HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Articles and editorials

Anti-Abortion Leaders Must Rein in Troops, S1056 [18JA]

Back to the Dark Ages, S15656 [25OC]

Bilbray Fights Illegal-Immigrant Care Plan That Would Stiff Hospitals, H11220 [26OC]

Clinic Killings Follow Years of Antiabortion Violence, S1050 [18JA]

Construction Tycoon Gave Fortunes to Hospitals, Schools, S19130 [21DE]

Cruelty to Patients—Nation's Health Care System Needs an Examination, S2275 [7FE]

Doctors, Hospitals Sued on Monopoly Charges, S17324 [17NO]

Dropping Federal Regs Is an Invitation to Tragedy, S15668 [25OC]

Emergency Rooms Treat Half-Million Drug Cases, E2125 [8NO]

Existing Protections, S15668 [25OC]

H.M.O.'s Refusing Emergency Claims, Hospitals Assert—2 Missions in Conflict, E1418 [12JY]

Keep Nursing Home Standards, S15668 [25OC]

Memorial to Doctors Dedicated Saturday, S14308 [26SE]

New Vaccine Used To Fight Colon Cancer, S1732 [30JA]

New York's Public Hospitals Fail, and Babies Are the Victims, S5771-S5774 [27AP]

Patient's Story, S14206-S14209 [25SE]

Quality Assurance Prenatal Systems Reduce Risk for OBs, S5786 [27AP]

Tort Reform Isn't Solution To Easing Health Care Woes, S5798 [27AP]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prevent governmental discrimination against health care providers who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see S. 971; H.R. 1932), S9174 [27JN], H6396 [27JN]

———protection of reproductive health care clinics (see S. Res. 31, 67), S563 [6JA], S1271 [20JA]

———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (see S. 979; H.R. 1952), S9305 [28JN], H6481 [28JN]

Armed Forces: allow liability claims resulting from medical malpractice (see H.R. 2524), H10726 [24OC]

Brookhaven, NY: establish Dept. of Veterans Affairs ambulatory care facility (see H.R. 2831), H15633 [22DE]

Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (see H.R. 641), H537 [23JA]

Courts: establish uniform standard for the resolution of medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 352), H173 [9JA]

———medical malpractice liability claim requirements (see H.R. 229, 1195), H170 [9JA], H2989 [9MR]

Crime: prevention of fraud relative to provision of or receipt of payment for health care services (see H.R. 1758, 1850), H5690 [7JN], H5983 [14JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorizing appropriations for medical facilities projects and leases (see H.R. 2814), H15237 [20DE]

———authorizing medical facilities construction appropriations (see H.R. 1534), H4511 [2MY]

———display of POW/MIA flag at medical centers relative to full accounting of Vietnam-era POW/MIA (see H.R. 2013), H6830 [11JY]

———establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (see S. 425), S2757 [15FE]

———expand services at veterans medical centers (see H.R. 2313), H8805 [12SE]

Drugs: therapeutic use of marijuana (see H.R. 2618), H12127 [10NO]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (see S. 1369), S16421 [31OC]

Government regulations: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see S. 877), S7615 [26MY]

H. John Heinz III, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nursing Care Center, Aspinwall, PA: designate (see H.R. 2760), H14310 [12DE]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (see S. 1035; H.R. 2019), S9998 [14JY], H6913 [12JY]

———clinical laboratory diagnostic testing services (see H.R. 1461), H4414 [6AP]

———extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain health maintenance organizations (see S. 1103; H.R. 1878), S11201 [2AU], H6082 [16JN]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see S. 1416; H.R. 2690), S17091 [15NO], H13804 [29NO]

———provide for home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (see S. 85), S49 [4JA]

———provide for the operation of laboratories to conduct certain public health operations near the U.S. border with Mexico (see S. 835), S7014 [19MY]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (see S. 454), S2823 [16FE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see S. 969; H.R. 1936, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1968, 1970; H. Con. Res. 79), S9174 [27JN], H6396 [27JN], H6481 [28JN], H6655, H6656 [29JN]

