with tobacco use (see S. 555, S2618 [5MR])
———public education on prostate cancer (see H.R. 1310, H1456 [6MR])
———reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease (see S. 1577, S11216 [29JY]; H.R. 3082, H5978 [29JY])
———require States to enact breast cancer information programs (see H.R. 382, H81 [4JA])
———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see S. 238, S979 [17JA]; H.R. 556, H556 [17JA]; H.R. 638, H696 [24JA])
———research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (see S. 488, S2309 [26FE]; H.R. 1212, H1325 [28FE])
———research programs relative to AIDS in women (see H.R. 1073, H1136 [21FE])
———use of black lung benefit trusts for medical care costs of retired miners (see S. 541, S2618 [5MR])
Drug abuse: coordination of Federal drug treatment programs involved in the criminal justice system (see H.R. 2568, H4097 [6JN])
———develop model treatment programs (see H.R. 2030, H2469 [23AP])
———establish education and prevention programs relating to youth gangs and runaway youths (see H.R. 3259, H6383 [2AU])
———establish model treatment programs (see H.R. 462, H97 [7JA])
———establish standards for certification of laboratories engaged in urine drug testing (see H.R. 33, H54 [3JA])
———Federal and State treatment programs for criminal offenders (see H.R. 730, H823 [30JA])
———quality assurance in private sector drug testing programs (see S. 2008, S17433 [21NO])
———treatment plan block grants (see H.R. 680, H780 [29JA])
———use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H2810 [7MY])
Drugs: expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 2810, H5266 [27JN]; H.R. 3256, H6383 [2AU])
———expedited approval for life threatening diseases (see S. 1946, S16449 [12NO])
———tax credit for clinical testing expenses for rare diseases and impose windfall profit tax on excessively profitable drugs (see H.R. 1713, H2135 [10AP])
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 354, H8101 [17OC])
Ecology and environment: assessment of information on and protection from environmental risks to health and natural resources (see S. 2132, S18690 [27NO])
Education: Dept. of Veterans Affairs grants to medical students on the condition they serve in VA facilities (see H.R. 202, H59 [3JA])
———establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program (see S. 76, S436 [14JA])
———grants for medical graduate study to benefit economically disadvantaged communities (see H.R. 2970, H5743 [23JY])
———reauthorize and expand area health education centers (see H.R. 3312, H6455 [11SE])
———scholarship program for professional nurses (see S. 227, S951 [16JA])
———support individuals pursuing graduate degrees in social work (see S. 881, S4836 [23AP])
Electric power: effects of electrical and electromagnetic leakage known as stray voltage (see S. 1685, S12182 [2AU])
———electromagnetic fields research and public information dissemination programs (see H.R. 3953, H11886 [26NO])
———health effects of electric and magnetic fields (see H.R. 1483, H1848 [19MR])
———study health effects of exposure to extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields (see H.R. 3293, H6455 [11SE])
Employment: availability of unemployment, pension, and health benefits to certain part-time employees (see H.R. 3793, H10280 [15NO])
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see S. 5, S434 [14JA]; S. 418, S1790 [7FE]; S. 688, S3564 [19MR]; H.R. 2, H53 [3JA]; H.R. 391, H82 [4JA]; H.R. 1270, H1415 [5MR]; H.R. 1626, H2084 [22MR])
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), consideration (see H. Res. 275, H9699 [12NO])
Environmental Health Research Act: enact (see H.R. 1634, H2084 [22MR])
EPA: fluoridation levels in drinking water (see H.J. Res. 216, H2179 [11AP])
———research on the management of infectious medical wastes (see H.R. 215, H60 [3JA])
ERISA: exclude the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act (see S. 590, S2926 [7MR])
———multiple employer welfare arrangements providing health plan benefits (see H.R. 2773, H5209 [26JN])
Families: continuation of benefits of certain family members (see H.R. 1645, H2084 [22MR])
Families and domestic relations: access to prenatal care, housing, nutrition, and parenting skills for needy families (see S. 1380, S8736 [26JN])
———availability of family planning services and counseling on pregnancy (see S. 1197, S6922 [3JN])
———extend family planning services (see H.R. 2585, H4186 [7JN])
———primary and preventative care for pregnant women, infants, and children (see S. 911, S4983 [24AP])
Family and domestic relations: extend family planning services (see H.R. 2612, H4283 [11JN]; H.R. 3090, H6137 [30JY])
———fund maternity home expenses and improve disclosure of adoption information (see S. 1215, S6997 [4JN])
———nondirective counseling and referrals by family planning services (see H.R. 2611, H4283 [11JN])
FDA: review and revise the approval process for experimental drugs (see S. Res. 218, S16449 [12NO])
Federal aid programs: criteria for distribution of alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health block grant funds (see S. 1238, S7290 [6JN])
———drug treatment services (see H.R. 3540, H7725 [9OC])
———expand counseling assistance for elderly, sick, and disabled individuals (see H.R. 416, H82 [4JA])
———funding for syringes and needles that are not nonreusable (see H.R. 2951, H5650 [18JY])
Federal employees: allow time off from duty to serve as bone marrow donors (see H.R. 658, H712 [28JA])
———apply certain early-out retirement opportunities to mine safety and health inspectors (see H.R. 583, H605 [18JA])
———availability of long-term care insurance for civilians (see S. 311, S1367 [31JA]; H.R. 705, H781 [29JA])
———availability of lump-sum annuities to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2389, H3279 [20MY])
———coverage of certain unmarried dependent children under the health benefits program (see H.R. 765, H839 [31JA])
———extend health insurance and survivor annuity benefits to certain former spouses (see H.R. 108, H57 [3JA])
———extension of health insurance coverage to certain survivors of deceased employees (see H.R. 3433, H6940 [26SE])
———obstetrical benefits (see H.R. 927, H991 [6FE])
———obstetrical health benefit provider requirements (see H.R. 1021, H1078 [20FE])
———payment of group life insurance benefits to terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 1681, H2134 [10AP])
———treatment project for drug and alcohol abuse under health benefits program (see H.R. 575, H604 [18JA])
———use of leave to serve as bone-marrow or organ donors, and for purposes relating to the adoption of a child (see H.R. 2675, H4611 [18JN])
Food: content labeling (see H.R. 817, H890 [5FE])
———definition of light butter (see H.R. 2596, H4186 [7JN])
———distribution of instructions for removing food which has become lodged in a person's throat to food service operations (see H.R. 156, H58 [3JA])
———domestic inspection of imported meat and poultry products (see S. 828, S4456 [16AP])
———grants to State programs providing food to certain nutritionally at risk individuals (see H.R. 3711, H9392 [5NO])
———milk standards (see S. 1110, S6210 [21MY])
———nutritional labeling in advertising (see H.R. 1662, H2107 [9AP])
———public health safety standards for poultry (see S. 1324, S8136 [19JN])
———remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6381 [2AU])
Foreign policy: authority of U.S. to enforce and strengthen environmental, labor, agricultural, and public health and safety standards (see H. Con. Res. 247, H11114 [23NO])
Foreign trade: relation of agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 246, H10842 [21NO])
Fox Broadcasting Co.: advertising promoting the use of condoms to help prevent the spread of AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 251, H11890 [26NO])
GAO: procurement of consultant services, agreements on employee health care, and exclusions from certain pay limitations (see H.R. 2586, H4186 [7JN])
Government: authorize payment to additional types of health care professionals (see H.R. 384, H81 [4JA])
———establish a national State-run medical care program (see S. 1446, S9839 [11JY])
———insurance plan coverage for employees of failed depository institutions (see H.R. 3230, H6382 [2AU])
———provide universal access to medical care (see H. Res. 117, H2015 [21MR])
———sharing of medical care resources between the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and other Federal medical care providers (see H.R. 2824, H5267 [27JN])
Hawaii: establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment center for veterans (see S. 1319, S8014 [18JN])
———native health center grants (see S. 112, S437 [14JA])
Hazardous substances: detection of lead based paint and lead exposure hazards in housing (see H.R. 527, H506 [14JA])
———disposal of low-level radioactive waste (see S. 1111, S6210 [21MY])
———expand scope of educational efforts relative to lead poisoning prevention (see S. 507, S2310 [26FE])
———improve accuracy of radon testing products and services (see H.R. 3258, H6383 [2AU])
———lead-based paint abatement (see H.R. 2922, H5594 [17JY])
———management of medical waste materials (see S. 2108, S18336 [26NO])
———national program to monitor and assess human exposure to toxic substances (see S. 1956, S16610 [13NO])
———reduce human exposure to lead (see H.R. 2840, H5340 [10JY])
———reduce lead in the environment (see S. 391, S1789 [7FE])
———reduce levels of lead in the environment (see H.R. 3554, H7815 [11OC])
———reduction of metals in packaging (see S. 730, S3929 [21MR])
———study the contamination of workers' homes with substances transported from the workplace (see S. 353, S1505 [5FE])
———study the prevalence and issues related to contamination of workers' homes with chemicals and substances transported from the workplace (see H.R. 845, H988 [6FE])
Health Care Crisis Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 166, H58 [3JA])
Health care facilities: criminal penalties for interfering with access (see H.R. 1703, H2135 [10AP])
———establish a new veterans hospital in south Texas (see H.R. 3188, H6317 [1AU])
———establish criminal penalties for interfering with access to and egress from medical establishments (see S. 798, S4337 [11AP])
———financial assistance for trauma centers located in drug-related violence areas (see H.R. 1656, H2085 [22MR])
———financial assistance to hospitals with significant drug-related emergency visits (see S. 1049, S5752 [14MY])
Health care professionals: allow mentally ill criminal offenders to be examined by a psychiatric nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist (see S. 219, S545 [15JA])
———allow occupational therapy students to receive insured loans (see H.R. 3323, H6538 [12SE])
———alternative dispute resolution systems for medical malpractice claims (see S. 1836, S14907 [17OC]; H.R. 3516, H7647 [8OC])
———collection of information on nursing home aides and home health care aides (see H.R. 2497, H3738 [30MY])
———education programs (see H.R. 3508, H7380 [3OC])
———encourage service in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 2579, H4098 [6JN])
———establish nursing school clinics to serve rural areas and Native Americans (see S. 897, S4837 [23AP])
———improve certain training programs (see H.R. 2483, H3709 [29MY])
———improve training programs (see S. 1148, S6654 [23MY])
———incentives to serve medically underserved groups (see H.R. 2877, H5432 [11JY])
———increase payments for certain graduate medical education costs (see H.R. 2484, H3709 [29MY])
———inform individuals about risks and complications associated with breast implant surgery (see H.R. 3783, H10268 [14NO])
———medical license misrepresentation (see H.R. 2113, H2564 [25AP])
———nondiscrimination medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards (see S. 475, S2256 [22FE])
———prohibit certain use of the terms ``Visiting Nurse Association,'' ``Visiting Nurse Service,'' ``VNA,'' and ``VNS'' (see H.R. 3716, H9493 [6NO])
———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])
———tax treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (see S. 1401, S8952 [27JN]; S. 1419, S8952 [27JN]
———use of the terms Visiting Nurse Association and Visiting Nurse Service (see S. 2087, S18335 [26NO])
Health Careers Opportunity Program: eligibility of social work students (see S. 75, S436 [14JA])
Health maintenance organizations: provision of clinical social workers (see S. 70, S436 [14JA])
Hospitals: notification of closings (see H. Con. Res. 10, H84 [4JA])
———State plans for closures (see H.R. 276, H78 [4JA])
Hunger: ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see S. 757, S3929 [21MR])
Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2535 [24AP])
———health and military service requirements for the admission and naturalization of certain veterans (see H.R. 2309, H2962 [13MY])
Income tax: include organ donation information with individual return payments (see H.R. 993, H1077 [20FE])
Indians: establish substance abuse program (see S. 290, S1293 [30JA])
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H1849 [19MR])
Insurance: access to health care and affordable health insurance (see H.R. 3478, H7313 [2OC])
———affordable care (see S. 1669, S12182 [2AU])
———assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H4437 [12JN])
———continuation of Federal medical care coverage (see H.R. 338, H80 [4JA])
———coverage for mammography screening services (see S. Res. 184, S13696 [25SE])
———coverage for pregnant women and children through employment-based insurance and a State-based health plan (see H.R. 3393, H6797 [24SE])
———establish for low-income persons (see H.R. 2114, H2564 [25AP])
———Federal standards for long-term care insurance policies (see H.R. 2378, H3163 [17MY])
———improve benefits and tax incentives for insurance purchases (see S. 314, S1367 [31JA])
———improved health care system through reduced liability costs (see S. 1123, S6355 [22MY])
———life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (see S. 284, S1293 [30JA]; H.R. 134, H57 [3JA])
———long-term care coverage (see H.R. 1205, H1324 [28FE])
———national health care coverage (see H.R. 1230, H1413 [5MR]; H.R. 1255, H1415 [5MR])
International Red Cross: inclusion of Magen David Adam as a legitimate national society (see H. Con. Res. 223, H8101 [17OC])
Iraq: medical and humanitarian assistance to families and children (see S. Con. Res. 54, S10135 [16JY])
Jacksonville, FL: establish a general medical and surgical hospital for veterans (see H.R. 49, H55 [3JA])
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 49, S1221 [29JA])
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 74, S2006 [20FE]; H.J. Res. 138, H1079 [20FE])
Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (see S. 1677, S12182 [2AU])
———alcoholism and drug treatment of pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 1189, H1324 [28FE])
———amounts paid for physician services relative to amount paid for such services under medicare (see H.R. 2657, H4556 [17JN])
———cervical and breast cancer programs (see H.R. 1393, H1669 [12MR])
———change Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 459, H97 [7JA])
———convert to a federally administered program of medical assistance (see H.R. 3974, H11886 [26NO])
———coverage for certain low-income medicare beneficiaries (see S. 1574, S11056 [26JY])
———coverage for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 2656, H4556 [17JN])
———coverage for mobile outreach units to assist mentally ill homeless individuals (see S. 62, S436 [14JA])
———coverage of certified nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists services (see S. 1842, S14976 [22OC])
———coverage of children's vaccines (see S. 905, S4837 [23AP])
———coverage of drug dependency residential treatment programs for pregnant women and certain family members (see H.R. 2489, H3709 [29MY])
———coverage of nursing facility services (see H.R. 2174, H2685 [1MY])
———coverage of prostate cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3989, H11887 [26NO])
———coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 1311, H1456 [6MR])
———coverage of screening mammography and screening pap smears (see H.R. 1129, H1278 [27FE])
———determinations of denial of payment to States (see S. 1240, S7290 [6JN])
———drug treatment of pregnant women and certain family members (see S. 29, S435 [14JA])
———ensure treatment as payer of last resort (see H.R. 3137, H6193 [31JY])
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (see H.R. 3595, H6798 [24SE]; H. Con. Res. 208, H8120 [21OC])
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), consideration (see H. Res. 283, H10364 [18NO])
———Federal payments relative to voluntary contributions and provider-specific taxes (see S. 1983, S16942 [18NO])
———improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 856, S4736 [18AP])
———infant mortality (see H.R. 1391, H1669 [12MR])
———issuance of regulations relative to State contributions' impact on availability of Federal funds (see S. 1886, S15400 [29OC])
———operation of pharmaceutical benefit programs independent of drug purchasing requirements (see S. 1992, S17245 [20NO])
———outpatient health services to needy children (see H.R. 2213, H2768 [2MY])
———pregnant women and infants' coverage (see S. 902, S4837 [23AP])
———prohibit discrimination in the provision of home and community services (see H.R. 2075, H2536 [24AP])
———provide health care services to medically underserved areas (see S. 773, S4116 [22MR])
———retroactive payments of medicare cost-sharing for indigent beneficiaries (see S. 1349, S8310 [20JN])
———State enrollment of welfare recipients into managed care plans (see S. 2077, S18335 [26NO])
———State matching payments through voluntary contributions (see H.R. 1457, H1786 [18MR])
———State option of covering substance abuse treatment services (see H.R. 463, H97 [7JA])
———State provision of medical assistance relative to the ratio of family income to the official poverty line (see S. 1211, S6997 [4JN])
———State use of provider-specific taxes for expenditures (see S. Con. Res. 67, S14220 [2OC])
———treatment of voluntary contributions and provider-specific taxes, and limit aggregate payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3900, H11114 [23NO])
Medicare: acquisition of certain durable medical equipment by beneficiaries (see H.R. 2513, H3804 [3JN])
———benefit requirements for medicaid beneficiaries (see H.R. 2855, H5340 [10JY])
———catastrophic illness coverage (see S. 193, S439 [14JA])
———change designation of Lancaster County, PA, relative to reimbursement for physician services (see S. 1214, S6997 [4JN])
———claim sampling to deny claims or recover overpayments (see S. 1838, S14907 [17OC])
———cost-sharing of medical assistance (see H.R. 2908, H5513 [16JY])
———coverage for certain preventive care items and services (see S. 1212, S6997 [4JN])
———coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (see S. 1231, S7290 [6JN]; H.R. 2565, H4097 [6JN])
———coverage for dental care (see H.R. 286, H78 [4JA])
———coverage for registered nurse surgery assistants (see H.R. 287, H78 [4JA])
———coverage of annual preventive examinations (see H.R. 3851, H10841 [21NO])
———coverage of anticancer drugs (see S. 1996, S17245 [20NO]; H.R. 3826, H10722 [20NO])
———coverage of bone mass measurements (see S. 487, S2309 [26FE]; H.R. 1213, H1325 [28FE])
———coverage of certain chiropractic services (see S. 614, S3020 [12MR]; H.R. 3142, H6193 [31JY])
———coverage of certain prescription drugs (see H.R. 2500, H3738 [30MY])
———coverage of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3346, H6601 [16SE])
———coverage of general population (see H.R. 1777, H2259 [16AP])
———coverage of individuals receiving unemployment benefits (see H.R. 1492, H1849 [19MR])
———coverage of long-term benefits in home- and community-based settings and nursing facilities (see S. 2017, S17667 [22NO])
———coverage of long-term care expenses (see H.R. 3180, H6316 [1AU])
———coverage of outpatient education services for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 3806, H10543 [19NO])
———coverage of prostate cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3992, H11887 [26NO])
———coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 1120, H1162 [26FE])
———coverage of screening mammography (see S. 508, S2310 [26FE]; H.R. 1312, H1456 [6MR]; H.R. 2292, H2952 [9MY])
———coverage of wigs and hairpieces for individuals with alopecia (see H.R. 1091, H1137 [21FE])
———coverage under private employment-related health insurance (see S. 157, S438 [14JA])
———disability eligibility for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (see H.R. 443, H83 [4JA])
———due process protections to institutions subject to State certifications (see H.R. 2240, H2811 [7MY])
———enforcement of standards relative to rights of patients in certain medical facilities (see H.R. 214, H60 [3JA])
———entitlement to medicaid cost-sharing for health maintenance organization enrollees (see H.R. 3980, H11886 [26NO])
———establish Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (see H.R. 1746, H2178 [11AP])
———establish medical equipment demonstration project (see S. 1951, S16449 [12NO])
———exclude rural areas from payment reductions (see S. 717, S3928 [21MR])
———extended care services relative to hospitalization requirements (see S. 1572, S11056 [26JY])
———geographic classification adjacency requirements (see H.R. 3954, H11886 [26NO])
———geographic classification requirements (see S. 1834, S14839 [16OC])
———home care and extended care services coverages (see H.R. 1200, H1324 [28FE])
———home health occupational therapy services (see S. 1582, S11216 [29JY]; H.R. 3220, H6381 [2AU])
———home respiratory care services (see S. 1120, S6210 [21MY])
———improve administration (see H.R. 3837, H10841 [21NO])
———improve State systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (see H.R. 1004, H1078 [20FE])
———inclusion of nutritional counseling as a home health service (see H.R. 216, H60 [3JA])
———income ceiling (see H.R. 3010, H5817 [24JY])
———inpatient hospital services relative to wage index (see S. 1852, S14976 [22OC])
———investigation of health care suppliers relative to medical equipment costs (see H. Con. Res. 165, H4437 [12JN])
———limit denials of necessary inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 412, H82 [4JA])
———long-term care services and tax treatment of taxpayers with certain elderly dependents (see H.R. 1692, H2135 [10AP])
———minimum payment levels for rural referral centers (see S. 2084, S18335 [26NO])
———monthly premium rate based on actuarial rate (see H.R. 2413, H3370 [21MY])
———outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy services payment cap (see H.R. 3277, H6384 [2AU])
———oversight of the practices of health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 3982, H11887 [26NO])
———payment cap on outpatient physical and occupational therapy services (see S. 2027, S17667 [22NO])
———payment for certain chiropractor services (see H.R. 213, H60 [3JA]; H.R. 2265, H2901 [8MY])
———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (see H.R. 3373, H6797 [24SE])
———payment limitations relative to psychiatric services in nursing facilities (see S. 1978, S16848 [15NO])
———payment of health care expenses incurred by former members of the Armed Services (see S. 177, S439 [14JA])
———prevent telemarketing fraud against beneficiaries by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3587, H8101 [17OC])
———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 2534, H3855 [4JN])
———prohibit denial of claims or recovery of overpayments if based upon claim sampling (see H.R. 2618, H4283 [11JN])
———purchase of medical equipment and supplies (see S. 1736, S13409 [20SE])
———recoupment of certain payments to Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities (see S. 1803, S14348 [3OC])
———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])
———repeal increase in base composite rate used to determine the amount of payment for dialysis services (see H.R. 564, H604 [18JA])
———require certain medical education hospitals to incorporate training in disease prevention and health promotion (see S. 506, S2310 [26FE])
———respite care services for hospice care recipients (see H.R. 3015, H5817 [24JY])
———standards to prevent abuse in the acquisition of durable medical equipment, devices, and supplies (see S. 1988, S17044 [19NO])
———waive the coinsurance requirement and prohibit balance billing for screening mammography services (see H.R. 2007, H2468 [23AP])
Medicare/medicaid: cost-sharing availability between programs (see H.R. 3473, H7313 [2OC]; H.R. 3649, H8661 [29OC])
———coverage for nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services (see S. 161, S438 [14JA])
———coverage of nurse practitioners' obstetrical and gynecological services (see H.R. 1162, H1279 [27FE])
———extended care, home health services, and adult day care programs (see S. 1520, S10554 [22JY])
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])
Mental health: State services for children (see H.R. 1197, H1324 [28FE])
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 156, S7291 [6JN]; H.J. Res. 156, H1280 [27FE])
Mines: disability benefits claims for certain coal miners (see H.R. 115, H57 [3JA])
Mining: review of claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act by certain coal miners (see H.R. 1116, H1162 [26FE])
———use of black lung benefit trusts for retirees' health care benefits (see H.R. 3042, H5909 [25JY])
Narcotics: availability of heroine for relief of pain due to terminal cancer (see S. 358, S1505 [5FE])
National Academies of Practice: grant charter (see S. 226, S951 [16JA])
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 158, S7464 [11JN]; H.J. Res. 198, H1914 [20MR])
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 174, S9266 [8JY]; H.J. Res. 318, H6193 [31JY])
National Awareness Month for Children with Cancer: designate (see S.J. Res. 39, S545 [15JA])
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (see S.J. Res. 214, S14588 [8OC])
National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316, H6138 [30JY])
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 95, S3387 [14MR]; H.J. Res. 38, H83 [4JA]; H.J. Res. 257, H3160 [16MY])
National Cancer Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 133, S5137 [25AP])
National Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 36, H83 [4JA])
National Cancer Institute: additional funding for research on breast cancer (see S. 512, S2404 [27FE])
———breast cancer research funding (see H.R. 381, H81 [4JA])
National Center for Nursing Research: establish as a National Institute (see S. 1887, S15400 [29OC])
National Commission on Board and Care Facility Quality: establish (see H.R. 2552, H4015 [5JN])
National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 131, S5137 [25AP]; H.J. Res. 228, H2393 [18AP])
National Gymnastics Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 273, H4612 [18JN])
National health plan: establish (see S. 454, S2146 [21FE]; H.R. 8, H54 [3JA]), H697 [24JA], H1455 [6MR], H2014 [21MR]
———establish long-term care program (see H.R. 651, H697 [24JA])
National Health Promotion Program: strengthen (see S. 1954, S16449 [12NO])
National Home Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 81, S2507 [28FE]; H.J. Res. 175, H1416 [5MR])
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 127, S4837 [23AP]; H.J. Res. 56, H84 [4JA])
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: study of hazardous air pollutants (see H.R. 1148, H1278 [27FE])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142, S5615 [9MY]; H.J. Res. 252, H2901 [8MY])
National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H2393 [18AP])
National objectives: access to care (see S. 1936, S16213 [7NO])
———availability of primary and preventive care (see H.R. 3920, H11288 [25NO])
———improve health care access and affordability (see H.R. 3410, H6878 [25SE])
