    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
      Addresses
        Advantages of the Medical Innovation Tax Credit:  Leonard Zwelling,
            E999 [3JN]
        Dedication of Melvin R. Laird Center:  Gerald R. Ford, S1567 [9MR]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            Beverly L. Malone, S11542 [6OC]
      Amendments
        Health:  improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S9604 [31JY], S9629 [31JY], S9646 [31JY]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S12511 [14OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), H6187 [22JY], H6283 [23JY], H6295 [23JY], H6382 [24JY]
        Medicare:  revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10077 [8OC]
      Analyses
        Patient Protection Act (H.R. 4250), E1402-E1418 [23JY]
      Articles and editorials
        City Lost True Hero With Hospital Head's Death, E1908 [5OC]
        Common Ground on Patient Rights Hides a Chasm, H7002 [4AU], H7563
            [10SE]
        Did Blues Execs Pad Their Pockets?, E1658-E1660 [9SE]
        For Medicaid Patients, Doors Slam Closed, S4631 [11MY]
        For Nurses, a Barrier Broken--It's a Test Insurers Are Backing--Can
            Primary Care Work Without Doctors?, S9486 [30JY]
        Hands Tied, Judges Rue Law That Limits HMO Liability, S8051 [13JY]
        HMO Horror Show, S9349 [30JY]
        HMOs May Highlight Hot Topics in Legislature--Bills Would Target
            Myriad of Patients' Complaints, S9349 [30JY]
        La. Favors Geographic System, H11665-H11667 [20OC]
        Losing Patients Over Home Health Care Cuts, H5283 [24JN]
        Many Elders Receive Care at Criminals' Hands, S3092 [2AP]
        1974 Pensions Law Sparks Political Fire, S7254 [26JN]
        Outpatient Mastectomy Surgery, S4648 [12MY]
        Paying the Price for Mismanagement, H5284 [24JN]
        Region's Home-Care Firms Face Being Punished for Their Efficiency,
            S3711 [28AP]
        Statewide Regionalization of Pancreaticoduodenectomy and Its Effect
            on In-Hospital Mortality, E1664 [9SE]
        $2.9 Million Helps To Leave the Blues Behind, E1660 [9SE]
      Bills and resolutions
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics, (see
            S. Res. 173), S451 [5FE], (see H. Res. 358), H446 [11FE]
        Anchorage, AK:  land conveyance of site of the old Alaska Native
            Health Center, (see S. 1696), S1200 [2MR]
        Armed Forces:  interdepartmental cooperation between the Depts. of
            Defense and Veterans Affairs relative to medical care delivery,
            (see S. 2009), S3919 [30AP]
        Business and industry:  bankruptcy reform, (see S. 1914), S3120
            [2AP]
        Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
            designate, (see H.R. 4602, S. 2541), S11339 [2OC], H8083 [18SE]
        Children and youth:  parental notification and State criminal
            reporting requirements for minors who seek family planning
            services from federally-funded clinics, (see H.R. 3230), H496
            [12FE]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics, (see
            H.R. 3229), H496 [12FE]
        Congress:  importance of enacting patient protection legislation,
            (see H. Con. Res. 293), H4961 [22JN]
        Courts:  rules for payment of damage awards for future losses in
            certain health care liability actions, (see H.R. 4791), H10513
            [10OC]
        Crime:  establish limits for imposition of fines relative to false
            health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H1337 [19MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  authorize medical facility projects and
            leases, (see H.R. 3603), H1853 [31MR]
        ------ establish educational assistance programs to facilitate
            employment of health care professionals, (see S. 2115), S5433
            [22MY]
        ------ improve access of veterans to emergency medical care in non-
            Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, (see S. 2619),
            S12309 [10OC], (see H.R. 4758), H10352 [9OC]
        ------ reimburse veterans enrolled in the veterans health care
            system for the cost of emergency care or services received in
            non-Dept. facilities, (see H.R. 3702), H2236 [22AP]
        ------ require notification and allow local law enforcement agencies
            to investigate crimes and search for missing patients at VA
            medical facilities, (see H.R. 4609), H8527 [23SE]
        Drugs:  clarify application of Federal controlled substances laws in
            States that authorize medical use of marijuana and other drugs,
            (see H.R. 3184), H445 [11FE]
        ------ support existing Federal legal process for determining safety
            and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
            purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S10657 [21SE], (see S.J. Res. 57),
            S10657 [21SE]
        ------ use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, (see H. Res. 372),
            H678 [26FE], (see H.J. Res. 117), H2706 [30AP]
        FCC:  E-Rate Program implementation, (see S. 2348), S8919 [23JY]
        ------ repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
            carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
            and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4032), H4479 [10JN],
            (see H.R. 4065), H4628 [16JN]
        H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Aspinwall, PA:  designate, (see S. 2496), S10518 [17SE]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access, (see
            S. 1862), S2570 [25MR], (see H.R. 3862), H3246 [13MY]
        Health:  application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by
            groups of health care professionals with HMO's, (see H.R. 4277),
            H5956 [20JY]
        ------ biomedical research funding, (see S. Res. 170), S226 [29JA],
            (see H. Res. 363), H497 [12FE]
        ------ distinguish between health care claims fraud and unavoidable
            billing errors, (see S. 2007), S3783 [29AP]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals,
            (see S. 1754), S1884 [12MR]
        ------ limit medical malpractice claims, (see H.R. 3535), H1444
            [24MR]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
            S. 1712), S1435 [5MR], (see S. 1890), S2851 [31MR], (see S.
            1891), S2851 [31MR], (see H.R. 3605, S. 2330), S8482 [17JY],
            (see S. 2416), S9556 [31JY], (see S. 2529), S11122 [29SE], H1853
            [31MR], (see H. Con. Res. 272), H2931 [6MY], (see H.R. 3998),
            H4240 [5JN], (see H.R. 4250), H5736 [16JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            3605), consideration, (see H. Res. 486), H5064 [23JN] protection
            of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250),
            consideration, (see H. Res. 509), H6281 [23JY]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs,
            (see H.R. 4382), H6999 [3AU]
        Health care professionals:  allow medical treatment of emergency
            cases near the emergency room entrance, (see H.R. 3937), H3743
            [21MY]
        ------ assure availability of a non-emergency department physician
            in certain hospitals, (see H.R. 3111), H63 [27JA]
        ------ ensure home care agencies conduct background checks on job
            applicants, (see H.R. 4592), H8035 [17SE]
        House of Representatives:  require that excess amounts from Members'
            official allowances be applied to old-age, survivors, and
            disability insurance programs, (see H.R. 3804), H2931 [6MY]
        Insurance:  assure patient choice and access to services for
            enrollees in group health plans and health insurance coverage,
            (see H.R. 3547), H1549 [25MR]
        ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
            by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient,
            (see H.R. 4093, S. 2315), S8241 [15JY], H4879 [19JN], (see H.R.
            4222), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ limit increase in health insurance company premiums to
            certain buyers of coverage in individual markets, (see H.R.
            3538), H1444 [24MR]
        Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Gainesville, FL:  designate, (see H.R. 3336, S. 2012), S3919
            [30AP], H850 [4MR]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see S. 2040), S4528 [7MY], (see H.R.
            4155), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities, (see H.R. 4650), H9178 [28SE]
        ------ deduct a children's contribution from the income amount
            applied monthly to payment for the cost of care in an
            institution for an individual receiving medical assistance, (see
            H.R. 4723), H10011 [7OC]
        ------ extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment
            percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian
            health programs, (see H.R. 4480), H7413 [6AU]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities, (see S. 2061), S4630 [11MY], (see H.R. 4046, S.