———treatment of personal medical records and health care related information (see S. 1360), S15575 [24OC]

Health care professionals: encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (see S. 1351), S15401 [20OC]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see S. 1233; H.R. 2011), S13473 [12SE], H6830 [11JY]

———establish health plan standards for treatment of enrollees and health care providers (see H.R. 2400), H9591 [27SE]

Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA: designate (see H.R. 2322), H8903 [13SE]

Medicaid: coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (see H.R. 1503), H4431 [7AP]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (see S. 61), S49 [4JA]

———eliminate State reimbursement requirements for hospitals, nursing facilities, and intermediate care facilities (see H.R. 2395), H9505 [25SE]

———modify estate recovery provisions relative to recovery of home and community-based services costs for individuals over age 55 (see S. 86), S49 [4JA]

———nonemergency medical transportation services (see H.R. 975), H1907 [16FE]

———require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (see H.R. 2420), H9670 [28SE]

———State response to hospital closings (see H.R. 168), H168 [9JA]

Medicare: assure fairness and choice to patients (see S. 1024, 1343), S9802 [12JY], S15338 [19OC]

———coverage for emergency and related services by rural emergency access care facilities (see H.R. 859), H1460 [8FE]

———coverage of paramedic intercept ambulance support services (see H.R. 1757), H5690 [7JN]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (see S. 832; H.R. 1651), S7013 [19MY], H5071 [16MY]

———equalize the labor and nonlabor portions of the standardized hospital payment amounts and improve rural health services (see H.R. 424), H177 [9JA]

———expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (see H.R. 2777), H14764 [13DE]

———extend rural hospital payments (see S. 512), S3604 [7MR]

———hemodialysis standards for renal dialysis facilities (see H.R. 1067), H2306 [27FE]

———permit a supplier of durable medical equipment to furnish an upgraded item of such equipment to medicare beneficiaries (see H.R. 1754), H5689 [7JN]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible individuals by military or veterans hospitals (see H.R. 861, 1767), H1460 [8FE], H5690 [7JN]

———require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (see H.R. 2249), H8535 [4AU]

———require health maintenance organizations to provided out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 2757), H14310 [12DE]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (see S. 62), S49 [4JA]

Michael O'Callaghan Military Hospital, Las Vegas, NV: designate (see H.R. 2477), H10047 [12OC]

Mike O'Callaghan Military Hospital, Las Vegas, NV: designate (see S. 903), S8097 [9JN]

NIH: funding for diabetes-related research (see H.R. 1656), H5190 [17MY]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (see S. 1044; H.R. 2206), S10147 [17JY], H8534 [4AU]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see S. 1471; H.R. 1747), S18442 [12DE], H5622 [6JN]

Rural areas: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (see S. 980, 1268; H.R. 1904, 2175, 2411), S9305 [28JN], S14132 [22SE], H6159 [20JN], H8308 [2AU], H9591 [27SE]

———medicare coverage of rural emergency access care hospitals (see S. 210), S901 [12JA]

Senior citizens: expand the availability of qualified organizations for frail elderly community projects (see S. 990), S9421 [29JN]

Social Security: imposition of fees for initial certification and survey of health care facilities providing medicare and medicaid services (see H.R. 2790), H14963 [15DE]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate one dollar of their tax liability or a percentage of their refunds to contribute to drug abuse rehabilitation and treatment (see H.R. 825), H1207 [3FE]

———excise tax exemption for certain emergency medical transportation by air ambulance (see S. 358), S2213 [6FE]

———treatment of academic health centers relative to the exclusion for employer-provided housing (see H.R. 1685), H5471 [23MY]

———treatment of employer-provided housing of academic health centers (see S. 1162), S12215 [10AU]

Veterans: establish medical facility in south Texas (see H.R. 336), H173 [9JA]

