PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: improve research of children's health (see H.R. 1451), H1891 [24AP]

Diseases: provide inclusive information service (see H.R. 482), H243 [21JA]

Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (see S. 934), S5927 [18JN]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 1411), H1793 [23AP]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1438 [10AP]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H3069 [20MY]

———establish certain requirements for managed care plans (see H.R. 2606), H8320 [2OC]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (see H.R. 1111), H1111 [18MR]

———funding for substance abuse prevention and treatment programs (see H.R. 1637, 1638), H2784 [15MY]

———require health plans to pay interest on certain claims (see H.R. 1472), H1987 [29AP]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537; H.R. 1289), S2901 [9AP], H1438 [10AP]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see S. 727), S4217 [8MY]

———expand access to health insurance coverage without pre-existing condition exclusions (see H.R. 2532), H7729 [23SE]

NIH: establish a comprehensive plan relative to diabetes-related activities (see H.R. 1315), H1456 [14AP]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 1070), H1017 [13MR]

———implement national program to reduce health threat from exposure to indoor air contaminants (see H.R. 2952), H10419 [8NO]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1260 [20MR]

Letters

NIH clinical research programs: Jeffrey Kern, American Federation for Medical Research, E2318 [10NO]

———several health organizations, E2317 [10NO]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HHS: National Library of Medicine funding, H7036 [9SE]

FDA: approval and development of new drugs and biological products (H.R. 1411), H8454, H8455-H8500 [7OC], H8694 [8OC], E2009 [9OC]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (H.R. 1281), E633 [10AP]

———establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (H.R. 1679), H2929 [20MY]

———expand research activities relative to lupus (H.R. 1111), H1963 [29AP], H8453 [7OC], E2100 [28OC]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (H.R. 1289), H1964, H1966 [29AP]

Insurance: expand access to health insurance coverage without pre-existing condition exclusions (H.R. 2532), E1824 [23SE]

NIH: improve and expand clinical research programs (H.R. 3001), E2317, E2319 [10NO]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs (H.R. 1070), E2106 [28OC]

Remarks in Senate

Families and domestic relations: reauthorize abstinence education and adolescent family life programs (S. 934), S5932-S5935 [18JN]

Health: revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (S. 537), S2925 [9AP], S5884 [17JN], S12484 [10NO], S12562, S12563 [13NO]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (S. 727), S4242 [8MY]

Public Health Service: extend breast cancer research programs, S4191 [8MY]

Reports filed

FDA Regulatory Modernization Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1411) (H. Rept. 105-310), H8632 [7OC]

Texts of

H.R. 1411, FDA Regulatory Modernization Act, H8455-H8474 [7OC]

S. 934, Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Act, S5934 [18JN]