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1177, S6655 [23MY]; S. 1227, S7169 [5JN]; S. 1872, S15158 [24OC]; S. 1912, S15861 [4NO]; S. 1972, S16747 [14NO]; S. 1995, S17245 [20NO]; S. 2036, S17668 [22NO]; S. Res. 231, S17989 [23NO]; H.R. 2530, H3854 [4JN]; H.R. 2535, H3855 [4JN]; H.R. 3037, H5908 [25JY]; H.R. 3205, H6381 [2AU]; H.R. 3229, H6382 [2AU]; H.R. 3535, H7725 [9OC]; H.R. 3626, H8494 [24OC]; H.R. 3689, H8919 [31OC]; H.R. 3857, H10841 [21NO]; H.R. 3904, H11114 [23NO]; H.R. 3907, H11287 [25NO]; H.R. 3923, H11288 [25NO]; H.R. 3951, H11885 [26NO]; H.R. 3991, H11887 [26NO]; H.R. 4054, H11889 [26NO])
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 86, S2618 [5MR]; H.J. Res. 218, H2179 [11AP])
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see S. 111, S437 [14JA]; S.J. Res. 43, S951 [16JA]; H.J. Res. 120, H992 [6FE])
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 211, H2135 [10AP])
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 67, H195 [10JA])
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7313 [2OC])
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 72, S1907 [19FE]; H.J. Res. 95, H781 [29JA])
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5650 [18JY])
National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H825 [30JA])
National School Lunch Act: eligibility of private nonresidential day care services (see S. 224, S951 [16JA])
———extend reimbursement eligibility for meal supplements in after-school care (see S. 223, S951 [16JA])
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 130, S4984 [24AP]; H.J. Res. 219, H2261 [16AP])
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 108, S3930 [21MR])
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 229, S16449 [12NO]; H.J. Res. 300, H5514 [16JY])
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 124, S4612 [17AP]; H.J. Res. 212, H2135 [10AP])
National Voluntary Health Insurance Act: enact (see H.R. 535, H512 [15JA])
National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H1416 [5MR])
National Weight Loss Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 165, H1341 [4MR])
Native Americans: extend authorization for certain programs (see H.R. 2319, H3035 [14MY])
———fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and treatment (see H.R. 1322, H1472 [7MR])
———health care (see S. 753, S3929 [21MR])
———Indian health program appropriations (see H.R. 3724, H9493 [6NO])
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 114, S4337 [11AP])
Nguyen Dan Que: imprisonment and trial in Vietnam (see S. Con. Res. 78, S17433 [21NO])
NIH: reauthorize certain institutes (see S. 1523, S10554 [22JY])
———revise and extend programs (see H.R. 1532, H1913 [20MR]; H.R. 2281, H2952 [9MY]; H.R. 2507, H3804 [3JN])
———revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), consideration (see H. Res. 202, H5817 [24JY])
NSF: research program on the treatment of contaminated water through membrane processes (see H.R. 3673, H8787 [30OC])
Occupational health and safety: improve standards in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 2098, H2563 [25AP])
———reduce illness and death of workers who are at high risk of occupational disease (see H.R. 1190, H1324 [28FE])
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend relative to criminal penalties (see H.R. 1192, H1324 [28FE])
———revise (see H.R. 3160, H6316 [1AU])
Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education: establish (see S. 673, S3386 [14MR])
Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs: establish (see H.R. 2780, H5209 [26JN])
Office of Research on Women's Health: establish (see H.R. 1263, H1415 [5MR])
Office of Research on Women's Health and Mental Health: establish (see H.R. 1264, H1415 [5MR])
OSHA: enforcement of criminal violation of standards (see S. 445, S2005 [20FE])
———establish an Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education (see H.R. 1063, H1135 [21FE])
———improve health and safety of employees (see S. 1622, S11807 [1AU])
———regulations (see S. Con. Res. 17, S3021 [12MR]; H. Con. Res. 92, H1456 [6MR])
OTA: require an annual report on the costs of certain surgical transplantation procedures (see H.R. 2128, H2570 [29AP])
Packaging: reduction of toxic metals (see H.R. 3509, H7380 [3OC])
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 115, S4337 [11AP]; H.J. Res. 91, H697 [24JA])
Pensions: continuation of health and other benefits from debtor retirement plans (see H.R. 3584, H8101 [17OC])
Pesticides: prevent contamination of ground water (see H.R. 170, H58 [3JA])
———regulate chemical residues in food (see S. 1074, S5753 [14MY]; H.R. 2342, H3036 [14MY])
———remove hazardous substances from the market (see S. 1353, S8459 [21JN])
———safety of exports (see S. 898, S4837 [23AP])
Pharmaceuticals: approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening or debilitating illness (see H.R. 2872, H5431 [11JY])
———extend the drug patent for Ethiofos and its oral analogue (see S. 526, S2507 [28FE])
———Federal grants to individuals exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) (see S. 208, S440 [14JA])
———financial assistance to investigate RU-486 for Federal approval (see H.R. 798, H889 [5FE])
———labeling of drugs derived from human fetal material (see H.R. 798, H889 [5FE])
———revise orphan drug provisions of law (see S. 2060, S18334 [26NO]; H.R. 3930, H11288 [25NO])
Philadelphia, PA: construction of a medical research facility at Children's Hospital (see S. 1864, S15072 [23OC]; H.R. 3846, H10841 [21NO])
Physicians: prohibit discrimination based on graduation from a foreign medical school (see H.R. 319, H79 [4JA])
Population: stabilization through worldwide expansion of reproductive choice (see S. 1192, S6858 [24MY])
Postal Service: mailing of medical waste (see H.R. 3521, H7648 [8OC])
———protect employees from exposure to medical waste (see H.R. 2861, H5340 [10JY])
President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 307, H5595 [17JY])
Prisons: availability of drug treatment programs for Federal prisoners (see H.R. 548, H529 [16JA])
Public buildings: lead content of drinking water schools (see H.R. 2680, H4612 [18JN])
———testing and remediation of radon contamination in schools (see H.R. 1794, H2260 [16AP])
Public health: clinical research on issues concerning women and certain minorities (see S. 513, S2404 [27FE])
———prevention and treatment of emergencies (see H.R. 433, H83 [4JA])
Public Health Service: AIDS research loan repayment programs (see S. 1377, S8735 [26JN])
———alcohol and drug abuse residential treatment services to pregnant and postpartum women and their children (see H.R. 2678, H4612 [18JN])
———analysis of urban and rural area statistics (see H.R. 2238, H2811 [7MY])
———awarding of contracts to States limiting malpractice liability of physicians providing charity care services (see H.R. 3656, H8661 [29OC])
———biomedical training and research exchange program funding (see H.R. 3567, H7980 [16OC])
———block grants for preventive health and health services (see H.R. 3635, H8494 [24OC])
———contraception and infertility research centers (see S. 966, S5136 [25AP])
———establish a Substance Abuse Treatment Corps (see S. 1186, S6858 [24MY]; H.R. 2027, H2469 [23AP])
———establish centers to conduct research on contraception and infertility (see H.R. 2651, H4549 [13JN]; H. Con. Res. 166, H4549 [13JN]
———establish health grants relative to certain infertility causes (see H.R. 3461, H7198 [1OC])
———establish Office of Rural Mental Health (see H.R. 2237, H2810 [7MY])
———family planning services (see H.R. 2343, H3036 [14MY])
———grants to States for mental health services (see H.R. 2803, H5210 [26JN])
———health promotion and disease prevention (see S. 1944, S16213 [7NO])
———legal liability protections for health care professionals (see H.R. 3591, H8120 [21OC])
———mental health and substance abuse block grants (see H.R. 3698, H9043 [1NO])
———prevalence and availability of treatment for substance abuse in States (see H.R. 3696, H9043 [1NO])
———prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 2441, H3494 [22MY])
———primary and preventive care for pregnant women, infants, and children (see H.R. 2661, H4611 [18JN])
———provide support for medical research projects (see H.R. 1819, H2260 [16AP])
———reauthorize and extend programs (see S. 1933, S16213 [7NO])
———reauthorizing health care programs and establish model programs in behavioral health (see H.R. 2865, H5340 [10JY])
———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see H.R. 3462, H7199 [1OC])
Public Health Service Act: clarify allotment formulas relating to urban and rural areas (see H.R. 425, H83 [4JA])
———establish program for prevention of disabilities (see H.R. 3401, H6798 [24SE])
———health information and health promotion programs (see H.R. 3402, H6798 [24SE])
———inclusion of women and minorities in clinical research projects (see H.R. 1160, H1279 [27FE])
Public lands: management of lands containing the pacific yew to ensure a supply of the cancer-treating drug, taxol (see H.R. 3836, H10723 [20NO])
Public welfare: food stamp and nutrition programs (see S. 602, S2926 [7MR])
Radioactive substances: health benefits to employees of Dept. of Energy nuclear facilities for certain injuries (see H.R. 3908, H11287 [25NO])
———reduce public exposure to radon gas (see S. 779, S4229 [9AP]; S. 792, S4230 [9AP])
Real property: tax deduction for improvements to mitigate radon gas (see H.R. 1795, H2260 [16AP])
Refuse disposal: ensure safety of solid waste exported to foreign countries (see H.R. 2358, H3149 [15MY])
———extend medical waste tracking program (see H.R. 1816, H2260 [16AP])
Research: expansion of biomedical and behavioral research facilities (see H.R. 714, H823 [30JA])
———nonanimal acute toxicity testing by Federal Government (see H.R. 3918, H11288 [25NO])
———privacy of genetic information (see H.R. 2045, H2535 [24AP])
———review of practices involving the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes (see S. 1902, S15697 [31OC])
———trauma (see H.R. 2517, H3804 [3JN])
Rural areas: access to telecommunications systems used to provide medical information to rural care providers (see H.R. 2232, H2810 [7MY])
———air transport of victims of medical emergencies (see S. 480, S2309 [26FE]; H.R. 1158, H1279 [27FE]; H.R. 2234, H2810 [7MY])
———extension of regional referral center classifications (see S. 2083, S18335 [26NO])
———grants for improving the availability and quality of health care services (see H.R. 3504, H7380 [3OC])
———health care programs (see S. 1597, S11550 [31JY])
———medical education projects (see H.R. 2233, H2810 [7MY]; H.R. 2236, H2810 [7MY]
———provide incentives to health care providers and establish State health service corps demonstration projects (see S. 1125, S6355 [22MY])
———reauthorize programs (see S. 1479, S10135 [16JY])
———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women (see H.R. 2229, H2810 [7MY])
Safe Bottled Water Act: enact (see S. 35, S435 [14JA])
Safety: require food and drug manufacturers to maintain a toll-free telephone line for inquiries (see H.R. 509, H386 [11JA])
Schools: offering of certain types of fluid milk by facilities participating in the school lunch program (see S. 499, S2309 [26FE])
———radon testing (see S. 575, S2771 [6MR])
Senate rules: require that reports accompanying public health bills contain a prevention impact evaluation (see S. 504, S2310 [26FE])
Senior citizens: Alzheimer's disease information and referral services (see S. 1488, S10287 [17JY])
———assist older individuals who reside in rural areas (see H.R. 2020, H2468 [23AP])
———changes in Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program and the SSI program (see H.R. 3007, H5817 [24JY])
———disease prevention and health promotion services (see S. 510, S2310 [26FE])
———establish an Elder Rights Program (see S. 1471, S9840 [11JY])
———establish health and retirement planning programs (see S. 1764, S13829 [26SE])
———expand preventive health services program to include disease prevention and health promotion (see H.R. 2393, H3279 [20MY])
———expand the preventive health services program (see H.R. 1739, H2178 [11AP])
———expanded services for certain minority and frail elderly individuals (see H.R. 597, H640 [22JA])
———improve nutrition services (see S. 1477, S10135 [16JY])
———increase Alzheimer's disease information efforts (see H.R. 2022, H2469 [23AP])
———music therapy services (see S. 1723, S13235 [18SE])
———nutrition services and intergenerational activities in schools (see H.R. 1737, H2177 [11AP])
———preventive health services (see S. 1457, S9839 [11JY])
———promote cooperative efforts to provide community-based long-term care services (see H.R. 2025, H2469 [23AP])
———provide assistance for older individuals to avoid falling and to prevent incorrect medication (see H.R. 2019, H2468 [23AP])
———provide nutrition services and intergenerational activities in elementary school facilities (see S. 973, S5137 [25AP])
———provide supportive services to informal caregivers who assist individuals in need of long-term care (see H.R. 2026, H2469 [23AP])
———supportive services to informal caregivers who assist individuals in need of long-term health care (see S. 1459, S9839 [11JY])
Services: improve for pregnant women, infants, and children (see S. 493, S2309 [26FE])
Ships and vessels: provision of health and other humanitarian services to developing countries (see H.R. 2832, H5299 [9JY])
———use of capital construction funds for compliance with fishing vessel safety and seafood wholesomeness (see H.R. 1307, H1455 [6MR])
Small business: health benefit plans (see S. 1229, S7290 [6JN]; H.R. 2453, H3622 [23MY])
———revise and amend Federal programs (see H.R. 345, H80 [4JA])
Social Security: access to health care services for needy children (see H.R. 1392, H1669 [12MR])
———AIDS medical coverage (see H.R. 1394, H1669 [12MR])
———assist recipients in maintaining residence, and prevent abuse of recipients under oversight (see H.R. 1754, H2178 [11AP])
———assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (see S. 972, S5137 [25AP]; H.R. 2106, H2564 [25AP])
———assure minimum payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 1544, H2013 [21MR])
———benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H991 [6FE])
———coverage of licensed practical nurses (see H.R. 410, H82 [4JA])
———coverage of registered professional nurses (see S. 180, S439 [14JA]; H.R. 411, H82 [4JA])
———determination of average annual earnings relative to benefits for child and chronically dependent relative care (see H.R. 3328, H6538 [12SE])
———disability determination procedures (see H.R. 3774, H10268 [14NO])
———drug and alcohol addiction program coverage (see H.R. 3399, H6797 [24SE])
———eligibility under State plans for medical assistance (see H.R. 96, H56 [3JA])
———eliminate required waiting period for an individual to be eligible for disability benefits (see H.R. 732, H823 [30JA])
———establish AIDS Disability Advisory Panel (see S. 1188, S6858 [24MY])
———establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 2838, H5339 [10JY])
———family support systems (see S. 4, S434 [14JA])
———health insurance for certain children and mothers to be financed through a general payroll tax (see H.R. 2375, H3160 [16MY])
———hearing procedure for disability benefits (see H.R. 1799, H2260 [16AP])
———home health service coverage (see S. 1126, S6355 [22MY])
———improve disability determination review procedures (see H.R. 2159, H2684 [1MY])
———interest level on late payments to medicare part B providers (see S. 518, S2507 [28FE])
———long-term care assistance program for functionally impaired elderly individuals (see S. 1668, S12182 [2AU])
———long-term care insurance policies (see S. 846, S4612 [17AP]; H.R. 1916, H2374 [17AP])
———medical assistance for medicare cost-sharing (see H.R. 3251, H6383 [2AU])
———medical education costs (see S. 1149, S6654 [23MY])
———medical injury compensation reform for health care (see S. 1232, S7290 [6JN])
———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])
———notice terminology used to inform nonparticipating physicians of denied service payments (see H.R. 343, H80 [4JA])
———overpayments made to certain Uniformed Services treatment facilities (see H.R. 2856, H5340 [10JY])
———pay-as-you-go financing (see H.R. 524, H506 [14JA])
———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H5978 [29JY])
———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])
———waiting period for disability benefits relative to individuals suffering from terminal illnesses (see H.R. 428, H83 [4JA])
———waiting period waiver for benefits of certain terminally ill individuals (see S. 1104, S6149 [20MY])
Space policy: biomedical research (see H.R. 3922, H11288 [25NO])
SSI: minimum standards to protect elderly and other residents of board and care facilities (see H.R. 2551, H4015 [5JN])
States: establish a State health service corps demonstration project (see S. 925, S4984 [24AP])
———improve systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (see S. 489, S2309 [26FE])
———maternal and child health block grants (see H.R. 1968, H2398 [22AP])
Student loans: Federal loan insurance relative to health education assistance loans (see S. 2050, S18086 [25NO])
———graduate programs in clinical psychology eligibility in certain health professions loan programs (see S. 66, S436 [14JA])
Task Force on Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: establish (see S. 504, S2310 [26FE])
Taxation: allow deduction for adult home care relative to Alzheimer's disease (see S. 895, S4837 [23AP]; H.R. 931, H991 [6FE])
———allow student loan deductions for physicians relative to the practice of medicine in rural communities (see S. 104, S437 [14JA])
———clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 3551, H7800 [10OC])
———contribution of individual income tax refunds for drug abuse education programs (see H.R. 2765, H5049 [25JN])
———deductibility of payments to self-insured medical reimbursement plans which do not cover chiropractors (see H.R. 2264, H2901 [8MY])
———deduction for certain educational costs of licensed practical or vocational nurses (see H.R. 342, H80 [4JA])
———deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 3481, H7313 [2OC])
———deduction to employer providing family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition (see S. 841, S4612 [17AP])
———dependent care credit (see H.R. 3506, H7380 [3OC])
———disallow advertising deduction for tobacco products unless payments are made to advertise health effects of smoking (see H.R. 440, H83 [4JA])
———early withdrawal of individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 3663, H8662 [29OC])
———employee benefit plans (see H.R. 2742, H5048 [25JN])
———employer credits for the cost of providing employee mammography screening (see H.R. 112, H57 [3JA])
———employer deductions for group health plans relative to coverage of adopted children (see H.R. 3892, H10931 [22NO])
———employer's cost of providing employee medical benefits (see H.R. 2800, H5210 [26JN])
———establish a credit for the cost of long-term health insurance (see S. 84, S436 [14JA]; S. 87, S436 [14JA]
———establish affordable health care incentives (see S. 2095, S18335 [26NO])
———excise taxes on group health plans that fail to provide for preexisting conditions (see H.R. 3938, H11885 [26NO])
———exclude income from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund (see H.R. 3013, H5817 [24JY])
———health care for coal industry retirees (see S. 1989, S17044 [19NO]; H.R. 4013, H11887 [26NO])
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1248, H1414 [5MR]; H.R. 2662, H4611 [18JN])
———health insurance policy premiums (see H.R. 2121, H2570 [29AP])
———impose occupational tax on cigarette companies and use revenues to treat smoking-related diseases (see H.R. 698, H780 [29JA]; H.R. 699, H781 [29JA])
———incentives for coverage of senior citizens by private long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2528, H3854 [4JN])
———income tax credit for amounts contributed to a health care savings account (see H.R. 702, H781 [29JA])
———increase excise tax on cigarettes and deposit revenues in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 892, H990 [6FE])
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (see H.R. 1539, H1913 [20MR]; H.R. 1561, H2014 [21MR])
———long-term care insurance policies which do not meet Federal standards (see H.R. 3830, H10722 [20NO])
———long-term care insurance purchase incentives (see S. 1122, S6355 [22MY]; H.R. 2446, H3494 [22MY])
———permit individuals to include contributions with income tax return for organ transplant grant programs (see H.R. 515, H386 [11JA])
———provide a refundable tax credit for qualified cancer screening tests (see S. 891, S4837 [23AP])
———purchase of health insurance (see H.R. 3084, H5978 [29JY])
———reduce OASDI tax rate and increase the hospital insurance tax rate (see S. 1290, S7809 [13JN])
———refundable credits for qualified cancer screening tests (see H.R. 3464, H7199 [1OC])
———reporting of group health plan information on W-2 forms (see S. 365, S1699 [6FE])
———simplify the application of laws relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 2641, H4549 [13JN])
———treatment of amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans to pay for long-term health insurance (see S. 85, S436 [14JA])
———treatment of Blue Cross and Blue Shield organizations (see H.R. 2527, H3854 [4JN])
———treatment of duplicative medications and excessively priced new therapeutic medications (see H.R. 3823, H10544 [19NO])
———treatment of gain on sale of principal residence relative to the health of the taxpayer's family (see S. 1202, S6996 [4JN])
———treatment of insurance companies not meeting certain requirements relative to health insurance for small employers (see S. 700, S3712 [20MR])
———treatment of long-term care (see H.R. 415, H82 [4JA])
———treatment of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2174, H2685 [1MY])
———treatment of long-term care insurance and accelerated death benefits (see S. 1021, S5614 [9MY]; H.R. 1693, H2135 [10AP])
———treatment of long-term care insurance and benefits (see S. 1693, S12183 [2AU])
———treatment of medical expenses of handicapped individuals over age 65 (see H.R. 498, H385 [11JA])
———treatment of sales of assets of medical service organizations to managers of such organizations (see H.R. 4042, H11888 [26NO])
———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])
———withdrawals without penalty from individual retirement accounts to pay for certain necessary expenses (see S. 1566, S11056 [26JY])
Tobacco products: authorize incentive grants for States that enact legislation aimed at limiting youth access to cigarettes (see S. 560, S2618 [5MR]; S. 561, S2618 [5MR]
———cigarette labeling (see S. 556, S2618 [5MR])
———inform the public on the hazards of use and disclosure of additives (see S. 1088, S6034 [16MY])
———restrict U.S. activities relative to foreign laws regulating marketing (see H.R. 2781, H5209 [26JN])
———restrictions on labeling and advertising on cigarette exports (see H.R. 2779, H5209 [26JN])
Toxic Substance Control Act: increase criminal penalties (see H.R. 3885, H10930 [22NO])
Toxic Substances Control Act: reduce the levels of lead in the environment (see H.R. 1750, H2178 [11AP])
Transportation: study special services to health care facilities in rural areas (see H.R. 2928, H5595 [17JY])
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act: reauthorizing (see S. 1885, S15400 [29OC])
Veterans: access to tobacco products by individuals receiving care at Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (see S. 1627, S12181 [2AU])
———assist States in providing benefits advice (see H.R. 2650, H4549 [13JN])
———benefits available for certain Vietnam era service (see H.R. 121, H57 [3JA])
———benefits for individuals who have been exposed to ionizing radiation (see H.R. 2738, H4944 [24JN])
———consideration of the disease transverse myelitis as service-connected (see H.R. 340, H80 [4JA])
———copayment requirements for certain medications (see H.R. 3736, H9579 [7NO]; H.R. 3779, H10268 [14NO])
———define the period of the Persian Gulf war for determining benefit eligibility (see S. 386, S1700 [6FE])
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see S. 1, S433 [14JA]; S. 107, S437 [14JA]), H53 [3JA], H79, H80 [4JA], H512 [15JA], H1135 [21FE]
———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H6317 [1AU])
———establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment program in Hawaii (see H.R. 2845, H5340 [10JY])
———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (see H.R. 841, H987 [6FE])
———extend certain drug treatment and other health care programs (see S. 1266, S7464 [11JN])
———extend health benefits to members of the Armed Forces who evaded enemy capture while behind enemy lines (see H.R. 341, H80 [4JA])
———furnish contract hospital care to veterans with service-connected disabilities in cases not now permitted by law (see H.R. 3076, H5978 [29JY])
———furnish outpatient medical services for any POW disabilities (see H.R. 1598, H2083 [22MR])
———furnish with medical, therapeutic, rehabilitative, and prosthetic devices (see S. 1279, S7628 [12JN])
———health care expense limitation based on estate (see H.R. 3072, H5978 [29JY])
———health care programs (see H.R. 2280, H2952 [9MY])
———health care programs (H.R. 2280), concurrence by the House with Senate amendments (see H. Res. 300, H11288 [25NO])
———health care services for women veterans (see S. 2028, S17667 [22NO])
———Health Professional Scholarship Program (see S. 1535, S10769 [24JY])
———hospice care (see S. 1358, S8499 [24JN])
———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])
———improve benefits and services for military personnel serving during the Persian Gulf war (see H.R. 908, H990 [6FE])
———improve rights to reinstatement of health insurance (see S. 361, S1699 [6FE])
———improvements in compensation and pension programs (see H.R. 1047, H1135 [21FE])
———medical treatment and services (see H.R. 2899, H5513 [16JY])
———mobile health care clinic program for individuals in rural areas (see S. 1424, S9116 [28JN])
———payment of certain interim benefits (see S. 1107, S6210 [21MY])
———POW eligibility for emergency medical expenses (see H.R. 2992, H5744 [23JY])
———promote care and treatment in State veterans nursing homes (see H.R. 203, H59 [3JA])
———recovery of costs of certain medical care and services (see S. 1271, S7464 [11JN])
———restore benefits to World War II Filipino servicemen (see S. 795, S4336 [11AP])
———rural mobile health care clinic program (see H.R. 3959, H11886 [26NO])
———time period for manifestation of a chronic disease relative to disability classification (see H.R. 2984, H5744 [23JY])
———treatment for individuals exposed to radiation during military service (see H.R. 3236, H6382 [2AU])
———treatment of amounts collected from third parties relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers (see S. 2029, S17667 [22NO])
Water: reduce lead levels (see S. 1445, S9490 [10JY])
WIC: special supplemental food program (see S. 1540, S10769 [24JY])
———supplemental food program (see S. 1556, S10951 [25JY])
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (see S. 323, S1367 [31JA])
———equity in health care services (see S. 514, S2404 [27FE]; H.R. 1161, H1279 [27FE])
———establish a program for postreproductive health care (see H.R. 3990, H11887 [26NO])
———infertility prevention (see S. 1751, S13696 [25SE])
———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see S. 1777, S14042 [1OC])
———reproduction rights (see S. 25, S434 [14JA]; H.R. 25, H54 [3JA])
———research on reproductive health (see H.R. 2278, H2952 [9MY])
World AIDS Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 376, H10544 [19NO])
World Summit for Children: implement plan to improve lives (see S. 878, S4737 [18AP])
Year of Public Health: designate (see S.J. Res. 49, S1221 [29JA]; H.J. Res. 359, H8188 [22OC])
Youth: adolescent family life demonstration projects (see H.R. 1398, H1669 [12MR])
———adolescent health demonstration projects (see H.R. 279, H78 [4JA])
———educational grant programs to provide services to at-risk youth (see S. 619, S3020 [12MR])
———funding of adolescent health demonstration projects (see H.R. 1128, H1278 [27FE])