———extend the provision of services at community-based health care facilities (see S. 725), S5664 [25AP]

———improve health care programs (see H.R. 1385, 1468), H4177 [4AP], H4430 [7AP]

———management and contracting of health care services (see S. 1359), S15575 [24OC]

———payment to States for adult day health care (see S. 293), S1758 [30JA]

———revise certain authorities on the management and contracting of provision of health care services (see H.R. 2798), H14963 [15DE]

Veterans Health Administration: establishment of nonprofit research corporations at VA medical centers (see S. 644), S4806 [29MR]

Women: availability of information on reproductive health services (see H. Res. 118), H3327 [16MR]

Cost Estimates

Medicare budget expenditure limiting tool: CBO, S16469 [1NO]

Documents

Proposed Amendment on Funding for Medical Treatment Facility at the Site of the Terminated Superconducting Supercollider, H6796 [11JY]

Letters

Adult day health care for veterans: Clifford A. Kinney, National Association of State Veterans Homes, S1759 [30JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs plan for allocation of health care resources: Frederico Juarbe Jr., VFW, S14301 [26SE]

Expand coverage of medicare part B preventive care benefits: several health organizations, E2362 [14DE]

Federal nursing home standards: David Banks, Beverly Enterprises, Inc., S16944 [13NO]

———Elma L. Holder, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, S16945 [13NO], S17281 [17NO]

———John J. Sweeney, Service Employees International Union, S17283 [17NO]

———National Association of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, S16945 [13NO]

———several health and union organizations, S15657 [25OC]

———Toby S. Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, S16952 [13NO]

Medical treatment facility funding at the site of the terminated superconducting supercollider: Hazel Rollins O'Leary, Sec. of Energy, H6796 [11JY]

———Representative Boehlert, H6796 [11JY]

Medicare budget expenditure limiting tool: Arnold R. Thomas, North Dakota Hospital Association, S16468 [1NO]

———Daniel J. Schulder, National Council of Senior Citizens, S16468 [1NO]

———Howard B. Shapiro, American College of Physicians, S16469 [1NO]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S16469 [1NO]

———Martin Corry, American Association of Retired Persons, S16468 [1NO]

———Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, S16468 [1NO]

———Steven Kroll, Healthcare Association of New York State, S16468 [1NO]

Medicare reform: Anne K. Bingaman, Dept. of Justice and Robert Pitofsky, FTC, S17323 [17NO]

———National Association of Attorneys General, S17326 [17NO]

———several health and insurance providers, S17324 [17NO]

———several organizations, S17325, S17327 [17NO]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S17326 [17NO]

Medicare/Medicaid reform: several hospital plans, S17286 [17NO]

Partial-birth abortions: Christie Gallivan, S17896 [4DE]

———David W. Cromer, S17891 [4DE]

———Donald E. McCanse, S17890 [4DE]

———Donald M. Sherline, S17892 [4DE]

———Dorothy Czarnecki, S18196 [7DE]

———Geri Marullo, American Nurses Association, S18191 [7DE]

———Jean L. Fourcroy, American Medical Women's Association, Inc., S18191 [7DE]

———Karin E. Shinn, S18197 [7DE]

———L. Laurie Scott, S18197 [7DE]

———Laurence I. Burd, S17891 [4DE]

———Margaret Nordell, S18197 [7DE]

———Mary L. Davenport, S18084 [6DE], S18197 [7DE]

———Pamela E. Smith, S18076, S18077 [6DE]

———Ralph W. Hale, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S18191, S18226 [7DE]

———Samuel Edwin, S18192 [7DE]

———Tor Shwayder, S18192 [7DE]

Reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs: Jack L. Barry, Michigan State Medical Society, S5896 [1MY]

Telecommunication services for schools, libraries, and rural health centers: Senator Pressler, S17851 [30NO]

Telecommunications rates for universal service to educational providers and libraries: several educational organizations, H8499 [4AU]