            2308), S8240 [15JY], H4549 [11JN]
        Medicare:  adhere to the statutory deadlines for implementation of
            the prospective payment system for home health services, (see H.
            Res. 585), H10076 [8OC]
        ------ adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home health
            agencies, (see S. 1993), S3709 [28AP]
        ------ allow certain military retirees and their dependents a
            special enrollment period to qualify for TRICARE demonstration
            sites, (see H.R. 4160), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse in home health service
            payments, (see S. 2031), S4357 [5MY]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services, (see H.R. 4403), H7289
            [5AU]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see S. 1643), S730 [12FE],
            (see H.R. 3108), H63 [27JA], (see H.R. 3162), H329 [4FE], (see
            H.R. 3205), H495 [12FE], (see H.R. 3567), H1642 [26MR], (see
            H.R. 4339), H6487 [27JY]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit, (see S. 2616), S12164 [9OC], (see H.R.
            4727), H10011 [7OC], (see H.R. 4727), H10512 [10OC]
        ------ Dept. of HHS authority to make adjustments to payments made
            to skilled nursing facilities, (see S. Res. 314), S12871 [21OC]
        ------ election of Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude payment
            for abortion services, (see H.R. 4228, S. 2403), S9556 [31JY],
            H5593 [15JY]
        ------ ensure access to mental health services, (see H.R. 3988),
            H4055 [3JN]
        ------ ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologist services and
            assure continuity of care, (see H.R. 3997), H4165 [4JN]
        ------ ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services and
            improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system, (see S.
            2091), S5129 [19MY]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services, (see S. 2582), S11970 [8OC]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard, (see H.R.
            3651), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
            plans, (see H.R. 4674), H9274 [1OC]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, (see S.
            1864), S2660 [26MR], (see H.R. 3570), H1643 [26MR]
        ------ exempt certain facilities from transition period under the
            prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities, (see
            S. 2342), S8778 [22JY]
        ------ graduate medical education payments, (see S. 2259), S7256
            [26JN], (see H.R. 4219), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ graduate medical education reimbursement for certain
            osteopathy training programs whose operation is assumed by
            another hospital, (see H.R. 3914), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ implement a budget-neutral payment system for outpatient
            rehabilitation services, (see H.R. 4534), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ impose conditions on the implementation of interim payment
            system to home health agencies for home health services, (see S.
            2508), S10722 [22SE]
        ------ improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option, (see S. 1789), S2114
            [17MR]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products, (see H.R.
            3139), H240 [3FE]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S4528 [7MY], (see
            H.R. 3855), H3246 [13MY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see H.R. 3940, S.
            2216), S7172 [25JN], H3743 [21MY]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments, (see
            S. 1908), S3119 [2AP]
        ------ reform payment system for certain long-term care hospitals,
            (see H.R. 4533), H7494 [9SE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2323), S8382 [16JY], (see S. 2354), S8996 [24JY], (see H.R.
            4370), H6879 [31JY], (see H.R. 4404), H7289 [5AU]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities, (see S. 2054),
            S4558 [8MY]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835, S. 2222), S7172 [25JN], H3104 [12MY]
        ------ repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital
            discharges relative to post-acute care, (see S. 1604), S378
            [4FE]
        ------ require advanced notice to managed care plan enrollees of
            hospital termination under such plans, (see H.R. 4748), H10076
            [8OC]
        ------ require disclosure of staffing and performance data, provide
            whistleblower protection to employees, and review impact of
            proposed mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare
            providers, (see S. 2055), S4558 [8MY]
        ------ require HMO's to disclose information to enrollees on
            physicians, finances, and compensation of executives of the
            organization, (see H.R. 3239), H496 [12FE]
        ------ require hospitals to establish and implement security
            procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction
            and baby switching, (see H.R. 4680), H9344 [2OC]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities, (see S. 2056), S4558 [8MY]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see S. 1811),
            S2424 [23MR], (see H.R. 3629), H2052 [1AP]
        ------ respond to requests of skilled nursing facilities for private
            accreditation in the same manner as for other providers of
            services, (see H.R. 4075), H4711 [17JN]
        ------ restore full incentive payment percentages for prospective
            payment system-exempt rehabilitation hospitals and units, (see
            H.R. 4855), H11549 [19OC]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H7802 [15SE]
        ------ revise interim payment system to home health agencies for
            home health services, (see H.R. 4252), H5736 [16JY]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  require criminal and abusive work history
            background checks for direct care employees in nursing
            facilities, home health agencies, and hospice programs, (see
            H.R. 4789), H10513 [10OC]
        Mental health:  establish a Mental Illness Working Group to
            recognize the seriousness of problems associated with mental
            illness, (see H. Res. 596), H10832 [13OC]
        ------ establish a task force to recognize the seriousness of
            problems associated with mental illness, (see H. Res. 587),
            H10076 [8OC]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary, (see H.
            Con. Res. 274, S. Con. Res. 108), S8482 [17JY], H3013 [7MY]
        National Public Health Week:  observance, (see S. Res. 205), S2851
            [31MR]
        Native Americans:  make permanent and expand the demonstration
            program that allows for direct billing of Medicare and Medicaid,
            (see S. 2001), S3783 [29AP]
        NIH:  establish National Center for Complementary and Alternative
            Medicine, (see S. 2420), S9556 [31JY]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed, (see H.R. 4686), H9345
            [2OC], (see H.R. 4804), H10513 [10OC]
        Nursing homes:  protection of nursing home residents through
            enhanced screening and reporting requirements relative to
            abusive employees, (see S. 2570), S11698 [7OC]
        ------ require nursing facilities filing for relief to provide
            written notice of such filing to appropriate State agencies,
            (see H.R. 4843), H11023 [15OC]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products, (see H.R. 4189), H5404 [25JN]
        Public Health Service:  extend breast cancer research programs, (see
            S. 1757), S1948 [13MR], (see H.R. 3716), H2317 [23AP]
        Public Health Service Act:  establish certain standards relative to
            health plans, (see H.R. 4202), H5492 [14JY]
        Rural areas:  promote access to health care services, (see S. 2603),
            S12164 [9OC]
        Senior citizens:  protect rights of members of HMO's to receive
            continuing care at facilities of their choice, (see S. 1997),
            S3709 [28AP]
        Social Security:  provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback
            statute for hospital restocking of certain ambulance drugs and
            supplies, (see H.R. 3247), H577 [24FE]
        States:  establish health insurance assistance programs to inform
            consumers of their rights, choices, and responsibilities, (see
            S. 2254), S7256 [26JN]
        Taxation:  allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage,
            (see H.R. 4167), H5403 [25JN]
        ------ designation of overpayments for use in biomedical research
            conducted through the NIH, (see H.R. 3563), H1642 [26MR]
        ------ disclose to employees the employer's share of taxes paid for
            old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the
            employee, (see H.R. 3777), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ disclose to Federal employees the Government's share of taxes
            paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance
            for the employee, (see H.R. 3776), H2705 [30AP]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations, (see S. 1885), S2850
            [31MR], (see H.R. 3815), H3013 [7MY]
        Telephones:  reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications
            services to schools, libraries, and certain health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 4324), H6282 [23JY]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, (see H.R.
            3624, S. 2114), S5433 [22MY], H2052 [1AP]
      Cost Estimates
        Health Professions Education Partnership Act (S. 1754):  CBO, S8418
            [16JY]
      Documents
        Republican Health Care Principles, S7927 [10JY]
      Explanations
        Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement Act (H.R.