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Taxation: treatment of amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans to pay for long-term health insurance (see H.R. 704, H781 [29JA])
Books
``Within Our Reach—Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage,'' Lisbeth Schorr, E1622 [7MY]
Brochures
Planned Parenthood, H10904-H10908 [22NO]
Chronologies
Labor Committee History With OSHA Standard, S12727 [11SE]
Citations
Health Physics Society Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award—Presented to Dr. William J. Bair, E2742 [29JY]
Cloture motions
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S13905 [27SE], S14010 [1OC]
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), S17997 [23NO]
Comments
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: Roni R. Little, E2199 [13JN]
Comparisons
Helms' AIDS amendment and Centers for Disease Control guidelines, S10349 [18JY]
Cost estimates
Agent Orange Act (H.R. 556): CBO, H727 [29JA]
Veterans Disability Compensation for Service-Connected Disabilities (H.R. 3): CBO, H614 [22JA]
Court documents
William L. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, S11956 [2AU]
Descriptions
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act amendment, S12165 [2AU]
Cochran amendment to S. 323—pregnancy counseling, S10101 [16JY]
Health care services for needy children (H.R. 1392), E923 [13MR]
Health insurance coverage for employees of failed depository institutions (H.R. 3230), E2901 [2AU]
Health USA Act (S. 1446), S9857 [11JY]
Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act (S. 1677), S12266 [2AU]
Medicare coverage of certain prescription drugs (H.R. 2500), E1976 [30MY]
National Eye Care project: Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and State ophthalmological societies, E3259 [3OC]
National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3205), H6366 [2AU]
Occupational Safety and Health Act (H.R. 3160), E2858-E2860 [2AU]
1991 domestic appropriations priorities, H5761 [24JY]
OSHA Bloodborne Infectious Disease Standard, S12726 [11SE]
Overview, legislative history, and impact of Circle of Poison Prevention Act (S. 898), S4866-S4868 [23AP]
Small Community Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act (S. 729), S3953 [21MR]
State single-payer enabling amendment to S. 1227, HealthAmerica—affordable health care for all Americans, S13008 [16SE]
Status of Elderly Nutrition Services, E1225 [11AP]
Tax treatment of long-term care (H.R. 415), E7 [3JA]
Toxic Exposure Evaluation and Monitoring Act (S. 1956), S16613 [13NO]
Universal Health Care Act (H.R. 1300), E808 [7MR]
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund exclusion (H.R. 3013), E2676 [24JY]
Documents
Abortion Counseling Gag Rule, H9420, H9421 [6NO]
Commendation of Dr. Kenneth A. Haller: AMA, S12994 [13SE]
Kennedy Amendment Relative to Occupational Exposures to the HIV Virus, S12727 [11SE]
Legislative Language Defining Classes of Disproportionate Share Hospital Providers, S18198 [26NO]
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]
Essays
Drug Rehabilitation Treatment: Dawn Powell, E1501 [30AP]
Go Ask Alice: Lisa Brower, S9271 [8JY]
Tale of Little America Schools: Sara L. Maurer, E1886 [22MY]
Eulogies
Terence U. Beirn: by June E. Osborn, S11542 [31JY]
———by Mathilde Krim, S11541 [31JY]
———by Nicole Lueschow, S11542 [31JY]
———by Pat Wright, S11542 [31JY]
———by Samuel Broder, S11541 [31JY]
———by Senator Hatch, S11541 [31JY]
———by Senator Kennedy, S11540 [31JY]
Explanations
Agent Orange Act (S. 238), S1264 [30JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Health-Care Personnel Act (H.R. 598), S4675-S4680 [18AP]
Improvements in veterans' compensation and pension programs (H.R. 1047), S10941 [25JY]
Medicare purchase of medical equipment and supplies (S. 1736), S13422 [20SE]
Multiple Employer Health Benefits Protection Act (H.R. 2773), E2404 [27JN]
Private Long-Term Care Insurance Act (S. 1693), S12307-S12311 [2AU]
Tax treatment of sales of assets of medical service organizations to managers of such organizations (H.R. 4042), E4183 [26NO]
Vaccine injury compensation amendments to H.R. 3402, health information and promotion programs, S16608 [13NO]
Veterans' Benefits Programs Improvements Act (H.R. 1047), H5931-H5934 [29JY]
Veterans' compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 1046), H5937 [29JY]
Veterans' Compensation Programs Improvement Act (H.R. 1047), H2119 [10AP]
Veterans' programs amendments to H.R. 2280, (H. Res. 300), H11206-H11213 [25NO]
Factsheets
Alleviating Poverty: Select Committee on Hunger, E1719-E1722 [13MY]
Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act (S. 694), S3594 [19MR]
Chlamydia, S13712 [25SE]
Compensation for Service-Connected Disabilities: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S15305 [28OC]
Facts Countering Drug Industry Fiction Regarding Research and Development, S17299 [21NO]
Kennelly Long-Term Care Factsheet, E1534 [1MY]
Life Insurance Contracts of Terminally Ill Individuals (H.R. 134), E54 [3JA]
Turn It Down—Effects of Noise on Hearing Loss in Children and Youth, E3712 [5NO]
Guidelines
Pregnancy counseling: Dept. of HHS, S10072 [16JY]
———Merck Manual, S10120 [16JY]
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]
Abortion funding through taxation revenues: President Bush, H6241 [1AU]
Abortion rights for military women overseas: Jeffrey Jenson, S13250 [19SE]
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome: NIH, S16117 [7NO]
———Senator Hatfield, S16117 [7NO]
Adolescent Family Life Act: Carol D. Clark, S12721 [11SE]
Agent orange: CBO, H727 [29JA]
———Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S1266 [30JA], H722 [29JA]
———William D. Hurd, S1276 [30JA]
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]
Alcoholic beverage label warnings: American Academy of Pediatrics, S3395 [14MR]
———American Council of Life Insurance, S3396 [14MR]
———Center for Science in the Public Interest, S3395 [14MR]
———Mothers Against Drunk Driving, S3395 [14MR]
———National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc., S3395 [14MR]
———National PTA, S3395 [14MR]
Assistance to military families: American Association of School Administrators, S1444 [31JA]
———American Psychological Association, S1443 [31JA]
———Child Welfare League of America, Inc., S1444 [31JA]
———Children's Defense Fund, S1443 [31JA]
———Family Service America, S1443 [31JA]
———Judy L. Carter, Family Resource Coalition, S1443 [31JA]
———National Association of School Psychologists, S1444 [31JA]
———National Military Family Association, S1442 [31JA]
———National Parents and Teachers Association, S1444 [31JA]
———Salvation Army, S1444 [31JA]
———YMCA, S1444 [31JA]
———YWCA, S1444 [31JA]
Breast cancer: (sundry), S15206 [24OC]
Cancer Screening Incentive Act: American Cancer Society, S4853 [23AP]
Community Right To Know More Act: several environmental organizations, E2518 [11JY]
Compensation for service-connected disabilities: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S15305 [28OC]
———OMB, S15303 [28OC]
———Representative Rostenkowski, S15303 [28OC]
———Senator Murkowski, S15305 [28OC]
Comprehensive Maternal and Early Childhood Health Care Act: Children's Defense Fund, S3652 [20MR]
———National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., S3653 [20MR]
Counseling at federally funded family planning clinics: several medical professional associations, H10490 [19NO]
Dept. of Agriculture's streamlined inspection system for cattle: Senators Leahy and Metzenbaum, S8143 [19JN]
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]
Drug treatment grants: CBO, S9296 [9JY]
Early detection of breast cancer: Bobbie S. Foster, E1322 [18AP]
Employee health insurance for small business: Jeremy D. Thorton, S9405 [9JY]
Establish a national State-run medical care program: Timothy Deal, S18548 [26NO]
Families in Need Act: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S8743 [26JN]
———March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, S8742 [26JN]
———National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., S8743 [26JN]
Family and medical leave: Beckner Painting Midwest, Inc., H9736 [13NO]
———Family Research Council, H9768 [13NO]
Family and Medical Leave Act: Beazer Engineering, S14157 [2OC]
———Blake Electric Co., S14157 [2OC]
———Challenger Schools, S14156 [2OC]
———Daywest Enterprises Inc., S14156 [2OC]
———Forest Products Sales, S14156 [2OC]
———Getter Trucking, Inc., S14158 [2OC]
———Green & Sons Agency, S14157 [2OC]
———IBEC, S14158 [2OC]
———Intermountain West Management Corp., S14155 [2OC]
———Jones/Richards & Associates, S14155 [2OC]
———K-C Manufacturing & Sales Inc., S14157 [2OC]
———Le Grand Johnson Construction Co., S14158 [2OC]
———Maca Supply Co., S14156 [2OC]
———Mendenhall Consulting Engineers, S14157 [2OC]
———Michael E. Allen, S14156 [2OC]
———Mid-State Consultants, Inc., S14157 [2OC]
———National Federation of Independent Business, S14155 [2OC]
———Peterson Co.-Utah, S14157 [2OC]
———President Bush, S14154, S14178 [2OC]
———Printing Industries of America, S14157 [2OC]
———Stan Hurst, S14156 [2OC]
———Swim Financial Corp., S14156 [2OC]
———Wangsgaard Heating & Appliance Co., S14157 [2OC]
Family Caregiver Support Act: Alzheimer's Association, S5254 [25AP]
———United Cerebral Palsy Association, S5254 [25AP]
Family leave employee program: Representative Clay, E636 [26FE]
Federal payments relative to State medicaid expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes: National Governors' Association, S18187 [26NO]
———OMB, S18191 [26NO]
———Senator Cranston, S18653 [27NO]
———Senator Wallop, S18195 [26NO]
———Wallace G. Wilkinson, Governor of Kentucky, H10523 [19NO]
———Zell Miller, Governor of Georgia, S18172 [26NO]
Financial assistance for trauma centers located in drug-related violence areas: American College of Surgeons, H8018 [17OC]
Furnish veterans with medical, therapeutic, rehabilitative, and prosthetic devices: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S7634 [12JN]
Generic Drug Approval Process: Senator D'Amato, S16017, S16018 [6NO]
Health care: Hampton Associates, Inc., E3235 [3OC]
Health care coverage: Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, S16759 [14NO]
Health Care Financing Administration policies relative to medicare Secondary Payer program: Benefit Planning Services, Inc., S8209-S8211 [19JN]
Health care legislation: American College of Preventive Medicine, S7034 [4JN]
———Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, S7034 [4JN]
———Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, S7034 [4JN]
———WELCOA (organization), S7034 [4JN]
Health care reform: National Federation of Independent Business, E3223 [2OC]
Health insurance coverage, E952 [14MR]
Health Professional Scholarship Program: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S10772 [24JY]
Healthy Start initiative: Dept. of HHS, S3651 [20MR]
Improvements in veterans' compensation and pension programs: CBO, H2119 [10AP]
Inspection of imports of Canadian meat and poultry: Senator Baucus, S4481 [16AP]
Long-term care insurance: William J. Heestand, E7 [3JA]
Long-term care insurance policies: Linda Lipsen and Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, E1312 [18AP]
———Max Richtman, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, E1311 [18AP]
———Ronald F. Pollack, Families United for Senior Action, E1311 [18AP]
Long-term health care: Senator Pryor, S12311 [2AU]
Long-term Social Security care assistance program for functionally impaired elderly individuals: AMEX Life Assurance Co., S12250 [2AU]
———American Health Care Association, S12251 [2AU]
———Barbara Roberts, Governor of Oregon, S12250 [2AU]
———Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, S12250 [2AU]
———CIGNA Corp., S12251 [2AU]
———Health Insurance Association of America, S12250 [2AU]
———Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., S12251 [2AU]
———National Association for Home Care, S12251 [2AU]
———National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12251 [2AU]
———Richard C. Ladd, S12250 [2AU]
Medicaid matching payment restriction for State provider-specific tax programs: Philip J. Rock, S14872 [17OC]
Medicaid prescription drug program: National Governors' Association, H7227 [2OC]
Medical care: Edward McEachern, H6449 [11SE]
Medical College of Virginia Dept. of Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, E517 [19FE]
Medical injury compensation for Federal health care programs: AMA, S7308 [6JN]
———American Hospital Association, S7308 [6JN]
———C. Everett Koop, S7309 [6JN]
———Carter G. Phillips, S7310 [6JN]
———Joseph A. Califano, Jr., S7309 [6JN]
———National Federation of Independent Business, S7309 [6JN]
———Physician Insurers Association of America, S7309 [6JN]
Medical research alliance between Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense: Representative Aspin, H1178 [27FE]
Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act: several organizations, S11070 [26JY]
Medicare health insurance rates, H10400 [18NO]
Medicare toll-free phone service: Gloria M. Cartwright, S14319 [3OC]
———Senator Graham, S14319 [3OC]
———several Senators, S14319 [3OC]
National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: (sundry excerpts), E1950 [29MY]
———Representative Stark, E3893 [19NO]
NIH programs revision and extension: Sandi Jacoby, E2649 [23JY]
Orphan Drug Act amendments: National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc., S18368 [26NO]
Patient and Health Provider Protection Act: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, E2378 [26JN]
Pediatric AIDS: Carol DiPaolo, S4368 [11AP]
Philip Morris and the Arts: Mr. Subliminal, Saturday Night Live, E1460 [25AP]
———Philip Morris Cos., Inc., E1460 [25AP]
Pregnancy counseling: AMA, S10073 [16JY]
———American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S10109 [16JY]
Profit earnings improve with increased medical testing: Advanced Imaging Center, E2226 [14JN]
Quality of health care: Donald E. DeMarco, E3482 [22OC]
Radon Testing for Safe Schools Act: American Academy of Pediatrics, S2824 [6MR]
———American Lung Association, S2824 [6MR]
———Coalition for Consumer Health and Safety, S2824 [6MR]
Reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease: Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease, S11060 [26JY]
Recovery of costs of certain medical care and services to veterans: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S7492 [11JN]
Reduction of Metals in Packaging Act: Coalition of Northeastern Governors, S3956 [21MR]
———Environmental Defense Fund, S3957 [21MR]
———Natural Resources Defense Council, S3957 [21MR]
———(sundry organizations), S3957 [21MR]
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]
Retirement planning information on the Personal Earnings and Benefits Estimate Statement: Senator Graham, S13838 [26SE]
Rocky Flats nuclear power facility: Dept. of Defense, S3523 [19MR]
———James D. Watkins, Sec. of Energy, S3525, S3526 [19MR]
Rural Health Innovation Demonstration Act: National Rural Health Association, S11555 [31JY]
———Oregon Association of Hospitals, S11555 [31JY]
———Oregon Dept. of Human Resources, S11556 [31JY]
———Oregon Health Sciences University, S11555 [31JY]
———Oregon Nurses Association, S11555 [31JY]
Rural Primary Care Act: Senators Packwood and Pryor, S6366 [22MY]
School Readiness Act: Children's Defense Fund, S4994 [24AP]
———National Head Start Association, S4994 [24AP]
Senior Nutrition Act: Families United for Senior Action, S10137 [16JY]
———National Association of Meal Programs, S10138 [16JY]
———National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, S10138 [16JY]
———Senator Pryor, S10137 [16JY]
Small Business Health Care Reform Act: National Federation of Independent Business, E4059 [25NO]
———National Small Business United (organization), E4059 [25NO]
———Small Business Legislative Council, E4059 [25NO]
———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, E4060 [25NO]
Smoking ban on military flights: Coalition on Smoking or Health, E3478 [22OC]
St. Jude's Hospital: Maissie Aristizabal, H937 [6FE]
Stand-by ambulance for Members use only: Representative Bentley, H7850 [15OC]
Substance Abuse Treatment Corps Act: American Academy of Pediatrics, S6862 [24MY]
———American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, S6862 [24MY]
———Mark R. Ginsberg, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, S6862 [24MY]
———National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., S6862 [24MY]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, S7997 [18JN]
Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act: ACLU, S6046 [16MY]
Trauma care systems planning and development funding: several Senators, S12719 [11SE]
Trauma Research Act: Paul A. Ebert, E2008 [4JN]
U.S. Crack Epidemic: Senator Moynihan, S11355 [30JY]
Use of sodium nitrate to cure buffalo meat: American Association of Meat Processors, S10766 [24JY]
———Bruce W. Anderson and Judson R. Seaman, R.C. Western Meats, Inc., S10766 [24JY]
———Dept. of Agriculture, S10765 [24JY]
———Elmer Hochhalter, S10766 [24JY]
———several Members of Congress, S10765 [24JY]
VA's adult day health care program: Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S17134 [20NO]
Veterans' disability compensation for service-connected disabilities: AMVETS, H613 [22JA]
———VFW, H612 [22JA]
———several veterans organizations, H612 [22JA]
Veterans' health care programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce, H5035 [25JN]
———Committee on Veterans' Affairs, H5035 [25JN]
Veterans' reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance: Dept. of Defense, H746 [29JA]
Veterans' Research Corporation and Medical Care Extension Act: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S7486 [11JN]
Lists
Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease, S11061 [26JY]
Amendments to H.R. 2507, revising and extending NIH programs, H5838 [25JY]
American businesses making a life saving difference, S4922 [24AP]
Coalition of Northeastern Governors members in support of Reduction of Metals in Packaging Act, S3957 [21MR]
Cosponsors of legislaqtion to reauthorize and expand area health education centers, H6363 [2AU]
Cosponsors of S. 238, Agent Orange Act, S1267 [30JA]
Hawaii Reproductive Rights Coalition organization members, S10107 [16JY]
Hearings held by House committees on agent orange issues since 1978, H725 [29JA]
Infant mortality rates, selected countries, E2348 [25JN]
Median time from issue to trial date, by State, S14168 [2OC]
Medical and nursing organizations opposed to the gag rule on pregnancy counseling, S10073 [16JY]
Members of the Small Business Legislative Council, E4059 [25NO]
Organizations endorsing the International Population Stabilization and Reproductive Choice Act, S6869 [24MY]
Organizations endorsing the Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act, S17298 [21NO]
Organizations endorsing the Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act, S6045 [16MY]
Organizations opposed to criminalization, mandatory AIDS testing and disclosure of health care professionals, and supportive of universal precautions, S12729 [11SE]
Organizations supporting H.R. 3796, programs for children of substance abusers, E3909 [19NO]
Organizations supporting S. 924, Children's and Communities' Mental Health Systems Improvement Act, S5023 [24AP]
Organizations supporting the American Health Quality Act (S. 1836), S14909 [17OC]
Recommendations for fighting AIDS: National Commission on AIDS, E3341 [9OC]
Scientific Opportunities Within the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases That Will Not Be Funded Within the 1992 Conference Level, H10900 [22NO]
Successes in 1990 Women's Health Equity Act, S2428 [27FE]
Supporters of family planning and elimination of the gag rule, H5121 [26JN]
Manifestoes
Bipartisan Congressional Caucus for National Health Care Reform, H6285 [1AU]
Memorandums
Abortion Counseling Gag Rule: Kenneth R. Thomas, Congressional Research Service, E3877 [15NO]
———President Bush, H9421, H9422 [6NO]
Dept. of Agriculture Authority To Collect Fees for Quarantine and Inspection Services: Kevin B. Greely, Congressional Research Service, S4846-S4848 [23AP]
Memorials of legislature
California, S17665 [22NO], H8188 [22OC], H8787 [30OC], E763 [5MR]
Colorado, H4098 [6JN], H4556 [17JN]
Guam, H2108 [9AP]
Hawaii, S8591 [25JN], H4015 [5JN]
Illinois, S10950 [25JY], S16846 [15NO], H5341 [10JY]
Louisiana, S10950 [25JY], H5665 [22JY]
Maine, H5049 [25JN], H5665 [22JY]
Montana, S5501 [8MY], H2564 [25AP]
Nebraska, H2469 [23AP]
Nevada, S10950 [25JY]
New Jersey, H684 [23JA], H1079 [20FE], H2901 [8MY]
Pennsylvania, H5451 [15JY], H6385 [2AU]
———Veterans Administration hospitals, H9043 [1NO]
Puerto Rico, S5498 [8MY], H2108 [9AP]
South Carolina, S8008 [18JN]
Utah, H1914 [20MR]
Washington, H2108 [9AP]
Messages
Dept. of HHS Report on the Administration of Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act: President Bush, S6651 [23MY]
Health Care Liability Reform and Quality of Care Improvement Act: President Bush, S5897 [15MY], H3119 [15MY]
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking: Javier Perez de Quellar, S8647 [26JN]
Mine Safety and Health Activities: President Bush, S13694 [25SE]
Motions
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (S. 1532), H10559 [19NO]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9781 [13NO]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), H9793 [13NO]
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10540 [19NO]
Obituaries
R Adams Cowley, 74, Dies—Pioneer in Shock-Trauma, E3591 [30OC]
Terence U. Beirn, S11539 [31JY]
Papers
Fighting Hunger—A Job Halfway Done—A Challenge Halfway Met: Committee on Hunger (Select), E885-E887 [12MR]
Helms Amendments Do Not Protect Patients or Workers, S12727 [11SE]
Medicare Physician Reimbursement: Sarkis J. Chobanian, E1995 [3JN]
OSHA Bloodborne Disease Standard Should Be Law, S12727 [11SE]
Petitions
Association of Pacific Island Legislatures, H1139 [21FE]
Lakewood, NJ, H62 [3JA]
Monmouth, NJ, Board of Chosen Freeholders, H2110 [9AP]
Monmouth County, NJ, Board of Chosen Freeholders: permanent medical care for certain veterans, S5501 [8MY]
National Association of Attorneys General, H2400 [22AP]
New Jersey, H12063 [3JA]
Poems
``Hooray for the Whips'', E3108 [23SE]
``Unborn,'' Tom Evans, E2957 [15AU]
Polls of opinion
Pennsylvannia: 13th Congressional District, E3148 [25SE]
Press releases
EPA urges schools to check for radon, S2824 [6MR]
Formation of Bipartisan Congressional Caucus for National Health Care Reform, H6286 [1AU]
Log-term care insurance policies: United Seniors Health Cooperative, E1312 [18AP]
Paid family leave is essential to meet current needs, report says, H9724 [13NO]
Proclamations
American Heart Month: President Bush, E637 [26FE]
California Community Residential Care Month: Pete Wilson, Governor of California, E763 [5MR]
Programs
Terence U. Beirn memorial service, S11540 [31JY]
Public opinion polls
California: 23rd Congressional District, E4034-E4036 [25NO]
Questions and answers
Family and Medical Leave Act (S. 5), S14167 [2OC]
Regulations
Pregnancy counseling under federally funded health care programs, S10076, S10126 [16JY]
Remarks in House
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (S. 1532), H10558 [19NO], H11506 [26NO]
Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (H.R. 766), H832 [31JA], E379 [31JA], E1896 [23MY]
———Federal funding for victims of rape and incest, E3715 [5NO]
———informed consent, H6144 [31JY], E2878 [2AU]
———medical services relative to overseas military health care facilities, H3377, H3378, H3394-H3400, H3448 [22MY]
———parental notification requirements (H.R. 1397), E916 [13MR]
———physician-patient relationship relative to counseling (H.R. 2786), E2472 [10JY]
———pro choice versus right to life, H647 [23JA], H2928 [9MY], H4949 [25JN], H5075, H5083, H5086, H5087, H5089, H5091, H5113-H5131 [26JN], H5827, H5841 [25JY], H6239-H6241 [1AU], H6321, H6326, H6327 [2AU], H6656-H6658 [17SE], H7148 [1OC], H7204 [2OC], H7561 [8OC], H7788-H7792 [10OC], H7871 [16OC], H8067 [17OC], H9402, H9403, H9419-H9445 [6NO], H10734, H10737 [21NO], H10918 [22NO], E287 [24JA], E523 [19FE], E1189 [10AP], E2491 [11JY], E3740 [6NO], E3877 [15NO]
Advertising: public service antismoking ads (H. Res. 24), E27 [3JA]
Advisory Committee on Nuclear Facility Safety: tribute, H7521 [7OC]
Advisory Council on Allied Health: establish (H.R. 1466), E985 [19MR], E1046 [21MR]
Aeronautics: smoking prohibition on aircraft (H.R. 3269), E3478 [22OC]
African Americans: need for black physicians, E2083 [6JN]
Agency for International Development: leadership against childhood diseases, E88 [7JA]
AIDS Disability Advisory Panel: establish (H.R. 2299), E1690 [9MY]
Air pollution: carbon dioxide emissions (H. Res. 120), H2121 [10AP]
———health threats posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (H.R. 1066), E592 [22FE]
Alabama: medicaid program, H8051 [17OC]
Alameda County, CA: La Clinica de la Raza (health clinic) anniversary, E3034 [12SE]
———tribute to health care program for the homeless, E3208 [1OC]
Alcoholic beverages: health warnings in advertisements (H.R. 1443), H6465 [12SE], E962 [14MR]
Alcoholism: Federal funding for research on alcohol abuse by women (H.R. 1000), E553 [21FE]
American Cancer Society: Health and Screening Day in Westchester County, NY, E1462 [25AP]
American Heart Month: observance, E564 [21FE], E636 [26FE]
American Red Cross: tribute to Clark County, NV, chapter, E2627 [19JY]
American Self-Help Clearinghouse (organization): anniversary, E1013 [20MR]
Amgen, Inc.: tribute, E1298 [17AP]
Amgen Corp.: profits from the sale of drug to medicare patients, H10259 [14NO]
Appropriations: reauthorize and expand to area education centers (S. 1648), H6362 [2AU]
Armed Forces: allow claims for damages from certain negligent medical care (H.R. 3407), E3293 [7OC]
———delay increase in deductibles for certain health care until the end of the Persian Gulf conflict (H.R. 781), E688 [28FE]
———eligibility for military medical and dental care of certain minors under legal custody of members (H.R. 2134), E1508 [30AP]
———expand dental program for spouses and children (H.R. 2623), E2186 [13JN]
———health benefits for Operation Desert Storm Reserve members and families (H.R. 674), E311 [28JA]
———health benefits for Operation Desert Storm Reserve members and families (H.R. 675), E311 [28JA]
———inpatient mental health services (H.R. 846), E483 [7FE]
———payment of health care expenses for certain members relative to entitlement to medicare benefits (H.R. 467), E93 [7JA]
Arty, Mary A.: AMA's Nathan Davis Award recipient, E827 [7MR]
Bair, William J.: Health Physics Society Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award recipient, E2742 [29JY]
Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (H.R. 3619), E3514 [23OC]
———priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (H.R. 3676), E3624 [31OC]
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]
Beirn, Terence U.: tribute (S. 1594), H6358 [2AU]
Biomedical Electronics Equipment Technician Awareness Week: observance, E2624 [19JY]
Black Lung Benefits Act: claims due to pneumoconiosis (H.R. 694), E324 [29JA]
———improve (H.R. 1637), E1110 [22MR]
B'nai B'rith: Outstanding Achievement and Community Service Award recipients, E2674 [24JY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H7119, H7121, H7122, H7150 [1OC], H7317 [3OC], H7729 [10OC], H8193 [23OC], E3198 [1OC], E3216, E3219 [2OC]
Budget: emergency funding requirements relative to Head Start, child immunization, and the WIC Programs (H.R. 3147), H6198 [1AU]
Burkhart, John H.: AMA Distinguished Service Award recipient, E2794 [31JY]
Bush, President: domestic policy, H7659 [9OC]
———national objectives priority assignments, H1403-H1409 [5MR]
———policy on women's issues, H10611 [20NO]
California: opening celebration of the Wellness Communities' Westlake Village center, E2765 [31JY]
———tribute to the Mental Health Referral Service, E3184 [26SE]
———tribute to the St. Francis Medical Center, E3582 [29OC]