Transfer of FEMA disaster relief funds for construction of VA medical facility: Earl G. Peck, Florida Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H8041 [31JY]

———Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, H8041 [31JY]

Veterans' medical care funding: Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, S14294 [26SE]

———Paul A. Spera., VFW, S14294 [26SE]

———Thomas A. McMasters III, DAV, S14295 [26SE]

Lists

Congressional hearings and reports relative to enactment of Nursing Home Reform Act, S15667 [25OC]

Organizations supporting medicare fairness and choice, S15346 [19OC]

Organizations supporting restoration of veterans' program cuts through rescissions in the National and Community Service Program, H3222 [15MR]

Memorandums

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Toby S. Edelman, Nursing Home National Seniors Center, S17281-S17283 [17NO]

Opinion polls

Medical research funding: Louis Harris and Associates, Inc., E1909 [11OC]

Press releases

Medicare, Medicaid, and Nursing Home Provisions of the Budget Reconciliation: American Association of Retired Persons, S17281 [17NO]

Proposals

Brevard County, FL, Medical Center and Nursing Home budget proposal, H8041-H8043 [31JY]

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, E1150 [26MY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: performance of privately funded abortions at overseas military hospitals, H5998-H6008 [15JN]

———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (H.R. 1952), H6403 [28JN]

Bethesda, MD: tribute to the doctors and staff at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, H12178 [13NO]

Bridgehampton, NY: tribute to Hampton Classic horse show, E1573 [1AU]

Buffalo, NY: tribute to the VA Medical Center PT Phone Home Program, E744 [30MR]

California: anniversary of the Antelope Valley Hospital, E1941 [12OC]

Castro Valley, CA: tribute to centenarians, E1057 [17MY]

Civil liberties: access to clinic entrances, H132 [5JA]

Civil Rights Act: availability of information on reproductive health services at federally or State funded family planning clinics (H.R. 641), H477, H478 [23JA]

Courts: admissibility of evidence of collateral source payments in medical liability actions, H3016-H3019 [10MR]

———maximum award of noneconomic damages in medical liability claims, H2959-H2965 [9MR], H3023 [10MR]

———medical malpractice liability claim requirements (H.R. 1195), E568 [9MR]

Dept. of Defense: performance of abortions at military medical facilities, H9703, H9705, H9706, H9707 [29SE]

———Uniformed Service Treatment Facilities funding, H6015 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: funding for veterans medical care programs through reductions in NASA and NSF funds, H8031-H8034 [31JY]

Diseases: AIDS services programs funding, H2380 [28FE]

Drugs: therapeutic use of marijuana (H.R. 2618), E2240 [28NO], E2365 [14DE]

Enfield, CT: tribute to the Enfield Substance Abuse Prevention Council, E1100 [23MY]

FEMA: transfer of disaster relief funds for construction of VA medical facility, H8040-H8045 [31JY]

Fitzsimons Army Medical Center: proposal to close, E589 [14MR]

Frankel, Joel: Spirit of Life Humanitarian Award recipient, E397 [22FE]

Government regulations: imposition of fees to cover cost of inspections, E2401 [19DE]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (H.R. 2019), E1424 [12JY]

———extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain health maintenance organizations (H.R. 1878), H14983, H14984 [18DE]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (H.R. 1936), H6317, H6319 [27JN]

Health care professionals: tribute to hospice workers, E2239 [28NO]

Highbridge-Woodycrest Center, New York, NY: Fannie Mae Foundation Women's Health Initiative Grant recipient, E221 [30JA]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (H.R. 2011), E1417 [12JY]

Jewish Hospital of St. Louis: tribute, H6402 [28JN]

Kaiser Permanente (health organization): anniversary, E1745 [8SE], E1862 [28SE]

Kennedy Kreiger Institute: tribute on providing innovative and cost-saving lead poisoning treatment for children, E1707 [6SE]

Marshall University: tribute to the School of Medicine, E1561 [31JY]