            4567), H10254-H10256 [9OC]
        NIH Funding Increase, E2299 [21OC]
      Histories
        Navy Hospital Corps:  Mark T. Hacala, H4477 [10JN]
      Letters
        Delay implementation of interim Medicare payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services:  Representative
            McGovern, H5287 [24JN]
        Delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services:  Ken McNulty and Patricia
            Kelleher, Home Care Association of Massachusetts, Inc., H450
            [12FE]
        ----- Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care, H450
            [12FE]
        Delay reduction and make revisions to the Medicare per beneficiary
            and per visit payment limit:  Carolyn Markey, Visiting Nurse
            Associations of America, S12344 [10OC]
        ----- Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care,
            S12344 [10OC]
        Equipping of children's hospitals with computers:  Mark Fields,
            E1813 [25SE]
        Exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under the
            Medicare skilled nursing facility prospective payment system:
            Muriel Ellman, MHM/Bay Colony Counseling Services, E483 [26MR]
        Health Care Financing Administration home health surety bond
            requirements:  Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Dept. of HHS, E1979 [9OC]
        Health Professions Education Partnership Act:  several health and
            education organizations, S1891 [12MR]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act:  Lynn E. Jensen, AMA, S8250 [15JY]
        ------ Marilyn S. Richmond, American Psychological Association,
            S8251 [15JY]
        ------ Paul A. Ebert, American College of Surgeons, S8250 [15JY]
        ------ Steven P. Ringel, American Academy of Neurology, S8251 [15JY]
        King Cove Health and Safety Act:  Kathe Boucha-Roberts and Destyne
            E. Taft, Providence Hospital, S11246 [1OC]
        Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act:  Frances M.
            Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, E2073 [11OC]
        ------ Kimberly Calder, National Alliance of Breast Cancer
            Organizations, E2074 [11OC]
        ------ Susan N. Nathanson, Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization,
            E2074 [11OC]
        Medicare payment system for home health services:  Randall L. Rutta,
            National Easter Seal Society, S8996 [24JY]
        ------ Senator Bond, Committee on Small Business (Senate), S8997
            [24JY]
        ------ Steve Protulis, National Council of Senior Citizens, S8997
            [24JY]
        NIH biomedical research funding:  George E. Palade, H2389 [28AP]
        ------ Janet Kintner, H2390 [28AP]
        ------ Julie Schwartz, Arthritis Foundation, H2389 [28AP]
        ------ Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, H2389 [28AP]
        ------ Representatives Gekas and Eshoo, H2387 [28AP]
        ------ Ron Hendrix, H2390 [28AP]
        ------ Scott D. Emr, H2389 [28AP]
        ------ Senators Harkin, Specter, Hollings, and Boxer, S3043 [2AP]
        ------ several Representatives, H2386 [28AP]
        ------ Susan S. Taylor, H2390 [28AP]
        ------ Tracey J. Flourie, H2390 [28AP]
        Patient Access to Responsible Care Act:  Dennis S. O'Leary, Margaret
            E. O'Kane, and Randolph D. Smoak, Jr., American Medical
            Accreditation Program, S681 [12FE]
        ------ Floyd D. Loop, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, S682 [12FE]
        Patient Protection Act:  David Sibley and John Smithee, Texas State
            Legislature, H6986 [3AU]
        ------ E. Ratcliffe Anderson, Jr., AMA, H6398 [24JY]
        ------ John Sharp, Texas Office of the Comptroller, H6987 [3AU]
        Patients' Bill of Rights Act:  Blue Cross and Blue Shield
            Association and Health Insurance Association of America, H5060
            [23JN]
        ------ Representative Stark, H5060 [23JN]
        ------ several organizations, S11327 [2OC]
        ------ Therese M. Vaughan, Iowa Dept. of Commerce, H5060 [23JN]
        Prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing facilities
            under Medicaid:  Paul R. Willging, American Health Care
            Association, S8241 [15JY]
        ----- Toby S. Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, S8242
            [15JY]
        Protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's:  Goran B.
            Klintmalm, E1979 [9OC]
        ------ Mental Health Liaison Group, S10820 [23SE]
        Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's:
            Angela M. Hunter, Council for Affordable Health Insurance, S3051
            [2AP]
        ------ Dan Danner, Health Benefits Coalition for Affordable Choice &
            Quality, S3051 [2AP]
        ------ Pamela G. Bailey, Healthcare Leadership Council, S3050 [2AP]
        ------ President Clinton, S9735 [1SE], H7561 [10SE]
        ------ R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S3051 [2AP]
        ------ several health care consumer organizations, S6138 [11JN]
            several nurses, S6138 [11JN]
        ------ several women's organizations, S11542 [6OC]
        Revise certain Medicare payment limits for health services:  Frank
            E. Moss, E2293 [21OC]
        Spinal cord injury programs maintenance within veterans health care
            system:  Kenneth W. Kizer, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S12232
            [9OC]
        ------ Senator Sessions, S12232 [9OC]
        Standardize relationships for group health plans and enrollees:
            Boone Powell, Jr., Baylor Health Care System, S682 [12FE]
        Support existing Federal legal process for determining safety and
            efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
            purposes:  Barry R. McCaffrey, Office of National Drug Control
            Policy, S10665 [21SE]
        Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding:  Dennis M.
            Cullinan, VFW, H6561 [29JY]
        ------ Kenneth W. Kizer, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H6561 [29JY]
        ------ Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, H6561 [29JY]
        Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act:  Nancy Couchot, S4648 [12MY]
      Lists
        American Ambulance Association Stars of Life honorees, S5131 [19MY]
        Cosponsors of H. Res. 363, NIH biomedical research funding, H2387
            [28AP]
        Health Benefits Coalition for Affordable Choice & Quality, S3051
            [2AP]
        Issues of concern in H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act, H6299 [24JY]
        King Cove, AK, Clinic medivacs from April 1998 to present day,
            S11263 [1OC]
        Long Beach Medical Association honorees, E875 [18MY]
        Organizations supporting H.R. 3605, Patients' Bill of Rights Act,
            H5056 [23JN]
        Remarks by organizations on S. 2416, Promoting Responsible Managed
            Care Act, S9588 [31JY]
      Motions
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6413 [24JY], H6414 [24JY], H6415 [24JY]
      Papers
        Reforming Medicare--Strategies for Higher Quality, Lower Cost Care:
            David Nash, AARP, E2 [27JA]
      Proposals
        Support existing Federal legal process for determining safety and
            efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
            purposes:  Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7725 [15SE]
      Remarks in House
        Abou-Samra, Moustapha:  Ventura County, CA, Medical Resource
            Foundation Physician of the Year award recipient, E1951 [8OC]
        Baltimore, MD:  anniversary of Sinai Hospital Auxiliary, Inc., E603
            [21AP]
        Bay County, MI:  dedication of the Jeppesen Radiation Oncology
            Center at Bay Health Systems, E1868 [1OC]
        Baylor College of Medicine:  anniversary of Roy M. and Phyllis Gough
            Huffington Center on Aging, E465 [25MR]
        Beck, Alan:  John T. Mather Hospital Theodore Roosevelt Award
            recipient, E2034 [10OC]
        Bergen County, NJ:  tribute to Pascack Valley Hospital Women's
            Auxiliary, E2177 [15OC]
        Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina:  tribute, E2287 [21OC]
        Bove, Vincent:  John T. Mather Hospital Mather Special Recognition
            Award recipient, E2031 [10OC]
        Bronx, NY:  tribute to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center and AIDS
            Research Community Advisory Board, E1173 [19JN]
        Brooklyn, NY:  tribute to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center on receipt
            of Accreditation with Commendation from the Joint Commission on
            the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, E2356 [19DE]
        California:  anniversary of Permanente Medical Group, E277 [4MR]
        Caring and Sharing, Inc.:  tribute, E339 [10MR]
        Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
            designate, H10399 [10OC]
        ------ designate (H.R. 4602), E1757 [18SE]
        Children and youth:  parental notification and State criminal
            reporting requirements for minors who seek family planning
            services from federally-funded clinics (H.R. 3230), E179 [12FE]
        ------ State criminal reporting requirements for minors who seek
            family planning services from federally-funded clinics (H.R.