California Community Residential Care Month: designate, E762 [5MR]
California State University: Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition, and Dietetics building dedication, E1986 [30MY]
Canada: health care system, H8580 [29OC], H9151 [5NO]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize presentation of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month programs (H. Con. Res. 138), H2542 [25AP]
———use of the ambulance maintained solely for Members (H. Res. 244), H7850 [15OC]
Ceres Conference: commend efforts to combat problems of the global food system, E3752 [7NO]
CHAMPUS: eligibility of certain members of the Armed Forces relative to medicare coverage of hospital insurance (H.R. 1124), E692 [28FE]
———military health care reform, E2387 [27JN]
———reform initiative contract for medical services, E4030 [23NO]
Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology: tribute for advances in public health and safety, E945 [14MR]
Chester, PA: commend Sacred Heart Hospital Medical Center on Pennsylvania Hall of Fame Champions of Older Workers induction, E2028 [5JN], E2388 [27JN]
Child Care Food Program: extend benefits to children aged 13 to 15 (H.R. 1714), E1256 [16AP]
Children: family, health, and educational issues, E726 [1MR]
———funding for health and nutrition programs, H2098 [9AP]
———funding to reduce infant mortality rates, H1525 [7MR]
———infant mortality, H1857 [20MR]
———medical care (H. Con. Res. 31), E131 [11JA]
———reduce infant mortality and improve mothers' health (H.R. 1244), E782 [6MR]
Children and youth: emergency funding for aid programs, H8615-H8625 [29OC], H8667 [30OC]
———grants for children who are perinatally exposed to drugs (H.R. 3832), E3932 [21NO]
———health, nutritional, and educational needs, E3626 [31OC]
———hunger and poverty, H5807-H5813, H5815 [24JY]
———infant mortality rate, E2382 [26JN], E2387 [27JN]
———medical care, H2693 [2MY]
———programs for children of substance abusers (H.R. 3796), E3909 [19NO]
———State health and education programs (H.R. 2974), H5719 [23JY]
———study on adolescent sexual behavior, H5719 [23JY]
———support for Federal assistance programs, E3740 [6NO]
Children of Chernobyl Relief Fund: assistance efforts, E1504 [30AP]
CIA: drug testing for employees, H4254-H4259 [11JN]
Cigarettes: impose an annual tax on each vending machine and use revenues to fund reduced tobacco use programs (H.R. 632), H678 [23JA]
Cleveland, OH: tribute to Concern II Organization, E2464 [9JY]
Columbus, OH: tribute to Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., E2500 [11JY]
Congress: applicability of laws relative to employment conditions and rights of employees (H.R. 3734), E3750 [7NO], E3870 [15NO]
———bipartisan efforts toward national objectives, H6448 [11SE]
———domestic policy, H9708 [13NO]
———domestic policy issues, H4444, H4446 [13JN]
Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus: activities, E3653 [1NO]
———cloning of the cystic fibrosis gene, E1326 [18AP]
Constitutional amendments: guarantee access to care (H.J. Res. 366), H8781 [30OC]
Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification, E4188 [26NO]
Cowley, R. Adams: tribute for development of the shock trauma program and emergency medical system, E3950 [21NO]
Crisis Services of Brevard, Inc.: anniversary, E1443 [24AP]
Cuba: exception to embargo for medical supplies (H.R. 434), E14 [3JA]
Cudahy, WI: Substance Abuse Awareness Week observance, E3014 [12SE]
Deaf: hearing loss testing for newborns (H.R. 1758), H2475 [24AP]
Death and dying: infant mortality, H5054, H5055, H5056 [26JN]
Decade of the Brain: research, E1304 [18AP]
Democratic Party: responsibility for medicare, Social Security and job security, H9402 [6NO]
Denver, CO: tribute to the Foothills Wellness Center, E3597 [30OC]
Dept. of Defense: establish medical research alliance with Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 111), H1104 [21FE], H1175, H1177-H1180 [27FE], E86 [3JA]
Dept. of State: controlled substances testing of employees, H3081-H3092 [15MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (H.R. 175), H5939 [29JY]
———establish medical research alliance with Dept. of Defense (H.R. 111), H1104 [21FE], H1175, H1177-H1180 [27FE], E86 [3JA]
———impact of medical care and research, E87 [7JA]
———prices of drugs procured (H.R. 2890), H5447-H5449 [15JY]
———third-party reimbursement for certain health care services (H.R. 4018), E4173 [26NO]
Developing countries: U.S. foreign aid, E2411 [27JN]
Disability: disregard overtime pay under certain contracts in determining eligibility of certain workers for health care benefits (H.R. 1009), E557 [21FE]
Disabled: reauthorize infant and toddler programs (H.R. 2690), E2275, E2279 [19JN]
———reauthorize programs for mentally ill individuals (S. 1475), H10549, H10550, H10551 [19NO]
———self-reliance, E3844 [14NO]
Disasters: include in telephone directories important information relative to natural disaster survival techniques (H. Con. Res. 101), E1021 [20MR]
Diseases: 5 kilometer walk/run for breast cancer prevention, H4442 [13JN]
———AIDS epidemic, H717 [29JA], H3617-H3621 [23MY], H3911-H3918 [4JN], H4008-H4012 [5JN], H4176 [7JN], H5086, H5087, H5112 [26JN], H5590 [17JY], H6396, H6445-H6447 [11SE], H6921-H6924 [26SE], H7088 [30SE], H7276 [2OC], H7555 [8OC], H8056-H8059 [17OC], H9571-H9573 [7NO], H9620, H9678, H9679 [12NO], E534 [20FE], E2061 [6JN], E2209, E2213 [13JN], E2235 [17JN], E2957 [15AU], E3277 [3OC], E3307 [8OC], E3341 [9OC], E3871 [15NO], E3896 [19NO]
———AIDS epidemic (H. Res. 164), H3913 [4JN]
———AIDS epidemic in Uganda, H9480-H9482 [6NO]
———AIDS prevention education, H10398, H10400-H10405 [18NO]
———authorizing appropriations for breast cancer research (H.R. 2210), H5104 [26JN]
———breast cancer preventitive research, H4445 [13JN]
———cancer research funding, H5088, H5090 [26JN]
———childhood disease immunization, H5075 [26JN]
———community-based AIDS research initiative (S. 1594), H6358 [2AU]
———diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of coronary heart disease, E564 [21FE]
———establish protections against certain communicable diseases for health care providers and their patients (H.R. 2788), H5203-H5208 [26JN], H5495 [16JY], E2376 [26JN]
———ovarian cancer research (H.R. 148), H1149 [26FE]
———prevention of AIDS in women (H.R. 1072), H1150 [26FE], E585 [22FE]
———public education on prostate cancer (H.R. 1310), H1420 [6MR]
———publication of nontechnical directory of AIDS-related experimental drugs, E510 [19FE]
———reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 3082), E2746 [29JY]
———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (H.R. 556), H718, H719-H741 [29JA], E203, E211 [17JA], E349 [30JA], E374 [31JA], E390 [4FE]
———research programs relative to AIDS in women (H.R. 1073), H1150 [26FE], E585 [22FE]
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]
Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, H8550 [28OC]
———social service reforms, E3107 [23SE]
Drug abuse: coordination of Federal drug treatment programs involved in the criminal justice system (H.R. 2568), E2110 [7JN]
———develop model treatment programs (H.R. 2030), E1394 [23AP]
———educational initiatives, E2496 [11JY]
———establish education and prevention programs relating to youth gangs and runaway youths (H.R. 3259), H7090-H7093 [30SE], E3221 [2OC]
———establish standards for certification of laboratories engaged in urine drug testing (H.R. 33), E1, E3 [3JA]
———Federal and State treatment programs for criminal offenders (H.R. 730), E354 [30JA]
———national drug control policy, H1906-H1908 [20MR], H2404 [23AP], H5272 [9JY], E1276 [17AP], E1599 [2MY], E2116 [7JN], E3011 [12SE], E3668 [1NO], E3704 [5NO]
———treatment and rehabilitation programs, H5079, H5082, H5087 [26JN]
Drug abuse, alcohol, and mental health programs: funding, H5106 [26JN]
Drugs: effects of Prozac on mental patients, E1652 [8MY]
———expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs, H8019 [17OC]
———expand narcotic abuse prevention and treatment programs (H.R. 3256), H6369 [2AU]
———increasing prices, E1168 [10AP]
———prescription drug prices, H6725 [24SE]
———tax credit for clinical testing expenses for rare diseases and impose windfall profit tax on excessively profitable drugs (H.R. 1713), E1171 [10AP]
East Orange, NJ: anniversary of the community health law project, E3457 [21OC]
East Providence, RI: tribute to Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, E1544 [1MY]
East Williston, NY: observance of Health Awareness Week, E208 [17JA]
Eastern Airlines: retirement benefits, E2601 [18JY]
Eastman Kodak Co.: commend efforts to combat nation's drug problem, E2669 [24JY]
Ecology and environment: tribute to the Hazardous Waste Action Coalition, E3687 [4NO]
Economy: national policy priority assignments, H4950 [25JN], H9705 [13NO], H10203 [14NO], H10488 [19NO]
Education: grants for medical graduate study to benefit economically disadvantaged communities (H.R. 2970), H5671 [23JY]
———medical licensing of Hispanic physicians, E1230 [11AP]
Electric power: electromagnetic fields research and public information dissemination programs (H.R. 3953), E4181 [26NO]
Employment: availability of unemployment, pension, and health benefits to certain part-time employees (H.R. 3793), E3876 [15NO]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits, H2378 [18AP], H9151 [5NO]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 1270), E773 [6MR]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 1626), E1107 [22MR]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H46 [3JA], H1170 [27FE], H1791, H1792 [19MR], H2955 [13MY], H5824 [25JY], H8648 [29OC], H8929 [1NO], H9399, H9400 [6NO], H9501 [7NO], H9707, H9708, H9709, H9722-H9750, H9761-H9793 [13NO], E64 [3JA], E3765 [8NO], E3850, E3857 [14NO], E3862 [15NO], E3932 [21NO]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 275), H9712-H9722 [13NO]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), corrections in engrossment, H9787 [13NO]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), rules for consideration, H8466 [24OC]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 391), E36 [3JA]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), H9787 [13NO], H10282 [18NO], E523 [19FE]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), insert H.R. 2 language in lieu, H9793 [13NO]
———family medical leave, H1678 [13MR]
———national policy to reform labor laws and to protect employee benefits and pensions, E2863 [2AU]
Environmental Health Research Act: enact (H.R. 1634), E1099 [22MR]
ERISA: multiple employer welfare arrangements providing health plan benefits (H.R. 2773), E2400 [27JN]
Estefan, Gloria: National Rehabilitation Hospital's Victory Award recipient, E3706 [5NO]
Families: continuation of benefits of certain family members (H.R. 1645), H2070 [22MR]
Families and domestic relations: Federal involvement, E1979 [30MY]
———mandated leave from job for childbirth, adoption, or serious illness, H4950 [25JN]
Family and domestic relations: extend family planning services (H.R. 3090), H6506 [12SE]
Family planning: twentieth anniversary, H1085 [21FE]
Federal aid: program funding, H5090 [26JN]
Federal aid programs: drug treatment services (H.R. 3540), E3333 [9OC]
Federal employees: allow time off from duty to serve as bone marrow donors (H.R. 658), H688 [24JA]
———apply certain early-out retirement opportunities to mine safety and health inspectors (H.R. 583), E223 [18JA]
———availability of long-term care insurance for civilians (H.R. 705), E340 [29JA]
———availability of lump-sum annuities to terminally ill individuals (H.R. 2389), H3167 [20MY]
———coverage of certain unmarried dependent children under the health benefits program (H.R. 765), E377 [31JA]
———obstetrical benefits (H.R. 927), E498 [7FE]
———payment of group life insurance benefits to terminally ill individuals (H.R. 1681), E1193 [10AP]
———retirement benefits, E1717 [13MY]
Financial institutions: continuation of employee health benefits when a bank is taken over or sold by the FDIC, H9083-H9085, H9087, H9088 [4NO]
Flint Osteopathic Hospital: tribute to nurses, E1559 [2MY]
Florence, SC: Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceutical manufacturing facility dedication, E3184 [26SE]
Florida: American Red Cross anniversary, E4193 [26NO]
———tribute to Santa Fe HealthCare, Inc. preventive health care system, H9624 [12NO]
Florida Child's Wish Comes True (organization): commend efforts to grant wishes of terminally ill children, E2360 [25JN]
Food: grants to State programs providing food to certain nutritionally at risk individuals (H.R. 3711), E3719 [5NO]
———nutritional labeling in advertising (H.R. 1662), E1165 [9AP]
———remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (H.R. 3216), E2882, E2932 [2AU]
Foreign aid: economic assistance for child survival activities, H4419 [12JN]
Foreign policy: authority of U.S. to enforce and strengthen environmental, labor, agricultural, and public health and safety standards (H. Con. Res. 247), E4029 [23NO]
Franklin, NH: tribute to Franklin Regional Hospital, E2560 [16JY]
Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co.: commend efforts to reduce pharmaceutical prices, E2322 [24JN]
Gaffney, Martin: judgment awarded in negligence case, E3348 [9OC]
———negligence lawsuit against a U.S. military hospital, H7656 [9OC]
Gay Men's Health Crisis (organization): anniversary, E4099 [26NO]
Geraldi, Camille and Michael: efforts with Up With Down's Syndrome Foundation, E3838 [14NO]
Gould, AR: tribute to St. Elizabeth Health Center, E3132 [24SE]
Government: domestic agenda, H5600 [18JY]
———insurance plan coverage for employees of failed depository institutions (H.R. 3230), E2901 [2AU]
———involvement, E1316 [18AP], E1445 [24AP]
———Michigan constituents answer questionnaire on Federal spending, E2331 [24JN]
———provide universal access to medical care (H. Res. 117), H1956 [21MR]
Hands in Action (organization): commend efforts to prevent child abuse, E2501 [11JY]
Hansen, John: National Marrow Donor Registry's Laura Graves Award recipient, E4114 [26NO]
Hazardous substances: detection of lead based paint and lead exposure hazards in housing (H.R. 527), E150 [14JA]
———improve accuracy of radon testing products and services (H.R. 3258), E2906 [2AU]
———lead-based paint abatement (H.R. 2922), E2586 [18JY]
———national policy relating to legislative and regulatory action, E4176 [26NO]
———reduce human exposure to lead (H.R. 2840), E2480 [11JY]
———reduce levels of lead in the environment (H.R. 3554), E3383 [11OC]
———study the prevalence and issues related to contamination of workers' homes with chemicals and substances transported from the workplace (H.R. 845), E476 [7FE]
Health Care Facilities: tribute to League Against Cancer, E1466 [25AP]
Health care facilities: criminal penalties for interfering with access (H.R. 1703), E1732 [14MY]
———establish a new veterans hospital in south Texas (H.R. 3188), E2841 [2AU]
———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]
———improve services for pregnant women, infants, and children, E1258 [16AP]
———treatment of the poor by nonprofit hospitals, E3362 [10OC]
———tribute to veterans hospitals' volunteer workers, E1638 [7MY]
Health care professionals: alternative dispute resolution systems for medical malpractice claims (H.R. 3516), H9568 [7NO], E3316 [8OC]
———education programs (H.R. 3508), H9641-H9650 [12NO], H9710 [13NO]
———incentives to serve medically underserved groups (H.R. 2877), E2502 [11JY]
———inform individuals about risks and complications associated with breast implant surgery (H.R. 3783), E3990 [22NO]
———medical license misrepresentation (H.R. 2113), E1490 [29AP]
———National Pharmacy Technician Day observance, E2564 [16JY]
———training to recognize domestic violence, H8017 [17OC]
Health insurance: rate changes by Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, E2797 [1AU]
Hoffman-LaRoche (pharmaceutical company): distribution of vitamin A worldwide, E3524 [23OC]
Hoffmann-LaRoche Sight and Life Task Force: Helen Keller International Award recipient, E3859 [15NO]
Homeless: tribute to the Camillus House of Miami, FL, E769 [6MR]
Hospice Care, Inc.: anniversary, E1236 [11AP]
House of Representatives: tribute to Members participating in voluntary drug-testing demonstration, H10612 [20NO]
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]
Hunger: elimination of problem, H787 [30JA]
Huntsville, AL: tribute to Dept. of Veterans' Affairs Medical Clinic staff, E3500 [22OC]
Illinois: Centralia High School honored for record blood drive, E2291 [19JN]
Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (H.R. 2049), H2476 [24AP]
———health and military service requirements for the admission and naturalization of certain veterans (H.R. 2309), E1725 [13MY]
Income tax: include organ donation information with individual return payments (H.R. 993), E553 [21FE]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 194), H1793 [19MR], H2726-H2728 [2MY], E1004 [20MR], E1547 [1MY]
Infants: low birthweight, E1266 [16AP]
INS: exclusion of AIDS-infected persons from entry into the U.S., E2914 [2AU]
Insurance: access to health care and affordable health insurance (H.R. 3478), E3223 [2OC]
———costs, H790 [30JA]
———coverage for pregnant women and children through employment-based insurance and a State-based health plan (H.R. 3393), E3134 [24SE]
———establish for low-income persons (H.R. 2114), H2543 [25AP], E1472 [25AP]
———Federal standards for long-term care insurance policies (H.R. 2378), E1828 [17MY]
———life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (H.R. 134), E54 [3JA]
———long-term care coverage, E4187 [26NO]
———long-term care coverage (H.R. 1205), E743 [1MR]
———medical care, H2693 [2MY]
———National Association of Insurance Women Week observance, E1307 [18AP]
———national care standards, H514 [16JA]
———national health care coverage (H.R. 1230), H1391-H1394 [5MR], E764 [5MR]
———national health care coverage (H.R. 1255), E776 [6MR]
———reform, E1421 [24AP]
Irvine, CA: National Organization on Disability ``Calling on America'' Leadership Award recipient, E2662 [23JY]
Japan: medical examinations for Americans of Japanese and Korean ancestry who survived atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, E2166 [12JN]
Johnson, Drew M.: national poster child of Muscular Dystrophy Association, E2211 [13JN]
Johnson, Earvin (Magic): tribute, H9678 [12NO]
———tribute to efforts to improve AIDS prevention education, H9583 [8NO]
Kentucky: impact of medicaid regulation on rural health services, E3590 [30OC]
Kistner, Wayne T.: Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America's Humanitarian Award recipient, E3177 [26SE]
La Familia de Hoy: tribute, E662 [27FE]
Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act: enforcement efforts, E3181 [26SE]
Look Good * * * Feel Better cancer patient program: tribute, E2896 [2AU]
Louisiana: abortion law, H4774 [20JN]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 138), H3695, H3696 [29MY]
Macomb County, MI: bicycle path funding, H5790-H5792 [24JY]
Mahoning County Area Task Force on AIDS: tribute, E1259 [16AP]
Marin County, CA: Center Point Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services anniversary, E3137 [24SE]
McMinn County, TN: tribute to Emergency Medical Services personnel, E1708 [9MY]
McQuillen, Michael, and family: impact of lack of access to health care, H4226 [11JN]
Medicaid: alcoholism and drug treatment of pregnant women and certain family members (H.R. 1189), E729 [1MR]
———cervical and breast cancer programs (H.R. 1393), E917 [13MR]
———coverage for inpatient hospital services (H.R. 2656), E2231 [17JN]
———coverage of drug dependency residential treatment programs for pregnant women and certain family members (H.R. 2489), E1954 [29MY]
———coverage of nursing facility services (H.R. 2174), E1533 [1MY]
———coverage of prostate cancer screening tests (H.R. 3989), E4128 [26NO]
———coverage of screening mammography and screening pap smears (H.R. 1129), E3437 [17OC]
———coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 1311), H1420 [6MR]
———coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 2692), H4772 [20JN]
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H. Con. Res. 208), E3118 [24SE]
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10517-H10542 [19NO], E3463 [21OC], E3935, E3949 [21NO], E4145 [26NO]
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), conference report, H11857, H11870-H11872 [26NO]
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), consideration (H. Res. 283), H10509-H10516 [19NO]
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), corrections in engrossment, H10542 [19NO]
———funding regulations, H7520 [7OC]
———impact of health care providers' tax, H6515 [12SE]
———infant mortality (H.R. 1391), E917 [13MR]
———outpatient health services to needy children (H.R. 2213), E1590 [2MY]
———prohibit discrimination in the provision of home and community services (H.R. 2075), H2497 [24AP]
———provider taxes relative to reimbursement of funds, E3362 [10OC]
———State provider tax programs, H8195 [23OC]
———treatment of voluntary contributions and provider-specific taxes, and limit aggregate payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 3900), H11107, H11108 [23NO]
Medical care: crisis, H1420 [6MR]
Medical College of Virginia: tribute, E517 [19FE]
Medicare: anniversary, E2500 [11JY]
———benefit requirements for medicaid beneficiaries (H.R. 2855), E2826 [1AU]
———cost containment on rate of health insurance, H10400 [18NO]
———cost-sharing of medical assistance (H.R. 2908), E2537 [16JY]
———coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (H.R. 2565), H4128 [6JN], H4177 [7JN], E2104 [7JN]
———coverage of annual preventive examinations (H.R. 3851), E3962 [22NO]
———coverage of anticancer drugs (H.R. 3826), E3950 [21NO]
———coverage of bone mass measurements (H.R. 1213), E732 [1MR]
———coverage of certain chiropractic services (H.R. 3142), E2804 [1AU], E2935 [2AU]
———coverage of certain prescription drugs (H.R. 2500), E1975 [30MY]
———coverage of general population (H.R. 1777), E1261 [16AP]
———coverage of individuals receiving unemployment benefits (H.R. 1492), E988 [19MR]
———coverage of long-term care expenses (H.R. 3180), E2893 [2AU]
———coverage of outpatient education services for individuals with diabetes (H.R. 3806), E3914 [19NO]
———coverage of prostate cancer screening tests (H.R. 3992), E4128, E4191 [26NO]
———coverage of respiratory therapy as part of extended care services in a skilled nursing facility (H.R. 1120), E642 [26FE]
———disability eligibility for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 443), E30 [3JA]
———establish Comprehensive Preventive Health Program (H.R. 1746), H2139 [11AP], E1402 [23AP]
———home care and extended care services coverages (H.R. 1200), E701 [1MR]
———home health occupational therapy services (H.R. 3220), E2877 [2AU]
———improve administration (H.R. 3837), H10725-H10727, H10809 [21NO], E3960 [22NO]
———income ceiling (H.R. 3010), E2690 [24JY]
———investigation of health care suppliers relative to medical equipment costs (H. Con. Res. 165), E2184 [13JN]
———long-term care services and tax treatment of taxpayers with certain elderly dependents (H.R. 1692), E1181 [10AP]
———monthly premium rate based on actuarial rate (H.R. 2413), E1881 [22MY]
———outpatient physical therapy and occupational therapy services payment cap (H.R. 3277), E2880 [2AU]
———oversight of the practices of health maintenance organizations (H.R. 3982), E4112 [26NO]
———payment for interpretation of electrocardiograms (H.R. 3373), E3135 [24SE]
———prevent telemarketing fraud against beneficiaries by suppliers of durable medical equipment (H.R. 3587), E3454 [21OC]
———prevention of fraud by suppliers of durable medical equipment (H.R. 2534), E2050 [5JN]
———preventive health care services for the elderly, E1342 [18AP]
———reductions in funding, H9399 [6NO]
———repeal increase in base composite rate used to determine the amount of payment for dialysis services (H.R. 564), E229 [18JA]
———respite care services for hospice care recipients (H.R. 3015), E2692 [24JY]
———tribute to Minnesota physicians for achieving single payment area status for reimbursement, E3157 [25SE]
———waive the coinsurance requirement and prohibit balance billing for screening mammography services (H.R. 2007), E1380 [23AP]
Medicare/medicaid: cost-sharing availability between programs (H.R. 3473), E3222 [2OC], E3245, E3248 [3OC]
———coverage of nurse practitioners' obstetrical and gynecological services (H.R. 1162), E657 [27FE]
Members of Congress: payment for medical services by the Office of the Attending Physician (H.R. 3610), E3500 [22OC]
Mental health: State services for children (H.R. 1197), E696 [28FE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 156), H7719-H7724 [9OC]
———designate (S.J. Res. 156), H7100 [30SE]
———observance, H7645 [8OC]
Miami, FL: 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, E971 [18MR], E983 [19MR]
———tribute to Concept House (organization), E3748 [7NO]
———tribute to Cure AIDS Now, E2002 [4JN]
———tribute to Leukemia Society of America, E3767 [8NO]
———tribute to Leukemia Society of America's Spanish branch, E3799 [12NO]
———tribute to Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Center, E3809 [12NO]
———tribute to Saint Francis Hospital Auxiliary, E990 [19MR]
Miami Lakes, FL: tribute to Catholic Hospice, E2445 [9JY]
Miller, Sandy: recipient of American Cancer Society Courage Award, E3991 [22NO]
Milwaukee, WI: tribute to AIDS Project volunteers, E692 [28FE]
Mining: prosecute coal companies and their executives that falsify data on dust samples, H8131 [22OC]
———review of claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act by certain coal miners (H.R. 1116), E647 [26FE]
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]
My Pharmacy (drug store): anniversary, E3810 [12NO]
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill: tribute, E1304 [18AP]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (H.J. Res. 198), E1039 [21MR], E1121 [22MR]
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 318), E2814 [1AU]
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 Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 95), H6770 [24SE]
———observance, E3446 [21OC], E3587 [29OC]
National Cancer Institute: breast cancer research funding (H.R. 381), E45 [3JA]
National care system, H1032 [20FE]
National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 131), H8048 [17OC]
National health plan: establish (H.R. 8), H10718-H10721 [20NO], H11814 [26NO], E51 [3JA]
———establish (H.R. 16), E17 [3JA]
———establish (H.R. 650), E281, E284 [24JA], E1483 [29AP], E2933 [2AU]
———establish (H.R. 1300), H1423 [6MR], H6774-H6793 [24SE], H9396 [6NO], H9499 [7NO], H10705 [20NO], E807 [7MR], E2347 [25JN], E3137 [24SE], E3772 [8NO]
———establish (H.R. 1565), H7821 [15OC], H8584 [29OC], E1096, E1097 [22MR]
———establish long-term care program (H.R. 651), E281 [24JA]
National Health Service Corps programs: funding, H5083 [26JN]
National Hispanic Commission for Bone Transplant: tribute, E2946 [2AU]
National Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 175), H1394 [5MR], H8910 [31OC]
National Hospice Month: observance, E3688 [4NO]
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 56), E37 [3JA], E1293 [17AP]
———designate (S.J. Res. 127), H3119, H3120 [15MY]
National Immunization Week: observance, E3110 [23SE]
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 142), H5805 [24JY]
National Marrow Donor Program: minority participation, E507 [19FE]
National Medical Laboratory Week: observance, E1348 [18AP]
National Nurses Week: observance, E1559 [2MY], E1645 [7MY]
National objectives: availability of primary and preventive care (H.R. 3920), E4064 [25NO]
———children and family issues, E2735 [26JY]
———domestic policy, H6535-H6537 [12SE], H6648 [17SE]
———domestic policy concerns versus foreign policy concerns, H9502 [7NO]
———economic and social conditions, H5201 [26JN]
———emergency health care system reform, E3577 [29OC], E3630 [31OC]