Maryland: anniversary of Med-Evac Program, E691 [24MR]

Medicaid: coverage of services of certain clinics operated by children's hospitals (H.R. 1503), E864 [7AP]

———home- and community-based services for the disabled, E2183 [15NO]

———require HMOs and other managed care plans to make payments relative to assistance provided by school-based health centers (H.R. 2420), E1868 [28SE]

Medicare: develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (H.R. 1651), E1047 [16MY]

———expand coverage of part B preventive care benefits (H.R. 2777), E2361 [14DE]

———hemodialysis standards for renal dialysis facilities (H.R. 1067), E446 [27FE]

———permit a supplier of durable medical equipment to furnish an upgraded item of such equipment to medicare beneficiaries (H.R. 1754), E1181 [8JN]

———reform, H5630 [7JN]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible individuals by military or veterans hospitals (H.R. 861), E739 [30MR]

———require health maintenance organizations to disclose certain information to enrollees (H.R. 2249), E1665 [5AU]

MediGrant: reform, H11209 [26OC]

Mining and mineral resources: health care benefits for miners, H9510 [27SE]

Montgomery County, MD: anniversary of Community Psychiatric Clinic, E1035 [15MY]

National Association of Health Unit Coordinators: anniversary, E1081 [19MY]

National Medical Laboratory Week: observance, E870 [7AP]

New York, NY: tribute to Mount Sinai Hospital Sarcoidosis Clinic, E1657 [5AU]

NIH: biomedical research funding, E1909 [11OC]

———funding, H6094 [20JN]

———funding for diabetes-related research (H.R. 1656), E1062 [17MY]

———funding for the Office of Alternative Medicine, H8329 [3AU]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, H10812, H10835 [25OC]

Ohio: anniversary of Maumee Valley Guidance Center, E1291 [20JN]

———tribute to the Otterbein-Leipsic Retirement Community, E1565 [31JY]

Orlando, FL: Florida Hospital Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute groundbreaking ceremony, E1176 [8JN]

Paradise Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center: anniversary, E1455 [18JY]

Passaic, NJ: anniversary of St. Mary's Hospital, E1882 [29SE]

Pigeon, MI: anniversary of Scheurer Hospital, E887 [1MY]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (H.R. 2206), E1650 [5AU]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), H14273-H14277 [12DE]

Rural areas: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (H.R. 1904), E1299 [20JN]

———improve health programs and services available to rural populations (H.R. 2175), E1594 [2AU]

Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children: American Hospital Association NOVA Award recipient, E1477 [20JY]

St. Petersburg, FL: anniversary of Boley Center for Behavioral Health Care, Inc., E1920 [11OC]

Taxation: treatment of academic health centers relative to the exclusion for employer-provided housing (H.R. 1685), E1098 [23MY]

Telecommunications: rates for universal service to health care providers in rural areas, educational providers, and libraries, H8498 [4AU]

Topeka, KS: tribute to Menninger Hospital, H8146 [1AU]

Travis AFB, CA: Travis VA Hospital funding, E2394 [19DE]

Treatment facilities: funding for medical treatment facility at the site of the terminated superconducting supercollider, H6794-H6797 [11JY]

Tucson, AZ: Tucson VA Nursing Home recipient of the Contemporary Long Term Care Order of Excellence for Best Nursing Home, E2340 [12DE]

University of South Dakota: tribute to Disaster Mental Health Institute, E1038 [15MY]

Veterans: budget cuts in veterans' benefits, H2318 [28FE], H2400 [1MR], H2723, H2724, H2725, H2726, H2727, H2728 [7MR], H2814 [8MR], H2984 [9MR]

———establish medical facility in south Texas (H.R. 336), E45 [5JA]

———funding for medical care and hospital construction through rescissions in NASA, H3219, H3227 [15MR]

———funding for medical care and hospital construction through rescissions in the National and Community Service Program, H3220-H3230 [15MR]

———funding for military retiree services, E820 [7AP]