            3229), E179 [12FE]
        Crime:  establish limits for imposition of fines relative to false
            health care claims (H.R. 3523), E434 [19MR], E760 [5MY]
        Denver, CO:  tribute to National Jewish Medical and Research Center,
            E1628 [7AU]
        Dept. of Defense:  anniversary of Navy Hospital Corps, H4476 [10JN]
        ------ Disaster Relief and Emergency Medical Services Telemedicine
            Project funding, H5230 [24JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  improve organ donation and transplantation programs,
            E1164 [18JN]
        ------ reform organ transplant allocation policies, H11665 [20OC],
            E2309 [12NO]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  authorize medical facility projects and
            leases (H.R. 3603), H3395-H3398 [19MY]
        ------ health and safety violations at Veteran's Integrated Services
            Network hospitals, H5770 [17JY], H5771 [17JY]
        ------ reallocation of certain veteran health care resources
            relative to GAO recommendations, H6259 [23JY], H6262 [23JY],
            H6263 [23JY]
        ------ reimburse veterans enrolled in the veterans health care
            system for the cost of emergency care or services received in
            non-Dept. facilities (H.R. 3702), E614 [22AP]
        ------ require notification and allow local law enforcement agencies
            to investigate crimes and search for missing patients at VA
            medical facilities (H.R. 4609), E1780 [23SE]
        ------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding,
            H6551-H6563 [29JY], E1489 [31JY]
        ------ Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation System funding, H9620
            [6OC]
        ------ veterans extended care facilities construction funding
            through offsets in NASA's space station program, H6564 [29JY],
            H6565 [29JY]
        Dosik, Michael:  John T. Mather Hospital Theodore Roosevelt Award
            recipient, E2027 [10OC]
        Drugs:  support existing Federal legal process for determining
            safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for
            medicinal purposes (H.J. Res. 117), H7719-H7726 [15SE]
        Fairfax County, VA:  tribute to Inova Fairfax Hospital Life With
            Cancer Program, E788 [7MY]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of
            abortifacients, H5719-H5722 [16JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, H5568 [15JY], H5569 [15JY], H5571
            [15JY], H5677-H5684 [16JY], H5694-H5697 [16JY], H5865 [20JY],
            E1346 [17JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, H9184 [29SE], H9190 [1OC], H9339
            [2OC], H9914-H9919 [7OC], H9928-H9932 [7OC]
        FEMA:  disaster funding to rebuild and improve seismic performance
            of earthquake-damaged hospitals, H6551 [29JY]
        Flaherty, Laurie:  Emergency Nurses Association Lifetime Achievement
            Award recipient and Nursing Hall of Fame inductee, E2297 [21OC]
        Fort Benning, GA:  tribute to Martin Army Community Hospital on
            receipt of Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
            Organizations Accreditation with Commendation award, E2025
            [10OC]
        Fort Collins, CO:  tribute to Poudre Valley Hospital, E1697 [11SE]
        Fremont, CA:  anniversary of the Washington Township Health Care
            District, E843 [13MY]
        Greeley, CO:  tribute to Monfort Children's Clinic, E1706 [11SE]
        Greystone Park Association:  anniversary, E905 [20MY]
        Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc.:  amend Federal
            charter (H.R. 3025), E135 [11FE]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (H.R.
            3862), E847 [13MY]
        Health:  application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by
            groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 4277),
            H7472 [9SE]
        ------ establish standards relative to managed care plans (H.R.
            3009), H1326 [19MR]
        ------ implement a national public awareness campaign on sexually
            transmitted diseases, H8022-H8025 [17SE]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), H10748-H10771 [13OC], E2203 [15OC]
        ------ merger of Blue Cross Blue Shield of the National Capital Area
            and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland, E1658 [9SE]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, E501 [27MR]
        ------ prohibit restriction of certain medical communications
            between health care providers and their patients (H.R. 586),
            H1850 [31MR], E778 [6MY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            H624-H626 [25FE], H935-H941 [10MR], H1025 [11MR], H1636-H1640
            [26MR], H1846-H1850 [31MR], H1857 [1AP], H4826-H4832 [18JN],
            H4842 [19JN], H4972 [23JN], H4973 [23JN], H5068 [24JN], H5069
            [24JN], H5417 [14JY], H5502 [15JY], H5504 [15JY], H5505 [15JY],
            H5506 [15JY], H5638 [16JY], H5639 [16JY], H5640 [16JY], H5641
            [16JY], H5730-H5733 [16JY], H5742 [17JY], H5743 [17JY], H5861
            [20JY], H5962 [21JY], H5963 [21JY], H5965 [21JY], H5966 [21JY],
            H5967 [21JY], H5968 [21JY], H5969 [21JY], H6066 [21JY], H6073
            [22JY], H6074 [22JY], H6075 [22JY], H6076 [22JY], H6077 [22JY],
            H6173-H6178 [22JY], H6189 [23JY], H6190 [23JY], H6191 [23JY],
            H6192 [23JY], H7473-H7476 [9SE], H7560-H7567 [10SE], H7567
            [10SE], H7685-H7688 [14SE], H7695 [15SE], H9086 [28SE], H9190
            [1OC], H9511-H9514 [5OC], H9727 [7OC], H9728 [7OC], H10223
            [9OC], H10525 [11OC], H10527 [11OC], H10546-H10553 [11OC],
            H10555 [11OC], H10557 [11OC], H10643 [12OC], H10866 [14OC],
            H10887 [14OC], H10901 [14OC], H10903 [14OC], H10911 [14OC],
            H10922 [15OC], E287 [4MR], E335 [10MR], E549 [1AP], E1950 [8OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            3605), H10223 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), H10889-H10894 [14OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.
            Con. Res. 272), E769 [6MY] protection of enrollees in managed
            care plans and HMO's (H.R. 337), H581 [25FE], H584 [25FE], H633
            [26FE], H635 [26FE], E1 [27JA] protection of enrollees in
            managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 3605), H4301-H4303 [9JN],
            H4306-H4310 [9JN], H4705-H4709 [17JN], H5053-H5061 [23JN], H5068
            [24JN], H5069 [24JN], H5070 [24JN], H5299 [25JN], H5300 [25JN],
            H5585 [15JY], H5743 [17JY], H5969 [21JY], E527 [31MR], E778
            [6MY], E910 [20MY], E1445 [27JY] protection of enrollees in
            managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 3605), consideration (H. Res.