———policy to assist children and families, H6915-H6921 [26SE]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1344, H1345, H1346 [5MR], H1462 [7MR], H1859 [20MR], H1919 [21MR], H2407 [23AP], H2512-H2520 [24AP], H2969 [14MY], H3287 [21MY], H3631, H3703-H3707 [29MY], H4175 [7JN], H4225, H4226 [11JN], H4426 [12JN], H4443 [13JN], H4771 [20JN], H5054, H5081, H5088 [26JN], H6147 [31JY], H6200, H6278-H6290 [1AU], H6463 [12SE], H6677 [19SE], H7319 [3OC], H7728, H7730, H7731, H7732 [10OC], H7820 [15OC], H7984 [17OC], H8126, H8128 [22OC], H8473 [24OC], H8931 [1NO], H9151, H9155 [5NO], H9398, H9401 [6NO], H9622, H9623 [12NO], H9850, H9857-H9860 [13NO], H10285, H10409-H10411 [18NO], H10488, H10490 [19NO], H10607, H10611, H10708 [20NO], H10733 [21NO], H11292 [26NO], E1777 [16MY], E1831 [20MY], E1916-E1918 [24MY], E1995 [3JN], E2504 [11JY], E2793 [31JY], E2801 [1AU], E2886 [2AU], E3005 [12SE], E3235 [3OC], E3739 [6NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2535), E2038 [5JN]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3037), H5600, H5602 [18JY], H5822 [25JY], E2619 [19JY], E2716, E2719 [25JY]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3205), H6364 [2AU]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3535), E3304, E3326 [8OC]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3626), H8544 [24OC], H8584 [29OC]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3689), H8791 [31OC]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3907), E4042 [25NO], E4100 [26NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3923), E4058 [25NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3991), E4131 [26NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4054), E4189 [26NO]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 218), H2140, H2145 [11AP], H2340 [17AP]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (H.J. Res. 120), H2726 [2MY]
National Polio Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 211), E1188 [10AP]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (H.J. Res. 340), H8048 [17OC], H8543 [24OC], E3238 [3OC], E3330 [9OC]
———observance, E3449 [21OC], E3731 [6NO]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (H.J. Res. 95), E338 [29JA]
———designate (S.J. Res. 72), H6258 [1AU]
———observance, E2907 [2AU]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 309), H6256 [1AU]
National School Breakfast Week: designate (H.J. Res. 98), H1187 [27FE]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 219), H3997 [5JN], E2199 [13JN]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 300), H10989 [22NO]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (H.J. Res. 212), H10985 [22NO], E1177 [10AP]
National Voluntary Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 535), E179 [15JA]
National Weight Loss Month: designate (H.J. Res. 165), E786 [6MR]
Native Americans: extend authorization for certain programs (H.R. 2319), E1761 [14MY]
———fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and treatment (H.R. 1322), E824 [7MR]
———health services in Nebraska, H4920 [24JN]
———Indian health program appropriations (H.R. 3724), E3735 [6NO]
Nevada: tribute to the Nevada Medicare Program, E3396 [15OC]
New Hampshire: rural health care, E3440 [17OC]
New Jersey State DARE Day II: observance, E3251, E3252 [3OC]
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]
———increase in lead poisoning among children, E3414 [17OC]
———tribute to Emergency Medical Service, E661 [27FE]
———tribute to Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation, E2666 [24JY]
———tribute to Morris Heights Health Center, E3266 [3OC]
———Working Organization for Retarded Children anniversary, E2985 [11SE]
New York Society for the Deaf: anniversary, E1601 [2MY]
Nguyen Dan Que: imprisonment and trial in Vietnam (S. Con. Res. 78), H11315-H11317 [26NO]
NIH: anniversary in Bethesda, MD, E3988 [22NO]
———anniversary of Children's Inn, E3193 [30SE]
———conference on the impact of environmental pollutants on the ears, nose, throat, and sinuses, E4149 [26NO]
———funding for research, H9457-H9461 [6NO]
———revise and extend programs (H.R. 1532), E1040 [21MR]
———revise and extend programs (H.R. 2281), H5747 [24JY]
———revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), H5748, H5749, H5750, H5751 [24JY], H5828-H5879, H5880, H5881 [25JY], E2649, E2658 [23JY], E2689 [24JY], E2779 [31JY], E2831 [1AU]
———revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), consideration (H. Res. 202), H5826-H5828 [25JY]
———revise and extend programs (H.R. 2507), corrections in engrossment, H5880 [25JY]
Northwestern College of Chiropractic: anniversary, E1452 [24AP]
NSF: research program on the treatment of contaminated water through membrane processes (H.R. 3673), E3615 [31OC]
Nursing homes: patient care in California, E983 [19MR]
Nutrition Screening Initiative: support, E1342 [18AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend relative to criminal penalties (H.R. 1192), E714 [1MR]
———revise (H.R. 3160), E2858, E2889 [2AU]
Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs: establish (H.R. 2780), E2424 [27JN], E2457 [9JY], E2527 [15JY]
Office of Research on Women's Health: establish (H.R. 1263), E770 [6MR]
Oregon: reform of insurance covereage procedures, E2494 [11JY]
Organ donation: bone marrow, H5074 [26JN]
Organ transplants: National Bone Marrow Donor Program Registry, E4205 [26NO]
OSHA: funding, H10504 [19NO]
———regulations (H. Con. Res. 92), E819 [7MR]
OTA: require an annual report on the costs of certain surgical transplantation procedures (H.R. 2128), E1507 [30AP]
Packaging: reduction of toxic metals (H.R. 3509), H7320 [3OC], E3256 [3OC]
Panama: tribute to American pharmaceutical companies for refugee relief, E1736 [14MY]
Partnership for a Drug-Free America: commend efforts to combat nation's drug problem, E2669 [24JY]
Passaic, NJ: General Hospital Center anniversary, E3541 [25OC]
Paterson, NJ: St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center anniversary, E2871 [2AU]
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 91), H3996 [5JN], E294 [24JA]
Pesticides: impact of use on prices of imported produce, H3140 [15MY]
Pharmaceuticals: approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening of debilitating illness (H.R. 2872), E3608 [30OC]
———approval of drugs for individuals suffering from life-threatening or debilitating illness (H.R. 2872), E2510 [11JY]
———increasing drug prices during economic recession, E1168 [10AP]
———prescription drug accountability, E4179 [26NO]
———revise orphan drug provisions of law (H.R. 3930), E4073 [25NO]
Picard, Robert P.: Thundermist Health Associates' Francesco Cannistra Memorial Award recipient, E3689 [4NO]
Postal Service: mailing of medical waste (H.R. 3521), E3324 [8OC]
———OSHA citation for safety violations, E2638 [22JY]
POW: treatment relative to violations of Geneva Convention (H. Con. Res. 48), H648 [23JA]
President's Committee on Mental Retardation: anniversary (H.J. Res. 307), E2599 [18JY]
Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co.: National Safety Council Award of Honor recipient, E2994 [12SE]
Public health: prevention and treatment of emergencies (H.R. 433), E53 [3JA]
Public Health Service: alcohol and drug abuse residential treatment services to pregnant and postpartum women and their children (H.R. 2678), E2271 [19JN]
———awarding of contracts to States limiting malpractice liability of physicians providing charity care services (H.R. 3656), E3598 [30OC]
———block grants for preventive health and health services (H.R. 3635), H10551, H10554 [19NO]
———establish a Substance Abuse Treatment Corps (H.R. 2027), E1389, E1393 [23AP]
———establish health grants relative to certain infertility causes (H.R. 3461), H8470 [24OC]
———legal liability protections for health care professionals (H.R. 3591), H8131 [22OC]
———prevalence and availability of treatment for substance abuse in States (H.R. 3696), E3671 [1NO]
———primary and preventive care for pregnant women, infants, and children (H.R. 2661), E2251 [19JN]
———provide support for medical research projects (H.R. 1819), E1288 [17AP]
———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (H.R. 3462), H7121, H7124 [1OC], H7321 [3OC], E3216, E3218, E3221 [2OC], E3437 [17OC]
Public Health Service Act: establish program for prevention of disabilities (H.R. 3401), H8557, H8558, H8559 [28OC]
———health information and health promotion programs (H.R. 3402), H9358-H9361 [5NO]
Public lands: management of lands containing the pacific yew to ensure a supply of the cancer-treating drug, taxol (H.R. 3836), H10699 [20NO]
Queens County, NY: Choices Women's Medical Center anniversary, E3348 [9OC]
———tribute to Flushing Hospital Medical Center, E3524 [23OC]
Radioactive substances: health benefits to employees of Dept. of Energy nuclear facilities for certain injuries (H.R. 3908), E4055 [25NO]
Refuse disposal: ensure safety of solid waste exported to foreign countries (H.R. 2358), E1798, E1801 [16MY]
Research: breast cancer research and test development, H5747 [24JY]
———Dept. of Defense medical research programs, H3416 [22MY]
———disease treatment funding, H5083, H5092 [26JN]
———representation of women, minorities, and senior citizens in disease treatment and prevention studies, H5827-H5844 [25JY]
———trauma (H.R. 2517), E2007 [4JN]
———use of fetal tissue in disease treatment, H5826-H5844, H5861, H5862 [25JY]
Rhode Island: tribute to Marathon House graduates, E3532 [24OC]
Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, H3631 [29MY], H6145 [31JY], H6268-H6278 [1AU], E2911, E2918, E2928 [2AU]
———air transport of victims of medical emergencies (H.R. 1158), E681 [28FE]
Sacramento, CA: Sutter General Hospital Epilepsy Center dedication, E2994 [12SE]
San Bernardino, CA: St. Bernardine Hospital anniversary, E3399 [15OC]
San Mateo County, CA: Easter Seals Society anniversary, E3718 [5NO]
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 citizens: assist older individuals who reside in rural areas (H.R. 2020), E1407 [23AP]
———changes in Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program and the SSI program (H.R. 3007), E2693 [24JY]
———expand the preventive health services program (H.R. 1739), E1218 [11AP]
———expanded services for certain minority and frail elderly individuals (H.R. 597), E239 [22JA]
———increase Alzheimer's disease information efforts (H.R. 2022), E1407 [23AP]
———nutrition services and intergenerational activities in schools (H.R. 1737), E1224 [11AP]
———physician referrals, E2226 [14JN]
———promote cooperative efforts to provide community-based long-term care services (H.R. 2025), E1407 [23AP]
———provide assistance for older individuals to avoid falling and to prevent incorrect medication (H.R. 2019), E1407 [23AP]
———provide supportive services to informal caregivers who assist individuals in need of long-term care (H.R. 2026), E1407 [23AP]
———research on aging, E2527 [15JY]
———tribute to National Eye Care project, E3259 [3OC]
Senior Friendship Centers: tribute, E1322 [18AP]
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Health System: anniversary, E1383 [23AP]
Ships and vessels: use of capital construction funds for compliance with fishing vessel safety and seafood wholesomeness (H.R. 1307), E816 [7MR]
Small business: employee health insurance, H4297 [12JN]
———health benefit plans (H.R. 2453), E1924 [24MY]
———revise and amend Federal programs (H.R. 345), E65 [3JA]
Social conditions: Federal involvement, E1655 [8MY]
Social policy: national objectives, H718 [29JA]
Social Security: access to health care services for needy children (H.R. 1392), E917, E923 [13MR]
———AIDS medical coverage (H.R. 1394), E917 [13MR]
———assist recipients in maintaining residence, and prevent abuse of recipients under oversight (H.R. 1754), E1204 [11AP]
———assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (H.R. 2106), E1461 [25AP]
———assure minimum payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 1544), E1072 [22MR]
———benefit formula computation rules (H.R. 917), H5669, H5670 [23JY], H5918 [29JY], H5983 [30JY], H6148 [31JY], H6396 [11SE], E487 [7FE], E914 [13MR], E2471 [10JY], E2489, E2491 [11JY], E2560, E2563, E2565 [16JY], E2600 [18JY], E2785, E2795 [31JY], E3379 [10OC]
———determination of average annual earnings relative to benefits for child and chronically dependent relative care (H.R. 3328), E3034 [12SE]
———disability determination procedures under titles II and XVI (H.R. 3774), E3865 [15NO]
———drug and alcohol addiction program coverage (H.R. 3399), E3109 [23SE]
———drug treatment programs for pregnant women, E1963 [29MY]
———establish as an independent agency (H.R. 2838), H5374 [10JY]
———health insurance for certain children and mothers to be financed through a general payroll tax (H.R. 2375), E1815 [16MY]
———hearing procedure for disability benefits (H.R. 1799), E1273 [17AP]
———improve disability determination review procedures (H.R. 2159), E1546 [1MY]
———long-term care insurance policies (H.R. 1916), E1310 [18AP]
———medical assistance for medicare cost-sharing (H.R. 3251), E2908 [2AU]
———notice terminology used to inform nonparticipating physicians of denied service payments (H.R. 343), E62 [3JA]
———payment for physicians' services (H.R. 3070), E2741 [29JY]
———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]
Space policy: biomedical research (H.R. 3922), E4061 [25NO]
Spinal Cord Living-Assistance Development Group: Miami Beach, FL Freedom Fair & Exposition, E3551 [25OC]
Sports: boxing injuries, H4562 [18JN]
SSI: minimum standards to protect elderly and other residents of board and care facilities (H.R. 2551), E2098 [7JN]
States: maternal and child health block grants (H.R. 1968), E1365 [22AP]
Steubenville, OH: anniversary of Family Service Association, E817 [7MR]
Student loans: Federal loan insurance relative to health education assistance loans (S. 2050), H11400 [26NO]
Taxation: allow deduction for adult home care relative to Alzheimer's disease (H.R. 931), E449 [7FE]
———clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (H.R. 3551), H7777 [10OC]
———dependent care credit (H.R. 3506), E3284 [3OC]
———disallow advertising deduction for tobacco products unless payments are made to advertise health effects of smoking (H.R. 440), E27 [3JA]
———early withdrawal of individual retirement accounts (H.R. 3663), E3593 [30OC]
———employee benefit plans (H.R. 2742), E2363 [25JN]
———employer's cost of providing employee medical benefits (H.R. 2800), E2373 [26JN]
———excise taxes on group health plans that fail to provide for preexisting conditions (H.R. 3938), E4116 [26NO]
———exclude income from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund (H.R. 3013), E2676 [24JY]
———health care provisions for coal industry retirees (H.R. 4013), H11457 [26NO], E4079 [26NO]
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, H2193 [16AP]
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 1248), H1347 [5MR]
———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (H.R. 2662), E2269 [19JN]
———health insurance policy premiums (H.R. 2121), E1483 [29AP]
———impose occupational tax on cigarette companies and use revenues to treat smoking-related diseases (H.R. 698), E390 [4FE]
———impose occupational tax on cigarette companies and use revenues to treat smoking-related diseases (H.R. 699), H758 [29JA], E390 [4FE]
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (H.R. 1561), E1079 [22MR]
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct costs of cleaning up oil and hazardous substances spills (H.R. 1609), E1126 [22MR]
———long-term care insurance policies which do not meet Federal standards (H.R. 3830), E3952 [21NO]
———permit deductions for certain educational costs of licensed practical or vocational nurses (H.R. 342), E62 [3JA]
———purchase of health insurance (H.R. 3084), H6359-H6361 [2AU]
———refundable credits for qualified cancer screening tests (H.R. 3464), E3204 [1OC]
———simplify the application of laws relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 2641), E2214 [13JN]
———treatment of amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans to pay for long-term health insurance (H.R. 704), E340 [29JA]
———treatment of duplicative medications and excessively priced new therapeutic medications (H.R. 3823), H10598 [19NO]
———treatment of long-term care (H.R. 415), E7 [3JA]
———treatment of long-term care insurance and accelerated death benefits (H.R. 1693), E1192 [10AP]
———treatment of long-term care insurance (H.R. 2174), E1533 [1MY]
———treatment of sales of assets of medical service organizations to managers of such organizations (H.R. 4042), E4183 [26NO]
Tennessee: organ-donor awareness program recognized, E4023 [22NO]
Tobacco products: restrict U.S. activities relative to foreign laws regulating marketing (H.R. 2781), E2381 [26JN]
———restrictions on labeling and advertising on cigarette exports (H.R. 2779), E2381 [26JN]
Transplants: establish a national bone marrow donor registry, H10897 [22NO]
Transportation: require seat belt use in automobiles and helmet use on motorcycles, H8263 [23OC]
———study special services to health care facilities in rural areas (H.R. 2928), E2722 [25JY]
Tuscaloosa, AL: tribute to Veterans Affairs Medical Center, E2438 [27JN]
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association: observance of National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, E2010 [4JN]
United Network for Organ Sharing (organization): commend efforts to save lives by promoting organ sharing network, E1985 [30MY]
University of Michigan: School of Public Health anniversary, E3097 [19SE]
University of New Hampshire: tribute to nutritional counselors, E789 [6MR]
University of North Carolina: study on adolescents and sex, H5653 [22JY]
University of Texas: anniversary of Anderson Cancer Center, E3657 [1NO]
Ventura County, CA: Clinicas del Camino Real, Inc. anniversary, E3349 [9OC]
———tribute to Camarillo Hospice staff and volunteer workers, E3688 [4NO]
Veterans: assist States in providing benefits advice (H.R. 2650), E2203 [13JN]
———clarify protections relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance (H.R. 555), E390 [4FE]
———compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 1046), H5936-H5939 [29JY], H8665, H8666 [30OC], E2806 [1AU], E3920 [19NO]
———consideration of the disease transverse myelitis as service-connected (H.R. 340), E62 [3JA]
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), H33, H34, H38 [3JA], H610, H611-H623 [22JA], H642, H643, H644, H646 [23JA], E18, E75 [3JA], E248, E249, E250, E252, E253, E255, E258, E259, E260, E261, E274, E275, E278 [23JA], E306, E314 [28JA]
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 321), E75 [3JA]
———establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment program in Hawaii (H.R. 2845), E2499 [11JY]
———expand services for post-traumatic stress disorder patients (H.R. 841), H1828 [19MR], E485 [7FE]
———extend health benefits to members of the Armed Forces who evaded enemy capture while behind enemy lines (H.R. 341), E62 [3JA]
———health care programs (H.R. 2280), H5029-H5036 [25JN], E2390 [27JN]
———health care programs (H.R. 2280), concurrence by the House with Senate amendments (H. Res. 300), H11200-H11214 [25NO]
———health care services, H9584 [8NO]
———hospice care pilot program (H.R. 3222), H6321 [2AU]
———improvements in compensation and pension programs (H.R. 1047), H2117-H2121 [10AP], H2159 [11AP], H5924, H5928-H5935 [29JY]
———improvements in compensation and pension programs (H.R. 1047), unanimous-consent agreement, H2089 [9AP]
———medical treatment and services (H.R. 2899), E2560 [16JY]
———repeal copayment requirement for certain medication (H.R. 3736), E3776 [8NO]
———rural mobile health care clinic program (H.R. 3959), E4199 [26NO]
———supplemental funding for health care, H1525 [7MR]
West Virginia: tribute to Drug Abuse Resistance Educator program, E3842 [14NO]
Westchester County, NY: Healthy Neighborhoods Program anniversary, E2378 [26JN]
White House Conference on Aging: health care issues, E2126 [7JN]
WIC: funding, H2184 [15AP]
———nutritional value of natural sugar in certain fruits found in cereals, H5982 [30JY], H6146 [31JY], E2832 [1AU], E2928 [2AU]
Women: Bush administration policies on disease research, H5802 [24JY]
———Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, E2925 [2AU]
———counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance, E3877 [15NO]
———counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), E2776 [31JY]
———equity in health care services, H9400 [6NO]
———equity in health care services (H.R. 1161), E660 [27FE], E785 [6MR], E3437 [17OC]
———establish a program for postreproductive health care (H.R. 3990), E4127 [26NO]
———funding for health care, E652 [27FE]
———funding for programs dealing with specific health care problems, H5748, H5749, H5750, H5751 [24JY], H5881 [25JY], E2901 [2AU]
———funding for treatment research for women's health, H10900, H10912, H10914, H10919 [22NO]
———health care issues, H9364-H9366 [5NO], H9406 [6NO]
———ovarian cancer research, H5897 [25JY]
———reproduction rights (H.R. 25), E19 [3JA], E177 [15JA], E420 [5FE]
———research of health problems, H5982 [30JY]
———research on reproductive health (H.R. 2278), E1703 [9MY]
———study diseases affecting and use as medical subjects comparable to research and resources devoted to male studies, E646 [26FE]
———Supreme Court decision on workplace fetal protection policies, E1126 [22MR]
Working environment: repetitive stress injuries in the workplace, E1534 [1MY]
World AIDS Day: designate (H.J. Res. 376), H10611 [20NO], H10985 [22NO]
Young, Representative C.W. Bill: leadership in national registry on bone marrow donors, E4152 [26NO]
Youth: adolescent family life demonstration projects (H.R. 1398), E860 [8MR], E915 [13MR]
Remarks in Senate
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (S. 1532), S10688, S10690 [23JY], S15424 [29OC], S18249-S18251 [26NO]
Abortion: availability to minors in health care facilities receiving public health assistance, S10114-S10125 [16JY]
———constitutional amendment on right to life (S.J. Res. 37), S574 [15JA]
———funding relative to performing abortions on children under 18 years old, S12767 [11SE]
———pro choice versus right to life, S2994 [7MR], S13249, S13250 [19SE], S16105, S16107, S16108, S16113, S16115, S16116, S16118, S16122, S16123 [7NO], S16819 [15NO]
———pro choice versus right to life (S. 187), S885 [14JA]
———regulations relative to military health care facilities overseas, S17804 [23NO]
———reproductive health services (S. 548), S2654 [5MR]
Adolescent Family Life Act: funding levels, S12721 [11SE]
Advisory Council on Allied Health: establish (S. 694), S3592 [19MR]
AFL-CIO: report on national health care reform, S1243 [29JA]
Agriculture: inspection of egg products (S. 1465), S9881 [11JY]
AIDS: price of pentamidine, S9029 [27JN]
Air pollution: health threats posed by exposure to contaminants in the air indoors (S. 455), S2155-S2165 [21FE], S16022-S16039, S16040-S16042 [6NO]
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: revise and extend certain programs (S. 1306), S7903 [17JN], S7937, S7939 [18JN], S12141-S12172 [2AU]
Alcoholic beverages: health warnings in advertisements (S. 664), S3392 [14MR], S3609 [19MR], S14401 [4OC], S15882 [5NO], S18544 [26NO]
Alcoholism: establish an office to emphasize the needs of women and minorities in prevention and treatment (S. 319), S1393 [31JA]
———impact on U.S. families, S14401 [4OC]
Appropriations: reauthorize and expand to area education centers (S. 1648), S12202-S12204 [2AU]
Armed Forces: appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers (S. 68), S718 [14JA]
———exclude nurse officers from the computation of authorized grade strength (S. 73), S721 [14JA]
———health care benefits, S11508 [31JY]
———reproductive health services for members in certain facilities outside the U.S., S11946-S11959 [2AU], S13820 [26SE]
———student loan and health care shortage assistance for Persian Gulf operation (S. 335), S1438, S1445 [31JA], S1658 [6FE], S1763 [7FE]
Army: AIDS research program, S8129 [19JN]
Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (S. 1892), S15522 [30OC]
Beaches: safety and quality of recreational waters (S. 1277), S7629-S7631 [12JN]
Beirn, Terence U.: tribute (S. 1594), S11375 [30JY], S11539 [31JY]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: observance, S14048 [1OC]
Browns Mill, NJ: tribute to Deborah Heart and Lung Center, S1463 [31JA]
Budget: percentage allocated to Medicare, S2071 [21FE]
Bush, President: health condition, S5335 [6MY]
Capitol building and grounds: authorize presentation of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month programs (H. Con. Res. 138), S5134 [25AP]
Centers for Disease Control: acquisition of data on preventative health and health promotion (S. 1213), S7029-S7031 [4JN]
———rename to Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (S. 505), S2350 [26FE], S8134 [19JN]
Century Council: tribute for efforts against alcohol abuse, S10590 [22JY]
CHAMPUS: extension of reform initiative, S11508 [31JY]
———extension of reform initiative contract, S17635 [22NO]
———health care delivery, S17804 [23NO], S18330, S18554 [26NO]
Chemical weapons: demilitarization methods, S12086 [2AU]
Children: playground safety, S16306 [7NO]
Children and youth: access to immunizations (S. 2116), S18450, S18452 [26NO]
———funding of programs targeting infant mortality, S3649-S3656 [20MR]
———grant program for education, training, health and social services to at-risk individuals (S. 1133), S6380, S6399 [22MY]
———grants to States for mental health services (S. 924), S5020-S5024 [24AP]
———health care problems, S13369 [20SE]
———playground safety, S15604 [31OC]
———shift funding to nutrition programs from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, S4981 [24AP], S5065, S5079-S5091 [25AP]
———vaccine initiative (S. 904), S4877 [23AP]
Chiropractic care: effectiveness, S14124 [2OC]
Colorado: community impact assistance payments, S3522-S3526 [19MR]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: legislative activities during 101st Congress, S4734 [18AP]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: activities, S18562 [27NO]
Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project: support, S4257 [9AP]
Corporations: efforts against cancer deaths, S4922 [24AP]
Crime: allow psychiatric or psychological examinations of certain mentally ill offenders to be conducted by a clinical social worker (S. 71), S720 [14JA]
———environmental offenses (S. 1605), S11572 [31JY]
Dade County, FL: tribute to Dept. of Human Resources, S12931 [12SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: collection of fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection services (S. 885), S4845, S4846 [23AP]
Dept. of Defense: abortion rights in the military, S16819 [15NO]
———collection of information relative to Armed Forces members exposed to environmental hazards, S12082 [2AU]
———collection of information relative to Armed Forces members exposed to environmental hazards, S12083 [2AU]
———transfer of excess medical equipment and supplies to emerging democracies, S12373 [2AU]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Adolescent Health, S12891 [12SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clinical laboratory standards, S14214 [2OC]
———medical care funding, S3557 [19MR]
———use of tobacco products at medical facilities (S. 915), S5007 [24AP]
Disabled: establish a hearing impairment research grant (S. 1368), S8612 [25JN]
———establish a public health program for prevention (S. 509), S2350, S2354 [26FE], S8134 [19JN]
———improve services to individuals with mental retardation (S. 1750), S13697 [25SE]
———orthotic and prosthetic services, S12872 [12SE]
———reauthorize programs for mentally ill individuals (S. 1475), S10052, S10053 [15JY], S11546, S11547 [31JY]
Disasters: chemical plant accidents, S8235 [20JN]
Diseases: AIDS epidemic, S6256 [21MY], S8375 [20JN], S9029 [27JN], S12877 [12SE], S14233 [2OC], S18323, S18536 [26NO]
———AIDS vaccine research funding, S12724 [11SE]
———Alzhiemer's disease treatment research, S12731, S12732 [11SE]
———breast cancer research, S15205 [24OC]
———childhood immunizations funding, S12718 [11SE]
