DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES related term(s) Surgeon General
Amendments
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H7108 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7155, H7157, H7158 [9JY], H7234, H7235, H7236, H7237, H7239, H7261, H7263 [10JY], H7280, H7287, H7288, H7290, H7295, H7302, H7304, H7306, H7318, H7321, H7324, H7331, H7332, H7333, H7334, H7335, H7337, H7338, H7339, H7344, H7348, H7349, H7355, H7357, H7359, H7360, H7475 [11JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3755), consideration (H. Res. 472), H7211 [10JY]
Indian Health Service: extend program for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors (H.R. 3378), S11041, S11051 [19SE]
NIH: revise and extend certain programs (S. 1897), S11391, S11435 [26SE]
Articles and editorials
Arthur Flemming Dies—Key Adviser to Presidents from FDR to Reagan, H10436 [17SE]
Consensus on Teen Smoking, H916 [26JA]
Extraordinary Hearing Grips Senators, Witnesses, and Observers, S12041 [30SE]
HCFA Officials Warn HMOs To Provide Good Grievance Plans—Rule in Development, E1725 [26SE]
Vladeck Urges Managed Care Groups To Improve Appeals Process, E1725 [26SE]
Bills and resolutions
Alcoholic beverages: require Dept. of HHS reports on alcohol advertising practices (see H.R. 3475), H5287 [16MY]
Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated (see H.R. 4278), H12173 [28SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 3755), H7114 [8JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3755), consideration (see H. Res. 472), H7154 [9JY]
Diseases: establish a data bank of information on clinical trials and experimental treatments for all serious illnesses (see S. 2024), S9554 [2AU]
Drugs: prepare and publish a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3059), H2034 [8MR]
Employment: opportunities for women scientists (see H.R. 3791), H7474 [11JY]
Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (see S. 1716), S4317 [29AP]
Federal employees: use of certain trust funds to pay union activities of Social Security Administration and Dept. of HHS employees (see S. 1987, 2104), S8636 [24JY], S11169 [24SE]
Health: establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 3022), H1774 [6MR]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (see H.R. 4220), H11395 [26SE]
Health care facilities: waiver of prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services for certain individuals (see H.R. 4244), H11526 [27SE]
Indian Health Service: extend program for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors (see H.R. 3378), H4396 [1MY]
———extend program for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors (H.R. 3378), concur with Senate amendments (see H. Res. 544), H11527 [27SE]
National practioner databank: improve public access (see S. 2004), S9295 [31JY]
Native Americans: repeal Indian trading laws (see H.R. 3215), H3230 [29MR]
NIH: establish National Center for Pain Research (see S. 1955), S7887 [16JY]
———revise and extend certain programs (see S. 1897), S6662 [21JN]
Pharmaceuticals: reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research and establish minimum levels of research reinvestment for drug manufacturers (see H.R. 4270), H11527 [27SE]
Public Health Service: making appropriations for commissioned officers retirement and health benefits (see S. 1516), S98 [5JA]
Social Security: application for waiver of certain AFDC and medicaid demonstration projects (see H.R. 3696), H6690 [20JN]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see S. 1639; H.R. 3142, 3151, 4068), S2646 [21MR], H2664, H2665 [21MR], H10385 [12SE]
———medicare reimbursement to Veteran Health Administration (see S. 1786), S5443 [21MY]
Conference reports
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Reauthorization (S. 641), H4287-H4299 [30AP]
Cost Estimates
Revise and extend certain NIH programs (S. 1897): CBO, S11044-S11046 [19SE]
Documents
Waiver Request Process, H5973-H5975 [6JN]
Letters
Abstinence education and adolescent family life programs reauthorization: Carol J. Vale, S4327 [29AP]
———Colin A. Hanna, S4326 [29AP]
———Danelle Stone and Melissa Mizner, Catholic Charities Counseling and Adoption Services, S4326 [29AP]
———Horace W. Strand, S4326 [29AP]
———Jim Beckwith, Mifflin County, PA, S4327 [29AP]
———Joseph A. Ford, Sr., Washington County, PA, S4326 [29AP]
———Senator Specter, S4326 [29AP]