            486), H5863 [20JY] protection of enrollees in managed care plans
            and HMO's (H.R. 3998), E1037 [5JN] protection of enrollees in
            managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 4250), H6306-H6367 [24JY],
            H6420 [24JY], H6884 [3AU], H6983-H6988 [3AU], H7002 [4AU], H7008
            [4AU], H7183 [5AU], H7184 [5AU], E1318 [16JY], E1436 [24JY],
            E1445 [27JY], E1447 [27JY], E1449 [27JY], E1459 [29JY], E1471
            [30JY], E1474 [30JY], E1502-E1504 [31JY], E1621-E1623 [7AU]
            protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), consideration (H. Res. 509), H6297-H6306 [24JY]
            protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), motion to recommit, H6412 [24JY], H6415 [24JY] protection
            of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 820), H1116
            [12MR]
        ------ provide national quality standards for all health care plans,
            H295 [4FE], H296 [4FE]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
            (H.R. 4382), H6750 [29JY], H7183 [5AU]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
            (H.R. 4382), H7745-H7750 [15SE], H7890 [16SE], E1796 [24SE]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers (H.R. 1415), H243 [4FE], H244 [4FE], H245 [4FE], H246
            [4FE], H301 [4FE], H307-H312 [4FE], H1396 [24MR], H1849 [31MR]
        ------ traumatic brain injury research funding, E1237 [25JN]
        Hunter College:  anniversary of Center on AIDS, Drugs, and Community
            Health anniversary, E2100 [12OC]
        Hurley Medical Center:  American Lung Association of Michigan
            Corporate Health Advocate of the Year award recipient, E609
            [21AP], E685 [28AP]
        Insurance:  assure patient choice and access to services for
            enrollees in group health plans and health insurance coverage
            (H.R. 3547), H1520 [25MR], H1521 [25MR]
        ------ coverage and treatment of emergency services under health
            plans (H.R. 815), H6303 [24JY]
        International Association of Health Care Central Service Material
            Management:  tribute to book on health care facilities
            leadership strategies, E610 [21AP]
        Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations:
            hospital accreditation review process, E228 [25FE]
        Long Beach, CA:  anniversary of Memorial Breast Center, E437 [23MR]
        Long Beach Medical Association:  tribute to honorees, E875 [18MY]
        Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Gainesville, FL:  designate (H.R. 3336), H6897 [3AU]
        Malhotra, Harish:  John T. Mather Hospital Theodore Roosevelt Award
            recipient, E2028 [10OC]
        Marrow Foundation:  recipient of educational grant from Cell
            Therapeutics, Inc., to publish quarterly newsletter, E1269
            [26JN]
        Massachusetts:  anniversary of Fallon Healthcare System, E1163
            [18JN]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (H.R. 4155), E1271 [26JN]
        ------ allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud
            in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (H.R. 4155), E1847 [29SE]
        ------ extend the higher Federal medical assistance payment
            percentage for Indian Health Service facilities to urban Indian
            health programs (H.R. 4480), E1606 [7AU]
        Medicare:  allow certain military retirees and their dependents a
            special enrollment period to qualify for TRICARE demonstration
            sites (H.R. 4160), E1273 [26JN]
        ------ contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain
            surgical procedures and related services (H.R. 2726), E2 [27JA],
            E3 [27JA]
        ------ contracting with certain hospitals to provide certain
            surgical procedures and related services (H.R. 2726), E1664
            [9SE]
        ------ coverage of adult day care services (H.R. 4403), E1550 [5AU]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services (H.R. 3108), E71 [3FE] delay
            implementation of interim payment system to home health agencies
            for home health services (H.R. 3205), H450 [12FE], H5275-H5287
            [24JN], E177 [12FE], E206 [24FE] delay implementation of interim
            payment system to home health agencies for home health services
            (H.R. 3567), E494 [26MR], E495 [26MR], E1096 [10JN] delay
            implementation of interim payment system to home health agencies
            for home health services (H.R. 4339), H7004 [4AU], E1552 [5AU]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, E2297 [21OC]
        ------ ensure access to mental health services (H.R. 3988), E985
            [3JN]
        ------ ensure access to obstetrician-gynecologist services and
            assure continuity of care (H.R. 3997), E1026 [4JN]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services (H.R. 3780), E721 [30AP]
        ------ establish a standard of efficiency in home health services
            and reward agencies who meet or exceed the standard (H.R. 3651),
            H5287 [24JN]
        ------ establish medical necessity standard for Medicare+Choice
            plans (H.R. 4674), E1870 [1OC]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (H.R.
            3570), E483 [26MR]
        ------ graduate medical education payments (H.R. 4219), E1311 [15JY]
        ------ implement a budget-neutral payment system for outpatient
            rehabilitation services (H.R. 4534), E1662 [9SE]
        ------ investigate referral policies for home health agencies, E1666
            [9SE]
        ------ limit payments for drugs or biological products (H.R. 3139),
            H302 [4FE]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas (H.R. 3940), E932
            [21MY]
        ------ reform payment system for certain long-term care hospitals
            (H.R. 4533), E1668 [9SE]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, H6871 [31JY],
            H7007 [4AU], H11658 [20OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services (H.R. 4370),
            H7004 [4AU] reform payment system for home health services (H.R.
            4404), E1552 [5AU], E1556 [5AU]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (H.R. 1362), E2071
            [11OC]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services
            (H.R. 3835), E831 [12MY], E853 [13MY]
        ------ require HMO's to disclose information to enrollees on
            physicians, finances, and compensation of executives of the
            organization (H.R. 3239), E168 [12FE]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities (H.R. 2754), E795 [7MY]
        ------ restore full incentive payment percentages for prospective
            payment system-exempt rehabilitation hospitals and units, E2234
            [19OC] restore full incentive payment percentages for
            prospective payment system-exempt rehabilitation hospitals and
            units (H.R. 4855), E2259 [20OC]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, H11659
            [20OC], E2245 [20OC]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services (H.R.
            4567), H10243-H10259 [9OC], H10886 [14OC], E2013 [10OC], E2071
            [11OC], E2076 [11OC], E2081 [11OC], E2145 [13OC], E2293 [21OC]
        Medicare Payment Advisory Commission:  appointment of individual
            from medical supply industry, H10256 [9OC]
        Medicare/Medicaid:  require health care facilities and services to
            fund annual financial and compliance audits (H.R. 2543), E228
            [25FE]
        Mental health:  establish a Mental Illness Working Group to
            recognize the seriousness of problems associated with mental
            illness (H. Res. 596), H10808 [13OC], H10809 [13OC], E2147
            [13OC]
        Methodist Hospitals, Inc.:  anniversary, E877 [18MY]
        Miami, FL:  anniversary of Kendall Medical Center, E1589 [7AU]
        Montgomery County, PA:  tribute to Meadowood Retirement Community,
            E1095 [10JN]
        National Institute of Dental Research:  anniversary, E1073 [9JN],
            E1305 [15JY]
        National Organ Transplant Act:  reauthorize, E778 [6MY]
        Nebraska:  Joint Army-Air National Guard Medical Training Facility
            funding, E1488 [31JY]
        ------ National Guard Joint Army-Air Medical Training Facility
            funding, H4909 [22JN]
        New Jersey:  tribute to the Y107 (radio station)/St. Jude Children's
            Research Hospital Radiothon, E174 [12FE]
        New York, NY:  anniversary of Kings County Hospital Center Patient/
            Family Psychoeducation Group, E1143 [16JN]
        Newark, NJ:  tribute to St. Columba Health Center, E767 [5MY]
        NIH:  biomedical research funding, H2383-H2389 [28AP], H5862 [20JY],
            E698 [29AP]
        ------ funding, E2299 [21OC]
        Nursing facilities:  permit certain paid staff to provide feeding
            and hydration assistance to residents and ensure that
            individuals with a history of patient or resident abuse or
            criminal convictions are not employed (H.R. 4686), E2066 [11OC]
        Nursing homes:  reform accreditation process, E2239 [20OC]
        Ocala, FL:  anniversary of Monroe Regional Medical Center, H1025
            [11MR]
        Office of Minority Health:  establish authorities relative to
            tobacco products (H.R. 4189), E1259 [26JN], E1273 [26JN]
        Pennsylvania:  anniversary of Western Pennsylvania Hospital, E688
            [28AP]
        Philadelphia, PA:  tribute to Philadelphia Protestant Home, E1781
            [23SE]
        Polish Legion of American Veterans:  tribute to Ladies Auxiliary,
            E1615 [7AU]
        Rome, GA:  anniversary of Harbin Clinic, H4972 [23JN]
        Roosevelt Island, NY:  tribute to Coler/Goldwater Specialty Hospital
            and Nursing Facility, and Roosevelt Island Housing Management
            Corp., for efforts relative to FDR Day, E1795 [24SE]
        Sacramento, CA:  anniversary of Sutter Community Hospital, E1973
            [9OC]
        San Diego, CA:  anniversary of Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group,
            E1712 [14SE]
        South Bronx Mental Health Council, Inc.:  tribute, E95 [4FE]
        Southampton, NY:  tribute to Southampton Hospital Quarter Backers
            Club, E285 [4MR]
        Springfield, MA:  Melha Shriners anniversary, E1914 [6OC]
        Taxation:  allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage
            (H.R. 4167), E1258 [26JN]
        ------ designation of overpayments for use in biomedical research
            conducted through NIH (H.R. 3563), E1796 [24SE]
        ------ establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations (H.R. 3815), E793
            [7MY], E803 [7MY]
        University of Alabama at Birmingham:  inclusion of hospital in U.S.