———funding for Travis Medical Center, H7892 [27JY]

———improve health care programs, H6642 [29JN]

———improve health care programs (H.R. 1385), H4148 [4AP]

Winters, Nat and Barbara: Golden Heal-a-Mind Award recipients, E1763 [12SE]

Women: funding for family planning and health care services, E1626 [4AU]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prevent governmental discrimination against health care providers who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (S. 971), S9177 [27JN]

———protection of reproductive health care clinics, S1036, S1037, S1049-S1058, S1060 [18JA]

———protection of reproductive health care clinics (S. Res. 31), S564 [6JA], S922-S924 [13JA]

———protection of reproductive health care clinics (S. Res. 67), S1290 [20JA]

———protection of reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care clinics (S. 979), S9307 [28JN]

———violence at abortion clinics, S934 [13JA]

Aurora, CO: reuse of Fitzsimons Army Medical Center facility, S12529, S12530, S12548, S12596 [5SE]

Budget: restore funding for rural health research and outreach grants through rescissions in the Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund, S4909, S4910 [30MR]

Chattanooga, TN: anniversary of Ronald McDonald House, S17181 [16NO]

Civil liberties: access to clinic entrances, S1105 [18JA]

———access to clinic entrances (S. 636), S1398 [24JA]

Clifton, NJ: anniversary of Daughters of Miriam Center for the Aged, S18668 [14DE]

Columbia, MO: tribute to Youth Volunteers at the Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, S17188 [16NO]

Courts: authorize voluntary alternative dispute resolutions systems relative to health care liability action, S5888-S5890 [1MY]

———exempt actions involving sexual abuse from limitations on punitive damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5879 [1MY]

———limitations on compensatory damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5874-S5879 [1MY]

———limitations on punitive damage awards relative to health care liability action, S5800-S5802 [27AP]

———limitations on punitive damage awards relative to health care liability actions, S5960 [2MY]

———treatment of medical malpractice liability claims relative to obstetric services, S5755-S5792 [27AP], S5857-S5860 [1MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: construction of hospitals, S14370, S14371 [27SE]

———develop plan for allocation of health care resources, S14299-S14302 [26SE]

———establish mental illness research, education, and clinical centers (S. 425), S2761 [15FE]

———health care and research services funding, S7451, S7452 [25MY]

FDA: facilitate the approval process for medical devices (S. 1369), S16422 [31OC]

Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, CO: effects of closing on health care provided to Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, S11558 [5AU]

Government regulations: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (S. 877), S7627 [26MY]

Health: accessibility of alternative treatments and medicines (S. 1035), S9999-S10002 [14JY]

———anniversary of Emergency Medical Services for Children Grant Program, S12363 [11AU]

———clinical lab standards, S16022 [27OC]

———downsizing of military health services, S10261-S10266 [19JY]

———extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain health maintenance organizations (H.R. 1878), S19273 [22DE]

———extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirement to certain health maintenance organizations (S. 1103), S11202 [2AU]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (S. 1416), S17096 [15NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S2275 [7FE]

———provide for home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities (S. 85), S294-S297 [4JA], S16090-S16093 [27OC]

———provide for the operation of laboratories to conduct certain public health operations near the U.S. border with Mexico (S. 835), S7017 [19MY]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs, S5753-S5755, S5758-S5793, S5795 [27AP], S5857-S5860, S5870, S5884-S5888, S5890-S5896 [1MY], S5932, S5935, S5938 [2MY], S6034, S6064 [3MY], S6397-S6401 [10MY]

———reform the health care liability system and establish quality assurance programs (S. 454), S2863, S2870 [16FE], S3693 [9MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (S. 969), S9175-S9177 [27JN]

———treatment of personal medical records and health care related information (S. 1360), S15576-S15579 [24OC], S17292 [17NO]

Health care professionals: encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (S. 1351), S15404 [20OC]

Honolulu, HI: Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center construction funding, S14226-S14228 [26SE]