———community-based AIDS research initiative (S. 1594), S11375 [30JY], S11539 [31JY]
———control spread of AIDS (S. 185), S878-S882 [14JA]
———prostate cancer, S12585 [10SE]
———provide health education on the medical problems associated with tobacco use (S. 555), S2669 [5MR]
———reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease (S. 1577), S11216 [29JY], S18235 [26NO]
———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (H.R. 556), unanimous-consent agreement, S1253 [30JA]
———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (S. 238), S991-S993 [17JA], S1253, S1262-S1282 [30JA]
———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (S. 238), H.R. 556 passed in lieu, S1282 [30JA]
———research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (S. 238), unanimous-consent agreement, S1105 [23JA]
———research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (S. 488), S2322 [26FE]
———research programs for osteoporosis and related bone disorders (S. 488), correction, S4078 [21MR]
———tribute to National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, S2550 [28FE]
———tuberculosis control funding, S12724 [11SE]
———use of black lung benefit trusts for medical care costs of retired miners (S. 541), S2624 [5MR]
Domestic policy: national objectives, S16002-S16004, S16006 [6NO]
Drug abuse: addicted infants and pregnant women demonstration projects, S12885, S12886 [12SE]
———addiction and pregnancy, S15883 [5NO]
———anniversary of U.S. crack epidemic, S11355 [30JY]
———establish education and prevention programs relating to youth gangs and runaway youths (H.R. 3259), S14218 [2OC]
———national drug control policy, S1495 [5FE]
———national drug control strategy, S1471 [5FE]
———quality assurance in private sector drug testing programs (S. 2008), S17440-S17442, S17445 [21NO]
———substance abuse prevention in the workplace, S12848, S12849 [12SE]
Drugs: expedited approval for life threatening diseases (S. 1946), S16449 [12NO]
———prescription prices, S2711 [6MR]
———rehabilitation programs, S9296 [9JY]
East St. Louis, IL: tribute to St. Mary's Hospital, S12994 [13SE]
Ecology and environment: assessment of information on and protection from environmental risks to health and natural resources (S. 2132), S18702 [27NO]
———assist small communities in construction of ecological facilities (S. 729), S3948, S3953, S3954 [21MR]
Economy: national policy priority assignments, S18202, S18298-S18304 [26NO]
Education: establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program (S. 76), S721 [14JA]
———scholarship program for professional nurses (S. 227), S955 [16JA]
———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]
Electric power: effects of electrical and electromagnetic leakage known as stray voltage (S. 1685), S12272 [2AU]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 418), S1836 [7FE]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S494, S501 [14JA], S13905, S13908, S13909, S13914 [27SE], S13993, S14010 [1OC], S14125-S14152, S14154-S14201, S14216, S14231 [2OC], S14715 [15OC]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), consideration, S13905 [27SE]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), unanimous-consent request, S14011 [1OC]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 688), S3583 [19MR]
ERISA: exclude the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act (S. 590), S2932 [7MR]
Families and domestic relations: access to prenatal care, housing, nutrition, and parenting skills for needy families (S. 1380), S8739 [26JN]
———availability of family planning services and counseling on pregnancy (S. 1197), S6923 [3JN], S7227 [5JN]
———fund maternity home expenses and improve disclosure of adoption information (S. 1215), S10982 [25JY]
———medical, parental, and family leave issues, S13251 [19SE]
———primary and preventative care for pregnant women, infants, and children (S. 911), S4986, S5001 [24AP], S8636-S8640 [26JN]
Family and domestic relations: availability of family planning services and counseling on pregnancy (S. 1197), S7849 [13JN]
———fund maternity home expenses and improve disclosure of adoption information (S. 1215), S7035 [4JN]
FDA: generic drug approval process, S12708 [11SE], S16017, S16018 [6NO]
———review and revise the approval process for experimental drugs (S. Res. 218), S16460 [12NO]
Federal aid programs: criteria for distribution of alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health block grant funds (S. 1238), S7318 [6JN]
Federal employees: availability of long-term care insurance for civilians (S. 311), S1376, S1377 [31JA]
Food: domestic inspection of imported meat and poultry products (S. 828), S4479-S4482 [16AP]
———meat and poultry inspection exemptions, S18328, S18329 [26NO]
———milk standards (S. 1110), S6216 [21MY]
———public health safety standards for poultry (S. 1324), S8141 [19JN]
Food additives: use of sodium nitrate to cure buffalo meat, S10765 [24JY]
Food industry: meat inspection regulations relative to certain pizza processing plants, S18561 [27NO]
Foreign aid: establish and expand assistance programs for the disabled, S10729, S10730 [24JY], S10926, S10927 [25JY]
Fort Collins, CO: tribute to Fort Collins Children's Clinic, S14097 [1OC]
Government: establish a national State-run medical care program (S. 1446), S9840-S9845, S9858 [11JY], S12010 [2AU], S18548 [26NO]
———require certain sums be used for a training for professional and service providers program, S16433, S16434 [12NO]
Green Thumb, Inc.: tribute to community service, S9271 [8JY]
Guatemala: health care efforts of Aesculapius International Medicine, S11090 [26JY]
Hawaii: establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment center for veterans (S. 1319), S8025 [18JN]
———native health center grants (S. 112), S764 [14JA]
Hazardous substances: Dept. of HUD and EPA jurisdictions over lead abatement programs, S10411, S10412 [18JY]
———disposal of low-level radioactive waste (S. 1111), S6216, S6218 [21MY]
———expand scope of educational efforts relative to lead poisoning prevention (S. 507), S2350, S2354 [26FE], S8134 [19JN]
———management of medical waste materials (S. 2108), S18429 [26NO]
———national program to monitor and assess human exposure to toxic substances (S. 1956), S16611, S16614 [13NO]
———prevention of childhood lead paint poisoning, S14504 [8OC]
———reduce lead in environment (S. 391), S1797-S1806 [7FE]
———reduce lead in the environment, S12895 [12SE]
———reduce lead in the environment (S. 391), S5814 [14MY]
———reduction of metals in packaging (S. 730), S3955, S3957 [21MR]
———study the contamination of workers' homes with substances transported from the workplace (S. 353), S1594, S1595 [5FE], S1853 [7FE], S18516 [26NO]
Health care facilities: establish criminal penalties for interfering with access to and egress from medical establishments (S. 798), S4342 [11AP]
———establishment of head injury centers, S12783 [11SE]
———financial assistance to hospitals with significant drug-related emergency visits (S. 1049), S5762 [14MY]
———require physical and financial separation of abortion clinics from facilities receiving certain public health assistance, S10125, S10126 [16JY]
———survey and certification of those serving medicaid and medicare beneficiaries, S12893 [12SE]
———trauma care systems planning and development funding, S12719 [11SE]
———tribute to Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, S14718 [15OC]
Health care professionals: AIDS testing requirements for patients, S11334-S11339 [30JY]
———allow mentally ill criminal offenders to be examined by a psychiatric nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist (S. 219), S573 [15JA]
———alternative dispute resolution systems for medical malpractice claims (S. 1836), S14907-S14916 [17OC]
———disclosure of HIV virus infection, S9476-S9478 [10JY], S9778-S9796 [11JY], S9973, S9977 [15JY], S10331-S10350, S10356-S10363 [18JY], S10833 [25JY], S11792 [1AU]
———education programs (H.R. 3508), S18237-S18240, S18332 [26NO]
———education programs (H.R. 3508), placed on calendar, S17281 [20NO]
———establish nursing school clinics to serve rural areas and Native Americans (S. 897), S4865 [23AP]
———improve training programs (S. 1148), S6659 [23MY]
———information to patients on legal option concerning pregnancy, S10103, S10129 [16JY]
———occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens, S12725, S12733, S12734, S12751 [11SE]
———prohibit discrimination against international medical graduates and establish a National Repository of Physician Records (S. 802), S4347 [11AP]
———tax treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (S. 1401), S8960, S8961 [27JN]
———tax treatment of student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas (S. 1419), S9005, S9006 [27JN]
———use of the terms Visiting Nurse Association and Visiting Nurse Service (S. 2087), S18404 [26NO]
Health Careers Opportunity Program: eligibility of social work students (S. 75), S721 [14JA]
Health Education Assistance Loan Program: funding, S17582 [22NO]
Health maintenance organizations: provision of clinical social workers (S. 70), S720 [14JA]
Honolulu, HI: community forum on adolescent health, S9204 [28JN]
Hospice Care, Inc.: anniversary, S4255 [9AP]
Hunger: alleviation, S18325-S18327 [26NO]
———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (S. 757), S4043 [21MR]
Indians: establish substance abuse program (S. 290), S1300 [30JA]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 194), S5440 [7MY]
Institute for Clinical PET: annual Washington, D.C., conference, S15027 [22OC]
Institute of Medicine: tribute to research on aging, S7511 [11JN]
Insurance: affordable care (S. 1669), S12252, S12253 [2AU]
———cost, S10990 [26JY]
———coverage for mammography screening services (S. Res. 184), S13716 [25SE], S18549 [26NO]
———improve benefits and tax incentives for insurance purchases (S. 314), S1379 [31JA]
———improved health care system through reduced liability costs (S. 1123), S6356 [22MY]
———life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals (S. 284), S1294 [30JA], S1463 [31JA]
———medical liability in the health care system, S10827 [25JY]
Iraq: medical and humanitarian assistance to families and children (S. Con. Res. 54), S10155, S10156 [16JY]
Irvine, CA: National Organization on Disability Calling on America Community Leadership Award recipient, S11387 [30JY]
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: anniversary (S.J. Res. 49), S1239 [29JA], S6351 [22MY], S6750 [23MY]
Kansas City, MO: anniversary of Kansas City Missouri Life Underwriters, S12688 [10SE]
———tribute to the Wyandotte County Health Dept., S15870 [4NO]
Leslie, Melanie: National Outstanding Secondary Vocational Student Award recipient, S7050 [4JN]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 138), S8706 [26JN]
———designate (S.J. Res. 74), S2030, S2031 [20FE]
Managed health care services: funding, S12877 [12SE]
Mangi, Christopher J.: American Red Cross Certificate of Merit recipient, S3118 [12MR]
Martinez, Bob: nomination to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, debate procedure, S3709 [20MR]
Medicaid: alcoholism and drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women and certain family members (S. 1677), S12262 [2AU]
———cost containment, benefits, and health care access, S11044 [26JY]
———coverage for certain low-income medicare beneficiaries (S. 1574), S11067, S11070, S11109 [26JY]
———coverage for mobile outreach units to assist mentally ill homeless individuals (S. 62), S713 [14JA], S2716 [6MR]
———coverage of certified nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists services (S. 1842), S14977 [22OC]
———coverage of children's vaccines (S. 905), S4879 [23AP], S5050 [24AP]
———determinations of denial of payment to States (S. 1240), S7320, S7321 [6JN]
———disproportionate share hospital providers, S18324 [26NO]
———drug discounts to Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S3132 [13MR]
———drug rebates, S4260 [9AP]
———drug treatment of pregnant women and certain family members (S. 29), S650 [14JA]
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), S17988, S17997 [23NO], S18014-S18016, S18077, S18145 [25NO], S18169-S18172, S18174, S18175, S18176, S18177, S18183, S18184-S18198, S18324, S18332 [26NO], S18567 [27NO]
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), conference report, S18563, S18652, S18653 [27NO]
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), motion to proceed, S18072 [25NO]
———Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), unanimous-consent agreement, S18145 [25NO]
———Federal payments relative to voluntary contributions and provider-specific taxes (S. 1983), S16948 [18NO]
———improve the Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 856), S4744, S4746 [18AP]
———issuance of regulations relative to State contributions' impact on availability of Federal funds (S. 1886), S15716 [31OC]
———operation of pharmaceutical benefit programs independent of drug purchasing requirements (S. 1992), S17245-S17246 [20NO]
———pregnant women and infants' coverage (S. 902), S4873 [23AP], S5050 [24AP]
———program abuse, S18201 [26NO]
———provide health care services to medically underserved areas (S. 773), S4125, S4128 [22MR]
———retroactive payments of medicare cost-sharing for indigent beneficiaries (S. 1349), S8352 [20JN]
———State enrollment of welfare recipients into managed care plans (S. 2077), S18388-S18394 [26NO]
———State provision of medical assistance relative to the ratio of family income to the official poverty line (S. 1211), S7029-S7031 [4JN]
———State use of provider-specific taxes for expenditures (S. Con. Res. 67), S14226 [2OC]
———States' voluntary contribution or provider-paid tax programs, S12896, S12897 [12SE], S14872 [17OC]
Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage (S. 193), S890 [14JA]
———change designation of Lancaster County, PA relative to reimbursement for physician services (S. 1214), S7034 [4JN]
———claim sampling to deny claims or recover overpayments (S. 1838), S14917 [17OC]
———coverage for certain preventive care items and services (S. 1212), S7029-S7031 [4JN]
———coverage for colerectal screening examinations and certain immunizations (S. 1231), S7305 [6JN]
———coverage of anticancer drugs (S. 1996), S17252 [20NO]
———coverage of bone mass measurements (S. 487), S2321 [26FE]
———coverage of certain chiropractic services (S. 614), S3034 [12MR]
———coverage of long-term benefits in home- and community-based settings and nursing facilities (S. 2017), S17668 [22NO], S18142 [25NO]
———coverage of screening mammography (S. 508), S2350 [26FE], S8134 [19JN]
———coverage under private employment-related health insurance (S. 157), S852 [14JA]
———exclude rural areas from payment reductions (S. 717), S3930, S3931 [21MR]
———extended care services relative to hospitalization requirements (S. 1572), S11065, S11066 [26JY], S11249 [29JY]
———geographic adjustment of physicians' fees, S18194, S18195 [26NO]
———home health occupational therapy services (S. 1582), S11224 [29JY]
———home respiratory care services (S. 1120), S6225 [21MY]
———inpatient hospital services relative to wage index (S. 1852), S15008, S15009 [22OC]
———minimum payment levels for rural referral centers (S. 2084), S18400 [26NO]
———payment cap on outpatient physical and occupational therapy services (S. 2027), S17687 [22NO]
———payment limitations relative to psychiatric services in nursing facilities (S. 1978), S16851 [15NO]
———payment of health care expenses incurred by former members of the Armed Services (S. 177), S873 [14JA]
———purchase of medical equipment and supplies (S. 1736), S13421, S13423 [20SE], S13616 [24SE]
———recoupment of certain payments to uniformed services treatment facilities (S. 1803), S14350 [3OC]
———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]
———require certain medical education hospitals to incorporate training in disease prevention and health promotion (S. 506), S2350 [26FE], S8134 [19JN]
———standards to prevent abuse in the acquisition of durable medical equipment, devices, and supplies (S. 1988), S17057, S17061 [19NO]
———telephone access services for senior citizens, S16430, S16431 [12NO]
———toll-free phone service, S14318 [3OC]
Medicare/medicaid: coverage for nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services (S. 161), S854 [14JA]
———extended care, home health services, and adult day care programs (S. 1520), S10565, S10568 [22JY]
Members of Congress: payment for services rendered by the attending physician, S17778 [22NO]
Mental health: delivery of services to the rural elderly, S12850 [12SE]
———research and services funding, S8694 [26JN]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 156), S8706 [26JN]
Meriden, CT: tribute to MicroGeneSys (pharmaceutical company), S17662 [22NO]
Minneapolis, MN: tribute to the YWCA ENCORE/Women's Health Promotion Program, S14048 [1OC]
Narcotics: availability of heroine for relief of pain due to terminal cancer (S. 358), S1598 [5FE]
National Academies of Practice: grant charter (S. 226), S954 [16JA]
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 174), S9266 [8JY]
National Awareness Month for Children with Cancer: designate (S.J. Res. 39), S575 [15JA]
National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques: designate (S.J. Res. 214), S14600 [8OC]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 95), S3433 [14MR]
———observance, S15110 [24OC]
National Cancer Act: anniversary (S.J. Res. 133), S5302 [25AP], S15721 [31OC]
National Cancer Institute: additional funding for research on breast cancer (S. 512), S2406, S2407 [27FE], S6084 [16MY]
———breast cancer research, S12648 [10SE]
National Center for Nursing Research: establish as a National Institute (S. 1887), S15400 [29OC]
National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 131), S5301 [25AP], S14102, S14103 [1OC]
National health plan: establish (S. 454), S2146 [21FE]
National Health Promotion Program: strengthen (S. 1954), S16455 [12NO]
National Home Care Week: designate (H.J. Res. 175), S15818 [1NO]
———designate (S.J. Res. 81), S2526 [28FE], S15798 [1NO]
National Hospice Month: observance, S15980 [5NO]
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 127), S4891 [23AP], S5583 [8MY]
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: prioritize funding of the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, S12894 [12SE]
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 142), S5669 [9MY], S8706 [26JN]
National Marrow Donor Program: tribute, S13971 [30SE]
National objectives: access to care (S. 1936), S16145-S16181, S16200 [7NO], S16465 [12NO], S17107 [20NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S2886 [7MR], S5987-S5990 [16MY], S6335 [22MY], S7061, S7081, S7085-S7088, S7108 [5JN], S7261 [6JN], S7437 [11JN], S7598 [12JN], S8097, S8134 [19JN], S8493 [24JN], S12117, S12370-S12372 [2AU], S13477-S13479 [24SE], S13774, S13776 [26SE], S13875 [27SE], S14856-S14858 [17OC], S15119-S15122 [24OC], S15265 [25OC], S16001-S16005, S16006, S16007, S16008 [6NO], S16181, S16183, S16193 [7NO], S16476-S16486, S16650 [13NO], S16661-S16666 [14NO], S17107 [20NO], S17375 [21NO], S17844 [23NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1177), S6711, S6713 [23MY]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1227), S7175-S7221 [5JN], S7264-S7267 [6JN], S10586 [22JY], S13003-S13006 [16SE], S13726 [25SE]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1872), S15180, S15192, S15193, S15194, S15195, S15196, S15197 [24OC]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1912), S15861 [4NO], S16734 [14NO], S18539 [26NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1972), S16756 [14NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1995), S17251 [20NO]
———policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2036), S17991 [23NO]
———priorities, S12617 [10SE]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 218), S4795 [18AP]
———designate (S.J. Res. 86), S2680 [5MR], S4795 [18AP]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (S. 111), S764 [14JA]
———designate (S.J. Res. 43), S960 [16JA]
National Physical Therapy Week: observance, S13615 [24SE]
National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (H.J. Res. 340), S15034 [22OC]
———observance in Oregon, S15026 [22OC]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate, S12991 [13SE]
———designate (S.J. Res. 72), S1916 [19FE], S8706 [26JN]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (H.J. Res. 309), S12015 [2AU]
National School Breakfast Week: designate (H.J. Res. 98), S2997 [7MR]
National School Lunch Act: eligibility of private nonresidential day care services (S. 224), S954 [16JA]
———extend reimbursement eligibility for meal supplements in after-school care (S. 223), S953 [16JA]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 219), S7403 [6JN]
———designate (S.J. Res. 130), S5035 [24AP]
National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (S.J. Res. 108), S4062 [21MR]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (H.J. Res. 300), S18179 [26NO]
———designate (S.J. Res. 229), S16457 [12NO], S18179 [26NO]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (H.J. Res. 212), S18179 [26NO]
———designate (S.J. Res. 124), S4637 [17AP], S17899 [23NO]
Native Americans: health care (S. 753), S4040 [21MR]
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 114), S4367 [11AP]
New York, NY: New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Inc., conference, S16304 [7NO]
NIH: reauthorize certain institutes (S. 1523), S10572, S10582 [22JY]
———tribute, S15101 [24OC]
Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education: establish (S. 673), S3405 [14MR]
Organ transplants: funding, S12786 [11SE]
OSHA: enforcement of criminal violation of standards (S. 445), S2024 [20FE], S2239 [21FE]
———improve health and safety of employees (S. 1622), S11833, S11844 [1AU]
Passaic, NJ: anniversary of General Hospital Center, S14926 [17OC]
Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 91), S7461 [11JN]
———designate (S.J. Res. 115), S4367 [11AP]
Pesticides: regulate chemical residues in food (S. 1074), S5796 [14MY]
———remove hazardous substances from the market (S. 1353), S8463, S8464 [21JN]
———safety of exports (S. 898), S4866, S4868 [23AP]
Pharmaceuticals: drug company pricing practices, S6831 [24MY]
———extend the drug patent for Ethiofos and its oral analogue (S. 526), S2515, S2516 [28FE]
———Federal grants to individuals exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) (S. 208), S910 [14JA]
———pricing policies, S12617 [10SE]
———revise orphan drug provisions (S. 2060), S18366, S18369 [26NO]
Philadelphia, PA: construction of a medical research facility at Children's Hospital (S. 1864), S15084 [23OC]
———Organ Donor Classic, S14613 [8OC]
Population: stabilization through worldwide expansion of reproductive choice (S. 1192), S6868, S6870 [24MY]
Power resources: health effects of electric and magnetic fields, S9429 [10JY]
Public buildings: contaminants in the air in Federal and Capitol buildings, S16033 [6NO]
Public health: clinical research on issues concerning women and certain minorities (S. 513), S2406, S2407 [27FE]
Public Health Service: AIDS research loan repayment programs (S. 1377), S8736 [26JN], S15101 [24OC]
———block grants for preventive health and health services (H.R. 3635), S18757, S18758 [27NO]
———contraception and infertility research centers (S. 966), S5249, S5250 [25AP]
———establish a Substance Abuse Treatment Corps (S. 1186), S6860 [24MY]
———health promotion and disease prevention (S. 1944), S16267 [7NO]
———reauthorize and extend programs (S. 1933), S16225 [7NO]
Public Health Service Act: health information and health promotion programs (H.R. 3402), S16466 [12NO], S16607 [13NO]
Public welfare: food stamp and nutrition programs (S. 602), S2963, S2965 [7MR], S3703 [20MR], S4257 [9AP]
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: funding, S5114 [25AP]
Radioactive substances: reduce public exposure to radon gas (S. 779), S4230 [9AP]
———reduce public exposure to radon gas (S. 792), S4244 [9AP]
Research: blood substitutes, S13818, S13819 [26SE]
———medical and sexual activity survey, S18323 [26NO]
———review of practices involving the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes (S. 1902), S15708, S15710 [31OC]
———shellfish water standards, S11345, S11346 [30JY]
Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, CO: health and environmental concerns, S1850-S1852 [7FE]
Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, S14314 [3OC]
———air transport of victims of medical emergencies (S. 480), S2310 [26FE]
———extension of regional referral center classifications (S. 2083), S18400 [26NO]
———health care programs (S. 1597), S11552 [31JY]
———provide incentives to health care providers and establish State health service corps demonstration projects (S. 1125), S6362 [22MY]
———reauthorize programs (S. 1479), S10138, S10139 [16JY], S10549 [22JY]
Safe Bottled Water Act: enact (S. 35), S671 [14JA]
Safety: encourage mandatory seatbelt and motorcycle helmet laws, S7800, S7801, S7802 [13JN]
———Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program, S8863-S8865 [27JN]
San Diego, CA: observe Disability Awareness Week, S14435 [4OC]
Schools: offering of certain types of fluid milk by facilities participating in the school lunch program (S. 499), S2340 [26FE]
———radon testing (S. 575), S2822, S2824 [6MR]
Senate Rules: require that reports accompanying public health bills contain a prevention impact evaluation (S. 504), S8134 [19JN]
Senate rules: require that reports accompanying public health bills contain a prevention impact evaluation (S. 504), S2350, S2354 [26FE]
Senior citizens: Alzheimer's disease information and referral services (S. 1488), S10290 [17JY]
———disease prevention and health promotion services (S. 510), S2350 [26FE], S8134 [19JN]
———elderly nutrition pilot projects, S17777 [22NO]
———establish an Elder Rights Program (S. 1471), S9884, S9894 [11JY]
———establish health and retirement planning programs (S. 1764), S13838 [26SE]
———improve nutrition services (S. 1477), S10136 [16JY]
———music therapy services (S. 1723), S13235, S13237 [18SE]
———preventive health services (S. 1457), S9870 [11JY]
———professional and service providers program funding, S16433 [12NO]
———provide nutrition services and intergenerational activities in elementary school facilities (S. 973), S5255 [25AP]
———supportive services to informal caregivers who assist individuals in need of long-term health care (S. 1459), S9870 [11JY]
———White House Conference on Aging funding, S12719 [11SE]
Services: improve for pregnant women, infants, and children (S. 493), S2335 [26FE], S2438 [27FE]
Small business: cost of health insurance for employees, S9405 [9JY]
———health benefit plans (S. 1229), S7302 [6JN]
Social Security: assistance to States to support informal caregivers of individuals with functional limitations (S. 972), S5253 [25AP]
———benefit formula computation rules, S13195 [17SE]
———coverage of registered professional nurses (S. 180), S875 [14JA]
———establish AIDS Disability Advisory Panel (S. 1188), S6864 [24MY]
———family support systems (S. 4), S480, S492 [14JA], S541-S543 [15JA], S2065 [21FE]
———home health service coverage (S. 1126), S6367 [22MY]
———interest level on late payments to medicare part B providers (S. 518), S2508 [28FE]
———long-term care assistance program for functionally impaired elderly individuals (S. 1668), S12248 [2AU], S12379 [15AU]
———long-term care insurance policies (S. 846), S4630, S4635, S4636 [17AP], S16157 [7NO]
———medical education costs (S. 1149), S6659 [23MY]
———medical injury compensation reform for health care (S. 1232), S7307 [6JN], S14252-S14259 [3OC], S16734 [14NO]
———medicare reimbursement for nurse practitioners (S. 2103), S18426 [26NO]
———medicare reimbursement for physician assistants (S. 2104), S18426 [26NO]
———mental health care coverage (S. 1102), S6150 [20MY]
———waiting period waiver for benefits of certain terminally ill individuals (S. 1104), S6152 [20MY]
Solid waste: extend authorization for the regulation of the management of infectious waste (S. 1083), S5898 [15MY], S6031 [16MY]