            News and World Report's list of best hospitals, E2225 [16OC]
        University of Tennessee:  anniversary of Memphis School of Nursing,
            E690 [28AP]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, H10248-H10253 [9OC], H10259 [9OC]
        Wilkes-Barre, PA:  anniversary of Mercy Hospital, E572 [2AP]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault (H.R.
            3624), E587 [2AP]
      Remarks in Senate
        Abortion:  protection of reproductive health services clinics (S.
            Res. 173), S444 [5FE], S457 [5FE]
        Albany, GA:  Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital American Hospital
            Association NOVA Award recipient, S277 [2FE]
        Anaconda, MT:  tribute to Community Hospital and Nursing Home, S1291
            [3MR]
        Anchorage, AK:  land conveyance of site of the old Alaska Native
            Health Center (S. 1696), S1202 [2MR]
        Armed Forces:  establish an independent entity to evaluate post-
            conflict illnesses among members, S6993 [24JN]
        ------ improve pay, housing, retirement benefits, and health care,
            S9908 [3SE]
        ------ interdepartmental cooperation between the Depts. of Defense
            and Veterans Affairs relative to medical care delivery (S.
            2009), S3919-S3921 [30AP], S4550-S4552 [7MY]
        Business and industry:  bankruptcy reform (S. 1914), S3129 [2AP]
        Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic, Columbus, OH:
            designate (S. 2541), S11358 [2OC]
        Contraceptives:  require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and
            services under health insurance plans (S. 743), S4772 [13MY]
        Crime:  establish limits for imposition of fines relative to false
            health care claims (H.R. 3523), S3648 [27AP], S7675-S7677 [8JY]
        Denver, CO:  tribute to National Jewish Medical Research Center,
            S9972 [8SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  anniversary of Navy Hospital Corps, S6501 [17JN]
        ------ assessment of TRICARE Health Care Program, S9383 [30JY]
        ------ revise TRICARE manual to cover rehabilitative services for
            head injuries, S7132 [25JN]
        Dept. of HHS:  Pediatric Emergency Medical Services Program funding,
            S2872 [31MR]
        Dept. of Veteran Affairs:  maintenance of spinal cord injury
            programs within veterans health care system, S12231 [9OC]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish educational assistance
            programs to facilitate employment of health care professionals,
            S8333 [16JY]
        ----- establish educational assistance programs to facilitate
            employment of health care professionals (S. 2115), S5441-S5445
            [22MY]
        ------ improve access of veterans to emergency medical care in non-
            Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities (S. 2619), S12314
            [10OC]
        ------ improve veterans' access to health care facilities by
            minimizing distances to facilities, S8367 [16JY]
        ------ provide cost-of-living or locality pay increase to certain VA
            hospital nurses, S8444 [17JY], S8445 [17JY]
        Detroit, MI:  dedication of ACC and Henry Ford Medical/Social
            Services Center, S10731 [22SE]
        Drugs:  support existing Federal legal process for determining
            safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for
            medicinal purposes (S.J. Res. 56), S10665-S10667 [21SE], S10673
            [22SE], S10713 [22SE]
        ----- support existing Federal legal process for determining safety
            and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
            purposes (S.J. Res. 57), S10665-S10667 [21SE]
        ------ use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, S2814 [31MR]
        FCC:  E-Rate Program implementation, S6005-S6007 [10JN]
        Federal Employees Health Benefits Program:  coverage of
            contraceptives under any plan providing prescription drug
            coverage, S9193-S9199 [29JY]
        ------ coverage of contraceptives under any plan providing
            prescription drug coverage, S11681 [7OC], S12135 [9OC], S12136
            [9OC]
        GAO:  report on private health insurance and Health Care Financing
            Administration, S9064 [27JY]
        H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Aspinwall, PA:  designate (S. 2496), S10525 [17SE]
        Hazardous substances:  increase funding for poison control centers
            and establish toll-free telephone number to improve access (S.
            1862), S2573 [25MR], S3796 [29AP]
        Health:  biomedical research funding (S. Res. 170), S235 [29JA],
            S236 [29JA]
        ------ biomedical research personnel and infrastructure funding,
            S12640 [15OC]
        ------ distinguish between health care claims fraud and unavoidable
            billing errors (S. 2007), S3789-S3791 [29AP], S7675-S7677 [8JY]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S1890-S1893 [12MR], S8418 [16JY], S9629-S9647 [31JY]
        ------ improve the distribution of health care professionals to
            underserved areas and consolidate and reauthorize health
            education programs for minority and disadvantaged individuals
            (S. 1754), S12024 [8OC], S12511-S12529 [14OC], S12575 [14OC],
            S12592 [14OC], S12640 [15OC]
        ------ national policy to provide health care and reform insurance
            procedures, S679-S682 [12FE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S1687 [10MR], S2746 [30MR], S3045-S3055 [2AP], S3077 [2AP],
            S3666 [28AP], S4136 [1MY], S4198 [4MY], S4235 [5MY], S4236
            [5MY], S4405 [6MY], S4467 [7MY], S4556-S4558 [8MY], S6133
            [11JN], S6137 [11JN], S6694-S6696 [19JN], S7230 [26JN], S7562
            [7JY], S7563 [7JY], S7566-S7573 [7JY], S7610 [7JY], S7700-S7704
            [8JY], S7924 [10JY], S7925-S7927 [10JY], S7962 [10JY], S8019
            [13JY], S8050-S8052 [13JY], S8285-S8287 [16JY], S8638 [21JY],
            S8639 [21JY], S9677 [31AU], S9901-S9903 [3SE], S9917 [3SE],
            S9921 [3SE], S9950 [8SE], S9966 [8SE], S10043 [8SE], S10094
            [9SE], S10097 [9SE], S10819-S10823 [23SE], S10884-S10886 [24SE],
            S10889-S10893 [24SE], S10972-S10975 [25SE], S10977-S10979
            [25SE], S11103-S11110 [29SE], S11155-S11162 [30SE],
            S11272-S11275 [1OC], S11531 [6OC], S11541-S11543 [6OC], S12292
            [10OC], S12903 [21OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), S12238 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), motion to proceed, S12100 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), unanimous-consent request, S9733-S9739 [1SE], S9971
            [8SE], S10099 [9SE], S10100 [9SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R.
            4250), S9099 [28JY]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1890), S11325-S11327 [2OC], S12125-S12128 [9OC], S12137 [9OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            2330), S12024 [8OC], S12350 [10OC]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            2529), S11091 [29SE]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            1712), S1440 [5MR], S1538 [6MR] protection of enrollees in
            managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1890), S3749 [29AP],
            S4640-S4642 [12MY], S4664 [12MY], S5492 [1JN], S5568 [2JN],
            S5665 [5JN], S5767 [9JN], S6273 [12JN], S6450 [17JN], S7253
            [26JN], S8596 [21JY] protection of enrollees in managed care
            plans and HMO's (S. 1890), unanimous-consent request, S4642
            [12MY] protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (S. 1891), S2861 [31MR] protection of enrollees in managed care
            plans and HMO's (S. 2330), S8472 [17JY], S8487-S8511 [17JY],
            S8540-S8542 [17JY], S8548 [20JY], S8881-S8887 [23JY],
            S8982-S8984 [24JY], S8989-S8993 [24JY], S9147 [28JY],
            S9346-S9349 [30JY] protection of enrollees in managed care plans
            and HMO's (S. 2330), unanimous-consent request, S9211 [29JY]
            protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S.