Hospice Care, Inc.: tribute to volunteers, S6560 [11MY]

Hot Springs, SD: dedication of VA Medical Center Freedom Shrine, S6456 [10MY]

Indian Health Service: inpatient health facility funding, S12029, S12030, S12031 [9AU]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (S. 1233), S13474 [12SE]

Lakewood, NJ: tribute to Kimball Medical Center Foundation Humanitarian Award recipients, S5397 [6AP]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (S. 61), S281 [4JA]

———modify estate recovery provisions relative to recovery of home and community-based services costs for individuals over age 55 (S. 86), S306-S308 [4JA]

Medicare: assure fairness and choice to patients (S. 1024), S9802 [12JY]

———assure fairness and choice to patients (S. 1343), S15345 [19OC]

———budget expenditure limiting tool price caps, S16467 [1NO]

———develop percentage increases to assure quality services in dependent hospitals and other beneficiary facilities (S. 832), S7015 [19MY]

———extend rural hospital payments (S. 512), S3612 [7MR]

———restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities (S. 62), S282 [4JA]

Mike O'Callaghan Military Hospital, Las Vegas, NV: designate (S. 903), S8098 [9JN]

Mountain City, TN: tribute to Mountain City Care Center, S6945 [18MY]

Nursing homes: Federal standards, S15000-S15005 [11OC], S15656, S15657, S15666-S15669 [25OC], S15714, S15717, S15720, S15722, S15823-S15825 [26OC], S15987, S16041, S16044, S16046, S16056 [27OC], S16591, S16592 [2NO], S16944-S16953, S16988, S16989 [13NO], S17280-S17284 [17NO], S17673 [28NO]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (S. 1044), S10149 [17JY]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), S18668 [14DE]

———extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (S. 1471), S18443 [12DE]

Rapid City, SD: dedication of Four Eagles Memorial, S14308 [26SE]

Reno, NV: VA Hospital funding, S14379 [27SE]

Rural areas: improve health programs and services available to rural populations (S. 1268), S14133 [22SE]

———improve health programs and services available to rural populations (S. 980), S9307 [28JN]

———medicare coverage of rural emergency access care hospitals (S. 210), S905 [12JA]

Senior citizens: expand the availability of qualified organizations for frail elderly community projects (S. 990), S9434 [29JN]

Taxation: excise tax exemption for certain emergency medical transportation by air ambulance (S. 358), S2213 [6FE]

———treatment of employer-provided housing of academic health centers (S. 1162), S12255 [10AU]

Telecommunications: rates for universal service to health care providers in rural areas, educational providers, and libraries, S7971-S7990 [8JN], S8417-S8419, S8436 [15JN]

Travis AFB, CA: Travis VA Hospital funding, S14304 [26SE], S14391 [27SE], S18648 [14DE]

University of Alabama at Birmingham: Comprehensive Cancer Center's cancer vaccine trials, S1732 [30JA]

Veterans: exempt benefits and services from the balanced budget constitutional amendment, S2192-S2199 [6FE]

———extend the provision of services at community-based health care facilities (S. 725), S5674-S5676 [25AP], S5918 [1MY]

———management and contracting of health care services, S15703 [25OC]

———management and contracting of health care services (S. 1359), S15575 [24OC]

———medical care funding, S14290-S14295 [26SE], S14341 [27SE]

———payment to States for adult day health care (S. 293), S1758 [30JA]

Veterans Health Administration: establishment of nonprofit research corporations at VA medical centers (S. 644), S4806 [29MR]

Reports

Influence of Standard of Care and Severity of Injury on the Resolution of Medical Malpractice Claims: Annals of Internal Medicine (publication), S5765-S5767 [27AP]

Reasons Why Nursing Home Reform Provisions Should Be Repealed, S16953 [13NO]

Relation Between Malpractice Claims and Adverse Events Due to Negligence—Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study III: New England Journal of Medicine, S5767-S5771 [27AP]