Consideration of patient appeals and provision of specialty care by managed care plans: John C. Courtney, Child Neurology, Inc., E1736 [27SE]
Effects of Government shutdown on Dept. of HHS, S438 [26JA]
Extension of certain expiring governmental appropriations: Senator Specter, S1387 [28FE]
Family planning programs funding: several family planning organizations, H7350 [11JY]
Health care programs abuse, S364 [25JA]
Indian Health Service program for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors: Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H11417 [27SE]
Indian Health Service programs for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors: Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H9971 [4SE]
Medicare waste, fraud and abuse, S9543 [2AU]
NIH funding for nausea, vomiting, nutrition, and pregnancy study: Bernard L. Harlow, Harvard Medical School, H7325 [11JY]
Omnibus consolidated appropriations: President Clinton, S11696 [28SE]
Oregon public welfare demonstration projects: Donna E. Shalala, Sec. of HHS, S2169 [15MR]
Lists
Cosponsors of S. 1716, abstinence education and adolescent family life programs reauthorization, S4327 [29AP]
Items designated as emergency in omnibus consolidated appropriations legislation, S11876 [30SE]
Memorandums
Oregon Public Welfare Demonstration Projects, S2169 [15MR]
Messages
Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act Report: President Clinton, H2931 [27MR]
Revised Deferral of Budgetary Resources: President Clinton, S6719 [24JN], H6709 [24JN]
Motions
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7361, H7373 [11JY]
Petitions and memorials
Georgia: FDA regulatory powers over tobacco industry, E362 [14MR]
Remarks in House
Administration for Children and Families: funding, H7289, H7290 [11JY]
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: funding, E836 [16MY]
Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), H12051-H12110 [28SE], H12254 [2OC], E1884 [1OC], E1903, E1904 [2OC]
Battered Women's Shelter Program: funding, H7236 [10JY]
Black Lung Clinics Program: funding, H7287, H7288, H7370 [11JY]
Buy American Act: compliance, H7331 [11JY]
Centers for Disease Control: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control funding, H7280-H7287, H7369 [11JY], E1291 [16JY]
Community Service Block Grant Program: funding, H7228 [10JY]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize (S. 641), conference report, H4163 [30AP], H4355-H4367, H4374 [1MY], E696 [1MY], E719, E725 [7MY]
Crime: domestic violence programs funding, H7226 [10JY], H7299, H7330 [11JY], H8159, H8163, H8165 [23JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H1870 [7MR], H12099, H12106 [28SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7164, H7215-H7243, H7244 [10JY], H7266, H7267, H7268, H7269, H7280-H7374 [11JY], E1256, E1260 [11JY], E1276, E1279, E1281, E1282, E1283, E1285 [12JY], E1291, E1292 [16JY], E1424 [1AU]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3755), consideration (H. Res. 472), H7206-H7215 [10JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3755), unanimous-consent agreement, H7327 [11JY]
Diseases: Hanford Thyroid Morbidity Study funding, H8317 [24JY]
Drugs: prepare and publish a consumer guide to prescription drug prices (H.R. 3059), E317 [8MR]
———prohibit funding to promote legalization of currently listed illegal drugs, H7334 [11JY]
Families and domestic relations: family planning programs funding, H7348-H7355, H7361, H7362 [11JY], E1282 [12JY]
Health: establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (H.R. 3022), E285 [6MR]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and health maintenance organizations (H.R. 4220), E1725 [26SE], E1736, E1751 [27SE]
———safety of mother and child during pregnancy and childbirth, H10764 [23SE]
———safety of mother and child relative to delivery, H8794 [30JY]
Health care facilities: waiver of prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services for certain individuals (H.R. 4244), E1797 [28SE]
Healthy Start Program: funding, H7228, H7230 [10JY]
Immigration: public health assistance to illegal aliens for communicable diseases, H7337, H7338 [11JY]
Indian Health Service: extend program for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors (H.R. 3378), H9970, H9971 [4SE], E694 [1MY]