            2416), S9573-S9591 [31JY]
        ------ revise and extend mammography quality standards programs
            (H.R. 4382), S11002 [25SE], S11057 [28SE]
        ------ standardize relationships between group health plans and
            health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and
            providers (S. 644), S679-S682 [12FE]
        Health Care Financing Administration:  consideration of new provider
            status for Heartland Manor relative to Medicare certification,
            S12904 [21OC]
        Health care professionals:  allow nursing facilities and home care
            agencies to conduct criminal background checks on job
            applicants, S8856 [23JY]
        Helena, MT:  Fort Harrison VA Medical Center sewer line funding,
            S8371 [16JY]
        Hot Springs, SD:  dedication of Michael J. Fitzmaurice State
            Veterans Home, S12891 [21OC]
        Insurance:  coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive
            surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any
            cancer diagnosis (S. 249), S3008 [1AP], S4640-S4642 [12MY],
            S4644-S4651 [12MY], S4875 [14MY], S4876 [14MY], S4877 [14MY]
        ----- coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery
            relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer
            diagnosis (S. 249), unanimous-consent request, S4642-S4644
            [12MY]
        ------ establish hospital lengths of stay based on a determination
            by an appropriate physician in consultation with the patient (S.
            2315), S8248 [15JY]
        Kizer, Kenneth W.:  tribute to VA health care system reorganization,
            S12231 [9OC]
        Logan-Young, Wende:  New York Innovation in Breast Cancer Early
            Detection and Research Award recipient, S12728 [20OC]
        Lorain, OH:  conversion of St. Joseph's Hospital for non-hospital
            uses, S8435 [17JY]
        Malcom Randall Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Gainesville, FL:  designate (S. 2012), S3929 [30AP], S3930
            [30AP]
        Marshfield, WI:  dedication of Melvin R. Laird Center, S1567 [9MR]
        Medicaid:  allow fraud control units to investigate and prosecute
            fraud in Medicare and other Federal programs and elder abuse in
            residential facilities (S. 2040), S4528-S4530 [7MY]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities (S. 2061), S4630-S4632 [11MY] prohibit transfers or
            discharges of residents of nursing facilities (S. 2308), S8241
            [15JY]
        ------ prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of nursing
            facilities (S. 2308), S9993 [8SE]
        Medicare:  adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home
            health agencies (S. 1993), S3709-S3715 [28AP], S6342 [15JN]
        ------ adjust formula used to determine cost limits for home health
            agencies (S. 1993), S12276 [10OC]
        ------ combat waste, fraud, and abuse in home health service
            payments (S. 2031), S4488 [7MY]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services (S. 1643), S749 [12FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services (S. 1643), S12660 [16OC]
        ------ delay reduction and make revisions to the per beneficiary and
            per visit payment limit (S. 2616), S12182 [9OC], S12343-S12348
            [10OC]
        ------ Dept. of HHS authority to make adjustments to payments made
            to skilled nursing facilities (S. Res. 314), S12876 [21OC]
        ------ election of Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude payment
            for abortion services (S. 2403), S9561 [31JY]
        ------ ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance services and
            improve the efficiency of the emergency medical system (S.
            2091), S5129-S5131 [19MY]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services (S. 2582), S11974-S11976 [8OC]
        ------ exclude clinical social worker services from coverage under
            the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system (S.
            1864), S2660 [26MR]
        ------ exempt certain facilities from transition period under the
            prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities (S.
            2342), S8782 [22JY]
        ------ impose conditions on the implementation of interim payment
            system to home health agencies for home health services (S.
            2508), S10725 [22SE]
        ------ improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option, S2708 [27MR], S2746 [30MR]
            improve access to health insurance by offering certain
            individuals a Medicare buy-in option (S. 1789), S2127-S2135
            [17MR]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs (S. 2049), S4535-S4538 [7MY]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas (S. 2216), S7176
            [25JN]
        ------ payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts
            attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments (S.
            1908), S3124 [2AP]
        ------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            S11531 [6OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, S12535
            [14OC], S12807 [21OC], S12896 [21OC]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services (S. 2323),
            S8383-S8386 [16JY] reform payment system for home health
            services (S. 2354), S8996 [24JY], S9609 [31JY]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services (S. 2323),
            S12284-S12286 [10OC]
        ------ reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by
            certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (S. 2054), S4558
            [8MY], S4559 [8MY], S4742 [12MY]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services
            (S. 2222), S7182 [25JN], S7183 [25JN]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services
            (S. 2222), S10719 [22SE]
        ------ repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital
            discharges relative to post-acute care (S. 1604), S379 [4FE],
            S859 [23FE]
        ------ require disclosure of staffing and performance data, provide
            whistleblower protection to employees, and review impact of
            proposed mergers and acquisitions relative to Medicare providers
            (S. 2055), S4559 [8MY]
        ------ require use of hollow-bore needle devices at health care
            facilities (S. 2056), S4560 [8MY]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services (S. 1811), S2430
            [23MR]
        ------ withdrawl of managed care plans under Medicare+Choice
            organizations, S12273-S12275 [10OC]
        National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare:  field
            hearing in Minneapolis, MN, S7921 [10JY]
        National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute:  anniversary (S. Con.
            Res. 108), S8513 [17JY]
        National Public Health Week:  observance (S. Res. 205), S2864 [31MR]
        Native Americans:  make permanent and expand the demonstration
            program that allows for direct billing of Medicare and Medicaid
            (S. 2001), S3784 [29AP]
        NIH:  biomedical research funding, S3042-S3045 [2AP], S3075 [2AP],
            S3076 [2AP]
        ------ establish National Center for Complementary and Alternative
            Medicine (S. 2420), S9593 [31JY]
        ------ funding, S3090 [2AP], S12229 [9OC]
        Nursing homes:  protection of nursing home residents through
            enhanced screening and reporting requirements relative to
            abusive employees (S. 2570), S11707 [7OC], S11708 [7OC]
        Nursing school administered primary care clinics:  funding, S9485
            [30JY]
        Polacca, AZ:  Hopi Health Center funding, S12023 [8OC]
        Public Health Service:  extend breast cancer research programs,
            S12490 [14OC]
        ------ extend breast cancer research programs (S. 1757), S1951
            [13MR]
        Rural areas:  promote access to health care services (S. 2603),
            S12170-S12172 [9OC]
        Senior citizens:  prevent abuse and mistreatment of elderly and
            disabled patients, S3091 [2AP]
        ------ protect rights of members of HMO's to receive continuing care
            at facilities of their choice (S. 1997), S3720 [28AP]
        States:  establish health insurance assistance programs to inform
            consumers of their rights, choices, and responsibilities (S.