Soviet Union: food production and public health problems, S15109 [24OC]
States: determination of parental notice or consent requirements applicable to minors requesting abortion services, S10191-S10196 [17JY]
———improve systems for compensating individuals injured in the course of provision of health care services (S. 489), S2324, S2331 [26FE]
Student loans: deferral during professional internships (S. 102), S747 [14JA]
———Federal loan insurance relative to health education assistance loans (S. 2050), S18144 [25NO], S18288 [26NO]
———graduate programs in clinical psychology eligibility in certain health professions loan programs (S. 66), S717 [14JA]
Task Force on Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: establish (S. 504), S2350, S2354 [26FE], S8134 [19JN]
Taxation: allow deduction for adult home care relative to Alzheimer's disease (S. 895), S4865 [23AP]
———allow student loan deductions for physicians relative to the practice of medicine in rural communities (S. 104), S748 [14JA]
———deduction to employer providing family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition (S. 841), S4625 [17AP]
———establish a credit for the cost of long-term health insurance (S. 84), S727 [14JA]
———establish a credit for the cost of long-term health insurance (S. 87), S727 [14JA]
———establish affordable health care incentives (S. 2095), S18412-S18415 [26NO]
———health care for coal industry retirees (S. 1989), S17061, S17071-S17073 [19NO]
———long-term care insurance purchase incentives (S. 1122), S6356 [22MY]
———provide a refundable tax credit for qualified cancer screening tests (S. 891), S4851, S4853 [23AP]
———reduce OASDI tax rate and increase the hospital insurance tax rate (S. 1290), S7816 [13JN]
———reporting of group health plan information on W-2 forms (S. 365), S1707 [6FE]
———treatment of amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans to pay for long-term health insurance (S. 85), S727 [14JA]
———treatment of gain on sale of principal residence relative to the health of the taxpayer's family (S. 1202), S7001 [4JN]
———treatment of insurance companies not meeting certain requirements relative to health insurance for small employers (S. 700), S3727, S3732 [20MR], S12010 [2AU]
———treatment of long-term care insurance and accelerated death benefits (S. 1021), S5630 [9MY], S11534 [31JY], S16157 [7NO]
———treatment of long-term care insurance and benefits (S. 1693), S12303, S12311 [2AU]
———withdrawals without penalty from individual retirement accounts to pay for certain necessary expenses (S. 1566), S11057 [26JY]
Telecommunications: reassignment of radio band frequencies currently in use by police, fire and emergency services, S11346, S11348 [30JY]
Tobacco products: authorize incentive grants for States that enact legislation aimed at limiting youth access to cigarettes (S. 560), S2671-S2673 [5MR]
———authorize incentive grants for States that enact legislation aimed at limiting youth access to cigarettes (S. 561), S2671-S2673 [5MR]
———cigarette labeling (S. 556), S2669 [5MR]
———inform the public on the hazards of use and disclosure of additives (S. 1088), S6037-S6054 [16MY], S12691 [10SE]
———research on health uses, S7064 [5JN]
University of Minnesota: tribute to Dakota County Extension Service's Alcohol and Safety Decisions Program, S15869 [4NO]
University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, IA: commencement address, S6650 [23MY]
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act: reauthorizing (S. 1885), S15400 [29OC]
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, S3559 [19MR]
Veterans: access to health care in areas of high concentration of veteran residence, S18527 [26NO]
———access to tobacco products by individuals receiving care at Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (S. 1627), S12185 [2AU]
———compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 1046), S15205, S15206 [24OC], S15303-S15306 [28OC]
———define the period of the Persian Gulf war for determining benefit eligibility, S3158, S3169, S3172 [13MR]
———define the period of the Persian Gulf war for determining benefit eligibility (S. 386), S1738 [6FE], S1786 [7FE]
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), S1124-S1134, S1144 [24JA], S1246, S1251 [29JA]
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 3), unanimous-consent agreement, S1105 [23JA]
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (S. 1), S421, S441, S445-S447 [14JA], S1038, S1042, S1043 [23JA]
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (S. 107), S756 [14JA]
———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (S. 127), S769 [14JA]
———extend certain drug treatment and other health care programs (S. 1266), S7485 [11JN]
———furnish with medical, therapeutic, rehabilitative, and prosthetic devices (S. 1279), S7634 [12JN]
———geriatric research, education, and clinical centers, S9325 [9JY]
———health care services for women veterans (S. 2028), S17687 [22NO]
———Health Professional Scholarship Program (S. 1535), S10772 [24JY]
———hospice care (S. 1358), S8500, S8502 [24JN], S11256 [29JY], S14827-S14833 [16OC]
———impact of providing medical care to active members of the Armed Forces on medical services for veterans (S. 500), S2341 [26FE]
———improve rights to reinstatement of health insurance (S. 361), S1702 [6FE]
———improvements in compensation and pension programs (H.R. 1047), S10936-S10944 [25JY], S10994 [26JY], S11250 [29JY]
———medical claims, care, and benefits, S10227, S10253 [17JY]
———mobile health care clinic program for individuals in rural areas (S. 1424), S9125 [28JN]
———payment of certain interim benefits (S. 1107), S6254 [21MY]
———post-traumatic stress disorder, S7879 [17JN]
———programs to benefit Operation Desert Shield servicemen, S3878-S3881 [21MR]
———recovery of costs of certain medical care and services (S. 1271), S7492 [11JN]
———restore benefits to World War II Filipino servicemen (S. 795), S4338 [11AP]
———treatment of amounts collected from third parties relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers (S. 2029), S17690 [22NO]
Wake Forest University: funding for Bowman Gray Nutrition Center, S11282, S11284, S11285 [30JY]
Water: reduce lead levels (S. 1445), S9499, S9510 [10JY]
Weiser, ID: solution to rural health care problem, S17503 [21NO]
WIC: appropriations, S11287, S11288, S11289 [30JY]
———effect of dairy prices on program, S3669-S3674 [20MR]
———nutritional standards, S11388 [30JY]
———nutritional value of natural sugar in certain fruits found in cereals, S11286, S11287 [30JY]
———special supplemental food program (S. 1540), S10774 [24JY]
———supplemental food program (S. 1556), S10951 [25JY]
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), S1407, S1408 [31JA], S7227 [5JN], S10071, S10113-S10130 [16JY], S10191-S10199, S10286 [17JY], S10312 [18JY], S16058 [6NO], S17890 [23NO]
———counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), unanimous-consent agreement, S9807 [11JY], S10121 [16JY]
———equity in the delivery of health care services (S. 514), S2408, S2428 [27FE]
———infertility prevention (S. 1751), S13709 [25SE]
———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (S. 1777), S14043, S14047, S14048 [1OC], S18549 [26NO]
———report on battered women's syndrome, S8879 [27JN]
———reproduction rights (S. 25), S642, S643 [14JA]
———research of health problems, S10839 [25JY]
World Diabetes Day: observance, S8043 [18JN]
World Summit for Children: implement plan to improve lives (S. 878), S4776, S4777 [18AP]
Year of Public Health: designate (S.J. Res. 49), S1239 [29JA], S6351 [22MY], S6750 [23MY]
Youth: educational grant programs to provide services to at-risk youth (S. 619), S3076, S3078 [12MR], S3146 [13MR]
———educational grant programs to provide services to at-risk youth (S. 619), star print, S3465 [14MR]
Reports
AIDS: C. Everett Koop, H4011 [5JN]
Cost-Effective Programs for Children: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select), S4997-S5000 [24AP]
Effects of Milk Price Increase on WIC Program: Congressional Research Service, S3670 [20MR]
Food Stamps—The Childhood Nutrition Program—Facts Versus Myths: Dept. of Agriculture, E2684 [24JY]
Health Care in New Hampshire: New Hampshire Committee to Study Rural Health Care, E3441 [17OC]
Mexican Social Security System: United States Business Committee, H3547 [23MY]
Passive Smoking and Heart Disease—Epidemiology, Physiology, and Biochemistry: Stanton A. Glantz and William W. Parmley, S6047-S6053 [16MY]
Pregnancy Counseling: GAO, S10082 [16JY]
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]
Restrictions on Abortion and Lobbying Activities in Family Planning Programs Need Clarification: GAO, S10091-S10099 [16JY]
Rocky Flats Plant Production and Surveillance Program: Dept. of Energy, S3524 [19MR]
Smoking-Attributable Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost—U.S., 1988: Centers for Disease Control, S6046 [16MY]
State Universal Insurance Access Legislation: Citizen Action (organization), E1698 [9MY]
Toward a Drug-Free Generation—Nation's Responsibility: National Commission on Drug-Free Schools, S6047 [16MY]
Veterans' Disability Compensation Rates: CBO, S757 [14JA]
Women's Health: Committee on the Budget (House), H2236 [16AP]
Reports by conference committees
Federal Payments Relative to State Medicaid Expenditures Made From Revenues Derived From Provider-Specific Taxes (H.R. 3595) (H. Rept. 102-409), H11865-H11870 [26NO]
Reports filed
Conduct Veterans Hospice Care Pilot Program and Provide Certain Hospice Care Services to Terminally Ill Veterans: Committee on Veterans Affairs (S. 1358) (S. Rept. 102-160), S13577 [24SE]
Consideration of H.R. 2, To Entitle Employees to Family Leave Involving a Birth, Adoption, or Serious Health Condition With Protection of Benefits: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 275) (H. Rept. 102-303), H9699 [12NO]
Consideration of H.R. 2507, Revise and Extend NIH Programs: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 202) (H. Rept. 102-160), H5803, H5817 [24JY]
Counseling for Pregnant Women Receiving Certain Public Health Assistance: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 323) (S. Rept. 102-86), S8309 [20JN]
Define Period of the Persian Gulf War for Determining Benefit Eligibility: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 386) (S. Rept. 102-16), S2309 [26FE]
Delay in Federal Payments Under the Medicaid Program Relative to State Expenditures Made From Revenues Derived From Voluntary Contributions and Provider-Specific Taxes: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3595) (H. Rept. 102-310), H9700 [12NO]
Designation of Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at Medical Center in Salem, VA: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 175) (H. Rept. 102-165), H5908 [25JY]
Ensuring an Adequate Diet for all Americans: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 757) (S. Rept. 102-252), S18333 [26NO]
Entitle Employees to Family Leave Involving a Birth, Adoption, or Serious Health Condition With Protection of Benefits: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2) (H. Rept. 102-135), H5266 [27JN]
Establishment of a Program for Prevention of Disabilities: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3401) (H. Rept. 102-271), H8494 [24OC]
Establishment of Education and Prevention Programs Relating to Youth Gangs and Runaway Youths: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 3259) (H. Rept. 102-122), H6939 [26SE]
Establishment of Standards for Certification of Laboratories Engaged in Urine Drug Testing: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 33) (H. Rept. 102-302), H9699 [12NO]
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]
Extension of Health Information and Health Promotion Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3402) (H. Rept. 102-271), H8494 [24OC]
Extension of Program of Assistance for Family Planning Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3090) (H. Rept. 102-204), H6601 [16SE]
Extension of Program of Block Grants for Preventive Health and Health Services: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3635) (H. Rept. 102-318), H10280 [15NO]
Federal Medicaid Payments Relative to State Expenditures Made From Revenues Derived From Provider-Specific Taxes and Medicaid Aggregate Payment Adjustments: Committee on Finance (S. 2037), S18079 [25NO]
Federal Medicaid Payments Relative to State Expenditures Made From Revenues Derived From Provider-Specific Taxes: Committee on Finance (H.R. 3595), S17988 [23NO]
———Committee on Rules (H.R. 3595) (H. Rept. 102-323), H10395 [18NO]
———committee on conference (H.R. 3595) (H. Rept. 102-409), H11885 [26NO]
GAO Procurement of Consultant Services, Agreements on Employee Health Care, and Exclusions From Certain Pay Limitations: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 2586) (H. Rept. 102-343), H10841 [21NO]
Granting Employees Family Leave Involving a Birth, Adoption, or Serious Health Condition With Protection of Benefits: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 5) (S. Rept. 102-68), S6922 [3JN]
Imprisonment and Trial of Nguyen Dan Que in Vietnam: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Con. Res. 78), S17666 [22NO]
Increase in Disability Compensation for Service-Connected Disabilities: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 1046) (H. Rept. 102-164), H5908 [25JY]
Indoor Air Quality Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 455) (S. Rept. 102-170), S14348 [3OC]
Inform the Public on the Hazards of Use of Additives to Tobacco Products and To Provide for Disclosure of Additives to Such Products: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1088) (S. Rept. 102-112), S10494 [19JY]
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 174), S15696 [31OC]
National Cancer Act Anniversary: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S.J. Res. 133), S15521 [30OC]
National Home Care Week: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 81), S15696 [31OC]
NIH Programs: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2507) (H. Rept. 102-136), H5298 [9JY]
Nominations: Committee on Labor and Human Resources, S6355 [22MY]
Obstacles to Drug Development for HIV-Related Opportunistic Infections: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-410), H12055 [18DE]
Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2441) (H. Rept. 102-269), H8494 [24OC]
Primary and Preventative Care for Pregnant Women, and Infants, and Children (S. 911) (S. Rept. 102-140), S12180 [2AU]
Reauthorization and Extension of Public Health Service Programs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1933) (S. Rept. 102-227), S17433 [21NO]
Reauthorization of Programs for Mentally Ill Individuals: Committee on Energy and Commerce (S. 1475) (S. Rept. 102-319), H10280 [15NO]
———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1475) (S. Rept. 102-114), S10554 [22JY]
Reauthorization of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1577) (S. Rept. 102-242), S18079 [25NO]
Reduction of Public Exposure to Radon Gas: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 792), S15861 [4NO]
Reduction of the Levels of Lead in the Environment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 391) (S. Rept. 102-179), S14587 [8OC]
Reorganization of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1306) (S. Rept. 102-131), S11369 [30JY]
Revise and Extend Programs Under Abandoned Infants Assistance Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1532) (S. Rept. 102-161), S13696 [25SE]
Strengthening of the Nation's Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Activities: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1944) (S. Rept. 102-244), S18079 [25NO]
Study the Contamination of Workers' Homes With Hazardous Substances Transported From the Workplace: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 353) (S. Rept. 102-253), S18333 [26NO], S18688 [27NO]
Veterans Health Care Programs: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (H.R. 2280) (H. Rept. 102-130), H5048 [25JN]
Reports to constituents
Controlling Health Care Costs: Representative Hamilton, E3842 [14NO]
Hamilton, Lee H.: National Health Care, E2979 [11SE]
———Medicare System Financing, E2994 [12SE]
Resolutions by organizations
Development of Children and Youth: National League of Cities, S4996 [24AP]
National Community Residential Care Month: Committee on Rules, E763 [5MR]
Recovery system for Chlorofluorocarbons: Princeton University Model Congress, E3107 [23SE]
Therapeutic Substitution for Prescription Drugs: World Medical Association, S2991 [7MR]
Use of sodium nitrate to cure buffalo meat: National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection, S10765 [24JY]
Rulings of the Chair
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), H10534 [19NO]
Songs
``That's What Friends Are For'', S11542 [31JY]
Statements
Abortion: Dan Rather, H647 [23JA]
Abortion Pill RU-486: Edouard Sakis, H2542 [25AP]
Agent Orange Act (S. 238): OMB, S1263 [30JA]
AIDS: Martin Gaffney, H8930 [1NO]
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]
Basic Biomedical Research and the Development of Drugs for the Treatment of Human Disease: Tom Maniatis, E2405 [27JN]
Biomedical Research: Howard Morgan, E3289 [7OC]
———W. Virgil Brown, E3286 [3OC]
Breast Cancer on Long Island—An Avoidable Tragedy: Representative Downey, E3198 [1OC]
Canadian Health Care: Representative Gingrich, H6158 [31JY]
Canadian Health Care System: Audrey McLaughlin, S16650-S16652 [13NO]
Certification of Embryo Laboratories: American Clinical Laboratory Association, E353 [30JA]
———American Fertility Association, E353 [30JA]
Child Sexual Abuse: Marilyn Van Derbur Atler, E3055-E3057 [17SE]
Children's Vaccine Initiative Act: Association of Schools of Public Health, S4878 [23AP]
———Children's Defense Fund, S4878 [23AP]
———President Bush, S4878 [23AP]
———Samuel L. Katz, United States Committee for UNICEF, S4879 [23AP]
Counseling and Outreach Services for Veterans: Edward J. Derwinski, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S3880 [21MR]
———Tony Principi, S3880 [21MR]
Drug Receptors—Gateway to the Cell, Key to New Therapeutics: Robert J. Lefkowitz, E3285 [3OC]
Family and Medical Leave Act: C. Everett Koop, S14133 [2OC]
———President Bush, S14135 [2OC]
FDA Regulation of Breast Implants: Representative Charles Taylor, E3817 [13NO]
Federal Payments for Medicaid Relative to State Expenditures Made From Revenues Derived From Provider-Specific Taxes: Bush Administration, H10510 [19NO]
Fetal Transplantation Research: Representative McMillan, E2690 [24JY]
Genes—The Answer to Cancer? Michael Bishop, E3699 [5NO]
Hale 'Opio Kauai, Inc.: Jonah Mercado, E3190 [30SE]
Health Care: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, S2233 [21FE]
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]
Health USA Act: Katherine Swartz, S9856 [11JY]
Heart Disease: Michael Brown, E3236 [3OC]
Host Defense—New Medical Frontier: David W. Golde, E2407 [27JN]
How We Respect Life Is Overriding Moral Issue: Jesse Jackson, H10910 [22NO]
Human Fetal Tissue Use in Disease Treatment: HHS, H5834 [25JY]
———James Bopp and James Burtchaell, H5834 [25JY]
———Janice Raymond, H5834 [25JY]
———Louis W. Sullivan, H5834 [25JY]
———Mary Mahowald, H5834 [25JY]
I Have AIDS: Keith A. Croffoot, S8375 [20JN]
Impact of Socioeconomic Forces: Michael E. DeBakey, E2854-E2856 [2AU]
Indoor Air Quality Act: OMB, S16041 [6NO]
Meat Inspection Along the U.S.-Canadian Border: William J. Lehman, H5220 [27JN]
Medical Injury Compensation Reform for Social Security Health Care: Clark C. Havighurst and Thomas B. Metzloff, S14254-S14259 [3OC]
Medical Research: Walter Gilbert, S5302 [25AP]
Medical Services Relative to Overseas Military Health Care Facilities: John O'Connor, H3397 [22MY]
———Joseph T. Ryan, H3397 [22MY]
Medicare Fraud: John Heinz, S4158 [9AP]
Mice and Women—Basic Science in the Service of Women's Health: Mary-Clair King, E2920 [2AU]
Minority Health Care: Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation, E2666-E2668 [24JY]
National Drug Control Strategy: Office of National Drug Control Policy, E3011 [12SE]
National Health Care: Lane Kirkland, AFL-CIO, S1244 [29JA]
———Representative Scheuer, E3814 [13NO]
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]
National Interest—Urban Summit of 1990, S4996 [24AP]
Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens: John A. Pendergrass, S12729 [11SE]
Overcrowding of Hospital Emergency Rooms: Dennis Andrulis, S5763 [14MY]
Pain Relief for Cancer Victims: William F. Buckley, Jr., S1599 [5FE]
Pregnancy Counseling: AMA, S10075 [16JY]
———Hawaii Reproductive Rights Coalition, S10106 [16JY]
———Margaret Heckler, S10099 [16JY]
Protection of Health Care Workers and Patients from Bloodborne Diseases: OSHA, S11337 [30JY]
Public Health: William Welch, S1241 [29JA]
Rate Changes: Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, E2798 [1AU]
Revise and Extend NIH Programs: OMB, H5827 [25JY]
Right, Not a Privilege—Meeting the Challenge of Affordable Health Care for All Americans: Senator Wofford, S16663 [14NO]
Senator John Heinz Accomplishments in the Field of Elderly Legislation: Senate Special Committee on Aging, S4158 [9AP]
Strategies for Improving the Health of Poor Children: National Center for Children in Poverty, S4996 [24AP]
Time for Action: James Malone, E3173 [26SE]
Tribute to Edwin C. Hiroto: Vincent H. Okamoto, E2983 [11SE]
Tribute to Raymond R. Maggi, S6757 [23MY]
U.S. Domestic Policy: Representative Solarz, E2788-E2790 [31JY]
Unfinished Agenda—New Vision for Child Development and Education: Committee for Economic Development, S4995 [24AP]
Women's Health Issues: Society for the Advancement for Women's Health Research, Breast Cancer Coalition, and Campaign for Women's Health, H5832 [25JY]
Women's Reproductive Rights: Senator Cranston, S641 [14JA]
Studies
Adult Day Health Care Program: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S17134 [20NO]
Agent Orange and Vietnam-Related Research: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H722-H725 [29JA]
Allelic Association of Human Dopamine D(2) Receptor Gene in Alcoholism, S3610-S3613 [19MR]
Epidemic Free-Base Cocaine Abuse, S3854-S3856 [21MR]
Finding the Gene(s) for Alcoholism, S3613 [19MR]
Health Risks of Mexican Workers: National State Workplace Institute, S6775 [24MY]
Measurement of Prostate-Specific Antigen in Serum as a Screening Test for Prostate Cancer: New England Journal of Medicine (publication), E4128 [26NO]
Status of Elderly Nutrition Services: National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, E1225 [11AP]
Summaries
Agent Orange Act (S. 238), S992, S993 [17JA], S1270 [30JA]
Amendment to H.R. 1047, improvements in veterans' compensation and pension programs, S10940 [25JY]
American Family Protection Act (H.R. 1270), E774 [6MR]
Better Access to Affordable Health Care Act (S. 1872), S15191 [24OC]
Black Lung Benefits Act Improvements (H.R. 1637), E1110 [22MR]
Centers for Disease Control Evaluation of Prevention Programs Bill, S16482 [13NO]
Child Welfare and Preventive Services Act (S. 4), S491 [14JA]
Childhood Hunger Prevention Act (S. 602), S2964 [7MR]
Childhood Hunger Relief Act (S. 757), S4044-S4046 [21MR]
Childhood Immunization Improvement Act (S. 905), S4880 [23AP]
Children's Vaccine Initiative Act (S. 904), S4878 [23AP]
Committee Amendment to H.R. 3595, Federal Payments Relative to State Expenditures Made From Revenues Derived From Provider-Specific Taxes Under Medicaid, S17989 [23NO]
Comprehensive American Health Care Act (S. 454), S2147 [21FE]
Comprehensive Child Health Immunization Act (S. 2116), S18455 [26NO]
Contraceptive and Infertility Research Centers Act (S. 966), S5250 [25AP]
Cost-sharing Availability Between Medicare and Medicaid Programs (H.R. 3473), E3248 [3OC]
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services for Senior Citizens (S. 510), S2353 [26FE]
Dole-Hatch Amendment Relative to Health Care Professionals Disclosure of HIV Virus Infection, S9977 [15JY]
Employer's Cost of Providing Employee Medical Benefits (H.R. 2800), E2373 [26JN]
Ensuring Access Through Medical Liability Reform Act (S. 489), S2330 [26FE]
Entitle Family Leave Involving Birth, Adoption, or Serious Health Condition With Protection of Benefits (H.R. 1626), E1108 [22MR]
Establish a Public Health Program for Prevention of Disabilities (S. 509), S2353 [26FE]
Establish Standards for Certification of Laboratories Engaged in Urine Drug Testing (H.R. 33), E1 [3JA]
Establish Task Force on Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (S. 504), S2351 [26FE]
Establish the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs (H.R. 2780), E2424 [27JN]
Expand Scope of Educational Efforts Relative to Lead Poisoning Prevention (S. 507), S2352 [26FE]
Families in Need Act (S. 1380), S8743 [26JN]
Family Caregiver Support Act (S. 972), S5254 [25AP]
Family Leave Act (H.R. 391), E36 [3JA]
Gordon-Hyde Substitute to H.R. 2, the Family and Medical Leave Act—Where's the Compromise?, H9724 [13NO]
Head Start—The Nation's Pride, A Nations Challenge, S4997 [24AP]
Health Care and Affordable Health Insurance (H.R. 3478), E3224 [2OC]
Health Care and Insurance Reform (H.R. 3535), E3326 [8OC]
Health Care for the Uninsured Legislation, S16481 [13NO]
Health Care Reform: University of Hawaii, S13727-S13729 [25SE]
Health Insurance Coverage for Certain Children and Mothers To Be Financed Through a General Payroll Tax (H.R. 2375), E1816 [16MY]
Health Insurance Reform Act (H.R. 2121), E1483 [29AP]
Health Professions Training Improvement Act (S. 1148), S6661 [23MY]
Health Service Access and Improvement Act (H.R. 2877), E2502 [11JY]
Health USA Act (S. 1446), S9854-S9856 [11JY]
HealthAmerica—Affordable Health Care for All Americans Act (S. 1227), S7214-S7216 [5JN]
Indian Anti-Drug Abuse Act Amendments (S. 290), S1302 [30JA]
Infant Mortality and Children's Health Act (S. 902), S4875 [23AP]
Lead-Based Paint Abatement (H.R. 2922), E2587 [18JY]
Link-Up for Learning Demonstration Grant Act (S. 619), S3078 [12MR]
Long-Term Care Insurance Policies (H.R. 1916), E1310 [18AP]
Long-Term Care Insurance Policies (S. 846), S4634 [17AP]
Medicaid treatment of voluntary contributions and provider-specific taxes, and limit aggregate payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals (H.R. 3900), H11108 [23NO]
Medical Education Costs Under Social Security (S. 1149), S6663 [23MY]
Medicare and Medicaid Chronic Care Programs (S. 1520), S10568 [22JY]
Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act (H.R. 3826), E3951 [21NO]
Medicare Coverage for Colerectal Screening Examinations and Certain Immunizations (H.R. 2565), H4128 [6JN]
Medicare Coverage of Screening Mammography (S. 508), S2353 [26FE]
Medicare Physician Payment Reform Implementation Act (S. 1810), S14428 [4OC]
Medicare Prevention Bill, S16481 [13NO]
Medicare Universal Coverage Expansion Act (H.R. 1777), E1261 [16AP]
Music Therapy for Older Americans Act (S. 1723), S13237 [18SE]
National Health Plan for Long-Term Care (H.R. 651), E281 [24JA]
National Health Plan (H.R. 650), E285 [24JA]
National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 2535), E2039 [5JN]
NIH Reauthorization (S. 1523), S10581 [22JY]
Orphan Drug Act Amendments (S. 2060), S18368 [26NO]
OSHA Bloodborne Infectious Disease Standard, S12726 [11SE]
Payment for Physicians' Services (H.R. 3070), E2742 [29JY]
Pesticide Health and Safety Act (S. 1353), S8469 [21JN]
Prescription Accountability and Patient care Improvement Act, E4173-E4175 [26NO]
Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act (S. 2000), S17298 [21NO]
Preventive Health Services Program for Senior Citizens (H.R. 1739), E1218 [11AP]
Primary Health Care Investment Act (H.R. 3991), E4131 [26NO]
Primary Health Care Investment Act (S. 1912), S15863 [4NO]
Quality in Medical Equipment and Supplies Act (S. 1988), S17060 [19NO]
Radon Assessment and Mitigation Act (S. 779), S4233 [9AP]
Reauthorize and Expand Area Health Education Centers, H6362 [2AU]
Remove Certain Pesticides From Supply and Establish EPA Negligible Risk Standard (H.R. 3216), E2933 [2AU]