———extend program for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors (H.R. 3378), concur with Senate amendments (H. Res. 544), H11416-H11418 [27SE]
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program: funding, H7230 [10JY]
Medicare: reform (H.R. 2839), E1515 [5SE]
———reimbursement to Military Health Services System, H7210 [10JY]
———renal disease management services (H.R. 1068), E723 [7MY]
Native Americans: repeal Indian trading laws (H.R. 3215), H8603, H8604 [29JY], E521 [29MR]
NIH: funding, H7232 [10JY]
———nausea, vomiting, nutrition, and pregnancy study funding, H7324 [11JY]
———require private industry to enter into price agreements relative to the sale of drugs developed in cooperative research programs, H7335-H7337 [11JY]
Office of Consumer Affairs: funding, H6881, H6946 [26JN]
Pharmaceuticals: reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research and establish minimum levels of research reinvestment for drug manufacturers (H.R. 4270), E1788 [28SE]
Rural areas: health care programs funding, H7297 [11JY]
Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (H.R. 3142), H2844 [26MR]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (H.R. 3151), E423 [22MR]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (H.R. 580), H2844 [26MR]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: funding, H12099 [28SE]
Surgeon General: status of office, H7662 [17JY]
Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco industry, E362 [14MR]
———regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, H915 [26JA], E90, E96, E102 [25JA], E172 [5FE]
Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision (H.R. 941), E70 [24JA]
Remarks in Senate
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: funding, S5436 [21MY]
Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11613-S11616, S11620-S11622, S11624, S11660, S11696 [28SE], S11816-S11819, S11828-S11836, S11838-S11848, S11850, S11857, S11858, S11860-S11864, S11866-S11870, S11872, S11908-S11936, S11938, S12008 [30SE], S12090, S12091, S12117-S12119, S12121, S12136-S12143 [1OC], S12163, S12164 [2OC], S12325, S12327, S12330, S12342, S12349 [3OC], S12424, S12463 [21OC]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act: reauthorize, S11883 [30SE]
———reauthorize (S. 641), conference report, S4646-S4649 [2MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S11911 [30SE], S12118 [1OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2127), S48 [4JA]
Diseases: convene committee for renaming chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, S11918, S11919 [30SE]
———establish a data bank of information on clinical trials and experimental treatments for all serious illnesses (S. 2024), S9563 [2AU]
Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (S. 1716), S4323-S4326 [29AP]
Federal employees: use of certain trust funds to pay union activities of Social Security Administration and Dept. of HHS employees (S. 2104), S11169 [24SE]
Flowering Tree Alcoholism Treatment Program: funding, S11917, S11918 [30SE]
Government: extension of certain expiring appropriations, S1387 [28FE]
Health: programs funding, S5322-S5324 [20MY], S5420 [21MY]
Health Care Financing Administration: development of health care information management system, S2287 [19MR]
Indian Health Service: extend program for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors (H.R. 3378), S11051-S11053 [19SE], S12402 [3OC]
Insurance: require study on evaluation of access and choice of health care providers, S3603 [18AP]
Medicare: reimbursement to Military Health Services System, S4952 [9MY]
National practioner databank: improve public access (S. 2004), S9296 [31JY]
Native Americans: repeal Indian trading laws (H.R. 3215), S9316 [31JY]
NIH: establish National Center for Pain Research (S. 1955), S7888 [16JY]
———establish National Fund for Health Research, S6665 [21JN], S12041 [30SE]
———establish Office for Rare Disease Research, S6665 [21JN]
———revise and extend certain programs (S. 1897), S6664, S6665 [21JN], S11044 [19SE], S11391-S11401 [26SE], S12041 [30SE], S12349 [3OC]
Office of Inspector General: additional funding, S439-S441 [26JA]
Office of Rural Health Policy: telemedicine research funding, S2287 [19MR]
Public Health Service: making appropriations for commissioned officers retirement and health benefits (S. 1516), S98 [5JA]
———nominations, S4516 [1MY]
Public welfare programs: Oregon demonstration projects, S2169-S2171 [15MR]