            2254), S7282 [26JN]
        Taxation:  establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
            testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
            and other qualified hospital research organizations (H.R. 3815),
            S5521 [1JN]
        ----- establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical testing
            research expenses relative to academic medical centers and other
            qualified hospital research organizations (S. 1885), S2852
            [31MR], S2853 [31MR], S2875 [31MR]
        Thomas Jefferson University:  tribute to Jefferson Medical College
            staff, S7606 [7JY]
        White River Junction, VT:  Dept. of Veterans Affairs Hospital and
            Regional Office Center anniversary, S12593 [14OC]
        Williams, Ed:  tribute to efforts relative to Valdosta Veterans
            Health Care Clinic, S8262 [15JY]
        Women:  ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault, S8862
            [23JY], S8863 [23JY]
        ----- ensure that older women are protected from institutional,
            community, and domestic violence, and sexual assault (S. 2114),
            S5436-S5441 [22MY]
      Reports
        Future of Public Hospitals:  Bailus Walker and Deitra Hazelwood Lee,
            E501 [27MR]
        Managed Health Care:  J. Wrich & Associates, Inc., E335 [10MR]
      Reports filed
        Consideration of H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act:  Committee on
            Rules (House) (H. Res. 509) (H. Rept. 105-643), H6281 [23JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Projects and Leases
            Authorization:  Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R.
            3603) (H. Rept. 105-490), H2236 [22AP]
        Health Professions Education Partnership Act:  Committee on Labor
            and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1754) (S. Rept. 105-220), S6883
            [23JN]
        Mammography Quality Standards Programs Revision and Extension:
            Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 4382) (H. Rept. 105-713),
            H7690 [14SE]
        Medicare Home Health Care Interim Payment System Refinement Act:
            Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4567) (H. Rept. 105-
            773), H9536 [5OC]
        Medicinal Use of Marijuana:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.
            Res. 372) (H. Rept. 105-451), H1298 [18MR]
        Veterans Medicare Access Improvement Act:  Committee on Ways and
            Means (House) (H.R. 3828) (H. Rept. 105-793), H10010 [7OC]
      Reports to constituents
        Hamilton, Representative:  Economic Development in Southern Indiana,
            E842 [13MY]
        ------ Health Care Reform, E1301 [15JY]
      Rulings of the Chair
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's
            (H.R. 4250), H6414 [24JY]
      Statements
        Hospital Length of Stay Act:  Edward R. Laws, Jr., American College
            of Surgeons, S8250 [15JY]
        Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act:  Christine
            Brunswick, National Breast Cancer Coalition, E2073 [11OC]
        ------ Jennie R. Cook, American Cancer Society, E2074 [11OC]
        Patients' Bill of Rights Act:  A.G. Newmyer III, Epilepsy
            Foundation, S11326 [2OC]
        ------ Debra L. Ness, National Partnership for Women & Families,
            S11326 [2OC]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's:  Diane
            Bergin, S10885 [24SE]
        ------ Doris Brightful, S11106 [29SE]
        ------ Jeanne Carpenter, Epilepsy Foundation, S11107 [29SE]
        ------ Jerry Flynn, S11105 [29SE]
        ------ Ken Viste, American Academy of Neurology, S11106 [29SE]
        ------ Mirtha Casimir, S11106 [29SE]
        ------ Tom McEachin, S11105 [29SE]
        Protection of Enrollees In Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            A.G. Newmyer, III, E1950 [8OC]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's:
            American Hospital Association, S3055 [2AP]
        ------ Baylor Health Care System, S3054 [2AP]
        ------ Cleveland Clinic, S3054 [2AP]
        ------ Frances M. Visco, S11543 [6OC]
        ------ Mayo Clinic, S3054 [2AP]
        Veterans Health Care:  David Hay, E1526 [3AU]
        What Health Care Reform Legislation Must Include This Year:
            Representative McIntosh, H1396 [24MR]
      Summaries
        Delay Reduction and Make Revisions to the Medicare Per Beneficiary
            and Per Visit Payment Limit (S. 2616), S12343 [10OC]
        Hospital Length of Stay Act (S. 2315), S8250 [15JY]
        Medicare Early Access Act (S. 1789), S2133 [17MR]
        Medicare Home Health Equity Act (S. 1993), S3711 [28AP]
        Promoting Responsible Managed Care Act (S. 2416), S9587 [31JY]
      Tables
        Comparison of protections in Medicare+Choice vs. Patients' Bill of
            Rights Act, H5057 [23JN]
      Testimonies
        National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare:
            Representative Pelosi, E1809-E1810 [25SE]
        Patients' Bill of Rights Act:  Bruce Chabner, S8982 [24JY]
        Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's:  Charlotte
            Yeh, American College of Emergency Physicians, S10822 [23SE]
        ------ Cheryl Bolinger, H941 [10MR]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 509, consideration of H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act,
            H6297 [24JY]
        H.J. Res. 117, support existing Federal legal process for
            determining safety and efficacy of using marijuana and other
            drugs for medicinal purposes, H7719 [15SE]
        H.R. 3603, Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facility projects and
            leases authorization, H3395 [19MY]
        H.R. 4250, Patient Protection Act, H6307-H6337 [24JY], H6367 [24JY]
        H.R. 4382, mammography quality standards programs revision and
            extension, H7745 [15SE]
        H.R. 4567, Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement
            Act, H10243-H10247 [9OC]
        S. 1604, repeal the Medicare restriction on payment for certain
            hospital discharges relative to post-acute care, S380 [4FE]
        S. 1643, delay implementation of interim payment system to home
            health agencies for home health services, S749 [12FE]
        S. 1696, Old Alaska Native Health Center Conveyance Act, S1202 [2MR]
        S. 1754, Health Professions Education Partnership Act, S1930-S1947
            [13MR], S9629-S9646 [31JY], S12511-S12529 [14OC], H10748-H10768
            [13OC]
        S. 1789, Medicare Early Access Act, S2127-S2133 [17MR]
        S. 1862, Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act, S2574
            [25MR]
        S. 1908, Managed Care Fair Payment Act, S3125 [2AP]
        S. 1993, Medicare Home Health Equity Act, S3710 [28AP]
        S. 2007, Health Care Claims Guidance Act, S3790 [29AP]
        S. 2009, interdepartmental cooperation between the Depts. of Defense
            and Veterans Affairs relative to medical care delivery, S3921
            [30AP]
        S. 2049, Children's Hospitals Education and Research Act, S4536
            [7MY]
        S. 2114, Older Women's Protection From Violence Act, S5438-S5440
            [22MY]
        S. 2115, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Primary Care Providers Incentive
            Act, S5442-S5444 [22MY]
        S. 2216, Medicare payments to hospitals that have graduate medical
            education programs in critical need specialty areas, S7177
            [25JN]
        S. 2222, repeal Medicare financial limitations on rehabilitation
            services, S7182 [25JN]
        S. 2254, Health Care Consumer Assistance Act, S7282 [26JN]
        S. 2330, Patients' Bill of Rights Act, S8489-S8509 [17JY]
        S. 2416, Promoting Responsible Managed Care Act, S9574-S9587 [31JY]
        S. 2496, H. John Heinz III Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
            Aspinwall, PA, S10526 [17SE]
        S. 2570, protection of nursing home residents through enhanced
            screening and reporting requirements relative to abusive
            employees, S12032-S12034 [8OC]
        S. 2582, Medicare Psychiatric Hospital Prospective Payment System
            Act, S11975 [8OC]
        S. 2619, Veterans' Access to Emergency Care Act, S12315 [10OC]
        S. Con. Res. 108, anniversary of National Heart, Lung, and Blood
            Institute, S8512 [17JY]
        S. Res. 170, biomedical research funding, S234 [29JA]
        S. Res. 173, protection of reproductive health services clinics,
            S456 [5FE]
        S. Res. 205, National Public Health Week, S2864 [31MR]
        S. Res. 314, Dept. of HHS authority to make adjustments to payments
            made to skilled nursing facilities under Medicare, S12876 [21OC]
      Transcripts
        Telephone Respondents to Marshfield, MA, Area Newspaper Articles on
            Home Health Care, H5285 [24JN]