Reports filed

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Appropriations for Medical Facilities Projects and Leases: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2814) (H. Rept. 104-443), H15632 [22DE]

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1747) (H. Rept. 104-398), H14310 [12DE]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 454) (S. Rept. 104-83), S6749 [16MY]

Public Health Service Center Programs Consolidation: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1044) (S. Rept. 104-186), S18737 [15DE]

Resolutions by organizations

Therapeutic use of marijuana: American Public Health Association, E2365 [14DE]

Statements

Federal Nursing Home Standards: Stewart Bainum, Jr., S15657 [25OC], S16944 [13NO]

Medical Treatment Facility Funding at the Site of the Terminated Superconducting Supercollider, H6796 [11JY]

Studies

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Plan for Allocation of Health Care Resources: Carlotta C. Joyner, GAO, S14300 [26SE]

University of California Case Study on UCSD Medical Center, H11220 [26OC]

Summaries

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, E1149 [26MY]

Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act (S. 454), S2869 [16FE]

Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act (S. 85), S306 [4JA]

Tables

State-by-State estimated expenditures of veterans benefits, S2196-S2199 [6FE]

Testimonies

Health Care Quality: Karin Smith, S5797 [27AP]

Medicaid Reform: Paul Di Donato, San Francisco, CA, AIDS Foundation, H9885 [11OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Reform: Anthony Wagner, Laguna Honda Hospital, H9884 [11OC]

———David Bergman, Packard Children's Hospital, H9883 [11OC]

———Richard Cordova, San Francisco, CA, General Hospital, H9881 [11OC]

———Timothy McMurdo, San Mateo County, CA, General Hospital, H9882 [11OC]

Partial-Birth Abortions: Pamela E. Smith, S18077 [6DE]

Texts of

H.R. 1651, Medicare Dependent Hospital Relief Act, E1048 [16MY]

H.R. 1747, Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, H14273-H14275 [12DE]

H.R. 1878, extend period of applicability of enrollment mix requirements to certain health maintenance organizations, S19273 [22DE], H14984 [18DE]

H.R. 2249, Medicare Managed Health Care Sunshine Act, E1665 [5AU]

S. 61, coverage of medicaid services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs, S282 [4JA]

S. 62, restrictions on services provided by clinical psychologists or social workers in outpatient rehabilitation facilities under medicare, S282 [4JA]

S. 85, Long-Term Care Reform and Deficit Reduction Act, S298-S306 [4JA]

S. 86, modify estate recovery provisions relative to recovery of home and community-based services costs for individuals over age 55, S308 [4JA]

S. 293, payment to States for adult day health care for veterans, S1759 [30JA]

S. 425, Dept. of Veterans Affairs establishment of mental illness research, education, clinical centers, S2762 [15FE]

S. 454, Health Care Liability Reform and Quality Assurance Act, S2864-S2869 [16FE]

S. 644, establishment of nonprofit research corporations at VA medical centers, S4806 [29MR]

S. 725, Veterans Community-Based Care Act, S5676 [25AP]

S. 832, Medicare Dependent Hospital Relief Act, S7015 [19MY]

S. 969, New Borns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, S9176 [27JN]

S. 971, Medical Training Non-Discrimination Act, S9177 [27JN]

S. 990, PACE Provider Act, S9434-S9436 [29JN]

S. 1024, Medicare Health Care Quality Act, S9802-S9805 [12JY]

S. 1035, Access to Medical Treatment Act, S10000 [14JY]

S. 1162, tax treatment of employer-provided housing of academic health centers, S12255 [10AU]

S. 1359, Veterans Health Care Management and Contracting Flexibility Act, S15576 [24OC]

S. 1369, Medical Technology, Public Health, and Innovation Act, S16422-S16425 [31OC]

S. Res. 31, protection of reproductive health care clinics, S564 [6JA]

S. Res. 67, protection of reproductive health care clinics, S1282, S1291 [20JA]