———require congressional action to revise reform legislation if child poverty rate increases, S8139-S8141 [18JY], S8334 [19JY]
Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System, S7996 [17JY]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (S. 1639), S2657 [21MR]
———medicare reimbursement to Veteran Health Administration (S. 1786), S5447 [21MY]
Tobacco products: regulation of tobacco industry to alleviate health risks to children, S356 [25JA]
Women: prohibit practice of female genital mutilation or female circumcision, S1834 [12MR], S4287 [29AP], S4414, S4415 [30AP], S4490 [1MY]
Reports
Drug-Related Hospital Emergency Department Episodes: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, S9019 [29JY]
Information on Health Issues Involved in Safe Motherhood and Improving Pregnancy Outcomes: Dept. of HHS, H8795 [30JY]
Social Security Administration Union Activity: GAO, S11170-S11173 [24SE]
Reports filed
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Reauthorization: Committee of Conference (S. 641) (H. Rept. 104-545), H4302 [30AP]
Consideration of H.R. 3755, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 472) (H. Rept. 104-662), H7154 [9JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3755) (H. Rept. 104-659), H7114 [8JY]
Fraud and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid—Stronger Enforcement and Better Management Could Save Billions: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H. Rept. 104-641), H7105 [27JN]
Indian Health Service Program for Direct Billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Third Party Payers: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3378) (H. Rept. 104-742), H9705 [1AU]
Medicare Reimbursement to Military Health Services System: Committee on National Security (House) (H.R. 3142) (H. Rept. 104-837), H11228 [25SE]
NIH Programs' Revision and Extension: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1897) (S. Rept. 104-364), S10075 [9SE]
Public Health Service Nominations: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate), S4516 [1MY], S7023 [26JN], S7178 [27JN]
Repeal Indian Trading Laws: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3215) (H. Rept. 104-681), H7779 [17JY]
Statements
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Representative Porter, H1842 [7MR]
Tribute to Thomas R. Burke: David Durenberger, S8150 [18JY]
———George J. Mitchell, S8150 [18JY]
Summaries
Abstinence Education and Adolescent Family Life Programs Reauthorization (S. 1716), S4326 [29AP]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Reauthorization (S. 641), S4648 [2MY], H4356-H4358 [1MY]
Managed Care Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4220), E1751 [27SE]
Medicare Medication Evaluation and Dispensing System Relative to On-Line Prescription Information: GAO, E1515 [5SE]
Saturated Fat Intake and the Risk of Severe Hyperemesis Gravidarum: L.B. Signorello, Bernard L. Harlow, S.P. Wang, and M.A. Erick, Harvard School of Public Health, H7325 [11JY]
Table of Contents
Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Conference Report (H.R. 4278), H12266 [3OC]
Tables
Comparison of several proposed appropriations for certain departments: Senator Specter, S3191 [29MR]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H1824-H1828, H1844-H1865 [7MR]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7375-H7440 [11JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies contingency funding levels, H1866 [7MR]
Texts of
H. Res. 472, consideration of H.R. 3755, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H7206 [10JY]
H. Res. 544, concur with Senate amendments to H.R. 3378, extend Indian Health Service program for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors, H11416 [27SE]
H.R. 3215, repeal Indian trading laws, H8603 [29JY]
H.R. 3378, Indian Health Service programs for direct billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payors, H9970 [4SE]
H.R. 4244, waiver of prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services for certain individuals, E1797 [28SE]
S. 1639, medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System, S2658 [21MR]
S. 1955, National Center for Pain Research Act, S7889 [16JY]
S. 1987, National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act, S11764-S11770 [28SE]
S. 2004, improve public access to national practioner databank, S9296-S9299 [31JY]