Rename Centers for Disease Control to Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (S. 505), S2352 [26FE]
Require Certain Medical Education Hospitals to Incorporate Training in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion To Receive Medicare Education Payments (S. 506), S2352 [26FE]
Require Reports Containing a Prevention Impact Evaluation To Accompany Public Health Bills (S. 504), S2351 [26FE]
Retirement and Health Planning Act (S. 1764), S13840 [26SE]
Rural Primary Care Act (S. 1125), S6366 [22MY]
Savings Without Penalty Act (S. 1566), S11058 [26JY]
Social Security Appeals Process Reform Act (H.R. 1799), E1273 [17AP]
Social Security Assistance for Maintaining Residence, and Prevent Abuse of Recipients Under Oversight (H.R. 1754), E1205 [11AP]
Social Security Long-Term Care Assistance Program for Functionally Impaired Elderly Individuals (S. 1668), S12400 [15AU]
State Mental Health Services for Children (H.R. 1197), E696 [28FE]
State Universal Health Access Legislation: Citizen Action (organization), S13006 [16SE]
Support for Indigent Care Costs (H.R. 2800), E2373 [26JN]
Taxation of Long-Term Care Insurance Policies Which Do Not Meet Federal Standards (H.R. 3830), E3953 [21NO]
Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act (S. 1088), S6044 [16MY]
Urgent Lead Paint Hazard Prevention Act, S14505 [8OC]
VA/Dept. of Defense Operation Desert Shield Backup's Hospital System Background, E347 [30JA]
Veterans' Agent Orange Exposure Benefits Legislation (H.R. 3), H619 [22JA]
Veterans' Disability Compensation for Service-Connected Disabilities (H.R. 3), H613 [22JA]
Veterans' Disability Compensation for Service-Connected Disabilities (S. 107), S757 [14JA]
Veterans' Disability Compensation for Service-Connected Disabilities (S. 127), S795-S799 [14JA]
Women's Health Equity Act (S. 514), S2428 [27FE]
Surveys
Health and Safety in the Workplace: National Safe Workplace Institute, E2817 [1AU]
Selected Questions on Health Care: Wirthlin Group (research firm), E3608 [30OC]
Tables
Committee on Veterans' Affairs activities, S18562 [27NO]
Comparison between the Helms' AIDS amendment and Centers for Disease Control guidelines, S10349 [18JY]
Comparison of H.R. 2 (as reported) and the Gordon-Hyde substitute, H9725 [13NO]
Estimates of effect of fully-phased-in medicare physician fee schedule, S14430 [4OC]
Federal aid programs appropriation levels, H5090 [26JN]
Geographic practice cost indices by medicare carrier locality, S18195 [26NO]
Incidence of AIDS in health care professionals, S11336 [30JY]
Incidents of violence and disruption against abortion clinics, S4344 [11AP]
Infant mortality rate and selected data, 1988, H1793 [19MR]
Rocky Flats plant production and surveillance program: Dept. of Energy, S3524 [19MR]
Shares of national research budget by function, E4227 [26NO]
State laws restricting smoking in public places and sales of tobacco products, S2675 [5MR]
Testimonies
Alabama Medicaid Program: Representative Bevill, H8051 [17OC]
Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems for Medical Malpractice Claims (H.R. 3516): Representative Kyl, H9568 [7NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Oliver Meadows, S17690 [22NO]
How Does Biomedical Research Relate to Health Care?: Malcolm A. Martin, E474 [7FE]
Pregnancy Counseling: Nita Nelson, S10081 [16JY]
Veteran's Hospice Care: Charlene Farrell, S8501 [24JN]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 31, medical care for children, E131 [11JA]
H. Con. Res. 138, authorize use of Capitol Grounds for the presentation of the National Physical Fitness and Sports Month programs, H2542 [25AP]
H. Res. 24, encourage public service antismoking advertising, E27 [3JA]
H. Res. 120, carbon dioxide emissions, H2121 [10AP]
H. Res. 164, AIDS epidemic, H3913 [4JN]
H. Res. 202, consideration of H.R. 2507, revise and extend NIH programs, H5826 [25JY]
H. Res. 275, consideration of H.R. 2, family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits, H9712 [13NO]
H. Res. 283, consideration of H.R. 3595, Federal payments for medicaid relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes, H10509 [19NO]
H. Res. 300, concurrence by the House with Senate amendments to H.R. 2280, veterans health care programs, H11200-H11205 [25NO]
H.J. Res. 56, National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month, E37 [3JA]
H.J. Res. 91, Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week, H3996 [5JN]
H.J. Res. 98, National School Breakfast Week, H1187 [27FE]
H.J. Res. 120, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, H2726 [2MY]
H.J. Res. 138, Lyme Disease Awareness Week, S8710 [26JN], H3696 [29MY]
H.J. Res. 175, National Home Care Week, H1394 [5MR], H8910 [31OC]
H.J. Res. 194, Infant Mortality Awareness Day, H2728 [2MY]
H.J. Res. 212, National Visiting Nurse Associations Week, H10985 [22NO]
H.J. Res. 218, National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, H2340 [17AP]
H.J. Res. 219, National Scleroderma Awareness Week, H3997 [5JN]
H.J. Res. 300, National Trauma Awareness Month, H10989 [22NO]
H.J. Res. 309, National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day, H6256 [1AU]
H.J. Res. 340, National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America, H8049 [17OC]
H.J. Res. 366, constitutional amendment to guarantee access to health care, H8781 [30OC]
H.J. Res. 376, World AIDS Day, H10986 [22NO]
H.R. 2, Family and Medical Leave Act, H9750-H9756 [13NO]
H.R. 3, veterans' disability compensation for service-connected disabilities, H611 [22JA]
H.R. 111, establish medical research alliance between Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs, H1176 [27FE]
H.R. 175, designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center in Salem, VA, H5939, H5940 [29JY]
H.R. 433, prevention and treatment of public health emergencies, E54 [3JA]
H.R. 434, exception of medical supplies from Cuban embargo, E14 [3JA]
H.R. 440, Smoking and Health Advertising Act, E27 [3JA]
H.R. 443, disability eligibility under medicare for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, E31 [3JA]
H.R. 555, clarify protections to veterans relative to reemployment and reinstatement of health insurance, H741-H743 [29JA]
H.R. 556, Agent Orange Act, H719-H721 [29JA]
H.R. 632, impose an annual tax on each cigarette vending machine and use revenues to fund reduced tobacco use programs, H678 [23JA]
H.R. 699, occupational tax on cigarette companies and use revenues to treat smoking-related diseases, H759 [29JA]
H.R. 784, taxation of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, E391 [4FE]
H.R. 917, benefit formula computation rules for Social Security, E488 [7FE]
H.R. 1046, Veterans' compensation for service-connected disabilities, H8665 [30OC]
H.R. 1046, veterans' compensation for service-connected disabilities, H5936 [29JY]
H.R. 1192, OSHA Criminal Penalty Reform Act, E714 [1MR]
H.R. 1244, Healthy Beginnings Act, E782 [6MR]
H.R. 1397, Family Planning Parental Notification Act, E916 [13MR]
H.R. 1443, health warnings in advertisements for alcoholic beverages, E962 [14MR]
H.R. 1544, mimimum payment adjustments for disproportionate share hospitals, E1072 [22MR]
H.R. 1656, Trauma Center Revitalization Act, E1123 [22MR]
H.R. 1662, Nutrition Advertising Coordination Act, E1165 [9AP]
H.R. 1681, Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Living Benefits Act, E1193 [10AP]
H.R. 1746, Comprehensive Preventive Health Program, E1402 [23AP]
H.R. 1799, Social Security Appeals Process Reform Act, E1274 [17AP]
H.R. 1819, support for medical research projects, E1288 [17AP]
H.R. 2007, waive the coinsurance requirement and prohibit balance billing for screening mammography services, E1380 [23AP]
H.R. 2075, prohibit discrimination in the provision of Medicaid home and community services, H2498 [24AP]
H.R. 2213, Child Health Program Act, E1590 [2MY]
H.R. 2280, Veterans' health care programs, H5029-H5033 [25JN]
H.R. 2280, veterans health care programs, S17219-S17227 [20NO]
H.R. 2297, State Health Reform Opportunity Act, E1699 [9MY]
H.R. 2507, revise and extend NIH programs, H5844-H5861 [25JY]
H.R. 2517, Trauma Research Act, E2008 [4JN]
H.R. 2650, veterans assist States in providing benefits advice, E2204 [13JN]
H.R. 2773, Multiple Employer Health Benefits Protection Act, E2401-E2404 [27JN]
H.R. 2788, Patient and Health Provider Protection Act, E2377 [26JN]
H.R. 2845, establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment program for veterans in Hawaii, E2499 [11JY]
H.R. 2877, Health Service Access and Improvement Act, E2503 [11JY]
H.R. 3259, establish drug abuse education and prevention programs relating to youth gangs and runaway youths, H7090 [30SE]
H.R. 3401, establish program for prevention of disabilities, H8557 [28OC]
H.R. 3402, Public Health Service Act health information and health promotion programs, H9358 [5NO]
H.R. 3508, education programs for health care professionals, H9641-H9648 [12NO]
H.R. 3509, Solid Waste Metals Reduction Act, E3256-E3258 [3OC]
H.R. 3540, drug treatment services, E3334 [9OC]
H.R. 3595, Federal medicaid payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes, S18170 [26NO], H10532 [19NO]
H.R. 3635, block grants for preventive health and health services, H10551-H10554 [19NO]
H.R. 3663, early withdrawal of individual retirement accounts, E3593 [30OC]
H.R. 3696, availability of substance abuse treatment in States, E3672 [1NO]
H.R. 3826, Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act, E3951 [21NO]
H.R. 3832, Educators' and Drug-Exposed Children's Assistance Act, E3933 [21NO]
H.R. 3982, Medicare HMO Sanction Reform and Anti-Fraud and Abuse Act, E4113 [26NO]
H.R. 4018, redistribution of third-party reimbursements for certain veterans health care services, E4173 [26NO]
S. 1, veterans' disability compensation for service-connected disabilities, S442-S445 [14JA]
S. 4, family support systems improvement, S483-S491 [14JA]
S. 5, entitle family leave involving births, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits, S495-S501 [14JA]
S. 5, Family and Medical Leave Act, S14125-S14131, S14194-S14200 [2OC], H9787-H9793 [13NO]
S. 25, Freedom of Choice Act, S642 [14JA]
S. 29, Medicaid Drug Treatment for Families Act, S651 [14JA]
S. 35, Safe Bottled Water Act, S671 [14JA]
S. 66, graduate programs in clinical psychology eligibility in certain health professions loan programs, S717 [14JA]
S. 68, appointment of chiropractors as commissioned officers of the Armed Forces, S718 [14JA]
S. 70, provision of clinical social workers by health maintenance organizations, S720 [14JA]
S. 71, allow psychiatric or psychological examinations of certain mentally ill criminal offenders to be conducted by a clinical social worker, S720 [14JA]
S. 73, exclude nurse officers of the Armed Forces from the computation of authorized grade strength, S721 [14JA]
S. 75, eligibility of social work students in the Health Careers Opportunity Program, S721 [14JA]
S. 76, establish a psychology post-doctoral fellowship program, S722 [14JA]
S. 84, establish a tax credit for the cost of long-term health insurance, S727 [14JA]
S. 85, tax treatment of amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans to pay for long-term health insurance, S728 [14JA]
S. 87, establish a tax credit for the cost of long-term health insurance, S733 [14JA]
S. 102, deferral of student loans during professional internships, S748 [14JA]
S. 104, allow student loan tax deductions for physicians relative to the practice of medicine in rural communities, S749 [14JA]
S. 107, veterans' disability compensation for service-connected disabilities, S756 [14JA]
S. 111, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, S764 [14JA]
S. 127, veterans' disability compensation for service-connected disabilities, S770-S795 [14JA]
S. 157, medicare coverage under private employment-related health insurance, S853 [14JA]
S. 161, medicare/medicaid coverage for nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist services, S854 [14JA]
S. 177, payment of health care expenses incurred by former members of the Armed Services, S873 [14JA]
S. 180, Social Security coverage of registered professional nurses, S875 [14JA]
S. 185, AIDS Control Act, S882-S885 [14JA]
S. 187, Unborn Children's Civil Rights Act, S886 [14JA]
S. 193, Medicare Enhanced Benefits Act, S891-S894 [14JA]
S. 208, Federal grants to individuals exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES), S911 [14JA]
S. 219, allow mentally ill criminal offenders to be examined by a psychiatric nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist, S574 [15JA]
S. 226, grant charter to National Academies of Practice, S954 [16JA]
S. 227, Advanced Nurse Education Act, S955 [16JA]
S. 281, education and family support services and group health plan coverage for families of members serving in the Persian Gulf, S1438-S1440 [31JA]
S. 284, life insurance contracts of terminally ill individuals, S1295 [30JA]
S. 290, establish substance abuse program for Indians, S1300 [30JA]
S. 314, Comprehensive Health Care Act, S1381-S1388 [31JA]
S. 319, establish an office to emphasize the needs of women and minorities in prevention and treatment of alcoholism, S1393 [31JA]
S. 323, Title X Pregnancy Counseling Act, S10196-S10198 [17JY]
S. 335, Gulf War Higher Education and Health Care Shortage Assistance Act, S1441 [31JA]
S. 358, Compassionate Pain Relief Act, S1599 [5FE]
S. 386, Persian Gulf War Veterans' Assistance Act, S1738 [6FE]
S. 418, American Family Protection Act, S1837-S1839 [7FE]
S. 445, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Criminal Penalty Reform Act, S2025 [20FE]
S. 454, national health plan, S2148-S2155 [21FE]
S. 455, Indoor Air Quality Act, S2156-S2163 [21FE], S16022-S16029, S16042-S16049 [6NO]
S. 487, Medicare Bone Mass Measurement Coverage Act, S2321 [26FE]
S. 488, Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disorders Research, Education, and Health Services Act, S2322-S2324 [26FE]
S. 489, Ensuring Access Through Medical Liability Reform Act, S2325-S2330 [26FE]
S. 493, improve health services for pregnant women, infants, and children, S2336 [26FE]
S. 499, offering of certain types of fluid milk by facilities participating in the school lunch program, S2341 [26FE]
S. 500, impact of providing medical care to active members of the Armed Forces on medical services for veterans, S2341 [26FE]
S. 514, Women's Health Equity Act, S2408-S2428 [27FE]
S. 518, interest level on late payments to medicare part B providers, S2508 [28FE]
S. 526, extend the drug patent for Ethiofos and its oral analogue, S2516 [28FE]
S. 548, Reproductive Health Equity Act, S2655 [5MR]
S. 560, Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Act, S2673 [5MR]
S. 561, Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Act, S2674 [5MR]
S. 575, Radon Testing for Safe Schools Act, S2823 [6MR]
S. 590, exclude the Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act from ERISA, S2933 [7MR]
S. 602, Childhood Hunger Prevention Act, S2963 [7MR]
S. 619, Link-Up for Learning Demonstration Grant Act, S3076 [12MR]
S. 664, Alcoholic Beverage Advertising Act, S3393-S3395 [14MR]
S. 673, establish Office of Construction Safety, Health, and Education, S3406 [14MR]
S. 688, Family Financial and Job Security Act, S3584-S3589 [19MR]
S. 694, Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act, S3593 [19MR]
S. 700, American Health Security Act, S3729-S3731 [20MR]
S. 717, exclude rural areas from medicare payment reductions, S3931 [21MR]
S. 729, Small Community Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act, S3949-S3953 [21MR]
S. 730, Reduction of Metals in Packaging Act, S3955 [21MR]
S. 773, health care services to medically underserved areas, S4126 [22MR]
S. 779, Radon Assessment and Mitigation Act, S4231-S4233 [9AP]
S. 792, reduce public exposure to radon gas, S4245 [9AP]
S. 795, Filipino Veterans Equity Act, S4338 [11AP]
S. 798, Freedom of Access to Clinical Entrances Act, S4344 [11AP]
S. 846, long-term care insurance policies, S4631-S4634 [17AP]
S. 856, Medicaid Fairness in Funding Act, S4745 [18AP]
S. 880, medicare reimbursement of clinical social worker services, S4838 [23AP]
S. 881, Social Work Support Act, S4839 [23AP]
S. 885, collection of fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection services, S4846 [23AP]
S. 891, Cancer Screening Incentive Act, S4852 [23AP]
S. 902, pregnant women and infants' medicaid coverage, S4874 [23AP]
S. 904, children's vaccine initiative, S4878 [23AP]
S. 905, medicaid coverage of children's vaccines, S4880 [23AP]
S. 911, School Readiness Act, S4987-S4994 [24AP]
S. 924, Children's and Communities' Mental Health Systems Improvement Act, S5021-S5023 [24AP]
S. 966, Contraceptive and Infertility Research Centers Act, S5250 [25AP]
S. 973, provide nutrition services and intergenerational activities in elementary school facilities for senior citizens, S5255 [25AP]
S. 1021, tax treatment of long-term care insurance and accelerated death benefits, S5630-S5632 [9MY]
S. 1049, Hospital Emergency Department Uncompensated Care Act, S5763 [14MY]
S. 1074, Safety of Pesticides in Food Act, S5797-S5802 [14MY]
S. 1083, extend authorization for the regulation of the management of infectious solid waste, S6032 [16MY]
S. 1088, Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act, S6038-S6044 [16MY]
S. 1102, Social Security mental health care coverage, S6150 [20MY]
S. 1104, waiting period waiver for Social Security benefits of certain terminally ill individuals, S6152 [20MY]
S. 1111, Radiation Protection Act, S6217 [21MY]
S. 1120, medicare home respiratory care services, S6226 [21MY]
S. 1123, improved health care system through reduced liability costs, S6357-S6359 [22MY]
S. 1125, provide incentives to health care providers serving rural areas and establish State health service corps demonstration projects, S6363-S6366 [22MY]
S. 1126, coverage of payment for home health service where an individual is absent from the home at an adult day center, S6368 [22MY]
S. 1133, Comprehensive Services for Children and Youth Act, S6381-S6384 [22MY]
S. 1148, Health Professions Training Improvement Act, S6660 [23MY]
S. 1149, medical education costs under Social Security, S6662 [23MY]
S. 1177, Health Care Access and Reform Act, S6713-S6738 [23MY]
S. 1186, Substance Abuse Treatment Corps Act, S6861 [24MY]
S. 1188, Social Security and SSI AIDS Disability Act, S6864-S6866 [24MY]
S. 1192, International Population Stabilization and Reproductive Choice Act, S6870-S6874 [24MY]
S. 1211, Medicaid Glideslope Act, S7031 [4JN]
S. 1212, Medicare coverage for certain preventive care items and services, S7032 [4JN]
S. 1213, acquisition of data on preventative health and health promotion, S7033 [4JN]
S. 1214, change Medicare designation of Lancaster County, PA relative to reimbursement for physician services, S7035 [4JN]
S. 1215, Adoption Assistance and Maternal Certificates Act, S7035-S7037 [4JN]
S. 1227, HealthAmerica—Affordable Health Care for All Americans Act, S7177-S7214 [5JN]
S. 1229, Small Employer Health Insurance Incentive Act, S7303 [6JN]
S. 1231, Medicare Preventive Benefits Act, S7305-S7307 [6JN]
S. 1238, criteria for distribution of alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health block grant funds, S7319 [6JN]
S. 1240, determinations of denial of medicaid payments to States, S7320 [6JN]
S. 1266, Veterans' Research Corporation and Medical Care Extension Act, S7486 [11JN]
S. 1271, recovery of costs of certain medical care and services to veterans, S7492 [11JN]
S. 1277, Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act, S7630 [12JN]
S. 1279, furnish veterans with medical, therapeutic, rehabilitative, and prosthetic devices, S7634 [12JN]
S. 1290, Medicare Solvency and Security Act, S7817 [13JN]
S. 1306, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act, S7905-S7918 [17JN]
S. 1319, establish a post-traumatic stress disorder treatment center for veterans in Hawaii, S8027 [18JN]
S. 1324, Poultry Consumer Protection Act, S8142 [19JN]
S. 1332, relief to physicians relative to excessive medicare regulations, S8206 [19JN]
S. 1349, retroactive medicaid payments of medicare cost-sharing for indigent beneficiaries, S8352 [20JN]
S. 1353, Pesticide Health and Safety Act, S8465-S8469 [21JN]
S. 1358, Veterans' Hospice Services Act, S14832 [16OC]
S. 1380, Families in Need Act, S8739-S8742 [26JN]
S. 1401, tax treatment of medical student loan interest relative to practice of medicine in rural areas, S8960 [27JN]
S. 1424, mobile health care clinic program for veterans in rural areas, S9126 [28JN]
S. 1445, Lead in Drinking Water Reduction Act, S9500-S9510 [10JY]
S. 1446, Health USA Act, S9845-S9854 [11JY]
S. 1457, preventive health services for senior citizens, S9870 [11JY]
S. 1459, supportive services to informal caregivers who assist individuals in need of long-term health care, S9871 [11JY]
S. 1471, establish an Elder Rights Program, S9885-S9894 [11JY]
S. 1475, reauthorize programs for mentally ill individuals, H10549 [19NO]
S. 1475, reauthorizing programs for mentally ill individuals, S11547 [31JY]
S. 1477, Senior Nutrition Act, S10136 [16JY]
S. 1479, reauthorize rural health programs, S10139 [16JY]
S. 1520, medicare and medicaid chronic care programs, S10566 [22JY]
S. 1523, reauthorizing certain NIH institutes, S10574-S10581 [22JY]
S. 1532, revise and extend Abandoned Infants Assistance Act programs, S15426 [29OC], S18249-S18251 [26NO], H10558 [19NO]
S. 1532, revise and extend programs of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act, S10689 [23JY]
S. 1535, improve the Health Professional Scholarship Program, S10772 [24JY]
S. 1540, WIC special supplemental food program, S10775 [24JY]
S. 1566, Savings Without Penalty Act, S11057 [26JY]
S. 1567, reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease, S11059 [26JY]
S. 1572, Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act, S11065 [26JY]
S. 1574, Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act, S11068-S11070 [26JY]
S. 1577, Alzheimer's disease research, training, and education, S11217-S11219 [29JY]
S. 1577, reauthorizing research programs on Alzheimer's disease, S18235-S18237 [26NO]
S. 1594, Community Based AIDS Research Initiative Act, S11543 [31JY], H6358 [2AU]
S. 1597, Rural Health Innovation Demonstration Act, S11553 [31JY]
S. 1622, Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act, S11833-S11841 [1AU]
S. 1648, reauthorize and expand health services to area education centers, S12203 [2AU], H6363 [2AU]
S. 1668, Social Security long-term care assistance program for functionally impaired elderly individuals, S12379-S12400 [15AU]
S. 1677, Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act, S12264 [2AU]
S. 1685, effects of electrical and electromagnetic leakage known as stray voltage, S12273 [2AU]
S. 1693, Private Long-Term Care Insurance Act, S12304-S12307 [2AU]
S. 1723, Music Therapy for Older Americans Act, S13236 [18SE]
S. 1750, improve services to individuals with mental retardation, S13697-S13709 [25SE]
S. 1751, Infertility Prevention Act, S13710-S13712 [25SE]
S. 1764, Retirement and Health Planning Act, S13839 [26SE]
S. 1777, Breast Cancer Screening Safety Act, S14044-S14047 [1OC]
S. 1803, recoupment of certain medicare payments to uniformed services treatment facilities, S14351 [3OC]
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. 1852, medicare inpatient hospital services relative to wage index, S15008 [22OC]
S. 1864, construction of a medical research facility at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, S15085 [23OC]
S. 1872, Better Access to Affordable Health Care Act, S15182-S15191 [24OC]
S. 1902, Research Freedom Act, S15708-S15710 [31OC]
S. 1912, Primary Health Care Investment Act, S15862, S15863 [4NO]
S. 1933, Health Professions Training and Nurse Education Improvement and Reauthorization Act, S16226-S16241 [7NO]
S. 1936, Health Equity and Access Improvement Act, S16163-S16181 [7NO]
S. 1944, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Act, S16268-S16281 [7NO]
S. 1946, Access to Life-Saving Therapies Act, S16450 [12NO]
S. 1954, National Health Checkup Act, S16456 [12NO]
S. 1956, Toxic Exposure Evaluation and Monitoring Act, S16611-S16613 [13NO]
S. 1972, State Care—State-Based Comprehensive Health Care Act, S16757-S16759 [14NO]
S. 1978, medicare payment limitations relative to psychiatric services in nursing facilities, S16852 [15NO]
S. 1988, Quality in Medical Equipment and Supplies Act, S17058-S17060 [19NO]
S. 1989, Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act, S17063-S17071 [19NO]
S. 1992, Medicaid operation of pharmaceutical benefit programs independent of drug purchasing requirements, S17246 [20NO]
S. 1996, Medicare Cancer Coverage Improvement Act, S17253 [20NO]
S. 2008, Quality Assurance in the Private Sector Drug Testing Act, S17442-S17445 [21NO]
S. 2017, Long-Term Care Family Protection Act, S17669-S17679 [22NO]
S. 2028, health care services for women veterans, S17688 [22NO]
S. 2029, treatment of amounts collected from third parties relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers, S17691 [22NO]
S. 2050, Federal loan insurance relative to health education assistance loans, S18144 [25NO], H11400 [26NO]
S. 2060, revise orphan drug provisions, S18367 [26NO]
S. 2077, Medicaid Managed Care Improvement Act, S18388-S18391 [26NO]
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. 2108, Medical Waste Management Act, S18430-S18433 [26NO]
S. 2116, Comprehensive Child Health Immunization Act, S18452-S18455 [26NO]
S. 2132, Environmental Risk Reduction Act, S18703-S18705 [27NO]
S. Con. Res. 17, OSHA regulations, S3106 [12MR]
S. Con. Res. 54, medical and humanitarian assistance to Iraqi families and children, S10155 [16JY]
S. Con. Res. 67, Medicaid restrictions regarding State use of provider-specific taxes for expenditures, S14226 [2OC]
S. Con. Res. 78, imprisonment and trial of Nguyen Dan Que in Vietnam, S17900 [23NO], H11315 [26NO]
S. Res. 184, insurance coverage for mammography screening services, S13716 [25SE]
S. Res. 218, review and revise the FDA's approval process for experimental drugs, S16460 [12NO]
S. Res. 231, national policy on health care and reform insurance procedures, S17696 [22NO]
S.J. Res. 39, National Awareness Month for Children with Cancer, S575 [15JA]
S.J. Res. 43, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, S960 [16JA]
S.J. Res. 49, designate Year of Public Health and recognize Johns Hopkins School of Public Health anniversary, S6351 [22MY]
S.J. Res. 72, National Rehabilitation Week, S1917 [19FE], S8706 [26JN], H6258 [1AU]
S.J. Res. 74, Lyme Disease Awareness Week, S2030 [20FE]
S.J. Res. 81, National Home Care Week, S2526 [28FE], S15873 [4NO]
S.J. Res. 86, National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, S4795 [18AP]
S.J. Res. 95, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, S3433 [14MR], S8707 [26JN], H6771 [24SE]
S.J. Res. 115, Pediatric AIDS Awareness Week, S4368 [11AP]
S.J. Res. 124, National Visiting Nurse Associations Week, S4637 [17AP], S17899 [23NO]
S.J. Res. 127, National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month, S5583 [8MY], H3120 [15MY]
S.J. Res. 130, National Scleroderma Awareness Week, S5035 [24AP]
S.J. Res. 131, National Down's Syndrome Awareness Month, S5301 [25AP], S14102 [1OC], H8048 [17OC]
S.J. Res. 133, anniversary of National Cancer Act, S15722 [31OC]
S.J. Res. 142, National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week, S5670 [9MY], S8709 [26JN], H5805 [24JY]
S.J. Res. 156, Mental Illness Awareness Week, S8709 [26JN], H7101 [30SE]
S.J. Res. 174, National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, S9266 [8JY], S15816 [1NO]
S.J. Res. 214, National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques, S14600 [8OC]
S.J. Res. 229, National Trauma Awareness Month, S18179 [26NO]
Transcripts
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: OSHA Safety and Health Standards, S12728 [11SE]
Proceedings of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs' Hearing on Agent Orange (1981, Philadelphia, PA), S1265 [30JA]
Tributes
Conte, Silvio O., E934 [14MR]